Deceptively Yours

Titans of Chicago, Book 1

HARPER

I had to destroy the boy I loved. I ended up destroying myself.

But no well-intended deed ever goes unpunished.

I thought I could set him free by letting him go. Until a tragedy sends me racing to Gabriel Blake- the boy I was once forced to betray.

But his anger and its smoldering embers haven't yet subsided enough for him to listen to me. Instead of running from his fire, I find myself with a need to feel It, desperate to be burned. Because I deserve to pay for what I did.

GABRIEL

Harper Grimes almost broke me once.

I'd been so sure we would withstand anything, I'd been wrong.

When destiny pushes us together again, all my hatred for her resurfaces.

But anger, contempt, and raw desire are a dangerous combination.

Flames ignite and burn, and I can't resist the heat.

We're no longer the same boy and girl.

We're unrecognizable to each other now, but there's still something powerful between us.

When danger threatens us both, can our once-pure love destroy a present evil? Or will it bury us beneath its weight for good?

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