BedazzledPepperSpray
"I told you I'd rock his shit, Bella. I don't make promises I can't keep."
Bella Larson is used to being invisible. She's the quiet girl, the "easy" daughter, the sister of a soldier deployed thousands of miles away. But after one disastrous party and a pair of bruises that won't let her forget it, her silence is starting to feel like a cage.
She expected to fade back into the background. She didn't expect Tucker Rhodes.
Tucker is everything a girl in a small Minnesota town should stay away from: the star hockey player with a cocky smirk, a lethal slap shot, and a reputation for being as cold as the ice he plays on. But when he sees the marks on Bella's skin, the ice melts into a protective fire.
Now, Bella is caught between an ex-boyfriend who won't let go, a predator who thinks he's untouchable, a trio of dangerous guys she meets on a gloomy night, and a boy with busted knuckles and sparkling blue eyes who calls her "sweetheart" and walks her to class.
In the aftermath of the smoke, Bella has to decide: is she worth the trouble Tucker is willing to stir up?
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