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  • Love Delayed (Waiting to Breathe ) by Love Belvin

    Love Delayed (Waiting to Breathe ) by Love Belvin

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    What happens when Zoey Barrett, an ingenuous Princeton scholar, meets NBA All-star rocker-boy, Stenton Rogers? Zoey has her life all planned out. She’s working hard at her degree and to help her family stay afloat financially. Stenton’s at the top of his game on the court, but off, his life is out of bounds...
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    age-gap  angst  sports  steamy  adult  alpha-mc  black-mc  book
  • Blood & Bones: Ozzy by Jeanne St. James

    Blood & Bones: Ozzy by Jeanne St. James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    They call him The Great Oz, but for Ozzy, sometimes life isn’t so great... Over twenty years ago, at seventeen, the Blood Fury’s colors were inked onto Ozzy’s back.But when the club imploded, he was one of the few who survived.Throughout his life, the Original has made mistakes.Too many to count.Most didn’t matter.Until the last one.The one he regrets.The one that left a mark...
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    age-gap  angst  steamy  action-adventure  adult  betrayal  biker  book
  • Tight Hold by Lisa Suzanne

    Tight Hold by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The pro football player I’m faking a relationship with has the perfect solution to my career woes. He’s encouraging me to lean into the pseudo-celebrity life I was born into instead of trying to outrun it, and for the first time in my life, someone sees me for me.I feel like he’s falling for me, too.And then my ex shows up...
  • Claim by Janet Nissenson

    Claim by Janet Nissenson

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The final book of the Splendor trilogy – the conclusion, but never the ending, to a love story for the ages All of luxury hotel heir Ian Gregson’s dreams are finally coming true. Soon he will be able to claim the beautiful woman he longed for from afar for more than two years, and she will belong to him for all time...
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    age-gap  angst  steamy  adult  alpha-mc  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Silver Lining Love by Melanie Shawn

    Silver Lining Love by Melanie Shawn

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Dear Love Vixen,Six months ago, my life changed forever, and I had no idea it was coming.My sister—the strongest and most selfless person I’ve ever met and the kickass mom to three adorable kids—was killed in a car accident.In an instant, I became the mom to those three adorable kids, and lemme tell ya...I am far from strong. Or kickass...
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    age-gap  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Crave by Janet Nissenson

    Crave by Janet Nissenson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The next chapter in one of the most romantic love stories ever told Luxury hotel heir Ian Gregson longed for his beloved Tessa from afar for more than two years, forced to keep his attraction towards her well hidden. But now that his feelings no longer have to remain a secret, he is free to indulge his constant craving for the woman of his dreams...
  • Under The Bridge by Julia Wolf

    Under The Bridge by Julia Wolf

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    ​A quirky, friends-to-lovers, rock star romance... Ian Grady, drummer for Blue is the Color, is a quiet, self-contained enigma, even to his closest friends and bandmates. He’s comfortable staying in the background, playing the drums, and working on his puzzles. Valentina Petrov marches to the beat of her own drum and has never felt the need to fit in...
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    age-gap  steamy  contemporary  new-adult  fiction  book  adult  romance
  • Timeout by Lisa Suzanne

    Timeout by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
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    age-gap  angst  sports  adult  book  celebrity  contemporary  fiction
  • Tight Spot by Lisa Suzanne

    Tight Spot by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I don’t date football players.I’m not interested in the ones who are a decade older than me. I want nothing to do with the ones who play on the same team as my brothers, and I certainly avoid the ones who spend more time in strip clubs than kids’ clubs...
  • Indiscreet by Nicole French

    Indiscreet by Nicole French

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sexiest man alive. Playboy movie star. Reckless actor. Will Baker, better known as “Fitz,” is back, and the world has questions...
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    age-gap  angst  steamy  adult  alpha-mc  book  celebrity  contemporary
  • Manster: A Rockstar Romantic Comedy by Cari Quinn, Taryn Elliott

