I always wondered how one could fall for the villain. The dark persona created by horrible events and people in their past. No matter how beautiful they were, what was there to see in the eyes of a killer? A monster? An enemy? What was it about their words that played with our hearts until you found yourself handing it to them? You don't sympathize with the villain unless you've lived their life, suffered as they have, or have been broken to the point where there was no hope in being saved from them. And so you had to give in, hoping for your last breath to come soon. Would I become the villain too, or would my end come before then? -- Alaina Larsen knew that no matter how safe she thought she was, there was still evil in the world. What happens when she finds herself in the place where the only way out-to truly be free-was through death?

To create. That's what Gianna Alexie wanted to do ever since she was a little Gia. After graduating college, the woman vowed to create a book for the world to love, though she knew she'll be needing help. Help came in the form of her mentor, Keenan Travino, a man more than a decade her senior with thin patience, a love for cigarettes and bourbon, and as many issues as the clever tricks up his sleeves. - COMPLETED BUT UNEDITED - 1ST DRAFT - PAPERBACK NOW AVAILABLE

warning! what you are about to read contains explicit language viewer discretion is strongly advised it almost seems like the two flames cannot get enough of each other when they keep reappearing into each others lives.

highly recommend that mature audiences read only mia samuels goes through a devastating year with her mothers death due to illness and her father being sent away to rehab from his harmful addiction. after her aunt insists to take her in to watch over her, everything goes sideways one night when mia is convinced by her cousin dias to go underage clubbing to celebrate on her arrival with her and her friends only leading things to worse matters with dias's brother carter being caught by a reckless troubled young man damon who is desperate to get his money back from him and involving mia in his mess. not only that, damon begins to grow a closer bond with mia adding to the list of complications in her life.