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Stepping Stone (The Stone Series: Book 2) [#Wattys2017]

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Stepping Stone by Dakota Willink
Book 2 in The Stone Series
#Wattys2017

*Readers' Favorite International Book Awards 2017 Gold Medal Winner
*Awarded 5 Stars by Readers' Favorite

The story of Krystina and Alexander continues in Stepping Stone, book two in The Stone Series...

Krystina Cole is flawed and damaged from a traumatic experience. A relationship with Alexander Stone will never work. She knows that her capacity for love is limited, and that only she alone can repair the pieces of her shattered heart. But Alexander is everywhere she turns. In her mind. In her heart. And in her soul. She cannot deny him. He is her addiction and she is unable to stay away. 

Alexander Stone has accepted the inevitable. If he wants to hold on to Krystina, he must bare all and release the secrets in his past. There were risks, but she is worth it. No woman has ever affected him the way that she did. She is the sunshine in his darkness. The lightning to his thunder. She is his angel.

Bound by their passion to be together, Alexander and Krystina fight to let go of their pasts. Together, they embark on journey of self-exploration, relying on trust to be their ultimate bond. Falling completely into one another, there finally seems to be a beacon of hope for their future. But as they test their boundaries of desire, fate takes an unexpected turn, threatening their only chance at survival...

***FOR MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY***

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