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Five years ago, my fiance disappeared. He left me with a wedding dress I'd never wear. Left me with the kind of scars that can't be healed. The man I built my future on vanished like a ghost. All that remained were my broken heart and a million unanswered questions.

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2 authors picked Ruthless Creatures as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

When all is not as it seems, and you fall in love with what you don’t know. Faced with a choice, what will you choose?

I chose Ruthless Creatures because it is a crime fiction about love, desire, and growth. Our first choice is not always our best. We sometimes fail to understand why. The more you read, the deeper your understanding grows. 

Personally, I love the thrill of an idea, of loving someone who is dark and mysterious. Kage was that for Nat, and he hid a big secret, whether they overcame it or not. Well, you would need…

He’s calling in a debt. She’s on the bill of goods. She’d kill her feckless ex for getting her into this, but it seems the guy darkening her doorstep’s already saved her the trouble. I love this book because it’s just the right amount of grittiness. J.T. Geissinger knows how to write chemistry. You feel for the female lead, who’s pulling a bit of a low-key Miss Havisham after her fiancée leaves her at the altar. Enter: scarily intimidating, tough-as-nails new neighbour. It’s a bit instalove, but Geissinger knows how to sell it, and the action* scenes are done well…

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