VALERIA
I was supposed to be on a date.
Instead, I got dragged into a black SUV by a man with cold eyes, rough hands, and a voice that could make a funeral sound seductive.
Wrong place.
Wrong time.
Wrong girl.
But ANGELO doesn’t let go of mistakes.
He keeps them.
Chains them.
Studies them like a crime he’s proud of committing.
And for some twisted reason… I can’t stop wanting the man who scares me more than he should.
ANGELO
I don’t lose control.
I don’t apologize.
And I sure as hell don’t kidnap innocent women.
Yet the moment I saw VALERIA, trembling and furious in the dim light of my warehouse, something dark in me sharpened. Wanted. Claimed.
She wasn’t the one I was supposed to take.
But she’s the one I can’t release.
Because now I know her voice, her scent, her fear… and the way her lips part when she thinks I’m about to ruin her.
And maybe I am.
This book is part of The Silent Flames Series. Reading Order:
Aftertaste.
Afterburn.