When Anastasia and Liam Kingsley were taken, they were severely injured but not dead. The French mafia kept them in containment, in a steel room. They were tortured, starved, beat, raped, whipped. They made a plan. It took years. It was fucking worth it. - you have to read the first book, 'intrepid'. thanks for all the support ily.

"You don't surf as good as you used to." I rolled my eyes. "You're wrong and you know it." His gaze burned with treasured desire. "I could surf waves on your neck with my lips." My eyebrows rose and I slid my hands down his waist and watched his eyelids flutter back. "Oh really?" His eyes snapped back open. "Really," he murmured. "Show me your best wave then," I whispered against his ear. *** Teen Surf Champion, Kennedy Dyline has the beauty, the fame and certainly the talent. But when she returns to Australia to compete in the worlds largest surfing competition, she discovers not all her fans are head over heels for her. Because where there is fame, there is sabotage. Not to mention how her life has always been an easy surf but a long distance 'second chance' relationship with player Caiden Hurley creates another tsunami of a challenge, especially now she's run back into the guarded twin brother of her dead best friend and she has no idea why he hates her. 𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘛𝘸𝘰 (SEQUAL TO 'PLAYING THE SURFER') (Could be read as a stand alone)