Crossed Lines
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There’s no return address on the brown package. Just a sticker for a publishing company. Inside it is a glossy novel with a cherry-red cover. I start to throw it away—I bet someone sent it as a joke. The title sure sounds like one: A Million Crossed Lines.
It’s only when the light plays off the cover that something makes me stop. A memory, I think, of a fancy sports car in the same brilliant shade.
My heart constricts even before I flip the book open. I jump as something surprisingly heavy falls from the pages and hits the floor. Shiny. Metal. A key? Frowning, I stoop for it while brushing my eyes along the book’s opening line.
“You’re a liar,” he told me. “No one will believe it, even if I cross the line. You’re a liar.”
My words.
It’s my story, cleverly woven into a simple plot by someone more gifted at storytelling than I could ever hope to be. Once upon a time, there was a man who loved someone he wasn’t supposed to. Even if it was wrong. Even if it made them both cross a million glaring red lines.
Even if it doomed them both in the end.
I’m numb when I finally finish and frantically turn to the very front page. Unsurprisingly, the author—while anonymous—penned a dedication consisting of two simple lines.
To the girl with the golden curls: I’m sorry.
To the woman with the sun-kissed hair: If you can forgive me, come find me.
Hey there!
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Lana Sky is a reclusive writer in the United States who spends most of her time daydreaming about complex male characters and legless cats. She writes mostly paranormal romance, in between watching reruns of Ab Fab and drinking iced tea. Only iced tea.
Other Novels:
ROMANTIC SUSPENSE
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SAVAGE FALL DUET:
King’s Men
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THE MORE TREACHEROUS THE LIE…
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Ten years ago, Snowy Hollings did the unthinkable: she betrayed the love of her life.
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Now, when her family's fortune is decimated overnight, the popular socialite is in for a rude awakening: you reap what you sow.
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…THE HARDER THE FALL.
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Mysterious newcomer Blake Lorenz despises everything that Snowy Hollings stands for--and he's determined to destroy her piece by piece.
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When all is said and done, this ruthless corporate king will stop at nothing to torment the redheaded beauty.
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She had it coming, after all.
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And, when he's through, she'll be lucky if there's anything left to ever make whole again.
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SAVAGE FALL DUET:
King’s Horses
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THE HARDER THE FALL…
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Ten years ago, Snowy Hollings betrayed the love of her life…
Or did she?
Blake Lorenz has finally broken the Hollings heiress but revenge doesn’t taste quite as sweet as he’d hoped. And as the murky depths of his past begin to come to light, the more he’s forced to realize that he may have made a grave mistake.
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…THE MORE BRUTAL THE REDEMPTION.
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Destitute and disillusioned, Snowy is trying her best to piece her broken heart back together. But Blake isn’t the only man on her trail, desperate to claim her.
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No good deed goes unpunished, after all.
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And the truth has a way of destroying even the most resilient of hearts…
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BDSM BILLIONAIRE ROMANCE
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XXX MAXIM:
SUBMIT
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Pain is the most potent drug and Frankie Marconi is addicted to the burning sting of it. Maxim Koslov, a deranged crime lord with a tormented past, is more than willing to deliver the dose she needs.
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But when lust becomes obsession, Frankie begins to realize that there is only one way out of this dangerous game of Russian Roulette...
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And Maxim never loses.
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XXX MAXIM:
OBEY
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Under the dangerous Maxim Koslov's spell, Frankie Marconi finds herself falling deeper and deeper into a world of violence and sin. But the rabbit hole of chaos can only go so far. When cruel reality threatens her cocoon of pain, can she rely on Maxim to help her withstand the onslaught?
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Or will she goad him into finally ending their twisted game...
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Once and for all.
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MAFIA ROMANCE
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Crescendo
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You don't become the fiancé of one of the most powerful mafia bosses in the city without understanding exactly how gritty and depraved the world truly is... and how to thrive in the inferno.
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After five years spent under his controlling thumb, Daniela knows her position with a man like Vincent Stacatto is precarious, but as long as she plays by the rules of his "game", she's safe...
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Until she's taken captive by the devil.
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Kidnapped by a rival crime lord, Daniela becomes a pawn between two powerful forces, and just another casualty in a bloody game of chess. But to get to the top, and stay at the top, you have to fight dirty and hold nothing back, because the most dangerous piece on the board isn't the King.
