Olivia Murray, a 29 year old successful attorney has had enough with her families intrusion on her personal love life. Mother, father and siblings included have all gone above and beyond the call of duty to try and get her hitched to a man. Just how far is Olivia willing to go to stop the incessant meddling? Will the strong independent woman that Olivia has come to be accept help when she needs it the most, when her own life is threatened and more importantly what will she do when something so much more fragile is put at risk, something like her heart?

Tessa Young is an 18 year old college student with a simple life, excellent grades, and a sweet boyfriend. She always has things planned out ahead of time, until she meets a rude boy named Hardin, with too many tattoos and piercings who shatters her plans.

Klappentext Das Leben spielt selten nach Regeln. Es passiert einfach. Jedem von uns, auch Lilly. Für sie läuft alles gut. Sie will ihren Collegeabschluss nachmachen, nachdem sie ein Jahr pausiert hat und lernt währenddessen den charmanten Kyle kennen. Aber dann wird ihre Familie brutal auseinander gerissen und das Schicksal spielt - wie so oft - mit gezinkten Karten. Lillys Familie ist nicht, wie sie scheint und auch Kyle hat ein Geheimnis, das alles zerstören könnte. Die Menschen sagen immer, das Leben kommt schnell und hart. Und es stimmt. Meine Familie ist der beste Beweis dafür. Genau wie mein ganzes Leben. Ich wurde oft herumgestoßen, verspottet und ausgelacht. Doch es machte mir nichts aus, denn ich hatte immer jemanden, der auf mich aufpasst. Aber nichts währt für immer. Weder ein Beschützer, noch die eigene Persönlichkeit. An einem bestimmten Punkt muss man sich entscheiden, wer man ist und wer man sein will. Zitat Ganz und gar man selbst zu sein, kann schon einigen Mut erfordern. - Sophia Loren Widmung Diese Geschichte ist für all die Menschen in meinem Leben, die mich auf die eine oder andere Weise geprägt haben. Ich bin dankbar für jeden Einzelnen von euch. Ohne euch wäre ich heute nicht, wer ich bin.

Her enemy is her passion, her passion is her enemy… Lindsey Paxton was once the number one defense attorney in New York. She fought for those who were innocent, but charged. Her instincts were her lifeline, never failing her, as they guided her in her choices of who to defend. Or so she thought. Until she won a case she would forever wish to have lost. Her client, an accused rapist, kills and rapes a woman only a day after being set free. Destroyed by her role in the woman’s death, Lindsey blames her father’s controlling ways for what she has become, and runs from her career and life. Years later – the past becomes the present . . . Her father has cancer, and Lindsey is forced to leave her career with the Washington branch of the FBI. She finds herself facing the responsibility of running her father’s law firm with the reluctant help of hotshot attorney Mark Reeves, a man who sparks her temper while also managing to tempt her heart, while setting her body on fire! With his help she finds herself fighting the emotional battles of the past, tempted to trust both him and her instincts. Now, faced with a case inherited from her father so similar to her career-ending one, she now must decide if her instincts will lead her down the path to saving an innocent man or setting free another killer. But while she fights her own battles, someone watches, wanting from the past what he had failed to get the first time . . . Lindsey. ***Previously released as “Hidden Instincts.”*** --- Content Warning --- The story you are about to read is intended for mature readers due to its sexual content and language. It may not be appropriate for all audiences. Please read at your own discretion. ***There is also a free novella ONE DANGEROUS NIGHT in the same series already complete here on WATTPAD***

NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY Bestseller Top #10 Amazon Bestseller #1 Barnes & Noble Bestseller Top #10 Bestseller on iTunes, and Kobo "Move over Twilight! Here comes Aaron Patterson!" --Joshua Graham, bestselling author of Beyond Justice and Darkroom "I was surprised by how much I really, really liked this book. I have not jumped on the whole "fallen angel" bandwagon, just as I didn't jump on all of the vampire stories that came out after Twilight. This is not your typical fallen angel story. It is one that has left me breathlessly waiting for the next one in the series. Hurry up please!!!" --Sandra Stiles BOOK DESCRIPTION: All Airel wanted was to be normal... She seems like an average 17-year-old in the anonymous little city of Boise, Idaho: Airel. But those untroubled days are soon to end, and the change she undergoes will be so radical she will wonder if it wasn't all an illusion to begin with. Pursued ferociously, relentlessly by an ancient enemy in the deepest darkness, now she will have to learn how to fight for her life. And all because of who she is, because of her lineage. Because of this she will never have what she wants most: she will never be normal.

The passionate story of Tessa and Hardin continues as family secrets, deep betrayals, and career opportunities threaten to tear them apart.