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    "description": "<p><strong>The first novel in this darkly sexy contemporary series from bestselling author Monica Murphy kicks off an emotionally powerful two-part tale of forbidden love.</strong><br /><br /><span>Crazy how eight years can disappear in an instant. One look at Katie Watts, and I&rsquo;m a fifteen-year-old again&mdash;the one who risked everything to save a terrified girl from her twisted kidnapper. She&rsquo;s grown-up now&mdash;beautiful, quiet, composed&mdash;and telling her story to the world. A story that involves me in more ways than you can imagine. She used to call me her guardian angel. Sure, I risked my life, but she was worth dying for.</span><br /><br /><span>I need to make contact with her. Just to ensure that she&rsquo;s safe.</span><br /><br /><span>Somehow we reconnect. We become friends . . . but I want more. I want to make her mine. And she wants me too. Does she know who I am? Has she figured me out? Not yet. But she will. In the meantime, I need to make sure that whatever hold that animal had on her is gone.</span><br /><br /><span>So, yeah, I&rsquo;m stealing these moments with her. Savoring them. Knowing, dreading, that she&rsquo;ll soon find out who I really am. And everything<span>&nbsp;</span></span><em>will</em><span><span>&nbsp;</span>fall apart. All because of that twisted, perverted monster sitting on death row. Her kidnapper. A convicted serial killer.</span><br /><br /><span>My father.</span></p>",
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