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USA Today Best Selling Author T.L. Smith loves to write her characters with flaws so beautiful and dark that you can’t turn away from. Her books have been translated into several languages. If you don’t find her in her home town of Queensland, Australia you can usually find her travelling around the world to sitting on a beach in Bali, to exploring Alcatraz in San Francisco or walking the streets of New York.

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	Lethal Vows (Lethal Vows, #1) by T.L. Smith (Goodreads Author), Kia Carrington-Russell (Goodreads Author) 3.72 avg rating — 19,373 ratings — published 2023 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Venomous Kiss 3.63 avg rating — 13,294 ratings — published 2025 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chained Hands (Keir & Sailor Duet #1; Chained Hearts Duets, #1) 3.80 avg rating — 8,805 ratings — published 2021 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Moments of Malevolence (The Hunters, #1) 3.53 avg rating — 8,562 ratings — published 2023	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cavalier (Crimson Elite, #1) 3.61 avg rating — 8,062 ratings — published 2018 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vengeful Lies by T.L. Smith (Goodreads Author), Kia Carrington-Russell (Goodreads Author) 4.09 avg rating — 6,609 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Locked Hearts (Keir & Sailor Duet #2; Chained Hearts Duets, #2) 3.80 avg rating — 6,508 ratings — published 2021 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Virtuous Vows (Lethal Vows, #2) by T.L. Smith (Goodreads Author), Kia Carrington-Russell (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 5,883 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Black (Black #1) 3.92 avg rating — 5,877 ratings — published 2016 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cunning Vows (Lethal Vows, #3) by T.L. Smith (Goodreads Author), Kia Carrington-Russell (Goodreads Author) 3.79 avg rating — 5,748 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Don’t forget to breathe.”
― T.L. Smith, Lovesick

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“A devil doesn’t show his hand. He plays his cards until the winning hand is revealed. I think she may be my favorite playing card yet. And I plan to play every move possible when it comes to her.”
― T.L. Smith, Heartbreak Me

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“I want to laugh because, really, it is funny. And Kalilah can be many things as I am soon coming to realize, but taking orders from men is not in her vocabulary. And when she is a smart ass, when it’s not directed at me, it’s quite amusing.”
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Verity by Colleen Hoover

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Tripping on a Halo by Alessandra Torre

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Cavalier (Crimson Elite #1) by T.L. Smith
WARNING: Incomplete series + possible cliffy.

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Roma King (Roma Royals Duet #1) by Callie Hart
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