Diary of a Succubus
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- By: James Patterson & Derek Nikitas
- Narrated by: Bailey Carr
- Length: 3 hours 26 minutes
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I can kill a man with a kiss.
"You're everything I ever wanted," he says. He leans in and kisses me. At last. I slip my hands away, letting my fingertips brush across his cheek. He takes his final bow over the railing and drops 15 floors toward the Fifth Avenue pavement. Pity.
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Narrated by: Danny Mastrogiorgio
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Narrated by: Ruben Santiago-Hudson
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Diary of a Succubus
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Narrated by: Bailey Carr
Length: 3 hours 26 minutes
Abridged: No
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"You're everything I ever wanted," he says. He leans in and kisses me. At last. I slip my hands away, letting my fingertips brush across his cheek. He takes his final bow over the railing and drops 15 floors toward the Fifth Avenue pavement. Pity.
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