Candy
A Novel of Love and Addiction
by Luke Davies
Should I read this?
appears in About Australia, Romance, and Psychology.
"Candy is beside me, drenched in sweat. She's breathing gently, long slow breaths. I imagine her soul going in and out: wanting to leave, wanting to come back, wanting to leave, wanting to come back. The day will soon harden into what we need to do. But for now we have each other. . . ."He met Candy amid a lush Sydney summer. Gorgeous, sexy, frees...
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appears in About Australia, Romance, and Psychology.
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