Pried Open Roses
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MatureComplete Mon, Jul 28, 20253h 53m
Five years after her star-crossed lover vanished without a word, Emma Lee is but a shadow of herself when a mysterious suitor arrives and makes a chilling offer.
On a decaying plantation in the American South, our heroine is a grieving heiress with nothing left to lose... until everything she lost reemerges from the shadows.
Suddenly, she has a choice to make: Love or lineage? Future or family? Heart or home?
Pried Open Roses is a lush, sensual Southern Gothic horror romance that blends atmosphere, suspense, and tragedy.
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