Books like 'Confessions of a Wild Heart'

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  • Call Me By Your Name - Screenplay by James Ivory, André Aciman

    Call Me By Your Name - Screenplay by James Ivory, André Aciman

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    In Northern Italy in 1983, seventeen-year-old Elio begins a relationship with visiting Oliver, his father's research assistant, with whom he bonds over his emerging sexuality, their Jewish heritage, and the beguiling Italian landscape...
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    bisexual  queer  contemporary  m-m
  • Boomer by Marie James

    Boomer by Marie James

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Secrets are poison.They eat away at you from the inside.I doubt there’s a single person in the club that would have a problem with who I am.Keeping my mouth shut is all about my own shame.Who I am isn’t acceptable.That’s what my Fundamentalist family raised me to believe, but even after leaving home, I couldn’t be myself...
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    angst  bisexual  military  queer  m-m  bikers  suspense  contemporary
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  • Promises Part 3 by A.E. Via

    Promises Part 3 by A.E. Via

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    A bounty hunter’s partners to lovers’ story. The hunt is on… and he’s the prey. Bradford (Ford) King was sure he had the rest of his life mapped out. Though he was no longer a SEAL Lieutenant, his brother was home safe and he had a job that still allowed him to satisfy his hunger for hunting bad guys...
  • Sated in Ink by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Sated in Ink by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Montgomery Ink saga continues in a seductive romance where a runaway bride and two best friends might just take the chance of a lifetime. Ethan Montgomery thought he had his life figured out until the moment he and his best friend met a woman in a wedding dress drinking wine out of a paper bag. He might work too many hours and always seems to put his family and friends first...
  • A Chosen Man by Jaime Reese

    A Chosen Man by Jaime Reese

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    For Wall McCormack, actions speak louder than words. He’s giving and protective, loyal to his friends, and devoted to his job. While confident and powerful enough to conquer any challenge, his greatest strength lies in his calm nature. Until an unexpected assignment sends his world into a loud and colorful chaos he never could have anticipated. Rejection...
  • Modern Warfare by Valerie Vaughn

    Modern Warfare by Valerie Vaughn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Covert Affairs M/M Romance Book Two Navigating a new relationship is never easy, but Deputy Director Syler Perrin has the uniquely hair-raising privilege of doing it with one Special Agent Arthur Dufault, premiere CIA operative and all around menace...
    Categorized as:
    military  queer  m-m  contemporary  mystery
  • Found by Annabella Michaels

    Found by Annabella Michaels

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    As a former USAF pararescueman, Jeremy O’Brien is used to following orders, no questions asked. So, when Micah, his boss at Hamilton Security, asks him to take on a special case, he readily accepts. Micah’s instructions are simple, find the man in the picture and bring him back to Chicago...
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    military  queer  m-m  abuse  contemporary
  • Forever by Kindle Alexander

    Forever by Kindle Alexander

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Dr. Robert Adams grew up with more advantages than most, the son of a former vice president, he had two loving fathers, a twin sister he adores and wonderfully doting grandparents. Life is good until one afternoon when his dreams flat-line. And no scalpel can repair the guilt and grief he carries with him for the first time in his life...
  • Ignite by Jocelynn Drake, Rinda Elliott

    Ignite by Jocelynn Drake, Rinda Elliott

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Two of Noah’s Army buddies are dead. Someone has taken shots at Noah. And now Noah’s former lover, JB, is a target. Noah, Rowe, and JB team up to track down a killer trying to take out all of Noah’s old Army team in hopes of covering up a dark secret. But this trip to Washington, D.C. threatens to unravel the perfect life that Rowe and Noah have built over the past three years...
    Categorized as:
    military  queer  m-m  mystery  suspense  contemporary
  • Call of the Alpha by A.E. Via

    Call of the Alpha by A.E. Via

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    THIS IS THE THIRD INSTALLMENT IN THIS SERIES and CAN STAND ALONE. The Story of ALPHA, CALL, OMEGA & LION ALONG WITH A COUPLE OTHER FAVORITES It’s been a couple years since Commander John Marion – the US Navy’s most decorated SEAL – hung up his dog tags, choosing his cherished Alpha over war...
  • Protecting the Soul by Annabella Michaels

