Loving Kade
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Last published Wed, Jul 22, 2026
Julie Gates has everything, a perfect life, a powerful family name, and a future covered in gold. But behind Julie's golden life she carries trauma alone.
Kade Callahan on the other hand has nothing but bruised knuckles, a shattered home, and a past that drags him down like chains.
Kade and Julie don't belong in the same world, yet she's spent years watching him from a distance, drawn to the boy with storm-filled eyes.
Now, fate has given her a chance-a school project, alone with him, and an open door into his world. But Kade is a locked gate with warning signs all over him. He's dangerous, broken, and drowning in a life that could swallow her whole. He knows better than to let her in. She should know better than to try.
But Julie has always wanted what she shouldn't have.
And Kade is one mistake away from losing control.
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