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Some promises cost you the one you love.

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The Temple of Kronos wants her dead. The Stoneslayer wants her destroyed. Neither will have her.

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A poisoned cousin, a five-year-old's life, and a family with too many secrets.

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Betrayal runs in her blood. Justice runs in his. Together, they burn it all down.

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Running from her past, she finds a killer, a protector, and her faith.

Learned Reactions by Jayce Ellis

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Also by Jayce Ellis:

If You Love Something, January 2022
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Learned Reactions, March 2021
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Learned Behaviors, November 2020
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Andre, July 2020
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Jeremiah, January 2020
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LEARNED REACTIONS
By: Jayce Ellis

Higher Education #2
Carina Press
March 2021
On Sale: March 9, 2021
242 pages
ISBN: 1488075204
EAN: 9781488075209
Kindle: B08FBCWDYP
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Romance | Multicultural African-American

Carlton Monroe is finally getting his groove back. After a year playing dad to his nephew and sending him safely off to college, it’s back to his bachelor ways. But when his teenaged niece shows up on his doorstep looking for a permanent home, his plan comes to a screeching halt. Family is everything, and in the eyes of social services, a couple makes a better adoptive family than an overworked bachelor father. A fake relationship with his closest friend is the best way to keep his family together.

If things between him and Deion are complicated, well, it only needs to last until the end of the semester.

Living with Carlton is a heartbreak waiting to happen, and once the adoption goes through, Deion’s out. He’s waited two decades for Carlton to realize they’re meant for each other, and he’s done. It’s time to make a clean break. But it’s hard to think of moving away when keeping up the act includes some very real perks like kissing, cuddling and sharing a bed.

Even the best charades must come to an end, though. As the holidays and Deion’s departure date loom, the two men must decide whether playing house is enough for them—or if there’s any chance they could be a family for real.



Higher Education

Book 1: Learned Behaviors

Book 2: Learned Reactions

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