Burnt by Winter.
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Last published Wed, May 29, 2024
New York, 'The Big Apple' - some say it's the most dangerous and addictive place in the world which I undoubtedly agree with. What I didn't know was that the danger in New York wasn't in getting helplessly lost, or robbed but when I found myself ensnared in the eyes of a man so painfully beautiful it knocked the wind right out of me. Danger was a word I thought I knew the meaning behind but that and everything else I thought I knew would soon change, after meeting him.
Running from grief, Ariella Turner, a young Australian somehow finds herself living in New York city when a man from her dreams literally jumps from her subconscious into her workplace. He is seductive, charismatic and so many kinds of delicious but things don't add up and before she knows it Ariella is thrust into a world like she has never known.
A paranormal romance novel by Lauren Lucas. All Right Reserved.
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***THIS CONTAINS MATURE CONTENT AND IS NOT SUITABLE FOR ANYONE UNDER THE AGE OF 18.***
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