He never kisses a woman on the lips. He never sleeps over, and they’re not allowed to sleep at his place. And the final rule, he never dates single mothers.
Joey Sinclair is a single mother, and she owns the coffee shop in town. He knows she has a history. She stood up against her abusive ex-husband. The ex left town, and wanted nothing to do with his daughter. Axel doesn’t want to get involved with Joey, but he can’t get her out of his mind.
When her parents take her daughter away for the weekend, they order her to have some fun. To relax. It had been so long since she enjoyed some time to herself. Going to the bar, all she intends to do was drink a beer, and dance.
That first night, Axel breaks all of his rules. He couldn’t resist kissing Joey. Her lips were too damn good to ignore. One kiss led to a sleep over, and when he woke up, Joey had snuck off. And now, he had broken his third and final rule, he was falling for a single mother. His father had taught him these rules, so he didn’t get his heart broken. What he didn’t truly realize, his father had loved before.
Now, it was Axel’s turn to fall in love. But will Joey fall in love with him? Will she give herself to him? He has a terrible reputation. But, Axel’s ready to settle down. He wants to be a father to Joey’s daughter, and he wants to have children of his own. But will she be willing to take the risk?
As a contract killer, he will do any job for the right price. However, that also means saving people. His current job is to keep a rich man alive, before his current wife kills him. Thankfully, his beautiful PA, Ava Martin, is happy to help him.
Three years ago, Ava found herself at the mercy of a serial murdering rapist. She would have been his next victim, until Knox saved her. She witnessed him kill a man, but she didn’t care. Knox would keep her alive, so long as she agreed to work for him. That day, Ava fell in love, and she’d been falling for this man ever since.
As for Knox, he couldn’t live without Ava. She had taken his empty world, and filled it with so much more. But, he would not cross that line. Ava worked for him. That didn’t mean he wasn’t tempted.
Until, one day, he gave into temptation and finally claimed her virginity. He cannot stay away from Ava. He craves her. But, his greed will come at a price. Will he be willing to pay it to see his woman again?
Mae Blake couldn’t believe what she had just done. She never went to the bar, and she never had drinks. Not that she could blame alcohol for this. She was very much sober when she went home with the town’s bad boy. Caleb Dowd was known for sleeping with and leaving women. It didn’t matter that she’d had a crush on him all throughout high school. He did not settle down, and Mae had just given this man her virginity.
Caleb had wanted Mae for a long time. Knowing he was the only man she’d been with, there was no way he was going to let anyone else have what now belonged to him. He was not ashamed and he was going to keep on chasing her.
All Caleb wanted was to settle down, to have a life with Mae, but his reputation could threaten to tear them apart. He was not willing to give up without a fight. They are perfect for one another. And he had a plan.
But will Mae finally say yes?
Excerpt:
“Mae, I know you’re in here,” Caleb said.
Why did his voice have to sound so good?
She stayed quiet, because maybe if she was silent, he’d get the hint and just leave. Of course, there was no such luck, and she heard him moving between the stacks. Spending all her life in this bookstore, helping her grandfather, she knew exactly where she was going, but somehow, Caleb seemed to know as well.
Before she realized what was happening, she had been pressed up into a corner with no way of escaping.
Caleb wrapped an arm around her waist, and pressed her hands above her head. “I finally caught you,” he said.
“What are you doing?”
He tutted. “You know, I don’t like when a date sneaks out without even a backward glance.”
“I have no idea what you’re talking a—” She didn’t even get to finish as Caleb took possession of her lips, and all thought fled her mind.
Mae wasn’t going to kiss him, however, his kisses were so damn addictive, and there was no way she could say no. Kissing him back was the only option, especially as he ran his tongue across her bottom lip, and she moaned.
Caleb let her go and sunk his fingers into her hair with one hand, and with the other, he ran his hand down and grabbed her ass, making her moan. She felt the hard ridge of his cock as it pressed against her core. There was just no thought left for her. She belonged to him in that moment.
Even as reality set in, she tried to think of reasons not to kiss this man. The resident bad boy. He didn’t have the best reputation, and it kind of scared her. All the women wanted to date him, including the married ones. He was every woman’s wet dream, and there had been rumors about him helping wives cheat on their husbands.
Caleb broke the kiss and she pulled away from him.
“You can’t do that,” she said.
“I can’t? Are you going to tell me you didn’t want my kiss?”
