Margins
Growing Up Hard book cover
Growing Up Hard
2020
First Published
4.29
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[Siren LoveXtreme Forever: Erotic Romance, Ménage, Multiple Partners, Contemporary, Romantic Suspense, MFMMM, HEA] Milwaukee Leigh has grown up hard, and coming from a broken family of violence it's a miracle she got out and fought for the life she has. She evaded becoming a victim and worked her way through college to achieve her teaching degree. Now a kindergarten teacher in Warriorville, she is used to being alone, to not trusting many people including men, but is always ready to help others in need. She knows what it's like to struggle, to live in fear and to feel all alone. When she meets brothers Toro, River, Colton and Ox Sterling everything changes. She feels things she never felt before, and she's more than willing to take a chance because being in their arms feels so perfect. She never felt protected or cared for until these men came along and showed her what love is. Just when a whole new world of love and relationships begin their lives are suddenly turned upside down. Oblivious to what is really going on, they all realize too late that a criminal mastermind lives amongst them, and he is about to skip out of town and take what he believes belongs to him. Milwaukee. (Due to mature content, this book is intended for readers 18+). Dixie Lynn Dwyer is a Siren-exclusive author.

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Dixie Lynn Dwyer
Author · 232 books

People seem to be more interested in my name than where I get my ideas for my stories from. So I might as well share the story behind my name with all my readers. My momma was born and raised in New Orleans. At the age of twenty, she met and fell in love with an Irishman named Patrick Riley Dwyer. Needless to say, the family was a bit taken aback by this as they hoped she would marry a family friend. It was a modern day arranged marriage kind of thing and my momma downright refused. Being that my momma’s families were descendents of the original English speaking southerners, they wanted the family blood line to stay pure. They were wealthy and my father’s family was poor. Despite attempts by my grandpapa to make Patrick leave and destroy the love between them, my parents married. They recently celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary. I am one of six children born to Patrick and Lynn Dwyer. I am a combination of both Irish and a true southern belle. With a name like Dixie Lynn Dwyer it’s no wonder why people are curious about my name. Just as my parents had a love story of their own, I grew up intrigued by the lifestyles of others. My imagination as well as my need to stray from the straight and narrow made me into the woman I am today.

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