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It's the queen.
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Refrain
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Some demons have angelic intentions...
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Caught in the middle of a vicious gang war, Espi Vialle is torn between helping a woman with a twisted past or escaping a world of crime he’s ashamed to be a part of.
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But when his own dark choices threaten to destroy what little hope of a future he has left, he’ll have to face his deepest fears and risk becoming the one person who has let him down the most.
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His brother.
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PARANORMAL ROMANCE
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Drain Me
When diagnosed with a fatal illness at the age of twenty-six, Eleanor Gray is resigned to her fate—at least until the enigmatic Dublin Helos appears and makes her an offer she knows she should refuse:
Life or Death?
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With a decision as harmless as checking the wrong box on a mysterious questionnaire, Ellie is plunged into a dangerous world where souls are sold to the highest bidder and pleasure is fueled by pain.
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The rules of this new life are simple: submit everything—mind, body, and soul. But the further Ellie falls under Dublin’s control, the more she comes to realize that it’s not just her sanity at stake, but her heart and a whole lot of blood too.
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OTHER BOOKS
Dirty Lyrics
All’s
fair in sex, love, and Rock N’ Roll.
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Star publicist Abby Newman takes only the roughest, toughest, and naughtiest rock stars under her belt. Her love of bad boys has warranted her a naughty reputation to boot—but her newest client, country crooner Jason Daniels, is anything but. In fact, Jason’s sweet, wholesome image isn’t in need of a cleanup, so Abby can’t understand why he’s so insistent on hiring her.
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But, after a few clandestine meetings, she’s quick to realize that the Jason Daniels isn’t exactly the same man in real life that he pretends to be on the radio. In fact, he brings a whole new form of “bad” to the table, and before Abby can help it, she finds herself hopelessly falling under his spell.
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After all, all’s fair...
Dragonfly
Sheltered by an overprotective family, Amy Sager—a shy twenty-something poet from Canada—just wanted to break out of her shell and be free to live her own life. What better way to assert her newfound independence than by moving to San Francisco?
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However, when she meets a tall, blood-drenched stranger, she gets more than she bargained for.
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Jackie is everything she should never want. Violence, lies, and even murder taint this strange man, but she finds herself irresistibly drawn to him…like a moth to a flame.
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When their relationship strains her loyalty and his livelihood, it isn’t long before violence consumes her independence and Amy’s quest for freedom turns into just another story of a good girl caught on the wrong side of the tracks, too far gone to turn back.
Pretty Perfect
Perfection. It is an illusion that twenty-year-old Anya DeSotto strives to maintain.
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The perfect ballerina.
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The perfect daughter.
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The perfect liar.
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Everyone else seems fooled by the charade—but Anya isn’t prepared for the moment her perfect mask is cracked in half by someone much more adept at the art of pretending.
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Nearly two decades her senior, Revend Marcus, the owner of a prestigious international ballet company, has no problem with breaking Anya down to suit his own twisted idea of perfection. But, when a shadow from Revend’s past looms over their futures and Anya’s insecurities push their relationship to a violent crescendo, the resulting chaos threatens to destroy them both.
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Though, sometimes, even destruction can be pretty perfect.
The Ellie Gray Chronicles
Drain Me
Chain Me
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Beautiful Monsters
Crescendo
Refrain
Mezzo
Allegro
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Rockstar Rebels
Dirty Lyrics
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Moth
Dragonfly
Moth
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XXX
Maxim: Submit
Maxim: Obey
Maxim: Surrender
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Savage Fall Duet
King’s Men
King’s Horses
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The War of Roses
XV: (Fifteen)
VII: (Seven)
I: (One)
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Standalones
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Crossed Lines
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Did you love Crossed Lines? Then you should read Pretty Perfect by Lana Sky!
Addict. Liar. Numb.
Anya DeSotto's dreams of becoming a professional ballerina are circling the drain, along with the last of her pills. Forced to discover 'healthy' ways to cope with her crippling lack of self-worth, Anya's last chance at success comes in the form of Revend Marcus, a man nearly two decades her senior.
The owner of a prestigious international ballet company, Revend has no problem breaking Anya down to suit his own twisted idea of perfection. But when a shadow from Revend's past looms over their futures, the resulting chaos threatens to destroy them both.
Though, sometimes, even destruction can be pretty perfect.