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You're Next

Tate James · Devil's Backbone #3

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She's caught between nightmare and reality — and the men she loves may be both her salvation and her ruin.

Content Warnings
violence/goredubious consentstalkingcaptivity

Description

The final book in the Devil's Backbone series, a spicy and dark "why choose" romance series from TikTok sensation Tate James.Dear Reader,I’ve spent too many nights caught between reality and nightmare, each bleeding into the other like a twisted dream I can’t wake from. The Devil’s Backbone Society continues to host our deepest terrors.The weight of betrayal crushes me, pressing down on my chest—bitter and suffocating. I don’t know what would be losing the ones I love, the ones who have become my anchors, or losing myself entirely.In the end, is there even a difference?

Devil's Backbone series

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