Outlaw Vices (third in The Crane Gang Series)manxman
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  • Reads 501,516
  • Votes 28,084
  • Parts 33
  • Time 4h 7m
Complete, First published Jun 11, 2016
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Third installment in 'The Crane Gang' series! 

Craig left his family in an attempt to figure out who he was now that the life he'd lived for so long was gone. Everyone else seems perfectly content but he can't seem to find that peace.  He's lost.... self destructing. He doesn't want to hurt anyone but he can't seem to help himself from giving in to the very things that keep causing those around him pain. 

So he takes a job at a ranch to keep himself busy. Determined to learn to live without his vices and vowing to only return home when he's sure he won't let everyone down once more. 

But still that inner peace seems elusive. 

Until the strong, arrogant, bossy foreman, Ezekiel Marks begins to break down Craig's walls, crash through his defenses and refuses to give up on him. 

Somehow, lost in Ezekiel's arms, Craig begins to find that peace he's longed for--and the dark-skinned foreman begins to replace all his other outlaw vices.
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