Allison Rose Grant. Ally, Baby, Princess, depending on who's speaking, has lived her entire life inside a glass dollhouse. The only child of one of the wealthiest families, she was raised to be perfect in every way: flawless ballerina, flawless student, flawless daughter. But behind the bows and sundresses, only her cousin Ada knows how cracked she really is.
She was on the brink of her dream, set to dance the lead in Giselle. Then came the phone call that shattered everything. Her parents never made it home from their long-overdue honeymoon. With them went her stage, her spotlight, her future. Now she plays the role of the flawless girl because it's all she's ever known, her parents' plans for her still echoing like shackles, an arranged life with someone equally polished, equally perfect.
Two years later, she can't bring herself to want anymore.
And then he comes crashing in. Reagan Diamant Hunter. Biker king. Leather, tattoos, piercings, the exact kind of man her parents warned her about. The kind of man who lived by his own rules. Take what you want, give nothing back, and never, ever let anyone close enough to touch him.
She was sundresses, bows, and polite smiles.
He was asphalt, tattoo, steel, whiskey, and danger.
Exactly the kind of man her parents warned her about.
But storms don't ask permission before they wreck you. And Reagan Diamant Hunter isn't just tearing Ali's perfect little world apart, he's rebuilding her from the ashes, piece by piece, until she belongs to him.
Or maybe it's Allison who rewrites his whole life.
Emily "Lily" Wilson had a tough life. With no family to help her, she was used to do everything on her own. She raised herself, she thought herself how to cook, and felt in love with baking. Her dream was to open her own place, where she can share her love for the sweet stuff with the others.
That was why she was at the bank that day. She expected to persuade them to have trust in her idea and let her a loan. What she didn't expect was being shot at, nor she expected a hot man, covered from head to toes in black, to safe her. And she definitely didn't expect that man to make himself a permanent place in her life, with his dog right beside him.
But like everything in her life, even this hottie couldn't keep her safe from all the bad that was trying to catch her at every corner. He for sure will try his best, but will it be enough?
"The Sweetest Thing" is Book 1 of the "SWAT Team" series. It can be read as a stand-alone.