Mae had never been a liar, and she was not going to start now. “What are you doing here?” she asked.
“Well, Mae, I find it hard to believe you snuck out on me.” He gave a little tut.
“I didn’t sneak out.”
“You did the walk of shame, and I had a whole breakfast planned. Coffee, some baked goods, that kind of thing.”
Why would he say this to her?
“I, uh, I didn’t think you’d want to wake up with me still there,” she said.
Also, she had been terrified. She didn’t exactly know what the protocol was for the morning after the night before. Did he expect her to leave? Did he even want to see her the next morning? It was all a little hazy. She was never the woman waking up the next morning against a man.
Caleb reached out and stroked a curl behind her ear. “If I didn’t want to wake up next to you, Mae, I wouldn’t have taken you home.” And with that he kissed her on the nose.
The sound of her doorbell pulled her attention away. She did not want her private life to be the focus of gossip, but she had a feeling that was exactly what it was going to be. Halloween Point was a small town that tended to thrive most of the year by all the Halloween activities. It was a tourist town, a beautiful, sweet, idealistic town. She had grown up there with her grandparents after her parents died in a car accident. She was the only one left.
“You owe me a breakfast, Mae Blake, and trust me, I will make sure to come and get it.” With that, he kissed her on the tip of the nose, and then she watched as he walked out of the shop.
Blurb Nikki didn’t want to be at the stupid Devil’s Beasts MC clubhouse. Growing up with a mother who had a revolving door of men or clients, she wasn’t into the party mood. However, she was not going to let her best friend down. She was there in case her friend needed a ride. That was the day she met him.
Hawk loved women. He enjoyed many a variety and was not the settling down type. When a young brunette walked into his domain, he knew he should have steered clear. He couldn’t get her out of his head. She was not like any other woman.
Nikki didn’t try to flirt with him, or gain his attention. She treated him like a man, or at times, like a pain in the ass. It was refreshing. An odd kind of friendship was born.
Hawk wanted to be there for her. He wanted to turn her bad luck around.
For Nikki, she was falling for him, although she had promised to never fall for any man. One kiss led into another, and one moment she was a virgin, the next, she wasn’t. A secret affair began. There were rules. She was not allowed to go near the club. No one was to know they were together. It was their little secret.
But then the letters started. Someone was out to hurt Nikki. Was it a joke? Was it serious? Was it a mistake?
Then the truth comes out. She didn’t earn her place, Hawk manipulated everything. He was embarrassed by her. Will Hawk be able to figure out who is threatening his woman before it’s too late? Will he be able to earn back her forgiveness?
Mae Blake couldn’t believe what she had just done. She never went to the bar, and she never had drinks. Not that she could blame alcohol for this. She was very much sober when she went home with the town’s bad boy. Caleb Dowd was known for sleeping with and leaving women. It didn’t matter that she’d had a crush on him all throughout high school. He did not settle down, and Mae had just given this man her virginity.
Caleb had wanted Mae for a long time. Knowing he was the only man she’d been with, there was no way he was going to let anyone else have what now belonged to him. He was not ashamed and he was going to keep on chasing her.
All Caleb wanted was to settle down, to have a life with Mae, but his reputation could threaten to tear them apart. He was not willing to give up without a fight. They are perfect for one another. And he had a plan.
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<3 Over the top possessive hero <3 Virgin heroine <3 BBW <3 HEA
Blurb
Shae Marino has wanted Peyton Bride for a long time. He has kept his distance, as he knows how desperate she is to make her parents’ failing business work. But, when her sister mounts up a ridiculous amount of debt, he has no choice but to take payment, and he wants Peyton.
Peyton loved her parents. After taking over the bakery, she had no idea how they were able to keep on going. They had gone past the red, and with sister constantly needing money, she struggled to stay afloat. She somehow managed to get by—until her sister needed her.
To save her sister, she must give herself to Shae Marino. She never wants to see her sister again, so she will bargain with him. He can take her virginity, but he must keep her sister as far away from her as possible.
He agrees. She belongs to him, and he plans to keep her.
When trouble comes calling, she turns to Shae to help fix it. Now, there is no turning back. She knows what he is capable of, and it doesn’t scare her. She loves this man, and she will forever be by his side.
