He was everything I should avoid...A silent lion in the dark; watching, studying, devouring me without a single touch.His voice sent shivers up my spine, stopping my heart inside my chest as if he controlled the oxygen it needed to beat.I danced for him, because he demanded it. I lied for him, because he wanted it, even though I knew a single lie could get me killed.He told me I was too pretty for this world, that there were things he could do for me. His eyes, the way they wander over my body, it makes me feel things I never felt before.Feelings that have no place here. Feelings that don't exist in my world.I couldn't ignore what I felt, and decided to risk my life to ask him for help.But I was a fool wishing on fallen stars.When the smoke clears, I'm able to see him for what he truly is...And it's not the hero I wanted him to be.How could I ever find love in the dark?

I left everything behind. . . even her.I had fallen in love with a girl; innocent, pure, and the daughter of a pastor.She became my world.Until her father tore her from my arms, cursing me to hell.I was Jayden Henry, the bad kid, the poor kid, the boy with no future.How could I ever give his daughter what she deserved?I begged her to run away with me, but she said no.With a broken heart, I left on my own, determined to never look back.Until my sister calls years later to tell me our father passed away.Reluctantly, I agreed to come home.I thought I'd be fine, I thought I'd feel nothing.But, when I see Betty-Sue, with her perfect smile, sparkling eyes, and lick-able curves, my cold, dead heart can't stop from skipping a beat.Everything I thought I felt was wrong. I was more alive than ever.And if I stay, it's only to claim what's always been mine.

He was going to fight to keep me safe, now he's fighting for two.When Levi Hite came crashing into my world, I tried so hard to keep him away.He was bold, strong, filthy in bed... And a soldier.Everything I needed, and everything I feared all wrapped up in one man.I couldn't go through that again, I had already been scarred to the point of feeling unfixable.But he wouldn't take no for an answer.And when he found out about the dead man's burden I was carrying, he promised to keep me safe.Levi became irresistible, a hard bodied drug I couldn't get enough of.Now I'm pregnant, and I don't know if I'll get the chance to tell him he's a father.There was no way he could have known his promise would cause him to risk it all.I needed to make things right. All's fair in love and war... Isn't it?It wasn't supposed to turn into anything serious, I wasn't supposed to let myself fall for this man.But what would happen if I couldn't stop it?Fate was something I never believed in, now it's something I can't ignore.

She was mine, and I was going to fight to keep it that wayI used to fight hard and f**k harder.The only woman in my life was named whiskey.Until I met Cadence.She had a sweet mouth that begged me to claim it, curves that I could stroke for days.Every inch of her was worth tasting, worth drowning in.I knew I had to have her. She was going to scream my name. I'd make sure of it.The one problem? Her father controls her...She tried to push me away, afraid to get close, afraid to give herself to me.And now that bastard wants to drag me back into the fighting pits.But I can't, not anymore. I won't break the promise I made years ago.The only thing I ever planned to fight for again was what belonged to me:Cadence.I never expected I'd be forced to fight for her freedom.He thinks he can give her away to pay his debt, but she already belongs to me.Even if she doesn't know it yet.

I've never been the rule breaking type. Being professional meant everything to me.Then I met Owen.Inked, powerful, sexy beyond belief...And a convicted murderer.I was just supposed to talk to him, that was all. But things got out of control.When his hard muscles wrapped around my body, hands gripping every curve... my mind melted. There were no thoughts, no questions about what I was doing.I knew it was wrong, I should have said no, but I didn't.The way he f*cked me in my office was beyond explosive.I had become his in every way.Just like he wanted.And I needed.Now, I'm pregnant.I didn't expect to get knocked up by this bad boy.How do you tell the man you should want to run from that he's a father?I need time to think.Too bad he just got out of prison.And I can't hide from him any longer.Author's Note: This 53,000- word bad boy romance is a standalone full-length novel. Contains a HEA and over the top sexiness that may be uncomfortable for some readers.