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  1. Public Bookmark 37

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    A modern, "Dancing with the Stars" style story featuring: Violet, the new pro trying to prove herself and secure a permanent spot on the show, and Xaden, notorious playboy forced to be there by his PR team to improve his image after a recent scandal.

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    28 Nov 2025

  2. Public Bookmark 68

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    The heat is on full blast for Xaden and Violet when they meet at a fundraiser, unable to keep their eyes off each other. He’s a firefighter. She’s a journalist. And their pull? It’s undeniable. Throw in an ice bath that Xaden just can’t help but join her in, and the flames are fanned, the burn between them inevitable.

    But family names and buried secrets might just put out the fire before it can even begin to take hold…

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    28 Nov 2025

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    One temp job. Twelve weeks. Zero distractions.

    Violet Sorrengail’s plan to escape DC and move across the country was solid—until her new boss turned out to be Xaden Riorson, wildly successful criminal defense attorney and the one-night stand she was trying to forget.

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    28 Nov 2025

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    When Violet Sorrengail is eighteen years old, her olympic dreams turn to dust and she swears to never attend another swim meet again. Six years later, she’s reinvented herself. As the best media manager Scribed has to offer, she’s well-traveled, well-paid and entirely content with life.

    Enter Xaden Riorson—olympian, gold medallist, world record holder…devil incarnate. No one’s ever gotten under Violet’s skin quite like him. From the moment they met she’s hated him, so when Violet’s co-worker is forced to vacate her position with Team USA and she finds herself in Paris, she swears to stay as far away from him as possible.

    Unfortunately for her, he never got the memo.

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    28 Nov 2025

  5. Public Bookmark 46

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    Violet Sorrengail just wants to survive her first summer back at Aretia in nearly two years.

    Older now, with new fears and new grief, she worries how she'll find her way back. But when she returns, the mountain is the same, with its cool, fresh air. The cabins still have graffiti-covered rafters and creaky floors. And there is Xaden Riorson, still shooting her glares and wicked grins from across the dining hall.

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    Xaden's frozen, his gaze midnight, flickering over my loose, mused hair. His eyes snag on the beginnings of a braid. I huff, shooting him a look and dropping the strands I’ve been trying to weave again. “Today it's just not cooperating.”

    His smile is sly as he meets my gaze in the mirror. “Let me.” I flash a disbelieving look as he steps forward, hands wide in an appeasing gesture. “I lived with Sloane for nearly a decade. I can French braid, or Dutch if you’d prefer.” He quirks his brow at me in our reflections, and truly, how is this man allowed to exist?

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    22 Nov 2025