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Follow the River

by C.E. Ricci · River of Rain #1

2020 · 474 pages · Independently Published

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Dark RomanceSports RomanceForced ProximityEnemies to Lovers
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📖 11k+ readers on Goodreads

📚 Book 1 of a completed 2-book series

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When a cocky football player discovers that his sworn enemy—the venomous, amber-eyed Ciaráin Grady—might be harboring something far more complicated than pure hatred, their toxic dynamic ignites into something dangerously all-consuming. Forced together under dark circumstances neither saw coming, the lines between revulsion and desire blur in ways that challenge everything the protagonist thought he knew about himself and what love could look like. This is a beautifully raw exploration of two broken souls learning to navigate the messy, complicated space where enemies become something neither of them expected. Fair warning: this is a mature, emotionally intense ride that doesn't shy away from the darker corners of obsession and trauma.

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