Excerpt:
Peyton didn’t understand why he didn’t just come in and order himself. He also didn’t answer her question as to why. She figured maybe he got other people to do it because he saw it as demeaning. Maybe he was a snob. She knew he was the wealthiest man around. People admired him, envied him, and were also terrified of him. Rumors constantly run wild about this man. She did not know what to believe. Possibly none of it.
He had let her leave to change. One of his men had walked her upstairs, and Peyton expected to stay in a spare bedroom, only she had checked the closet and saw it full of Shae’s clothes.
Reality started to set in, and rather than have a full-blown panic attack, she walked into his bathroom, stripped down naked, and took a shower. It was nice and hot, and it felt really good.
She didn’t get a lot of sleep the previous night as she had been making plans for the fall baking. It was the season of cinnamon, pumpkin, apple, and there were so many ideas flowing through her head. Also, she loved to make Halloween treats the moment October hit. She enjoyed planning everything, then getting into the shop between five and five-thirty, she loved to just bake. Sometimes she played music, other times she didn’t and just worked in the silence, which was equally as enjoyable to her.
Tipping her head back, she closed her eyes and washed the day away.
At the end of this, she would still have her shop, but … she wouldn’t have her virginity. Her sister wouldn’t cause her any trouble. She had always dreamed of marrying a man she loved and being a virgin on her wedding night. It was outdated, she knew, but she didn’t like the idea of sleeping around with random men. It just wasn’t her.
Lily-May had always called her a prude, but she didn’t care. Love mattered. It was out there and it was real.
Only, that was not an option for her now. She had sold her body to keep her sister alive, and to also keep her sister as far away from her as possible. She had no choice.
Turning off the shower, as she didn’t want to waste all the hot water, she rung out her hair and grabbed a towel. Wrapping it around her body, she couldn’t help but notice how soft it felt. With another towel, she dried her hair as best she could. All of her hair products were at home. Towel drying was the best way to take care of it.
She didn’t look at her reflection. There was no reason to rub in the feelings that were running riot around her body. She felt a little sick to her stomach.
Stepping out of the bathroom, she came to a stop, as Shae was already in the bedroom. Like her, he was in a bath towel, and his hair was damp. He must have taken a shower elsewhere. She couldn’t help but look down at his body and see the many tattoos that covered his flesh. He had ink on his arms, most of them just designs of swirls or patterns. Not that she was an expert on artwork. They looked good.
His arms already appeared thick, and yet, with the ink, they looked … bigger. He was not a man to leave someone else to do his dirty work. He was hands-on. Shae was no coward.
Peyton looked at him and lost all words.
He took a step toward her, then another. She stayed rooted to the spot, and then he was right in front of her.
Her lips seemed to tingle as if they remembered he had kissed her. Those lips touching hers, no, more like ravishing her.
Peyton didn’t fight him as he slid his finger between her body and the towel, and he released the knot. The towel fell to the floor, and she was tempted to grab it, to try and cover herself, but she instead clenched her hands into fists, waiting.
He removed his own towel, and Peyton looked up, not daring to look at his … cock.
One of his hands touched her waist, and he pulled her in close. Body to body, she felt how hard he was as he pressed against her stomach.
He has a past … will she be able to handle the truth?
This is a quick, standalone story, and is not connected to any other worlds. <3
Blurb
~Editor’s Pick~
For a long time, Isaac Flynn has had his eye on Lucy Rue. She was a beautiful woman, and he knew it was only a matter of time before someone else saw the gem that she was. But, he had a past, one that meant he needed to stay well clear of her.
From the moment Isaac arrived in town, Lucy had the biggest crush on him, but at the time she was just a teenager. Now, she was a full-grown woman, and having dealt with loss, she knew how short life was. She finally worked up the courage to ask him on a date, and he was the perfect gentleman.
Isaac does not talk about his past. There is no past life. He has no pictures. There is nothing. Nothing will come from his past because it is all dead. He was part of the Rostova Bratva, but when they killed his family, he turned on them. He was one of the most feared men in the whole of the Bratva, and now they’re all gone.
He wants to live a simple life. Find a wife, a woman he loves, and finally have the family his father always wanted for him. But first, he has to tell Lucy the truth. Once she knows, will she accept him, or will she walk away?
Excerpt:
Several hours later, Lucy stared at her reflection in her en-suite bathroom. It was strange, because when she was twelve, her parents had gifted her with this very en-suite as a birthday present. She had been complaining about wanting to have her own bathroom, and they gave it to her. She was shocked, but she loved it.
