Charlie Winter has the perfect life simply because she is the talk of the County and not many people like her. She enjoys her uniqueness, and does not care that she has long irritated her mother to the point where her mother is slowly coming to hate her.
Jason Asher is a rebel, a scoundrel, and a cad. He's not accepted anywhere, but when Bella's - his sister - husband leaves her, pregnant, for a business trip, Jason wants to act like the big brother he deserves. But he clashes with Charlie, and when Bella's life suddenly is in danger, Charlie is the only one who can help her; you can imagine what happens when a girl stays overnight in a man's house in the 1860's, even with another woman - though bedridden - is present.
This story goes through Charlie and Jason's rocky start, and still worse, their marriage, which is full of lies, and secrets, and judgments that neither one bothers to sort out. To find out the end, I only ask you to read, for my lips are sealed. Enjoy.
There is nothing more beautiful than watching an innocent angel fall apart at my sinful actions. I'm going to ruin her.
"Augustine."
And she comes, looking down at me as she does so.
She glows, lighting up the goddamn room. Her feet barely touch the ground as I hold her up, supporting her weight. She trembled, pretty sounds leaving her lips.
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"You know," she whispers, "Everyone would be disgusted by the things I would let you do to me."
I smirk. She's made for me.
"Tell me," I said, "Tell me what you would let me do."
I rub my thumbs across her cheeks.
She grins up at me, looking so fucking pleased with herself. "Can I show you instead?"
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Amorette Ávila is just trying to support her family and make something of her life. She meets a man who changes her perception of all things. Augustine Eros is a dangerous man, one who kills and controls crime, and that scares her. She wants to look out for her brother, but that only leads her closer to the man she fears. However, he finds something in her he's never found before, and he's addicted. She sees through his rough facade, and her curiosity seems to drive her interest. She's an angel to him, and he thrives off of it.
She is his drug, and he wants to overdose on her.