Things We Left Behind by Lucy Score (Knockemout #3)

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Things-We-Left-Behind-by-Lucy-Score-(Knockemout-#3):There-was-only-one-woman-who-could-set-me-free.-But-I-would-rather-set-myself-on-fire-than-ask-Sloane-Walton-for-anything.Lucian-Rollins-is-a-lean,-mean-vengeance-seeking-mogul.On-a-quest-to-erase-his-father’s-mark-on-the-family-name,-he-spends-every-waking-minute-pulling-strings-and-building-an-indestructible-empire.The-more-money-and-power-he-amasses,-the-safer-he-is-from-threats.Except-when-it-comes-to-the-feisty-small-town-librarian-that-keeps-him-up-at-night…Sloane-Walton-is-a-spitfire-determined-to-carry-on-her-father’s-quest-for-justice.She’ll-do-that-just-as-soon-as-she-figures-out-exactly-what-the-man-she-hates-did-to—or-for—her-family.Bonded-by-an-old,-dark-secret-from-the-past-and-the-dislike-they-now-share-for-each-other,Sloane-trusts-Lucian-about-as-far-as-she-can-throw-his-designer-suited-body.When-bickering-accidentally-turns-to-foreplay,-these-two-find-themselves-not-quite-regretting-their-steamy-one-night-stand.Once-those-flames-are-fanned,-it-seems-impossible-to-put-them-out-again.But-with-Sloane-ready-to-start-a-family-and-Lucian-refusing-to-even-consider-the-idea-of-marriage-and-kids,-these-enemies-to-lovers-are-stuck-at-an-impasse.Broken-men-break-women.-It’s-what-Lucian-believes,-what-he’s-witnessed,and-he’s-not-going-to-take-that-chance-with-Sloane.He’d-rather-live-a-life-of-solitude-than-put-her-in-danger.But-he-learns-the-hard-way-that-leaving-her-means-leaving-her-unprotected-from-other-threats.It’s-the-second-time-he’s-ruthlessly-cut-her-out-of-his-life.There’s-no-way-she’s-going-to-give-him-a-third-chance.-He’s-just-going-to-have-to-make-one-for-himself.