The wide front door opens, revealing yellow light and sparkling laughter. A rich moss scent saturates the night air. Though I have to admit this estate is tastefully done, the lawns a demure rolling green, the front of the house in an old manor style. Normally I don’t enjoy the pretense of fancy things-diamonds and gold. He pulls a handkerchief from his jacket, wiping hastily.
“My father is no longer”-I pause, savoring the words-“in business.” For a brief moment James appears nervous, his wide forehead slick with sweat. What isn’t common knowledge is that his construction company is a front for the Russian mafia. That part is common knowledge if you’re connected to the Tanglewood underworld. The James family fortune was built on the backs of whores and drug addicts. So very similar, once you get beneath the surface. In contrast to this glittering estate, we lived in a goddamn hovel. That’s one word to describe my father’s penchant for violence. Does he practice that? “I wouldn’t want to call you Miller. Or do you go by Gabe?” “Gabriel will be fine,” I say smoothly.
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The skin around his eyes wrinkles as he smiles. He has a reputation for being honest, despite his family legacy. Geoffrey James is a businessman with a lot of influence in Tanglewood. It’s this gilt and glamour that makes me itch. Lowlifes lurking in the darkest corners of the city, Table of Contents Cover Title Page Epigraph Prologue Chapter One Chapter Two Chapter Three Chapter Four Chapter Five Chapter Six Chapter Seven Chapter Eight Chapter Nine Chapter Ten Chapter Eleven Chapter Twelve Chapter Thirteen Chapter Fourteen Chapter Fifteen Chapter Sixteen Chapter Seventeen Chapter Eighteen Chapter Nineteen Chapter Twenty Chapter Twenty-One Chapter Twenty-Two Chapter Twenty-Three Chapter Twenty-Four Chapter Twenty-Five Chapter Twenty-SixĬhapter Twenty-Seven Chapter Twenty-Eight Chapter Twenty-Nine Chapter Thirty Chapter Thirty-One Chapter Thirty-Two Epilogue Thank You Excerpt from Tough Love Other Books by Skye Warren About the Author CopyrightĭEAL WITH dangerous men every day. “Whenever a thing is done for the first time, it releases a little demon.” – Emily Dickinson
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