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Beautifully Broken Control

Catherine Cowles · Sutter Lake #4

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Two broken souls haunted by dark pasts find each other in a small town — but danger always follows.

Content Warnings
abuse (emotional)abuse (physical)

Description

A woman trying to rebuild her life. Kennedy is doing all she can to escape, to prove that she’s not the monster her father was. A simple life of peace and service is all she needs. A man haunted by a past he can’t forget. Cain has buried his demons under layers of control and success. The only thing he needs is his company and his solitude. Certainly not a woman with captivating green eyes filled with ghosts so similar to his own. He’s a reminder of the life she’s left behind. And she’s a threat to his tightly guarded control. As sparks fly between them, they discover that what they might need most is each other. But with pasts like theirs...you never know when darkness might descend.

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