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Taming Cross

by Ella James · Love Inc. #2

2014 · 236 pages · Barkley's Books

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📚 Book 2 of a completed 2-book series

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When a charming but broken man seeking redemption finds himself at a Mexican convent, he never expects to encounter the one woman who has every reason to hate him—a woman running from her own demons and fighting to survive. As Cross and Meredith are forced into an unlikely alliance, their chemistry is undeniable, but so is the weight of their painful past and the very real dangers still chasing them. With everything stacked against them, they'll have to decide if love is strong enough to overcome the secrets, guilt, and darkness that brought them together in the first place. This is a gorgeous second-chance story about redemption, trust, and finding light in the darkest of circumstances.

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