Some of the girls at school had complained that her parents were pathetic for only giving her a bathroom, but Lucy was happy with what she had gotten. She was not greedy. She had felt guilty afterward, and hoped her complaining hadn’t forced their hand. Her parents had told her they had every intention of getting her an en-suite when she was ready.
Her parents were not wealthy, but they were frugal, and knowing she owned this house outright was a relief after her parents’ passing. She embraced the frugal life, never living outside her means.
And now, she was no longer a virgin.
Isaac had made love to her and had taken his time. That first moment he entered her, it had been painful. It had taken her by surprise, but she hadn’t wanted him to stop. She didn’t regret what they had done.
At the sound of his voice, she turned to find the man that had turned her world upside down, standing naked in the doorway of her en-suite.
He stepped inside, moved up behind her, and wrapped his arms around her waist. Throughout it all, he kept asking her to tell him to stop. As if she could. She had loved every second of it. The pain, not quite so much, but being in his arms, his kisses, his touch. She was addicted.
“Are you okay?” he asked.
She sunk against him. “Yes, I’m fine.”
They had already taken a shower together, and Isaac had insisted on cleaning her sheets. Although, the electricity was still out, so she didn’t know what he had done with them.
Her virginity was gone.
Her stomach chose that moment to growl.
“Well, that answers what we’re doing next.” Isaac gripped her arm, spun her in a circle, and then made her follow him.
“What are you doing?” she asked, as they made their way downstairs.
“Finishing our sandwiches.”
He walked them into the kitchen, and she knew she shouldn’t be charmed by him, but she was. She loved how he took charge and forced her to sit down at the small table in the kitchen. He placed her plate in front of her, along with the bag of cheese-and-sour-cream chips she was eating. She watched as he opened the bag and poured a generous amount onto her plate. Next, he did the same with his own plate.
She looked at his endless tattoos. None of them made any sense to her. There were a couple of crosses on his back, his arms, a few skulls, what appeared to be a gravestone, along with flowers. All of his ink was in black. There was no color.
She wanted to ask him so many questions. He sat down, and they were both naked, and she couldn’t help but steal glances his way. Who was this man?
“How old are you?” Lucy asked.
He laughed. “Shouldn’t you have asked me before seducing me?”
She gasped. “I did not seduce you.”
He raised a brow, to which she rolled her eyes.
“I’m forty-five. Are you having regrets?”
“No, not at all.” She took a bite of her sandwich and added a chip into her mouth. “Have you ever been married?”
“No.”
“There’s no ex-wife or ex-girlfriend from your past?”
“None.”
“I find that hard to believe.”
She looked at him and noticed his intense stare as he looked at her. What was going through his mind? She had no idea what he was thinking.
“There is no one from my past, Lucy. I did not have a wife or a girlfriend. There was no one.”
She then remembered he had mentioned on their first date that it was also his first. “You didn’t date?”
“No.”
“Why not?”
“There was no reason to date.”
This made her curious.
Isaac reached out and took her hand. “I was not a virgin with you, Lucy. I lived my life and in the past, I didn’t need to date, because women were happy to throw themselves at me without invitation.”
“Oh,” Lucy said.
“Yes, oh. There was no dating involved.”
Okay, that just made her even more curious about him.
“Lucy, my past is exactly that and is where it should be. You do not need to worry about anything, because it is all dead.”
She had a feeling he was trying to tell her something without saying the words. She couldn’t look away, so she nodded.
It was time to stop questioning him about his past. That was where it was going to stay.
I hope you all had an amazing June. The time is flying by so fast, and I know there are still so many books I want to get done. Can you believe we’re now closer to Christmas? Anyone looking forward to the festive season? 😉 I hear the groans, and I’m pretty sure a lot of you would like to delete this post.
Thank you all so much for your lovely comments, emails, and feedback. They are greatly appreciated. I hope you enjoyed June’s releases, The Hunt, and A Wife’s Duty. Are you enjoying the longer books this year?
So, for the second half of the year, do you have any exciting plans? Anything you want to do before the end of the year.
I did ask this in my Facebook group, and in case you’re not there, I was wondering, besides reading, what other hobbies do you enjoy? You all know that I love cooking and baking.
I better let you all go. Here in the UK, it is sweltering. So not used to this kind of heat, which is funny, considering that I have also spent most of the year cold. Now, I’m too hot.
