The Monster
Boston Belles, Book 3
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Jacob Morgan
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L.J. Shen
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From Wall Street Journal best-selling author L.J. Shen comes a brand-new romantic mafia stand-alone about the thin line between love and obsession.
“Maybe we were never meant for each other. But that night at the carnival, when you showed me who you were, I figured out who I wanted to be.”
The most important thing I’d ever read was scribbled on the door of a portable restroom, engraved into plastic at a carnival on the outskirts of Boston.
Lust lingers, love stays.
Lust is impatient, love waits.
Lust burns, love warms.
Lust destroys, but love? Love kills.
Maybe it was always my destiny to fall in love with a monster.
When other kids stayed awake at night fearing the pointy-toothed beast hiding in their closet, I longed to see mine.
I wanted to feed it, domesticate it, understand it.
Sam and I were only allowed to love each other in the dark.
Once our story unfolded, and the truth came to light, I was the one to cut the cord.
My name is Aisling Fitzpatrick, and I have a confession to make.
Sam Brennan is not the only monster in this story.
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Best story line ever
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amazing book
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Awesome narrators
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Yeah. Like that feeling. It's a let-down. But I PAID MONEY for it, so It's a little bit like a mini-shame curl. Not like a FULL-on shame SPIRAL. Just a curl.
Actually, the hot pink jelly shoe incident of 2001 will resonate with me more in my future ruminations than this story and its characters will.
The best thing about this audiobook was the price.
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