    Manster: A Rockstar Romantic Comedy by Cari Quinn, Taryn Elliott

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I’m a rockstar on the run from the memories of my past. And pussies in palaces.   Record scratch. Rewind.   My name is Hudson Wyatt, and I raced cars until an injury ended my career. Now I pound the skins in Hammered, a successful rock band. But I still enjoy living recklessly, hooking up and partying all night...
  • Touch: The Complete Series by Cara Dee

    Touch: The Complete Series by Cara Dee

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A touch can take many forms. It can be hard, soft, cold, hot, pleasurable, sadistic…much like kink. In Touch , several kinks take their turn in the spotlight, exhibited by men and women trying to find their way in life...
    Categorized as:
    steamy  age-gap  sports  angst  romance  polyamory  fiction  mlm
  • Whiskey by Sybil Bartel

    Whiskey by Sybil Bartel

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Mercenary.Navy SEAL.Unconventional Operative.I didn’t join the Teams. I was recruited. They called me the Specialist. They said I had a unique skill set. I knew who I was.For eight years, the Navy tried to rein me in with their tactics, techniques and procedures—operations, missions, objectives—they told me to adapt and overcome. I didn’t adapt. I did my time.Now I worked for Alpha Elite Security...
  • The Season: Kaufman by Nicole Edwards

    The Season: Kaufman by Nicole Edwards

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Spencer Kaufman When I signed on to the NHL, I promised to give 150% to the game. I’ve done that. Little did I know, but they would ask more from me than merely my skill on the ice. The team wanted me to be their captain. It’s an honor, one I’ve done my best to fulfill. Although I can’t take all the credit, I was there to lead when we won the Stanley Cup...
  • All In by Eliza Lentzski

    All In by Eliza Lentzski

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Book Four and the dénouement of the Winter Jacket Series. Hollywood had been a disaster. Elle Graft—Associate Professor of English and once-budding television screenwriter—could admit that much. Now back in Minnesota and back to her old life, Elle’s determined to get her relationship with Hunter back on track. It all started with a broken classroom heater and a blue winter coat...
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    age-gap  angst  steamy  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction
  • How The Heart Breaks by Stacey Marie Brown

    How The Heart Breaks by Stacey Marie Brown

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He was her secret, her sin, the heart she couldn’t love.Emery Robert’s life is everything she wanted. Married to the love of her life, with a good job, and plans for a family in the future. But when Emery’s husband dies tragically, she is the one who stops living.Three years later, at the age of 30, she’s still struggling to move on...
  • Always by Chloe Walsh

    Always by Chloe Walsh

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    "If I told you a secret, would you keep it?"He's damaged.I'm determined.I've loved him my whole life, but he's broken, older, full of secrets.The bruises on his skin, the silent tears, the hidden pain... I know I'm in over my head.My father warns me against him, but his eyes plead with me to save him.All I know is that I can't walk away from him. I promised I would be there for him.And I will...
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    age-gap  angst  sports  abuse  adult  book  coming-of-age  contemporary
  • Smokeshow: A Hockey Love Story by Raine Miller

    Smokeshow: A Hockey Love Story by Raine Miller

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Be "just friends" with a smokeshow like her? That's pretty much a p#cking impossible ask.—Tyler Lockhardt, VEGAS CRUSHI'm just over here minding my business playing hockey for the Crush when the SMOKESHOW of my dreams turns up and seriously rocks my world.For real.Beautiful, smart, and so incredibly sweet I cannot help myself from wanting to get to know her a whole lot better...
  • Curvy Cravings: A Curvy Woman Romance by C.L. Cruz

    Curvy Cravings: A Curvy Woman Romance by C.L. Cruz

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Curvy Cravings is a short, sweet, and steamy romance book featuring a strong, independent heroine and the man who wins her heart after it's already been broken before. Curvy Cravings is the 3rd in the series but can be read as a standalone with a HEA and no cliffhangers!LyricAfter enduring an embarrassing, high-profile divorce, I just want to fade into the background...
  • I Have Lived and I Have Loved by Willow Winters, Dylan Allen

