Author: adjustice
One word easily summed up my entire life: ordinary. I lived with my grandmother in a rural town in Montana. As I worked beside her in our small store, she taught me everything I needed to know. Except how to find her when she disappeared into thin air. Yesterday, going off to college was my greatest adventure. But the truth about my childhood was hidden from me my entire life, cloaked by a … entire life, cloaked by a powerful spell. I thought all the tales she told me were just bedtime stories…children’s fantasies. Until I stumbled into the Covis…
Jillian Hart didn’t belong in our world. She was an innocent, blinded to our ways and seduced by the charm of the mafia. I was a capo in the Marchetti Family, groomed to take control one day, and my father was the Boss, the Don. Damon Marchetti was a well-known name in the mafiosi.We never would’ve crossed paths if not for a fender bender with the wrong truck on the expressway. After escorting … escorting her to the emergency room as a precaution, I discovered she had business ties to a rival family. Simply being seen with me put her…
My rule: Never let an old flame burn you twice.Other people gave second chances—I didn’t. My modus operandi was to move on to the next girl in line and forget the previous one.So when Tawnee Milano said she needed her space, I let her go. Then I left our mutual employer for a new job with the CIA and didn’t look back.But a coded distress message from her sends me right back to where I was when we … back to where I was when we first split up. The possibility of losing her forever forces me to relax my…
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This is my first trip home in nearly four years. I haven’t been back for a very good reason—and his name is Hunter Beckett.My parents need my help over Christmas break, so I’ve agreed to return during the semester break against my better judgment. Kisses under the mistletoe. Family pictures in front of the numerous decorations. Christmas in Cringle Cove is a magical time for everyone else who … everyone else who visits—just not for me.Four long years away without a single glance backward. I’m THISCLOSE to college graduation. One week around the chocolate-with-flecks-of-gold-eyed devil and I’m THISCLOSE to giving in…
Just when I thought I had everything figured out, life blew up in my face without warning. The missing pieces of the puzzle weren’t clear, and the stakes were too high to merely hope for the best. Absolute facts I’d believed my entire life turned out to be lies and the truth was harder to accept than the family ever realized. Protecting my loved ones was my only priority. Any threat had to be … had to be eliminated—no matter the consequences.How deep did the treachery go? Only one way to find out.more
Jillian Hart didn’t belong in our world. She was an innocent, blinded to our ways and seduced by the charm of the mafia. I was a capo in the Marchetti Family, groomed to take control one day, and my father was the Boss, the Don. Damon Marchetti was a well-known name in the mafiosi.We never would’ve crossed paths if not for a fender bender with the wrong truck on the expressway. After escorting … escorting her to the emergency room as a precaution, I discovered she had business ties to a rival family. Simply being seen with me put her…
Jillian didn’t heed my warning . . . but then, neither did I. She didn’t know her life was still in danger or that her every move was being watched. Convincing her that she needed my protection required all my resources. Even then, she didn’t want me around. Making her fall in love with me again would be nearly impossible.But I’m Damon Marchetti, and I don’t know how or when to quit.
I wanted to ask for a divorce.Instead of the fight I expected, she agreed—with a few stipulations, all of which revolved around our son leaving for college in the fall. Keeping those promises would be a challenge, no doubt. But all I had to do was uphold my end of the deal then walk away without a backward glance. Somewhere along the way, our charade became my reality. With each day that passes, … With each day that passes, I realize time is once again my enemy. I can’t lose her a second time. I’ll never walk away—she healed my…