Kings of Ruin

Ten years ago, I broke the heart of the girl I loved, and she ran from me, never giving me a chance to explain, leaving me devastated. Now Lottie is back and working in my club. Which gives me the chance to put things right. I know she's hiding a secret, but I can't walk away. When she enters an auction to sell her body, I refuse to let another man touch what is mine. I offer her a way out, a marriage of convenience that will benefit us both. The contract says we'll stay married for a year. But she was mine then, she's mine now, and I'm never letting her go again. When I was young, Lincoln was the hero in my story. The boy who promised me forever. Until the day I found out it was all a lie. Now, ten years later, he's the villain who holds my future in his hands. Drowning in debt and determined to protect the one person that means the world to me, I agree to auction off the one thing I have left to sell: my virginity. With no place to hide, I face the man who still makes my pulse quicken. But I have demands of my own. I'll give him my body for a year, but he'll never have my heart again. And he can never find out the truth of what happened ten years ago. Contains mature themes.

She lied, now he will take the one thing she loves the most. When it's reinforced from a young age that you're unlovable, it becomes second nature to put walls around that fragile organ they call a heart. That is until a woman I can't forget shatters my world and I get a glimpse of everything I've ever wanted-a son I didn't know about, and the chance of finally having the family I've never had. I know Norrie lied but now I have them back I'll do whatever it takes to keep them. Even if that means blackmailing her into a marriage with a man, she doesn't love so she can keep her son. I've lost more than I can ever count, but fate gave me the greatest gift when she sent Harrison Brooks into my life. I had one week of heaven and then he was gone, but he left me with a son I adore. I wanted to tell him, but before I got the chance, life took an unexpected turn and now he knows the truth, he hates me. Can I convince the man I love he can trust me with his heart or will the secrets I'm still keeping damn me and once again leave me alone in this world? Contains mature themes.

Beck: I'm a gifted surgeon, a playboy who can have anyone I want with a click of my fingers. My life is perfect, so why do I feel like there's something missing? Then she walks back into my life, and I realize how hollow it all is. Amelia is my best friend, my anchor, the girl who knows all my secrets except the one I guard the most. She's the love of my life, but I'll never risk our friendship by telling her. Only now she's in his arms, the man who turns my blood to fire, my body to liquid lust. Xander makes me want things that are impossible and everything is messy in a way I never expected. I love her. I want him. Can I risk it all for the two people I know I should stay away from? Amelia: Beck is my best friend, the man who knows my every secret, except this one. I have loved him my entire life but he refuses to see me as anything other than his childhood best friend. I need to move on. Then I meet Xander, Hollywood's golden star, who introduces me to passion like I've never known-but Beck is always there tempting me. Then I see the looks, the burning glances between the two men in my life. It makes me wonder if I can have them both. As passions and desires are unleashed things get messy. I love them both. I want them both. Can I have everything I ever wanted or will secrets destroy us all? Contains mature themes.

Roguish. Arrogant. Playboy. When I walked into the art gallery, I never expected to fall in love with a naked, blonde, spitfire. But she wants nothing to do with me, so I leave feeling bereft, until I walk into the office and meet the woman who's going to help me save my company. Eden Sager might not want to like me, but with every secret smile, I'm wearing down her walls. Then I find out her biggest secret and I'm thrust into a position where the only outcome is one where I lose the woman who has come to mean everything to me. But losing isn't an option. Strong. Proud. Beautiful. Living in my car after my ex-boyfriend stole everything is not the way I planned for my life in New York. I have a plan to get back on my feet, and nothing will deter me. Not even my handsome boss. He's everything I don't want. So why do I find myself seeking him out, despite the risk to my battered heart? When he finds out my secret, everything changes. I never meant to give my heart away to Ryker Cabot but now that I have, I must trust him to keep it safe. When I discover he's been keeping secrets of his own, my heart is broken again, only this time I don't think I will ever recover. Contains mature themes.

Secrets. Love. Betrayal. Nobody knows our story or the reason I loathe Hudson Carmichael, and he will never know the way he broke me. Yet I can't rid myself of the attraction I feel for him or the way he makes my body burn. Will one night in his arms purge me of my need for him or have I just made the biggest mistake of my life? Audrey thinks I betrayed her that I walked away, she will never know just how much I sacrificed to save the only woman I have ever loved. Not until the night when tequila forces the dam to break and all the messy broken secrets explode, leaving us with the wreckage of our past and marriage certificate which might be our end. Contains mature themes.