
A Beautiful Mess
T.K. Leigh
Beautiful Mess #1
A woman who refuses to love anyone meets a man keeping a secret that could destroy her world.
Description
What happens when you lose everyone that promised they would always be there for you? How can you protect the few pieces of your shattered heart that remain?Olivia Adler is a woman with a troubled past. After losing her parents at the young age of six and being raised by an uncle who she lost years later, she refuses to get attached to anyone, including friends. For the past decade, she has been able to remain unattached to any man, too worried about losing someone to get too close. Until Alexander Burnham walks into her life one night and changes everything. But he has issues of his own. And heโs keeping a secret that could turn Olivia's world upside-down. Will Olivia let Alexander in enough for him to get close and protect her from a force threatening her very existence, or will she push him away, scared of letting Alexander in, in order to protect her heart?
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