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The Don's Runaway Substitute

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

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For three years the Don gave her every reassurance she begged for. Then lines of text told her she was only a stand-in for the fiancée coming home, so she decided to vanish before he could put her down.

Tropes & themes: contemporary · female lead · dark romance · dark mafia · romance · possessive love · betrayal · modern city · on-the-run · mafia underworld

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Chapters

  1. Chapter 1: The Lines Above the Cake (free)
  2. Chapter 2: Five A.M. at the Bus Terminal (free)
  3. Chapter 3: The Fire Extinguisher (free)
  4. Chapter 4: Above the Restaurant (free with an account)
  5. Chapter 5: The Stand-In Pours the Wine (free with an account)
  6. Chapter 6: Four Terms at City Hall (free with an account)
  7. Chapter 7: Wedding Night (free with an account)
  8. Chapter 8: Welcome Home, Allegra (free with an account)
  9. Chapter 9: The Woman in the Powder Room (free with an account)
  10. Chapter 10: Everything He Used (free with an account)
  11. Chapter 11: The Mother's Hands (free with an account)
  12. Chapter 12: The Wrong Kind of Quiet (free with an account)
  13. Chapter 13: Where Did You Bury Me (free with an account)
  14. Chapter 14: The Ring and the Gate (free with an account)
  15. Chapter 15: The Parish Hall (free with an account)
  16. Chapter 16: What I Was Afraid Of (free with an account)
  17. Chapter 17: The Third Cherry Tree (free with an account)
  18. Chapter 18: The Funeral Guest (free with an account)
  19. Chapter 19: Nothing Left to Hold (free with an account)
  20. Chapter 20: The First Slice (free with an account)
  21. Chapter 21: Eat It, Uncle (free with an account)
  22. Chapter 22: New Terms (free with an account)
  23. Chapter 23: Second Vows (free with an account)
  24. Chapter 24: The Morning Run (free with an account)

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