    Protecting the Soul by Annabella Michaels

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    For Landon Greene, managing the band Carter’s Creed is more than just a job. It also means being there to keep his brother safe. When someone begins sending threatening letters to Carter, Landon feels overwhelmed with the need to protect him...
    Categorized as:
    military  queer  m-m  contemporary  bdsm
  • Wintering with George by Mary Calmes

    Wintering with George by Mary Calmes

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    George Hunt is certain that spending time with his boyfriend’s family over the holidays will be a disaster. How can it not? For starters, he knows nothing about families, never having had one, as for the rest…talk about pressure. What if he messes up, says the wrong thing, and ends up losing the most important person in his life? Dr. Kurt Butler is his miracle; George can’t afford any missteps...
    Categorized as:
    military  queer  m-m  suspense  contemporary
  • Pieces of You by N.R. Walker

    Pieces of You by N.R. Walker

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 16 ratings
    Dallas Muller has everything he never expected he’d have. He owns a successful motorbike mechanic shop in Newcastle, and he’s madly in love with his boyfriend of four years, Justin Keith.Justin has always struggled to find where he fit in, never realising his true worth or what it means to be loved—until he met Dallas...
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    angst  queer  m-m  contemporary  hurt-comfort  open-door
  • Beneath the Stain - Part Four by Amy Lane

    Beneath the Stain - Part Four by Amy Lane

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Mackey's fragile recovery from his bout with self-destruction is complicated even further by his feelings for Trav—and Trav's feelings back. Trav is older, and he should know better, but now that Mackey is drug-free and conquering his demons, all he can see is the stunning, brilliant man who existed under the stain of pain and excess...
    Categorized as:
    angst  queer  contemporary  musicians  m-m  abuse
  • Beneath the Stain - Part Five by Amy Lane

    Beneath the Stain - Part Five by Amy Lane

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Mackey is great at taking a leap of faith into a crowd—but taking one into a relationship and a future is a totally different animal. When he and Trav decide to take a risk that Mackey's healing can hold up to them together, they know it's going to be a long, difficult road...
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    angst  queer  contemporary  musicians  m-m  age difference
  • Rafe by Nicole Edwards

    Rafe by Nicole Edwards

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A history of running… When Rafe Sharpe was eighteen, he put Coyote Ridge, his family, and everyone he knew in his rearview in order to escape his past. When he returned three years ago, everyone thought he’d returned to face the horrors that had shaped his existence. What he didn’t tell anyone was that he’d been running then, too...
    Categorized as:
    bisexual  queer  contemporary  m-m  menage  m-m-f
  • Blaze by Jocelynn Drake, Rinda Elliott

    Blaze by Jocelynn Drake, Rinda Elliott

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The rings have been selected. The champagne placed on ice. The cake decorated. And the pre-wedding sex is off the charts... Lucas Vallois and Andrei Hadeon are finally ready to walk down the aisle. There’s just one small problem. A ghost from Lucas’s past shows up days before the wedding, desperate for help...
    Categorized as:
    military  queer  m-m  mystery  suspense  contemporary
  • The Lost Boy by Anna Martin

    The Lost Boy by Anna Martin

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Five years after his band Ares shot to success, Ben Easton is struggling. He’s holed up in a mansion in Los Angeles while he fights depression and a dark drug addiction that threatens to destroy everything. In a final attempt to save Ben’s life, his best friend Tone does something desperate—he calls Ben’s ex-boyfriend Stan and begs him to help...
    Categorized as:
    angst  queer  m-m  contemporary
  • Under a Sky of Ash by Brandon Witt

    Under a Sky of Ash by Brandon Witt

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    More than a decade after leaving Colorado to escape his past, Isaiah Greene returns and builds a life in Denver as a special education teacher. But coming home revives memories of the racist, homophobic violence that destroyed his youthful first love. When Isaiah meets Ben Woods, the mentor of one of his students, the lightning-quick attraction grows into something deeper...
    Categorized as:
    angst  queer  multicultural  m-m  contemporary  abuse
  • Whatever It Takes by Reese Knightley

    Whatever It Takes by Reese Knightley

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    One man’s temper may be the other’s salvation. Dillon Gannon went from almost getting kicked out of the Army to being a revered member of a Special Forces unit. When his commanding officer orders him on a protection detail, it’s the last thing he wants to do. He’s a weapons expert, not a babysitter. Luke Rhine worked his way up through the Army and retired as a general...
  • Crossing the Line by Jeanne St. James

