Avalee Blake has never been happy where she lives, sure she loves her parents dearly, but Heraldville, Texas just isn't enough for Avalee. She wants to explore the world, try new things and find romance. Unfortunately in a small town where the cow population is ten times that of the human one and your neighbors are nosier then the little old lady in those cheesy old movies, her dreams are to remain just that, dreams. But being the only girl out of three children she has some expectations to live up too. Her father wants her to go to college, get a degree, marry a nice guy of Irish or Italian descent and not have any children until she is at least 35 years old. Whereas her mother wants her to stay in Heraldville and take over the family diner, get married to a hot Italian man, and have lots of children. Ava wants nothing more than to please both of her parents, but at the same time she just wants to be herself.
Tiziano Ermanno has never easily trusted anyone, except for his family. After many try and fail relationships he has learned that there is only one woman that he can truly trust, his mother. Living in the fairly close knit community of Gansen, New York, he has learned that keeping to himself later saves him from heart break and pain. Not to mention being and illegal street fighter, over the years he's made pleanty of enemies. But when his brother, Vicenzo, leaves town for a new job and meets a girl at the local diner Tiziano doesn't know what to do. Now in a new town, Ziano quickly learns that old ghosts can come back and haunt you, especially when you're least expecting it.
What happens when their worlds collide and tempers flare? But what happens when Tiziano's past comes to town and Avalee's stubborn ex can't understand why she left him? Will their demons be their destroyers, or will they team up and beat these beasts together?
*WARNING: RATED MATURE DUE TO LANGUAGE/SEXUAL CONTENT. READERS MUST BE 17+*
*CANNOT be read without reading prior novels in series*
Asher Pryce hides behind a wall of secrets he's spent most of his life building up. How else is the adopted child whose birth parents run a drug cartel supposed to fit in? He's notorious for his overconfident swagger and total lack of patience for bullshit - a master of masks. The one thing in his life he can't fake? His feelings for his best friend's twin sister. When she returns back home after eight years of living in another city, Asher is ready to take their lifelong friendship to another level. Of course, life has rarely worked in his favour. Between the letters his birth parents keep sending him, a run-in with an old enemy that's out for his blood, and his responsibility to protect his adoptive parents from his fucked up birth family, he would only be putting the woman he loves in danger. He may make his living as a fighter but this is one fight he's destined to lose. Right?
Aria Hunter has gotten pretty good at faking it until you make it. After getting through an abusive relationship and fleeing to another city Aria is ready to return home years later. Everything has changed, including her relationship with her best friend. There's a constant magnetic pull between them and Aria feels their intense chemistry with every touch and look Asher steals from her. Gone is the once scrawny and irritable ten-year-old boy replaced by a cocky and assertive man that's way too hard to resist. But his looks aren't the only thing that changed about him. When Asher finds himself part of his birth parent's crowd once again, Aria knows this only means trouble. The more she fights to keep him safe, the harder it is to hide how she feels about him. Maybe their feelings for each other just aren't meant to be realized. After all, falling for your best friend is just a cliché. Right?
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