Vice & Vow Ink

Gold digger. Seductress. Con artist.These are the allegations my father made about her that had me storming into the Vice and Vow tattoo shop to rescue my half brother.The only thing he got right was the seductress part.From the instant Vice Pascal rose to her feet, I was irrevocably seduced by the frigid challenge in her eyes.I can fix things though. That's what I do. I'll punish my dad, rebuild my brother's trust and convince her family that I'm not a monster. Then I'll seduce my seductress and win the heart of my little artist.Because the only rescue necessary here is the heart I'll never recover if she denies me.

I made an idiot out of myself the first time I met Saylor Ann Graves. Makes sense, given the way things are going for me lately. Now, I'm in a new town and already stepping on my own dick.Meet the girl of my dreams? Check.Piss off her, her family, and probably everyone she knows? Also check.Fix it so she'll fall in love with me? Work in progress.One way or another, I'll get her to give me a second chance. How? Well... I'll figure it out.

Blood is thicker than water. The family of my birth taught me that. Not because our shared biology strengthened us. In fact, it was the opposite. The whole phrase is "Blood of the covenant is thicker than water of the womb." Perverting it to make it seem like biology is sacrosanct is a bullshit move. The family we choose gives us strength in the blood oaths between us.The Dirty Sinners are my family, and they're all I need in this world. The covenant of shared spilled blood between us makes me a part of something bigger than myself and means I never have to be alone again. When my past threatens to flood my new life with its poison, my true family stands with me against it.Cassidy Sharpe rolls into town with an ax to grind. She's searching for payback against the dirtbags who hurt her, and she thinks my father and older brother are to blame. I don't doubt her, but I'm also not willing to pay for the sins of those two. Going to prison for them once was enough.What I will do is help her get the vengeance she's owed. In return, she'll only have to agree to an oath between us. The Dirty Sinners showed me that, in life, a man's gotta lean in hard when he wants something. I want Cassidy Sharpe. That's the bargain.