    I Have Lived and I Have Loved by Willow Winters, Dylan Allen

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I have lived and I have loved…There’s no better feeling than those little butterflies at the end of a romance story. Top Shelf Romance is proud to present a collection of happily ever afters in collaboration with a cause dedicated to providing stories for those in need.100% of the profits from this anthology will be given to the Live A Thousand Lives charity...
  • Total Knockout by Jane Fox

    Total Knockout by Jane Fox

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Andrei: When I first see Michaela, I figure I must have taken a punch to the head. How can anyone be that gorgeous?Michaela: It's hard to keep my eyes off Andrei and my mind on my job when he's in the ring. But what are the chances he'd even notice someone like me?Sometimes fate needs a little help...
  • The Last Kiss by Anna Bloom

    The Last Kiss by Anna Bloom

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    My life began when I found out it was ending.One Frenchman. One night. No questions. No names.The perfect antidote for a stolen future.Fate though has other plans. This doesn’t feel like a one-night stand, it feels like soulmates for a lifetime.One night can’t be enough because I think we’re falling in love...
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    age-gap  angst  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  drama  fiction
  • What Comes After by Melissa Toppen

    What Comes After by Melissa Toppen

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Life is full of many things. Love. Loss. Heartbreak. Laughter. No matter how small, each moment has value. Then there are the big moments. The moments that define us. And the people who shape our very existence. Abel Collins is that person for me. From the very first time our eyes locked, I knew there was something about him. That he was the person that would change everything...
    Categorized as:
    steamy  angst  contemporary  new-adult  fiction  book  adult  romance
  • Tropical Ice by Kat Mizera

    Tropical Ice by Kat Mizera

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Garrett “Hawk” Hawkins may be a bad boy in the rink but he doesn’t know what to do when he’s wrongly accused of on-ice misconduct. Given a five-game suspension by the NHL, he heads down to Mimosa Key to lay on the beach for a few days and get his head on straight—until he runs into a troubled beauty who happens to be the sister of his ex-teammate...
    Categorized as:
    sports  steamy  angst  romance  secrets  contemporary  multi-pov  drama
  • Lithium Waves by Carmel Rhodes

    Lithium Waves by Carmel Rhodes

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Lithium Waves: Book One in the Lithium Springs Series. Ryder If you asked Ryder ten years ago if he considered himself lucky, he would have laughed in your face. When you grew up where he grew up, with the father he had, there was no such thing as luck. There was only life, death, and music...
    Categorized as:
    steamy  angst  romance  contemporary  abuse  fiction  book  adult
  • Rock Bottom by Kat Mizera

    Rock Bottom by Kat Mizera

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    My family calls me Zeke. But the music industry refers to me as Big Z… and women everywhere know why.Being lead guitarist for the hottest band in the world should be enough. But it’s not. Nothing ever is. And I don’t know why.Money. Fame. Girls. I’m drowning in all three. But it’s the sweet, spunky college girl offering up her virginity in exchange for an interview that I can’t get out of my head...
  • New Tune, Old Vinyl by Ember Davis

    New Tune, Old Vinyl by Ember Davis

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    TALLULAHSame Old Spin has always been my second home. Not just because it’s my family’s business but because I love the way music can speak to your soul. I thought I would run the shop forever, but it’s coming to an end and I’m not sure how to feel about it. I have no idea what comes next...
  • Playoff Passion by London Casey

    Playoff Passion by London Casey

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I’m pregnant. By a hockey player.My father is the head coach of the team.There’s literally no way I can tell anyone who got me pregnant… right?* * *Don’t ask me ‘how did this happen?’ because I don’t have time to talk about the birds and bees and what goes on between the sheets.The fact of the matter is this - I’m pregnant by the goalie of the Inci Warriors...
    Categorized as:
    sports  steamy  contemporary  romance  humor  fiction  book  adult
  • Achilles and the Houseboy by Gillibran Brown

    Achilles and the Houseboy by Gillibran Brown

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    If Achilles, ancient hero of the Trojan War, had worn proper footwear then Gillibran Brown, modern hero of the Domestic Empire, would get into a lot less trouble, or so he believes. A kiss heralds the arrival of a most unwelcome and troublesome visitor who throws the eponymous houseboy out of kilter with life and his beloved dictators, Dick and Shane...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  angst  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  disability  fiction
  • Riptide by Skye Jordan, Joan Swan

