For the Warmth (A Beyond Blood Short) (MFM Romance) (8 page)

It's a request that could leave me more broken—more hollow and wrecked—than ever before.

She never saw it coming: Answers.

Answers answers god damn answers.

How far do I have to go to find out what I need? To get to the bottom of the filth and finally find the real person waiting? The man behind those delicious green eyes and intoxicating lips?

If Drezden won't talk to me...

I'll find someone who will.

But why does it feel like they're the one who's been waiting for me?

Genre: New Adult Rockstar Romance This is the fourth and final installment of the Body Rock Series 29,000 words

O
nly Pretend

If you hated your life—wanted to prove to the world that you could change—how would you do it?

I had a plan. I also had no family, no friends, and definitely no jerk of an ex-boyfriend who thought I was boring.

I was tired of being me.

In Vegas, I could be anything.

And then I saw him.

His hungry smile wanted a taste of the new me.

Only a boring person would have said no.

It was reckless to follow a stranger to his bed. Dangerous to take the drink he handed me. I thought the worst regret I'd have would be a hangover, a walk of shame through the hotel.

Except I didn't wake up in the hotel.

Or in Vegas.

I doubt my face will end up in the news. “Woman missing,” the headline would say. “A stupid person who thought she could be someone else.”

I'm not someone else. I was only playing pretend.

Too bad he was playing for keeps.

—Author's Note— This is a dark romance novel, it contains themes of violence and mature situations that could make readers uncomfortable.

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W
atch Me Fall

Pain, abuse, brutality. That was my life. I struggled and stressed; cried until I forgot what tears were. But I worked hard. I clawed to the peak.

And then I lost everything.

Most people would have shattered.

I'm not most people.

My dreams are gone, but that's fine. I could have lived this tiny, broken life. I could have suffered in silence.

Until I met her: Noel.

God, she's so alive. She makes me ACHE and I just...

I can't ignore her.

So I won't.

Noel thinks she can handle me. Survive me.

If she knew the truth—could see into my mind—she'd smarten up and run.

I'm so lucky she doesn't have a clue.

—Author's Note— This novel is a stand alone. It contains scorching sex, violent themes, and mature situations that could make readers uncomfortable.