“Same old, same old huh?” Gavin asked rhetorically.

  “I think it’s time.”

  He nodded approvingly. “I’ve been waiting to hear that for the past two weeks.”

  Of course, as the man who knew me second best after my padre, this was no news to him. I had been following a path similar to the one that brought my madre home to make sure I did this right.

  It had taken longer than I would’ve liked but this wasn’t something to rush.

  I met a girl when I was young. She was supposed to be someone I felt nothing for. A single night was the catalyst that ensured she would always be mine.

  I had never let her go.

  I gave her an illusion of space to try and find her wings. She hadn’t. I knew she never would because I’d clipped them so that she couldn’t ever fly too far.

  I was ready to bring her home now.

  My principessa needed to see my world is where she’d always belonged, but she would do it where she should have been all along, by my side as the queen she was.

  THE BARRONS

  Meet Rhett in the completed PLUT duet.

  Sweet Poisons is book one!

  The newest Barron will be introduced in Paint It Black, a full-length standalone initially exclusive to the Desires After Dark anthology. You can find more info here!

  DEBAUCHERY

  Age-gap.

  Knife play.

  Forbidden, dark and twisted love.

  Check out an excerpt of my next standalone!

  For once in my life, I was glad to be someone’s dirty little secret. Usually I hated it, being hidden away like something to be ashamed of. Now that I was trapsing through the woods with a dead body a few yards behind me I appreciated Richard keeping our relationship on the down low.

  This slight discretion saved me from another vicious cycle of gossip, painful embarrassment, and most importantly prison. I’d have the cutest intake photo of all time. Oh, but the scandal that would follow. Everyone would know how once again, India Agnelli couldn’t keep a man. They’d say that I finally lost it and went over the edge from too many rejections.

  Living in a city you’d think that I’d be spared from this kind of thing, but it depressingly wasn’t so. My sister, bless her heart, followed daddy’s wishes and nailed the whole socialite role perfectly.

  Her golden-globe worthy persona included keeping a posse of two-faced miserable bitches around her. With their unquenchable thirst for drama and watching other people’s lives go up in flames, those women were terrifying. Eleanora was way too smart not to know them for what they really were.

  She needed their entertainment, was all. I was hopeful that would change soon. I wobbled in my heels as they sank down into a mound of slightly damp dirt. I placed one hand on the nearest tree to steady myself and prayed there wasn’t some strange critter crawling on it or near my feet looking to hitch a ride.

  “This is ridiculous,” I huffed, pushing off the roughened bark to propel myself forward.

  Besides the crickets, it was completely silent out here, and of course dark. There was barely any sign of the moon in tonight’s sky. If not for my cell’s flashlight I would’ve been shit out of luck. The light I did have wasn’t all that bright and as if wearing heels wasn’t problematic enough my damn skirt kept riding up.

  Sharp skinny branches and greenery brushed against my bare legs every few seconds.

  If I walked through poison ivy Richard’s balls would be getting shoved down his throat. I checked my location via GPS and was relieved to see that my car was approximately three minutes away.

  By the time I spotted my sleek red chariot, it felt more like five hours had surpassed, and I’d somehow gotten assaulted by a goddamn mosquito. I rubbed the side of my neck and dug my key fob from my purse.

  As I was getting into the car, I began thinking of ways for me to explain to my sister what I had just done.

  THE BADLANDS

  Cults. Mayhem. Bloody romance.

  CONTAINS MULTIPLE TRIGGERS!

  ENTER HERE: BADLANDS:

  RＥＡＤＩＮＧ ＯＲＤＥＲ

  SERIES

  BADLANDS:

  Savages

  Deviants

  Outcasts

  Heathens

  ₙₑₓₜ Gₑₙₑᵣₐₜᵢₒₙ

  Degenerates

  Hellions

  Renegades

  Miscreants

  Misfits:

  Vagabonds:

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  Periculum

  Maleficium

  Daemonium:

  Obscurum:

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  Tormentum: MFM

  Infernum

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  Malice

  Obscene

  Depravity

  Malevolence

  Iniquity

  Debauchery:

  ₙₑₓₜ Gₑₙₑᵣₐₜᵢₒₙ

  Malicious:

  �������������� ��������

  Del Diablo: Prequel

  Muerte: DARK TABOO

  ���������������� ��������

  Pestilence:

  FP:WSS: TBA

  TRILOGIES

  ������ ����������: ����������������

  Queen of Diamonds

  King of Hearts

  Ace of Spades

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  Dope & Diamonds:

  Jack of Clubs

  Ash to Dust

  ������������ ������������: ������

  Beauty & Rage:

  Beauty & Wreckage

  Beauty & Havoc

  DUETS

  ������������ ��������, �������� ������������: Complete

  Sweet Poisons:

  Sick Remedies:

  �������������� ����������: (First duet complete)

  Crucible:

  Malady

  Calamity: SUMMER 2022

  Misery

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  Opaque Melodies

  Melodic Madness

  MWC: TBA (2022)

  STANDALONES

  Twelve of Roses

  Sacred Roses: TBD

  PIB (Barron family) TBA (2022)

  Vagabonds: A Badlands Novel (2022)

  UltraViolence

  Covetous

  Revenant: (has PNR elements)

  Love & Agony: Cartel/mafia

  ������-��������

  Badlands Collection 1-4

  Badlands: Next Generation

  Old Money Roulette (coming soon)

  Pretty Lies, Ugly Truths (coming soon)

  Nefarious (Dahlia Saga 1-4)

 

 

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