    Crossing the Line by Jeanne St. James

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 11 ratings
    When the wrong man turns out to be the right one... Nash, a longtime Dirty Angel MC member and lead singer of Dirty Deeds, has a secret. For years, he’s hidden his bisexuality from his brothers, fellow bikers, worried how they’d take the news. But Nash isn’t the only one keeping secrets from his brotherhood. So is Cross, a police officer and member of the Blue Avengers MC...
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    military  queer  m-m  contemporary  bikers
  • Noble by Annabella Stone

    Noble by Annabella Stone

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Red Squadron is the tip of the spear in the war against global terrorism. Navy SEAL Commander, Noble Bauer, leads the JASOC Taskforce and knows his team won’t be complete until he finds a Communications Specialist. He knows just the man for the job. The only problem is can he get him to listen...
  • Leo by Silvia Violet

    Leo by Silvia Violet

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I used to be CIA. Now I'm a tattoo artist and a vigilante.When a new hire at my shop gets too curious about my less-than-legal activities, he needs all the protection I can give him.He wants a lot more. More than I should be willing to give. And yet, the longer I keep him close for his own safety... the more I want him in my bed...
    Categorized as:
    military  queer  contemporary  m-m  bdsm
  • Wrangling My Heart by Taylor Rylan

    Wrangling My Heart by Taylor Rylan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Kirk Stevens has made his own way in life. Growing up in foster care taught him that you can only rely on yourself and that nobody will ever want you. He’s beginning to think that maybe he might be wrong on both of those stances. When he meets a sexy man that draws his attention, he begins to wonder if he can have what others do. Someone to love him...
    Categorized as:
    military  queer  m-m  contemporary
  • Off Course by Nicole Edwards

    Off Course by Nicole Edwards

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Nicole Edwards comes the ninth installment in her Brantley Off the Books series. With wedding plans underway, Brantley Walker and Reese Tavoularis are attempting to create some balance between work and life. After a busy summer, they’ve finally slowed down enough to take a breather. At least until the hacker extraordinaire—a.k.a...
    Categorized as:
    military  bisexual  queer  m-m  contemporary  suspense  mystery
  • Heppel Ever After by Con Riley

    Heppel Ever After by Con Riley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Because every epic romance deserves an epic happy ending...All Charles Heppel wants is a wedding. It's not much to ask now that he's set his playboy days aside for his almost-ordained fiancé. He can't wait for a lovely, lazy beach honeymoon with His Holy Hotness to continue Hugo’s education in the bedroom...
  • Thunder and Lightning by Patricia Logan

    Thunder and Lightning by Patricia Logan

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Jarrett Evans and Thayne Wolfe have been partnered in the ATF for nearly two years and their love and commitment to each other has grown over time. Now faced with one final challenge, the boys are headed to Arizona to help Thayne’s mom, stumbling headfirst into a brand new case...
    Categorized as:
    angst  queer  m-m  suspense  mystery  contemporary
  • Only the Flower Knows 2 by Rihito Takarai

    Only the Flower Knows 2 by Rihito Takarai

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Zwischen Misaki und Arikawa scheint nach dem verhängnisvollen Kuss alles wieder normal zu sein, aber es macht Arikawa fertig, dass er ständig an seinen Kommilitonen denken muss. Denn er weiß einfach nicht, wie er sich Misaki gegenüber verhalten soll. Als dieser sein Handy im Labor vergisst und es klingelt, geht Arikawa aus Neugier ran...
    Categorized as:
    angst  queer  m-m  contemporary
  • A Healing Man: The Men of Manhattan book 5 by Sandrine Gasq-Dion

    A Healing Man: The Men of Manhattan book 5 by Sandrine Gasq-Dion

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Dario Ramos thought he’d left the fighting behind in the war zone when a life-threatening injury sent him home. But a certain Irishman crossing his path everywhere he went convinced him that his biggest battle might be ahead. Tiernan Callahan is a bigoted jerk. Ramos finds himself constantly in the man’s orbit, even in a city as big as New York...
  • Beneath the Stain - Part Two by Amy Lane

    Beneath the Stain - Part Two by Amy Lane

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Trav Ford doesn't like strings and he doesn't like messes. Coming off a messy breakup, Trav is grimly determined to keep his life absolutely pristine...
    Categorized as:
    military  angst  queer  abuse  contemporary  musicians  m-m
  • Enduring Night by John Wiltshire

