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    violadavis
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    violadavis
    Complete
    Complete, First published Nov 18, 2020
    Penn Romero is a smart girl. Smart girls don't get involved with their professors.
         
                                                                          	*****
         
        It begins with a casual meeting at a speakeasy. It begins with a drink. It begins with a stolen stare. It begins with the not-knowing, the secrecy, the sneaking around. 
        
        Penn Romero hardly knew what she was getting into when she was drawn in by Chase Steele's magnetism, and she hardly knew he'd be her new Film Theory professor. Against everything she's ever known, against everything she should do, she stills falls into a dark spiral of manipulation that keeps her trapped in a spider web, losing sight of who the real Penn is--all that's left is what he has made of her and all he's taken.
        
        It ends with him taking and taking. It ends with the should've-knowns. It ends in ruin.
         
                                                                          	*****
        
        THIS IS NOT A ROMANCE. DON'T ADD THIS TO ROMANCE READING LISTS, PLEASE.
        
        © 2021 caterina george // all rights reserved
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    Table of contents
    • foreword
      Sat, Nov 28, 2020
    • aesthetics & soundtrack
      Mon, Nov 30, 2020
    • 01
      Fri, Jan 1, 2021
    • 02
      Mon, Jan 11, 2021
    • 03
      Sun, Feb 21, 2021
    • 04
      Fri, Apr 9, 2021
    • 05
      Mon, May 24, 2021
    • 06
      Sun, Jul 4, 2021
    • 07
      Wed, Jul 14, 2021
    • 08
      Sun, Jul 25, 2021
    • 09
      Tue, Aug 17, 2021
    • 10
      Mon, Oct 11, 2021
    • 11
      Tue, Nov 2, 2021
    • 12
      Sun, Nov 21, 2021
    • 13
      Tue, Dec 14, 2021
    • 14
      Sat, Jan 15, 2022
    • 15
      Fri, Feb 4, 2022
    • 16
      Mon, Feb 28, 2022
    • 17
      Tue, Apr 26, 2022
    • 18
      Tue, Aug 30, 2022
    • 19
      Mon, Sep 26, 2022
    • 20
      Mon, Oct 24, 2022
    • 21
      Mon, Nov 28, 2022
    • 22
      Wed, Jan 11, 2023
    • 23
      Sat, Jan 28, 2023
    • 24
      Sat, Mar 11, 2023
    • 25
      Mon, May 22, 2023
    • 26
      Sun, Jun 11, 2023
    • 27
      Wed, Jul 12, 2023
    • 28
      Mon, Jul 24, 2023
    • 29
      Sun, Aug 6, 2023
    • 30
      Sat, Aug 12, 2023
    • 31
      Fri, Sep 1, 2023
    • 32
      Sun, Sep 17, 2023
    • 33
      Sun, Oct 1, 2023
    • interlude
      Tue, Oct 3, 2023
    • 34
      Fri, Oct 6, 2023
    • 35
      Mon, Oct 16, 2023
    • 36
      Sun, Oct 22, 2023
    • 37
      Sat, Oct 28, 2023
    • 38
      Fri, Nov 3, 2023
    • 39
      Mon, Nov 13, 2023
    • 40
      Sun, Nov 19, 2023
    • epilogue
      Fri, Nov 24, 2023
    • postlude
      Mon, Nov 27, 2023

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    Penn Romero is a smart girl. Smart girls don't get involved with their professors.
         
                                                                          	*****
         
        It begins with a casual meeting at a speakeasy. It begins with a drink. It begins with a stolen stare. It begins with the not-knowing, the secrecy, the sneaking around. 
        
        Penn Romero hardly knew what she was getting into when she was drawn in by Chase Steele's magnetism, and she hardly knew he'd be her new Film Theory professor. Against everything she's ever known, against everything she should do, she stills falls into a dark spiral of manipulation that keeps her trapped in a spider web, losing sight of who the real Penn is--all that's left is what he has made of her and all he's taken.
        
        It ends with him taking and taking. It ends with the should've-knowns. It ends in ruin.
         
                                                                          	*****
        
        THIS IS NOT A ROMANCE. DON'T ADD THIS TO ROMANCE READING LISTS, PLEASE.
        
        © 2021 caterina george // all rights reserved

    45 parts

    • 40
      Sun, Nov 19, 2023
    • epilogue
      Fri, Nov 24, 2023
    • postlude
      Mon, Nov 27, 2023
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