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Lauren
As the adopted daughter of a master con artist, I was accustomed to living on the edges of wealth. Other people had it, and Bliss Blakewell, the woman who raised me, craved it. Me, I wanted something else. I wanted to be free. I wanted to love and be loved. I'd come so close to achieving that dream, so close I could feel it in the deepest part of my soul. But it had all been snatched away when Rye McAllister, the man I loved, disappeared from the little tropical island beach where we were hiding out.
Ever since that day, one purpose had consumed me. I had to find Rye, no matter what it took. Now that I knew what love felt like, I'd do anything to get it back.
That was why I'd come back to the States, even though I could be arrested if Bliss chose to report me. For years, she'd
