Rumor- There are moments in life when you make a decision. Accept who you are. What you have become. This was one of those times...The fairytale I thought I'd found had become a nightmare so quickly after I said, "I do." Which was the reason I ran when I had the chance. Not thinking about the consequences. Just knowing I had to get free before it was my life that was taken.I never expected to end up finding a haven. A place where people were willing to help me hide. It was as if I had walked into my own perfect daydream.King- "Don't believe every pretty face you meet, sweets. You should know by now that's a terrible f——g idea."She was my job. I was to make her feel safe and do whatever I had to in order to make sure she didn't run. Underneath the abused and broken exterior, there was a fighter. It was in her eyes. I lived for the moments when she let me see that spark.I had been headed straight to Hell years before I met Rumor, but...

Dean Finlay was ready for an easier life. He was tired of the fame and he was done with younger women. The older he got the younger they got. It was a fucking loop he was sick of being stuck in.Brielle McGinnis had been kicked out of her foster home the day she turned eighteen. The pregnancy she'd been trying to hide had taken what little youth, she had managed to hold onto, away. Bri had grown up overnight.Life had made her tough and she'd learned to survive. Now, at twenty- eight years old, she had a good job with insurance working in admissions at the local junior college.When rock legend Dean Finlay came walking into the college office she had wanted an autograph for her son but his arrogance changed her mind. Just like every other man, he was a disappointment.Until... he isn't.

HuckTwo places I never thought I'd be: a church and my little brother's funeral.I was the one who was supposed to die first. Not Hayes.He hadn't chosen my path. I took lives but Hayes had wanted to save souls.Yet here I was drinking from a flask, around people that fucking hated me, unable to take my eyes off the fiancé he'd left behind. My brother may have wanted to be a minister but he'd been going to marry a woman with the body of a porn star.TrinityIt had taken me a while but I'd finally gotten on my feet after my fiancé's unexpected death. The first day on my new house cleaning job where I would make enough money to pay for college ended with a gag in my mouth, my hands tied behind my back and a gun to my head. Lucky for me I was taken alive while the rest of the household was shot and killed. My savior? My fiancé's older brother happened to be one of the men who'd murdered my new employer.I'm now stuck in a house with three men...

Momma always told me that my sins would find me. I just didn't think it would happen in a biker bar with my first crush bursting through the doors with his gun pointed at me. Well, not technically at me, but at my boyfriend- also known as my current sin. He was the thing I hoped the good Lord didn't tell momma about in one of her dreams. Guess it didn't matter anyway. I was caught and in a bigger mess than I could have imagined.Micah Abe hadn't laid eyes on Dolly Dixon, his younger sister's best friend, in years, but her eyes were the kind you didn't forget. Even if she'd grown into a woman with a body made for sin, he had recognized that unique shade of amber the moment she had locked her gaze on him. Damn shame he wouldn't get a taste of her. His sister would cut off his favorite body part if he even considered it. Besides, he was over clingy women, and the way Dolly was holding on to his enemy like she wanted to wrap her legs around him meant she was the needy type.

She had been his sole obsession. He would have done anything to have her and he did. She had been a light in his darkness. She had made him want to be more, better, different.Nothing mattered more than her.Until she betrayed him and in a moment of revenge he slept with her stepsister. That one drunken mistake lost him his soul.Oakley Watson had learned at a young age to protect her heart. Not to trust anyone with it. But when Wilder Jones walked into her life, she didn't just give it to him -she left it at his feet. Their forever ended the day he told her that he'd gotten her stepsister pregnant.A love greater than anything she'd ever imagined had burned so brightly she'd been blinded. But that was nine years ago, and all in the past.The only thing left of the fire that had once been, were the ashes left behind.

The truth behind the lie isn't always a relief.Loving a man known for his wealth, arrogance, and power had been a mistake. My head had known he was dangerous but my heart hadn't cared. When the lies began to unravel and the truth slapped me in the face, running was the only thing I knew to do. I didn't belong in this world.His world.But you don't run from The Family. Not when they claim you as their own. Trusting anyone is a mistake. Friendship is only as deep as the Boss allows it to be. You are never hidden. They will always find you.Every move I made, he controlled. The people helping me were all under his command. The only weapon I had was his obsession with me. Learning to use it against him could destroy me but I had no other choice.This is the sequel to Smokeshow

Wealth, power, and privilege have always been a part of Levi Shephard's life. However, it comes at a price. The darkness that surrounds being born into a family of organized crime has always kept him at a distance when it came to relationships. He only hooked up with women who understood the game and played along.Born with a heart defect, Aspen Chance has been sheltered and raised by her religious grandmother. When her grandmother passes away, Aspen is left with no family- except her older sister who her grandmother had believed was headed straight for Hell.Deep down Aspen hopes to reconnect with her sister while also being given the chance to experience more of life. Leaving the only home, she'd ever known behind she moves to Ocala, Florida to live with her sister. It doesn't take her long to realize her sister was going to shelter her even more than her grandmother had.One of the strippers that Levi enjoys occasional hook ups with is killed one night...

Summer had returned. The nightlife lit up the coastal town of Sea Breeze, Alabama with scantily clad sun-kissed bodies, live music, the smell of fresh cooked seafood.Taking it all in, he wondered if coming back had been the best thing. He wasn't the same man who had driven out of town a year ago on the motorcycle he'd bought after his best friend's wedding. From the messy blonde curls he'd let grow out, to the tattoos now covering his arms, part of his chest and even the side of his neck, it all represented a part of his journey.Eli Hardy was back, but he didn't plan on staying for long.

One memory.One special summer.The one thing Bliss had lost herself in when the fear and sickness were too much, moments never to be damaged by the harsh reality that followed... until now.Bliss York didn't live a normal teenage life. She didn't go to Friday night football games, walk the halls with her friends every day, go to her prom or even walk to receive her diploma. It had all been taken from her the fall that she was fifteen years old and she was given the diagnosis no one ever wants to hear.She had leukemia.Seven years after spending a summer with a girl who he knew would always be his first love and the one who got away, Nate Finlay returns to Sea Breeze to help his fiancé open her new boutique clothing store. When the new employee walks in Nate is taken back seven years to the girl he thought he'd love forever. The one who never answered his calls or returned his text. The one who shut him out completely with not even a goodbye and broke his heart.They've each become...