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Set Me Free, Cowboy
R.L. Atkinson
A woman hiding from her abuser fake-dates a Montana cowboy to stay safe — but her secret could get them both killed.
Description
She grew up as cowgirl as you can get, until he came along.After her life goes awry, Brexlynn Phillips runs as far as she can in an attempt to escape his abuse. For two years, she manages to remain hidden and safe, keeping that torture and her knowledge of her previous cowgirl life a secret from everyone she meets. Until her job sends her and some coworkers back to a ranch in Montana. It's a couple states away from her old home town, and only for a couple months, so she thinks everything will be fine.Except the monster she once managed to escape from returns. Determined to keep her past a secret from everyone around her, she does something desperate in order to remain hidden. Thrown into a fake relationship with a mysterious man to protect herself, can she find a way to trust another cowboy with her heart and still remain safe? Can she find a way to break free from the torture or will her secret cost not just her life, but the cowboy's life as well?Trigger past references to emotional, physical, and sexual abuse as well as rape. Unhealed trauma, stalking, violence, blood, drugs. Some explicit, consensual intimate touching.
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