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Dangerous Recollections

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Reads 121
Votes 4
Parts 5
Time 2h 11m

TheTreasureChest

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adult bridgeton historical historicalromance mature romance victorian

Once a housemaid, now a lady. 
Once lovers, now strangers.

Lyra Walcott had once been truly and madly in love with the ever-stern, ever- brooding Duke of Martine. Granted, Lyra had once also been a servant to him as well. Until one night when she vanished in the night leaving him confused, desperate, and alone. Now she has reappeared a decade later masquerading as a painfully wealthy, newly widowed Lady. 

But she's come back after nearly ten years with a dark secret and a blackmailer holding her past over her head. Who else can Lyra turn to other than the one man who has never betrayed her?All Rights Reserved

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