Saving a Legend: A Kavanagh Legends Novel (35 page)
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Authors: Sarah Robinson
“Always, flower girl.” He kissed her deeply, his arms wrapping around her as he continued to thrust in and out between her legs. She moved with him, savoring every moment and smiling into his kiss.
“Always.”
To Nicole Tesch, my oldest and closest friend in the world. You’ve been there for me even when I haven’t been there for you. Despite the distance between us, when we’re around each other, it’s like nothing has changed. Thanks for everything you’ve done for me and how much you’ve supported my writing. You’re the absolute best and I love you.
Forget husbands, you’re my real soulmate!
Acknowledgments
The Kavanaghs are just so much fun for me to write about that half the time I forget they’re characters I created and not real people I know. Kieran’s story was special to me in that it dealt with children with special needs, a topic close to my heart.
While I was writing, I asked several sweet mothers of children with autism to read along with me and ensure I wrote accurately and kindly. So special thanks to those beautiful women who all read along and helped me create a very realistic family and child, including the unbelievably sweet and kind bestselling author Penelope Ward. I also did a lot of research into the topic, studied the
DSM,
and went over everything with a top child psychologist to ensure accuracy. Autism is not a subject to be taken lightly, and so I’ve done my very best to portray that in this novel.
Most of all, I can’t wait to bring you Kane’s story next, followed by the remainder of the brothers and then the super-adorable Casey last. I’ve already finished Kane’s story, and it’s quickly rivaling Kieran’s as my favorite. I cannot wait for you guys to read it!
More thank-yous go to Kelly Maldia and Kelly McCurdy, for being the sweetest and smartest beta readers out there. Thank you for helping me make Kieran the alpha male I envisioned, and Fiona the mother she never knew she could be. To Amy Huppert, for letting me name a parole officer after her dog, and for being such a supportive friend—and I can’t wait to love all over that baby of yours! To Nathalie Wisecup, for falling in love with this series and believing in my writing, as well as for being a close friend. To Rachel van Dyken, for being so freaking perfect and inspiring me with everything she does, along with her life partner, Lauren Layne, who has been nothing but the sweetest. To Lavinia Kent, for assuring me Kieran’s story was everything I’d hoped it was and being my rock through everything.
Sue Grimshaw, Gina Wachtel, and Nicole Resciniti—you ladies are my dream team come true. Or better yet, you’re making my dreams come true! Thank you for teaching me so much, listening to me, and reassuring me every time I begin spouting some irrational fear. You’re all such a wealth of knowledge, and I can only hope to keep learning from you for years to come.
To Ashleigh Heaton and Erika Seyfried, you ladies deserve a medal. I send you way too many emails. Like an unholy amount. I don’t know why you both still talk to me. No one would blame you if you sent me to spam at some point. But you ladies have a huge thanks from me for still tolerating my neediness!
To Holly Morales, thank you for being such a sweet assistant.
Ha!
We both know that’s not true. Thanks for being the brat I need to keep me in line, slapping me when I need a reality check, and doing all my dirty work. You’re the absolute best and I adore you!
To Julie Holt Slagle, I hope years of turtle teasing can be made up by including you in my acknowledgments. This has nothing to do with your knowing my great fear of spiders now. Well, it’s partially because of that. The rest is just because you’re a super-sweet person, and I thank you for always being that to me.
To my amazing Robinson’s Rockstars, you ladies are the best fan club an author could ever ask for! I can’t believe you all joined and wanted to be part of my silly #RobinsonRamblings and other such nonsense. I love sharing more of my self with you and getting to know you guys on a personal level. It’s my absolute favorite place to be online! Special thanks to Rockstars who’ve supported me from day one and who I know will always be there for me—Jessica Clements, Michellee Vedder, Louisa Fae Dent, Doreen J. Foucault, Jennifer Lea Frisby, Michelle Stratton-Wingerter, Gloria Herrera, Jill Sava, Kat Relim, Nicola Spears, Tammy Becraft, and Wendy Syposs Litz.
If I forgot to mention you, it’s only because it’s midnight and I’m tired, but I love you all just the same!
To all the lovely readers, bloggers, and other author friends, thank you for being such big supporters of my books and the reading community in general. It’s the continued effort of each and every one of us to share, love, and promote all the books we love that keeps this industry going and keeps us authors writing. Thank you!
Last, but never least, to the hunky Justin Robinson. Keep doing everything you’re already doing; it’s clearly working. I love you with all my heart. I’m so grateful that you’ve taken up so much extra work to keep us afloat so that I could have the time to pursue my dream. You’re truly the best.
B
Y
S
ARAH
R
OBINSON
Kavanagh Legends
Breaking a Legend
Saving a Legend
Becoming a Legend
The Photographer Trilogy
Tainted Bodies
Tainted Pictures
Untainted
Forbidden Rockers Series (formerly Sand & Clay Rocker Series)
Logan’s Story: A Prequel
Her Forbidden Rockstar
Rocker Christmas: A Novella
Her Dangerous Drummer
(coming soon)
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Aside from being a Top 10 Barnes & Noble and Amazon bestseller, S
ARAH
R
OBINSON
is a native of the Washington, D.C., area and has both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in criminal psychology. She is newly married to a local police officer, Justin, who is just as much of an animal-rescue enthusiast as she is. Together, they own a zoo of rescues, including everything from mammals to reptiles to marsupials, and they volunteer and foster for multiple animal shelters.
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Becoming a Legend
Kavanagh Legends
by Sarah Robinson
Available from Loveswept
Prologue
“I think you broke his nose,” Rory, his oldest brother, told Kane as he handed him a bottle of water in the corner of the Vegas octagon. The crowd buzzed with excitement, voices hoarse from screaming during the last few rounds. It was all Kane could hear, and it made the blood pound through his veins faster and faster as they cried for more.
Kane glanced across to his opponent in the opposite corner, similarly surrounded by coaches and trainers helping him prepare for the next round. Xavier’s nose was clearly crooked and gushing blood into a towel, but he didn’t seem concerned or in pain. Meaty, but short, Kane’s enemy was built like a tree stump, low to the ground and impossible to budge. Kane had quickly discovered that he wasn’t fast, or all that powerful, and he wasn’t going to be easy to take down.
Not that it really mattered. He was following someone else’s orders now.
End it in the third round, not a minute sooner. Make it look believable; break his nose or something.
Everything Kane had trained for since the moment he’d first stepped into an octagon was staring him in the face. The fight of a lifetime, his dream of fame and fortune.
It was all happening right here, right now.
And he was going to lose it all.
You can’t win, Kane.
His father’s hand landed on his shoulder. “Ready for round three? He’s trying to tire you out; don’t let him.”
“Got it.” Kane stood and shook out his limbs, then handed his brother the water bottle back and pushed his mouthpiece into place. All four of his brothers and his father clapped him on the back and shouted words of encouragement over the roar of the rowdy Las Vegas crowd before climbing out of the cage and continuing to cheer him on from the sidelines.
Xavier’s team cleared out as well, and the announcer divided them as he introduced the audience to the third round. Kane tuned him out, just focusing on his fists clenched in front of him. In less than three seconds, he’d have to make the biggest choice of his life.
The warning echoed in his mind as he stared at his opponent.
You’ll do it, or everyone you love will pay your debt for you.
The words echoed and rolled in his gut, sickening him. He could win this fight; he wanted to win this fight. He’d spent his whole life preparing to win this fight. But now he had to choose between two of the most important things in the world to him—the fight or his family.
Seconds away, and he had no idea what he was going to do.
Those beady, black eyes entered his mind again and the threat rang loud and clear.