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One of those pages that reminded me why I write…

Rally dug deep for this one, and certain scenes (not the violent ones 🤣🤷🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️) were hard to write. Change isn’t easy. #scifibooks #scifiromance #scifiromancebooks #mobboss #mobbossromance

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