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Blood & Bustiers

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Reads 97
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Merely existing. Not living. That's all disgraced ballet star Madeline James has been doing since jeté-ing out of the international spotlight and ranks of Dresden's Semperoper Ballet after an affair with the artistic director threatens to implode the company.

Back at home in The Six, Madeline's camping out on her brother's couch and eating far too much take-out for a former ballerina. Teaching English to foreign students, she's also trying to forget she ever danced. Then one of her Colombian students, a burlesque dancer named Cattaleya, disappears, and the girl's boyfriend, also Maddy's student, asks her for help just before making himself scarce.
Despite strong reservations, Maddy feels compelled to find out what really happened to her Colombian students. 

As she is drawn into the seductive world of burlesque, it turns out the truth is much more complicated and dangerous then she could have ever imagined. With the help of Ruby, a trans burlesque dancer and Max, her cop brother, she finds herself caught in a tangle of jewel smuggling and visa scams all while struggling to find her courage to take the stage once again.All Rights Reserved

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Roses For The Dead

Elle Harper has everything she could ever ask for. Her family is rich, she owns a nice car, and she has the most popular boy in school as her boyfriend. But there is one thing that she didn't want. A stalker. Elliot Harrison has been stalking Elle since they were children. He is completely obsessed with her. It takes everything in her to try and stay away from him, but he always seems to be there. At her locker, her car, even her house, seeing as he is her neighbor. He sends her "love" letters that scare her and puts flowers in her locker and her car. The night of the Senior Prom is one that Elle and her twin brother, Zeke, will never forget. The day begins as good as ever. Elle's friends come over and get ready with her. There is laughter and a lot of pictures. But when the cops show up in the middle of the dance looking for Elle and her brother, Elle begins to fear the worst has happened. And whatever it is, she knows that Elliot is behind it all. If he can't have her, then no one else can. Elle has no idea how far Elliot will go to make that true. She is in danger and it's right around the corner.