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    Tempting Fiction
    Tempting Fiction
    Tempting Fiction
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    Tempting Fiction

    By Les Cook

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    A selection of short stories.

    Library Girl. Departure, Flagrant. Ecstatic. Pretty Vroom. 74.

    Tantalizing thrills too far.  

    Alluring Macau.

    Inviting Tiger love wealth death.

    An Irresistible woman... exotic so far.

    Devotion, chasing a persuasive mystic fortune.  

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLes Cook
    Release dateMar 18, 2022
    ISBN9781999002329
    Tempting Fiction
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    Les Cook

    I relish my privacy in real life as I give much experience in the stories I tell. Les Cook

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