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Beneath the Bruises

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Five years ago, Lukas Ettans was the kind of boy people avoided - angry, cruel, and broken in ways no one could see. Especially not Charlie Reeves, the quiet, openly gay classmate who became his favorite target.

Now? Lukas is older, sober-ish, and scraping by in a New York dive bar with more regrets than rent money. He's not looking for redemption - he doesn't believe he deserves it.

But fate has other plans. When Charlie walks into the bar one night - older, stronger, and startlingly kind - Lukas is forced to confront the damage he caused... and the truth he spent years running from.

An unexpected apology turns into an unlikely friendship. And when Charlie offers to set Lukas up with someone - someone Lukas doesn't yet know is his intimidatingly handsome new boss - everything starts to unravel.All Rights Reserved

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