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Shattered
LOST #3
Cynthia Eden
Releasing Oct 27th, 2015
Avon Books
Criminal psychologist Dr. