Highest ranking #2 in Chicklit #4 in Our Roots Series, but can be read as a stand alone. Courtney Ramsey is fed up with the way her life is going but all that starts to change when a mysterious, tattooed monster comes into her life unexpectedly. Can Courtney tame the wild beast or will he end up ruining her? "I know what you probably think of me, what everyone thinks of me...I'm no good, and you know what? That's true. I'm definitely no good." He looks over at me with the most sincere look in his eyes causing my heart to skip a beat. "But I want to be."

**WARNING this story contains abuse, explicit language, sexual scenes,self harm and rape.** "Baby,let me take care of you."His lips graze my neck and my grip on his jacket tightens. "Adrian,I can't,we can't." My voice is low and husky even to my own ears. "You can't deny you want me,just as much as I want you." "At what cost Adrian? Do I have to lose you over some fling, after all we've been through?" "Hey, look at me." His fingers tilt my face up. "You'll never be just a fling, okay babe?" "Yeah but..." "Shhh." His lips cover mine and I forgot what my argument was in the first place. Sarah Spencer never knew a day without abuse from the age of 5, with an absent mother and an abusive controlling father,Sarah has no friends,until Adrian, the gorgeous bad boy next door,who notices her shaking hands and bloodshot eyes. Is Adrian too late? Would he ever be able to get past the walls Sarah has built? Or would she survive? If only for him? A story about love, hate, hope and the days when you want to give up but keep fighting anyway.