Deacon: A BWWM Billionaire Romance (29 page)

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Black and Blue

GABRIELLE: 
I've been avoiding risk my whole life. That's what you learn to do growing up well-off in a place like Detroit. This is a city that knows how fast things can turn. 
That white boy made me forget myself. A few moments in his presence and I was consumed by a madness. I did things I never dared dream of. 
But it doesn't feel wrong. It feels like freedom. 
I shouldn't go back to him. He's from the wrong part of town. He makes a living out of violence. He's a risk in my unblemished life. One time was enough of a flirt with danger. 
Thing is, he might just have me addicted. 
SEAN: 
I've fought for everything I've got in this world. My fists won me a new life, away from the squalor of my South Detroit past. 
Now I'm starting to get my reward: money, fame, girls. 
The waitress was just supposed to be one of many. Black girls weren't even my type, but something in her set me off. Everything about her screamed class - a word that had never been in this poor boy's vocabulary. 
I thought I just wanted a taste of it. Turns out it's not the thrill I'm after. 
It's her. 
I've gotta show her that I can be more than my body. She wants me to fight for her heart? 
Girl, get ready to be knocked out. 

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Break Me Open (Desert Wraiths MC)

KATIE: 
All I wanted was a quiet night at home. Instead I’m dragged out to a bar, end up down the wrong alley and get caught witnessing a biker gang murder. 
My parents died by accident. Guess it’s my turn. 
Except one of the bikers is shielding me from the rest. He’s massive, powerful, and his face is majestic. His eyes are an otherworldly blue, shimmering in the moonlight. 
He’s also the guy I just saw kill a man. 
So why do I feel so safe in his arms? 
GHOST: 
Once I was part of an elite special ops team: soldiers modified to perform beyond human limits. Then, I was kicked out unceremoniously with nothing but my disintegrating body. 
The Wraiths MC are a meager brotherhood but the only one I have left. I’ve done dark things for this club. But the moment I lay eyes on that cowering girl, I knew I’d never let her come to harm. 
It’s not just her beauty. There’s a weight to her that’s more real than anything I’ve felt in years. 
Saving her could shatter my life. 
But she might just make me whole again. 

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