Thorns Kiss the Rose

In the secret darkness of night, creatures of sensation indulge in sensual pleasures.

It was a relationship that should never have become love, at a time when love should never have bloomed. Yet at daybreak, their hearts skipped a beat.

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To Lin Nai, Ralph had always been a secret lover.

She poured every bit of her passion and darkness into him.

But once she got dressed and tied up her hair, she returned to being the dazzling, flawless Lin Nai.

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But Lin Nai was always unlucky.

A year later, her lover met the love of his life.

Her heart gave a painful tug, but she bowed out with grace.

[In bustling New York, men are everywhere.]

[Bye, then. The next one's better.]

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A reading guide from an author who's terrible at writing blurbs:

1. Both are virgins; secret lovers first, love later.

2. The heroine has a psychological disorder, and the hero loves her more.

3. No misunderstanding involving a female rival who's the hero's first love. Read without worry.

4. Muah~

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New novel next door:

So You Can Regret It After All

I first met Lu Yan'an when I was eighteen, during the most suffocating year of my life.

He was blocking the door and beating someone up, and I was the one about to get beaten.

But later he let me off because I was a girl. I wasn't grateful, though.

I'd always felt nothing but deep, bitter hatred for thugs.

But later, I fell in love with him.

Even though I knew he was an absolutely awful person.

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He was so awful that when he confessed, he didn't say he wanted to date me. He just said we should be together.

So later, when I broke up with him to preserve my dignity,

he just laughed and said, [We were never dating in the first place.]

I froze, then laughed at the empty place in my heart.

So the first thing I wanted him to remember for the rest of his life was: [We were never dating.]

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I grew up under my mother's suffocating control. The only time I could breathe was when I was dating him.

He knew how much I was suffering, and how badly I wanted to escape my mother.

But when we parted, he said, [Wen Yan, stop making everything so difficult. Compared with everyone else's suffering, yours is nothing. Just listen to your mother.]

He had dismissed every hardship I'd faced and every goal I'd had in one fell swoop. Impressive.

So the second thing I wanted him to remember for the rest of his life was: [Listen to your mother.]

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Later, just as he wanted, I [listened to my mother] and got engaged to another man.

That very night, he came running over like a mad dog.

One moment he was like a demon of vengeance, weighed down by sin; the next, like a sick puppy that had been left in the rain for three days.

How strange, I thought. Acting like this, [did we ever actually date?]

[Lu Yan'an, I thought you never regretted anything.]

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"Delicate, well-behaved, timid rebel and top student VS arrogant, unruly, tender-hearted tiger"

The heroine is rebellious and timid, but takes responsibility for everything she does.

The hero is sharp-tongued but soft-hearted, and takes responsibility for every mean thing he says =.=

[First person / rekindled romance / reunion after a long separation / groveling pursuit / happy ending]

Theme: It's okay, I'll heal you.