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Fables & Other Lies
Claire Contreras
She sat in the Devil's Chair and wished — now she's falling for the cursed heir she was born to hate.
Description
Do you believe in curses? I never did.Not until that fated night, six years ago, when I sat in The Devil’s Chair and made a wish.Not until it came true. Not until I met River Caliban himself, heir to a fortune of curses. My fated sworn enemy. I knew I should have stayed away from him. I should have run the other way when he called out my name, when he flashed that sinful smile of his, but instead, I walked toward him, leaving the light behind. Instead, I go against all reason, against all warning, and attended the gala of the year at his dark, allegedly haunted home at the top of the hill. The moment I step foot inside I know I’m in trouble, but there’s something about River that magnetizes me, reels me in, and when he asks for the impossible, I find it impossible to turn him away.
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