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He Took Me to Catch the Rat, But the Rat Was Him

Kidnapped by the Mob's Own Rat

A serialized novel · 24 chapters published · 3 free to read

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On Christmas Eve, Cathal Dwyer takes Aisling Mulcahy out of her church choir loft to hold her until her father comes home to a Philadelphia Irish mob's Table, and Aisling finds out that the traitor the family has hunted for six years is the man who is keeping her.

Tropes & themes: contemporary · female lead · dark romance · dark mafia · kidnapping · romance · enemies to lovers · possessive love · betrayal · modern city · steamy · mafia underworld

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Chapters

  1. Chapter 1: O Holy Night (free)
  2. Chapter 2: Almond Street (free)
  3. Chapter 3: The Desk (free)
  4. Chapter 4: Butterscotch (free with an account)
  5. Chapter 5: The Corner (free with an account)
  6. Chapter 6: Under the Bridge (free with an account)
  7. Chapter 7: The Parting Glass (locked)
  8. Chapter 8: Four Posts (locked)
  9. Chapter 9: The Carving (locked)
  10. Chapter 10: Snowed In (locked)
  11. Chapter 11: First Tuesday (locked)
  12. Chapter 12: The Diner (locked)
  13. Chapter 13: Say It (locked)
  14. Chapter 14: Cumberland Street (locked)
  15. Chapter 15: Flour (locked)
  16. Chapter 16: The Night Before (locked)
  17. Chapter 17: The Eleventh (locked)
  18. Chapter 18: Hot Water (locked)
  19. Chapter 19: A Quarter in the Slot (locked)
  20. Chapter 20: The Roof (locked)
  21. Chapter 21: Easter (locked)
  22. Chapter 22: My Mother's Bed (locked)
  23. Chapter 23: June (locked)
  24. Chapter 24: Take Me Home (locked)

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