    Enduring Night by John Wiltshire

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting. Nikolas has always liked art. You'd have thought that Ben and Nikolas would have learnt that their romantic holidays inevitably end up as disasters. A short break on the polar ice sees them trapped in a nightmare of murder and deceit...
  • Destruction by Reese Knightley

    Destruction by Reese Knightley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Who is the boy in the cage? What secret has Lash been keeping? Why can’t Fear keep his distance? Join Phoenix in the next explosive action packed book. Micah Robertson, code named Lash, has always loved Alex from the first moment their eyes met. He thought they’d be together forever and it tears him apart when he and Alex split after a life-altering tragedy...
    Categorized as:
    military  queer  m-m  contemporary
  • Change of Heart by K.M. Neuhold

    Change of Heart by K.M. Neuhold

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Does my husband's heart still miss me now that it beats in the chest of another man? Lub-dub A heartbeat more familiar than Easton’s own Lub-dub He vowed to love his husband until death do they part. And then the worst happened. Lub-dub His heart kept another man alive. River. A stranger in the world with Easton's husband's heart pumping the blood that warms his skin...
    Categorized as:
    angst  queer  m-m  friends to lovers  contemporary
  • Looking For Love by Stella Starling

    Looking For Love by Stella Starling

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Micah Finn Rawlings has lived most of his life blind, sheltered, and craving adventure. Now, at twenty-two, an operation has given him his sight back and he’s ready to take on the world. Well, sort of. His newly restored vision isn’t exactly all that he’d hoped it would be, but he’s definitely not going to let that stop him…...
  • Forsaken by E.M. Lindsey

    Forsaken by E.M. Lindsey

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Dr. Elliot Bethel isn’t an easy man to love. He’s not even an easy man to like. He does good work in Fairfield, even if he’s no one’s favorite veterinarian, but he doesn’t need to be popular to be effective...
    Categorized as:
    military  queer  m-m  contemporary
  • Dauntless by Victoria Denault

    Dauntless by Victoria Denault

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He’s everything I’ve ever wanted, at the worst possible moment.One and done. That’s always been my motto when it comes to guys, because I’m not about to pull someone else into the closet my parents have locked me inside. I’ve been waiting years to claim my inheritance and live the life I want to live–out, free, and oh yeah, rich...
  • Coming To Colorado by Sara York

    Coming To Colorado by Sara York

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Book 4 of the Colorado Heart Series Davis Whitaker doesn’t shy away from danger. But when his Boston assignment goes haywire, and he can’t trust anyone, Davis is forced to accept help from a stranger. After an unlikely meeting, Ryan Pruitt offers to help Davis escape the threat lurking in the city. Attraction fires, leaving them both confused about what path they must take...
    Categorized as:
    military  queer  m-m  contemporary
  • Freed by Garrett Leigh

    Freed by Garrett Leigh

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Missing Moment from RareCrazy events in the recent past have convinced Ash to take yet another step forward with Pete. He picks a special moment and a special place: the roof garden of their new home. Ash sees it as the final piece of their puzzle, but he's not prepared for the feelings it invokes. Peace, belonging, and for the first time in his life, freedom...
    Categorized as:
    bisexual  queer  men in uniform  abuse  contemporary  m-m
  • War Torn by Andria Large

    War Torn by Andria Large

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    My life has been completely turned around with the help of my boyfriend and best friend, Tucker. My depression is under control. I’m not having nightmares or flashbacks anymore. My sister is having a baby. Life with Tucker is great… Or is it? Everything seems to be going so well, almost too well...
  • Second Chance Ranch by R.J. Scott

    Second Chance Ranch by R.J. Scott

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Rob runs to Crooked Tree determined to find a safe place for his nephews. A family for them is the final thing on his list, and then he can vanish completely. Falling for a local paramedic along the way is a disaster in Rob’s otherwise perfect plans.Paramedic Aaron, the middle of five brothers, would like someone to love...
    Categorized as:
    military  queer  contemporary  m-m  cowboys
  • A Healing Man: The Men of Manhattan book 5 by Sandrine Gas-Dion