    Riptide by Skye Jordan, Joan Swan

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When pro surfer Zach Ellis isn’t traveling the world-wide competition circuit, he works as a Renegade stunt double for the hit TV series, Hawaiian Heat. After years of tangling with the ocean, his body has paid the price. So when he gets a shot at a star roll on the show, Zach’s all in...
    Categorized as:
    sports  steamy  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Struck by Emma Louise

    Struck by Emma Louise

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Playboy. Gym rat. Womanizer. I’ve been called them all. Until one-night changes everything. Changes me. Trying to drown a broken heart in cheap whiskey and a willing body leaves me with the last thing I ever expected. All that matters now is my son. There’s no room for anything, or anyone else. Until her. A free spirit. A nomadic soul. She intrigues me. She excites me...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  angst  sports  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  fighter
  • Daddy's Little Bride by Laylah Roberts

    Daddy's Little Bride by Laylah Roberts

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Wedding of Clint and...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  angst  steamy  adult  alpha-mc  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Filthy by Tory Baker

    Filthy by Tory Baker

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
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    Categorized as:
    age-gap  steamy  adult  biker  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Nate by Kat Mizera

    Nate by Kat Mizera

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    To win, you have to play the game... Rising hockey star Nate Calloway has overcome a lot to get where he is. Playing professional hockey for the Las Vegas Sidewinders, he plans to keep his head down and do the one thing he’s good at: hockey. Everything is going according to plan until a gorgeous, spunky journalist falls into his lap...
    Categorized as:
    sports  angst  contemporary  athlete  fiction  book  adult  romance
  • Defended by Golden Angel

    Defended by Golden Angel

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    For Melody Williams, her fantasy of a Daddy Dom has always been limited to the books she devours in secret. But when a trip to Black Light brings dominant men out of her imagination and into real life, Melody quickly falls for everything about this exciting new world, including a certain gorgeous lawyer on whom she has a very serious crush...
    Categorized as:
    steamy  age-gap  romance  contemporary  fiction  book  adult
  • Hot Shot by Kat Baxter

    Hot Shot by Kat Baxter

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
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  • Soar by Zara Cox

    Soar by Zara Cox

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Welcome back to The Indigo lounge, the scandalously sexy sky-high playground where anything can happen. Buckle up. Emotional turbulence guaranteed... SOAR, the sizzling conclusion to the next duet in the Indigo Lounge Series. Seven Nights, Seven Highs…the story continues! Dark and sinfully sexy Noah King thought he'd left his past behind in New York. He should have known better...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Rendezvous by Skye Jordan, Joan Swan

    Rendezvous by Skye Jordan, Joan Swan

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Keaton Holt knows all about the badass throwdown—on the movie set and in the bedroom. As the only sixth-degree black belt stuntman for Renegades, he’s made a career of translating those fighting skills to the big screen. He’s sown his oats and is ready for hometown and apple pie...
    Categorized as:
    sports  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Heller Brothers Hockey - A Five Book Hockey Romance Collection by Kelly Jamieson

    Heller Brothers Hockey - A Five Book Hockey Romance Collection by Kelly Jamieson

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    An amazing opportunity to own all 5 Heller Brothers Hockey romances In One Limited Edition Digital Boxed Set...
  • Out of the Ashes by Cara Dee

    Out of the Ashes by Cara Dee

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    We screwed up, Master. It wasn’t until I stood there alone in the ashes, raw, naked, enraged, and in more pain than I could handle that I realized we’d been wrong from the beginning. I saw our history in the rubble—all our memories, the pictures filled with devotion and laughter, my wholehearted submission to him. And we had to rewrite the ending. We had to. Kingsley and I couldn’t be over...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  angst  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  lgbtq
  • The Veteran by Olivia T. Turner

    The Veteran by Olivia T. Turner

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Five years ago, I had the night of my life with Harris Sutton.Out of all the people in the bar, the famous hockey player chose me.He was in town for a game and when he left, he took my virginity with him.And he unknowingly left me with a souvenir.Five years later, my souvenir is my whole world.A five-year-old boy that I never told him about.Lucas.We’re happy and comfortable in our little life...
  • Rebound by V.L. Locey

