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    Heart of Gold
    Heart of Gold
    LovelyWriter123
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    Jason McTern left the small town of Vensword to escape his sorrows. When he returns to check on his diner and family he didn't expect Grace Adler.
         Gracie works at the diner and Jason quickly notices the young, innocent, single mom.Gracie has dark secerts, ones she wants no one to know about. Until Jason comes into her life. Will this cold hearted irish stud learn this scared waitress's secerts? Or has he gotten himself too deep?
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    • abuse
    • advice
    • ambulance
    • anger
    • angery
    • apologize
    • argue
    • baby
    • back
    • bake
    • beat
    • beaten
    • ben
    • blood
    • bruise
    • bruised
    • bruises
    • caught
    • change
    • cooks
    • cry
    • crying
    • dark
    • date
    • deal
    • death
    • desire
    • desires
    • detective
    • diner
    • dinner
    • dissed
    • drawing
    • drink
    • drivers
    • drunk
    • evil
    • family
    • father
    • fear
    • feelings
    • fight
    • flirt
    • flirting
    • food
    • free
    • friends
    • gift
    • gold
    • gracie
    • grown
    • guilt
    • hospital
    • hurt
    • injury
    • irish
    • jason
    • jealous
    • kill
    • kind
    • kiss
    • lies
    • limp
    • lingerie
    • lucielle
    • make
    • meet
    • mess
    • movie
    • necklace
    • new
    • officer
    • orphanage
    • pain
    • parents
    • past
    • photos
    • princess
    • realization
    • run
    • safe
    • sale
    • sarah
    • seven
    • stand
    • sweet
    • tears
    • tease
    • threat
    • tingles
    • torture
    • touch
    • truck
    • truth
    • urges
    • want
    • worth
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    Table of contents
    • Chapter 1 Back in Town
      Wed, Nov 23, 2011
    • Chapter 2 Behind Closed Doors
      Sun, Nov 27, 2011
    • Chapter 3 Taking Charge
      Mon, Dec 5, 2011
    • Chapter 4 Flirt
      Thu, Jan 5, 2012
    • Chapter 5 Buzz of the Town
      Sun, Jan 15, 2012
    • Chapter 6 Caught
      Mon, Jan 30, 2012
    • Chapter 7 Your Kind
      Sat, Feb 11, 2012
    • Chapter 8 Past
      Sat, Feb 18, 2012
    • Chapter 9 Different Man
      Wed, Feb 22, 2012
    • Chapter 10 History Repeats
      Fri, Mar 2, 2012
    • Chapter 11 New Feelings
      Wed, Mar 14, 2012
    • Chapter 12 Surprise
      Wed, Mar 21, 2012
    • Chapter 13 Lies Are Easier To Believe
      Sun, Mar 25, 2012
    • Chapter 14 Enough is Enough
      Fri, Mar 30, 2012
    • Chapter 15 Truth is Out
      Sun, Apr 8, 2012
    • Chapter 16. Freedom is Bittersweet
      Fri, Apr 13, 2012
    • Chapter 17 Hard Desicion
      Sun, Apr 29, 2012
    • Chapter 18 Actions Are Louder than Words
      Tue, May 8, 2012
    • Chapter 19 A New Begnning
      Wed, May 23, 2012
    • Chapter 20 Day One
      Sat, Jun 2, 2012
    • Chapter 21 A Picture Says A Thousand Words
      Sat, Jun 9, 2012
    • Chapter 22 Heart of Gold
      Sun, Jun 17, 2012
    • Chapter 23 Quitting Already
      Fri, Jun 22, 2012
    • Chapter 24 Late Night Confessions
      Wed, Jun 27, 2012
    • Chapter 25 New to these Feelings
      Thu, Aug 9, 2012
    • Chapter 26 It's a Date
      Sun, Aug 26, 2012
    • Chapter 27 Haunting Past
      Mon, Sep 3, 2012
    • Chapter 28 Back to Work
      Fri, Sep 14, 2012
    • Chapter 29 Urges
      Fri, Sep 21, 2012
    • Chapter 30 Girls Love to Shop
      Sat, Sep 29, 2012
    • Chapter 31 Green Eyed Monster
      Tue, Oct 9, 2012
    • Chapter 32 Giving In
      Fri, Oct 19, 2012
    • Chapter 33 The Morning After
      Wed, Nov 7, 2012
    • Chapter 34 Ticket Out
      Tue, Nov 13, 2012
    • Chapter 35 We Break Up, We Make Up
      Wed, Nov 21, 2012
    • Chapter 36 Not Over Yet
      Mon, Dec 3, 2012
    • Chapter 37 He's Not Going Anywhere
      Wed, Dec 19, 2012
    • Chapter 38 It's Love
      Sat, Jan 5, 2013
    • Chapter 39 Bitter Love
      Sat, Jan 19, 2013
    • Chapter 40 He's Back
      Tue, Jan 29, 2013
    • Chapter 41 Nightmare Come True
      Wed, Feb 13, 2013
    • Chapter 42 A Sacrifice
      Tue, Mar 5, 2013
    • Chapter 43 Close Call
      Mon, Mar 18, 2013
    • Chapter 44 After It All
      Thu, Apr 4, 2013
    • Epilogue
      Thu, Apr 11, 2013

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    Jason McTern left the small town of Vensword to escape his sorrows. When he returns to check on his diner and family he didn't expect Grace Adler.
         Gracie works at the diner and Jason quickly notices the young, innocent, single mom.Gracie has dark secerts, ones she wants no one to know about. Until Jason comes into her life. Will this cold hearted irish stud learn this scared waitress's secerts? Or has he gotten himself too deep?

    45 parts

    • Chapter 43 Close Call
      Mon, Mar 18, 2013
    • Chapter 44 After It All
      Thu, Apr 4, 2013
    • Epilogue
      Thu, Apr 11, 2013
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