    A Healing Man: The Men of Manhattan book 5 by Sandrine Gas-Dion

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    This is a re release from Wilde City. Dario Ramos thought he’d left the fighting behind in the war zone when a life-threatening injury sent him home. But a certain Irishman crossing his path everywhere he went convinced him that his biggest battle might be ahead. Tiernan Callahan is a bigoted jerk. Ramos finds himself constantly in the man’s orbit, even in a city as big as New York...
  • Only the Flower Knows 3 by Rihito Takarai

    Only the Flower Knows 3 by Rihito Takarai

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Zwischen Misaki und Arikawa hat es endlich richtig gefunkt und sie haben sich am Bahnhof geküsst! Als Arikawa ihm daraufhin anbietet, bei ihm zu übernachten, willigt Misaki zwar ein, doch er ist richtig nervös und dabei so süß, dass Arikawa seine Finger nicht von ihm lassen kann. Nach dieser ersten gemeinsamen Nacht sucht Misaki ein letztes klärendes Gespräch mit Kawabata...
    Categorized as:
    angst  queer  m-m  contemporary  rape
  • Be Mine by Stella Starling

    Be Mine by Stella Starling

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    “My job is to protect you, not like you.” After years of being bounced around the foster care system and an unwanted medical discharge from the Army, Jase Walker has finally found a place for himself as a bodyguard with Byrne Security...
    Categorized as:
    military  queer  m-m  contemporary
  • Looking For Love by Stella Starling

    Looking For Love by Stella Starling

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Micah Finn Rawlings has lived most of his life blind, sheltered, and craving adventure. Now, at twenty-two, an operation has given him his sight back and he’s ready to take on the world. Well, sort of. His newly restored vision isn’t exactly all that he’d hoped it would be, but he’s definitely not going to let that stop him…...
    Categorized as:
    military  queer  m-m  age difference  contemporary
  • On Higher Ground by Melissa Collins

    On Higher Ground by Melissa Collins

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When there’s no peace after war… When there’s no solace after death… When there’s only pain and suffering… Anxiety and loss… All you can hope to find is something more… Something that makes you whole and complete Something that puts you On Higher...
    Categorized as:
    military  queer  m-m  contemporary
  • A Fighting Man: The Men of Manhattan by Sandrine Gasq-Dion

    A Fighting Man: The Men of Manhattan by Sandrine Gasq-Dion

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    This is a rerelease from Wilde City, it is proceeded by A Marrying Man. Army Ranger Slater Cassidy has a very special – very sexy – target in his sights. Meeting gorgeous, smart, uber-snarky Casper Kennedy was the highlight of Slater’s last trip home to New York. The soldier in him carefully plans his conquest...
    Categorized as:
    military  queer  m-m  contemporary  humor  alpha male
  • The Best Gift by Eli Easton

    The Best Gift by Eli Easton

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    With help from a Christmas miracle, two bruised hearts find joy again.Greg Cabot is the third generation to run Cabot’s Christmas Wonderland and tree farm in rural Vermont. But this year will be his last. Since the death of his son, Sam, in Afghanistan, Greg no longer has the heart to run a business based on holiday cheer...
  • Surrender Your Heart: Book 3 of the Fated Hearts Series by Aimee Nicole Walker

    Surrender Your Heart: Book 3 of the Fated Hearts Series by Aimee Nicole Walker

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Secrets and fears… Everyone has them; Jack Murphy and Liam Connelly are no exception. A secret brings Liam Connelly to D.C., but what he discovers upon his arrival is so much more than he expected. Hired to tend bar at Bottoms Up, Liam finds himself drawn to his enigmatic boss like a moth to a flame...
  • Dare Me by Ella Frank, Brooke Blaine

    Dare Me by Ella Frank, Brooke Blaine

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Dare Me is part two of the Dare to Try trilogy and should only be read after Dare You. The moment Bash “Miss Razzle Dazzle” Vogel sashayed into Lieutenant Kieran Bailey’s life, both their worlds were turned upside down. What started as an easy friendship quickly morphed into sizzling chemistry that neither one could deny...
  • Battle It Out by Reese Knightley

    Battle It Out by Reese Knightley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Master Sergeant Zane Gannon loves nothing more than being a part of his Special Forces unit and kicking ass, but above everything, he values his friendship with Isaac. Sure, they argue and snipe at each other, but it’s all in good fun. Until it isn’t. Now, Isaac is pulling away and something Zane has buried for two decades is resurfacing...
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