    Rebound by V.L. Locey

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    If there’s one thing that’s a certainty in life, it’s change. It’s taken Victor Kalinski years to settle into the kind of happiness that he thought he’d never find. The small town of Cayuga, New York, has welcomed him warmly. It’s given him a championship team to coach, a tightly-knit group of friends, a father who he has reconciled with, and a safe place to raise the son he adores...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  angst  sports  steamy  adult  bisexuality  book  children
  • Running Away with You by Suzanne Sweeney

    Running Away with You by Suzanne Sweeney

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Running Away With You continues the journey of Juliette and Evan that began in “Running Back to You” and "Running Home to You". Juliette Fletcher’s life has been full of surprises ever since she began dating NFL superstar Evan “Big Mac” McGuire. He’s everything she could ever have wished for – strong and tender, and wrapped up in an exquisite package...
    Categorized as:
    angst  sports  steamy  adult  athlete  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Single Daddy Seduction by Angel Devlin, Tracy Lorraine

    Single Daddy Seduction by Angel Devlin, Tracy Lorraine

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Forbidden never tasted so good. Sarah He’s my daddy’s best friend, and he took a huge chance on me. I wasn’t meant to thank him by falling into his bed, I was just meant to care for his twins. But my life has just imploded and he’s the only good thing I’ve got right now. Emmet She’s my best friend’s daughter. Completely off-limits and yet I simply can’t resist...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  female-mc  fiction  romance
  • Renegades, Volume 1: Reckless, Rebel, Ricochet by Skye Jordan

    Renegades, Volume 1: Reckless, Rebel, Ricochet by Skye Jordan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Grab this trio of awesomeness from New York bestselling author Skye Jordan! Renegades Volume 1 includes RECKLESS, REBEL and RICOCHET RECKLESS: A couture wedding dress designer to the rich and famous, Lexi LaCroix’s image means everything. Raised on the wrong side of the tracks, her years of polish and hard work are finally about to pay off...
  • A Little Christmas: Finn by A.W. Scott

    A Little Christmas: Finn by A.W. Scott

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Life has a way of bringing you things when you least expect it.Finn knows life isn’t fair. At just nineteen, he’s had to suffer through multiple foster placements, bullying from classmates, and constantly wondering where his next meal would come from. Kicked out of his home and with nowhere to go, he resorts to hiding in the local football stadium when the weather gets tough...
  • High Rise: The Complete Collection by Harper Bliss

    High Rise: The Complete Collection by Harper Bliss

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Four women. One building. A million complications. High Rise is a series of lesbian erotic romance novellas focusing on four women who live in The Ivy, the ‘sexiest building in Hong Kong’. Alex, a local gym instructor. Her room mate Nat, a celebrated American writer who moved to Hong Kong for love. Their upstairs neighbour Maddie, a workaholic investment banker...
  • Wind Therapy by A.J. Downey

    Wind Therapy by A.J. Downey

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Some men are born to lead, born to be the one in charge, given the tools to handle everything the world throws at them. Maverick is one of those men, however, nothing could or would prepare him for Marisol.Marisol dreams of a life far and away from her so-called family...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  steamy  adult  biker  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Wicked Player by Stacey Lynn

    Wicked Player by Stacey Lynn

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Gage Bryant has the best hands and the quickest feet of any wide receiver in football. He also has a secret—one he’ll do anything to protect. He’s a member of The Velvet Club. With airtight non disclosure agreements, playing at Velvet gives him the freedom to assert his dominance and control in a way that not only serves him on the football field, but the way he craves in the bedroom...
  • Forever For You by D.E. Haggerty

    Forever For You by D.E. Haggerty

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I am NOT Rowan’s little sister. And I will do everything in my power to prove otherwise. But I swear breaking my ankle, so I could live with him while I recover was not part of the plan. Honestly. I have loved Rowan since I was sixteen and he rushed in like my knight in shining football pads to save me from a bully...
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