Sometimes what you find isnt what you were searching for
Beau Petty has been searching his whole life. Searching for a place that fills all the empty spaces in him. Searching for a way to tame the restlessness. Searching for answers to the secret hes never stopped trying to solve. What he wasnt searching for was a woman to claim all of him, but when Cora Silvera walks back into his life, hes ready to search out all the ways he can make her his.
Cora has spent her life as the family nurturer, taking care of others. But now shes ready to pass that job on to someone else. Its time to make some changes and live for herself. Its in that moment that her former teenage crush reappears and the draw and the heat of their instant connection is like nothing either of them has experienced. He craves being around her. She accepts him, dark corners and all.
Beau thinks Coras had enough drama in her life. He wants to protect her from the secrets of his past, even if it means holding back the last pieces of himself. But Cora is no pushover and she means to claim all those pieces.
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Whiskey Sharp: Torn
Lauren Dane
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WHISKEY SHARP: TORN
© 2018 Lauren Dane
Published in Great Britain 2018
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Author Note
While Pioneer Square and SoDo are two very real neighborhoods in downtown Seattle, Ive taken some liberties. Added some buildings, renamed a few, as it helped flesh out the characters and their stories. Still, Pioneer Square is every bit the former home to bootleggers and the criminal element partly responsible for the face of the city today.
Contents
Cover
Back Cover Text
Booklist
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Author Note
CHAPTER ONE
CHAPTER TWO
CHAPTER THREE
CHAPTER FOUR
CHAPTER FIVE
CHAPTER SIX
CHAPTER SEVEN
CHAPTER EIGHT
CHAPTER NINE
CHAPTER TEN
CHAPTER ELEVEN
CHAPTER TWELVE
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
CHAPTER FOURTEEN