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Tainted Truth

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dark darkromance forbidden love possessive romance second secondchance secrets strongfemalecharacter toxic

Kalessia "Kali" Sanchez is soon set to marry the man she loves. Or at least that was until she finds out about his recent betrayal. 
Now determined not to walk down the aisle, Kali finds that ending her current engagement would be harder than she thought. 
That is until Adrian Brooks returns to town. 
The first man Kali ever loved and who promised to take her away from the hell she was living. 
Instead he left her behind, never to be heard from again. Leaving her behind to pick up the pieces of her broken heart, and painful past. 
But when even more secrets began to come out revealing exactly what happened the day Adrian and she were supposed to leave together; leading up to the very present moment, it'd seem that she had been a puppet in her own life. Playing every move that had been decided for her. 
Determined to regain control of her own life, she'd find herself coming face to face with dangerous threats that had been hiding in the form of those she thought cared about her.All Rights Reserved

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Beneath the shadows

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