Also, I just wanted to let you all know, so that we don’t bombard your inbox, I have a brand new pre-order down below. Bratva Past is a short, quick story, and is a complete standalone. I truly, better let you go now …
Until next time,
Take care,
Sam
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For a long time, Isaac Flynn has had his eye on Lucy Rue. She was a beautiful woman, and he knew it was only a matter of time before someone else saw the gem that she was. But, he had a past, one that meant he needed to stay well clear of her.
From the moment Isaac arrived in town, Lucy had the biggest crush on him, but at the time she was just a teenager. Now, she was a full-grown woman, and having dealt with loss, she knew how short life was. She finally worked up the courage to ask him on a date, and he was the perfect gentleman.
Isaac does not talk about his past. There is no past life. He has no pictures.There is nothing. Nothing will come from his past because it is all dead. He was part of the Rostova Bratva, but when they killed his family, he turned on them. He was one of the most feared men in the whole of the Bratva, and now they’re all gone.
He wants to live a simple life. Find a wife, a woman he loves, and finally have the family his father always wanted for him. But first, he has to tell Lucy the truth. Once she knows, will she accept him, or will she walk away?
Book Birthdays
These are all the books that have been released throughout June since 2011-2025. 🙂 What do you think? Any favorites there?
No Books have gone to paperback this month,
Are there any books you would like to see in paperback that are not already?
She has a choice to make, but will she make the right one?
This is a completely standalone story.
Blurb
Lucia Valdez knew she was hated by her family, which is why she was given away as a peace offering. Boone Grinder was not a nice man, and he had been making waves for the Bonaldi mafia for quite some time.
No one knew who this man was, what he did, or why he did it. All they knew, was he was responsible for making the streets run red.
Boone Grinder wasn’t your ordinary villain. He didn’t deal in illegal business, and the truth was, he wanted to be left alone. Only, they wouldn’t leave him alone. He saw the injustice that was happening to small businesses at the hands of the Bonaldi mafia, and he couldn’t stand by and allow it to continue.
Taking Lucia as his wife was the first step in their downfall. They believed they had insulted him. In fact, they had given him the woman he wanted. Before things get too far, he gives her a choice—him or her father.
It’s a wife’s duty to stay by her husband’s side. Boone has done nothing but show Lucia kindness, and given her a life she never thought possible. She will always pick him, and as for her family … it was their choice to let her go.
Excerpt:
And then, when it came time to hand out their punishment, he had told them. “I usually give people a choice. One is the right choice, the other is the wrong choice.” He’d looked at the two of them. “But you have both told me you knew who I was, what those people meant to me, and you still did what you did. You attacked a woman who was defenseless, so you made your choice.”
They could have gone to him. He would have listened and dealt with Valdez effectively.
The men had screamed for their lives. To make it fair, he’d not slowly killed one, then worked on the other. They both got to watch as pieces of their body were removed, and currently on the way to Valdez, as well as Bonaldi, as he was now in the shower with Lucia.
They thought they knew who they were dealing with. They were very much mistaken. He was a good man, a kind man, a fair man—to the people that deserved it. To those that didn’t, he was the man monsters feared. There was no remorse.
Seeing Nancy bruised, battered, and broken in that hospital bed was all he needed. Killing those men meant nothing to him. However, he already had wheels in motion for Leandro, as the youngest son had been given instructions to find the means of ending Boone’s life.
The one good thing about going to Valdez’s home was he’d been able to install a few listening devices.
Leandro was going to one of his older apartments, with the intention of setting a bomb. The young man didn’t realize that Boone had already got him beat, and the moment he stepped inside his home, there was a trap ready to lock him in place. All he had to do was wait.
Pulling out of his thoughts, he focused on his wife, her naked body in his arms, and playing with her swollen clit. She shook within his arms, and he continued to tease her clit, knowing she was a virgin and there was no holding back. He felt the change within her, and the moment she came, he listened to the soft gasp that escaped her, and he held her in his arms, refusing to let go. Kissing her neck, then her shoulder, she let out a little moan.
He reached for the soap. His hands were already free of the blood. He wouldn’t have touched Lucia with blood-coated hands. Lathering up the soap, he didn’t bother to reach for the sponge, and instead got to soaping his wife. Touching every inch of her body, running the soap intently across her skin. She didn’t have any ink on her. He noticed there were a few scars.
