
Ravished
Amanda Quick
A bluestocking fossil hunter hires the scarred, reclusive 'Beast' to guard her caves — and steals his heart.
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Hiring Gideon Westbrook, the Beast of Blackthorne Hall and a man with a scarred face and a dark past, to help her guard her caves from the thieves who would use them to store their booty, Miss Harriet gets in over her head
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