Books like If Only For One Nite by James Earl Hardy
In the third entry of the bestselling B‑Boy Blues series, Mitchell Crawford returns to his high‑school class reunion a decade after graduation, only to run into the man who stole his virginity and broke his heart: former gymnastics coach Warren Reid. Faced with his past, Mitchell wrestles with the possibility of revenge or the chance for forgiveness—and must decide whether he will be the same fool again or reclaim his agency.
First publish date: 1997
Genre: General Fiction/General Fiction
Authors: James Earl Hardy
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