Ruined by You
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He was all smoke, ink, and danger. I was the girl who swore she'd never fall again.
College was supposed to be Emery Blake's clean slate. A place to disappear into books, avoid messy relationships, and forget the boy who broke her heart back home. She had rules: don't get attached, don't get involved, and never, ever fall for the kind of guy who could destroy her.
Then she met Jace Maddox.
Tattooed. Untouchable. Addictively cruel in the way he watched her like she was a secret he needed to unravel. With a past he refuses to talk about and a reputation that warns girls to keep their distance, Jace is exactly the kind of chaos Emery promised herself she'd never get close to.
But some rules are made to be broken.
And some people are made to ruin you, beautifully, completely, and without apology.
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