“Did your father do these?” he asked.
She jerked within his hold, but he refused to let her go. “Yes.”
He’d pay for that as well. Enzo Valdez Senior had already written his death certificate. It was just up to Boone to execute it. As well as Bonaldi. That man was also going to die. The wheels were in motion.
After soaping Lucia’s body, he reached for the shampoo, but Lucia surprised him by taking the soap from him.
“My turn.”
He was not going to argue with her. She lathered the soap up in her hands, much like he had. He watched and waited, knowing that imagining her touch was going to be far different from actually touching him. She looked nervous.
He reached for her hand, then placed it on his chest. “To clean me, you have to touch me.”
She rolled her eyes, and it was so freaking cute, he couldn’t resist stealing a kiss. She let out a gasp.
Wrapping his fingers around her wrists, he didn’t squeeze or hold her too tightly. He got her to run her hands all over his body, getting him soaped up. He noticed she kept biting her lip, and it was so sexy the way she did it. It was like he was a piece of her puzzle she was trying to figure out. When she got to his cock, she hesitated, her hand going stiff within his grip.
Taking hold of her hand, he wrapped her fingers around his length, and he was already starting to get aroused at the sight of her.
“You won’t hurt me.”
“But…”
“Touch me, Lucia.”
He watched her take a deep breath, and then she touched him. her fingers tightening around his length just a little, then squeezing. He gritted his teeth, trying to stay focused. It was next to impossible, although he was not some randy boy. He fucking felt like it with Lucia’s touch. If he came now, it was going to embarrass them both.
“That feels so good,” he said.
Lucia looked up at him. “I’m doing this right?”
“I’d tell you if you were doing it wrong.” He wouldn’t hold back in guiding her to do exactly what he wanted.
She continued to play with his cock, only now she certainly wasn’t cleaning him. It was time to move this to the bedroom.
Turning off the shower, all the blood had been removed from his body, and he picked Lucia up in his arms, not caring that they were still wet. She let out a gasp, and he carried her through to their bedroom, where he placed her on the bed.
Lucia Valdez knew she was hated by her family, which is why she was given away as a peace offering. Boone Grinder was not a nice man, and he had been making waves for the Bonaldi mafia for quite some time.
No one knew who this man was, what he did, or why he did it. All they knew, was he was responsible for making the streets run red.
Boone Grinder wasn’t your ordinary villain. He didn’t deal in illegal business, and the truth was, he wanted to be left alone. Only, they wouldn’t leave him alone. He saw the injustice that was happening to small businesses at the hands of the Bonaldi mafia, and he couldn’t stand by and allow it to continue.
Taking Lucia as his wife was the first step in their downfall. They believed they had insulted him. In fact, they had given him the woman he wanted. Before things get too far, he gives her a choice—him or her father.
It’s a wife’s duty to stay by her husband’s side. Boone has done nothing but show Lucia kindness, and given her a life she never thought possible. She will always pick him, and as for her family … it was their choice to let her go.
Always Mine (The Skulls: Next Generation) is NOW LIVE!!!
Are you ready for Anthony and Daisy’s story?
Blurb
Daisy: It wasn’t supposed to be like this. It all went wrong the day one of our enemies violated one of our own. Since then, it has been a waiting game. There is nothing we can do, our hands are tied until Anthony can no longer take it. He wants revenge. We all want it—the next generation, the ones forced to go to school with our enemy.
We were going to kill them all and make them pay for what they did. None of us expected the price we’d have to pay.
Anthony: I was doing what was right. But I failed. Now, I must wait, and hope, knowing I could lose her.
From the moment I first saw her, this dirty, unkept, unloved girl, I had loved her. I still love her. I would die for her. I would kill for her.
I thought my father was weak. I had no idea what was set in motion. There was always a reason for The Skulls to do what they did, and now, it is a race to save them.
It’s time to right the wrong of the past. It is time for the truth to come out. But, will I be able to save her? A life without Daisy, is no life at all. She keeps me in check, but when Daisy’s life hangs in the balance, it’s time to let the beast out. Daisy has always been mine, just as I am hers.
Excerpt:
It wasn’t going to end now. Daisy wasn’t going to die. She couldn’t die. He wouldn’t let her die.
The doors opened and Anthony watched as his father, mother, along with most of the Skulls’ parents stepped through the doors. Tiny and Eva were close on Lash’s heels. Nash and Sophia, Murphy and Tate, Killer and Kelsey were there also. He knew there would be more to come.
Anthony knew he didn’t have to wait long before he felt his father’s wrath. He was grabbed and suddenly thrust up against the wall. There was no way he was going to fight his father.
“You little fucking shit. What did you do?” Lash asked.
He had seen his father angry many times in his lifetime, more than any kid should. He was aware he was not the first true child of his parents. He was their firstborn son, but their first child was killed in the womb after his mother was shot, which they never talked about. Not that his parents ever made him feel less. Knowing he was the second didn’t bother him.
Back home there were also Chloe and Conner, but neither of them had anything to do with this plan.
“What the fuck did you do?” Lash asked.
“Lash, come on, this is not the time—”
Anthony loved his mother, but he also knew it was not her place to stop this. This was the consequence for his actions, and part of him wanted to feel the sting of his father’s knuckles. Not that Lash had ever hit him, not truly. Sure, he’d spanked his bottom from time to time, but nothing he didn’t deserve. Lash was a good father and an amazing leader.
“I did what you couldn’t,” Anthony said.
The anger in Lash’s face was acute. He had never seen him act like this, never seen this amount of rage.
“Oh, is that right, is it?” Lash asked. “You did what you thought I couldn’t.”
“They raped Tabitha, and it took her driving all the way over here to put them in their place. You and I both know the Monster Dogs wouldn’t stop. They needed to be taken out. They needed to be fucking annihil—”
“And you thought you were the kids to do it? You’re not long out of your diapers, and you think you could take on a whole club by yourself?”
Anthony stared at his father. The lapel of his leather cut was firmly gripped in his hands, along with his shirt. A shirt covered in Daisy’s blood.
Taking down the first wave of Monster Dogs MC outside of the compound, partying, had been easy. Like taking down a couple of beer cans. Easy targets. The true danger happened when they got inside, and that was when things went to shit. They’d been waiting and had been prepared.
That was when it had gone wrong. Anthony hadn’t stopped, but he’d known Daisy had followed him. The club members had become animals, taking them down, one by one, until Daniella.
Daniella was one of the girls who had hurt Tabitha in high school. She’d rounded up her posse of girls and attacked Tabitha when she was alone. Ryan had been there as well, when they all ganged up on Tabitha to beat the crap out of her and put her in the hospital.
Daisy had broken her vow to never fight in the quad after that. Anthony had known his woman kept herself on a tight leash. The moment she started, it was impossible for her to stop. That night, Daisy had broken Daniella’s face, and from what he heard, even plastic surgery hadn’t been able to fix the damage.
Tonight, he watched, for the first time in his life, feeling helpless, as Daniella not only shot Daisy in the fucking back, but while he was pinned down by one of the enemies, he watched that blade slide into Daisy’s stomach three times and then plunge in her chest.
Luke, their enemy, had killed Daniella. Accepting Luke’s deal had been a mistake.
Fuck.
In the back of his mind, he saw Daisy being struck with that knife, sliding into her body, and it was like it was striking himself.
As long as Anthony could remember, he had never cried, even when being attacked and holding Tabitha after she was raped. Not even when he discovered the truth about fairy tales and Santa Claus. Not once did he cry, feel sad, or feel anything.
Staring at his dad, he suddenly couldn’t handle it.
Daisy had been struck. Luke had been the one to save her, and in that moment Anthony was finally able to break free from the choke hold. He’d slammed his blade into the enemy’s neck and went straight to Daisy.
“She’s hurt,” Anthony said.
He was not playing his dad. This was real emotion, real pain. It was raw, and it fucking hurt. Everyone looked to him as the weird one, the one who didn’t fucking talk.
He didn’t care. He didn’t see the point in wasting his time with stupid words when people didn’t listen. He had come to realize that no one listened, they all assumed, and they didn’t care. Everyone was interested in their own lives, and everyone else didn’t matter. This was why he didn’t talk.
Then there was the darkness. For the longest time, he had accepted the darkness that surrounded him. Watching people laugh was foreign to him, until Daisy. Seeing her laugh filled him with a light he didn’t know could be possible.
Daisy was everything to him. The love of his life. The light of his whole freaking world.
“I told you … there would be consequences…” Those were the words Daisy had said to him as she pressed her hand against her stomach and started the fight to survive.
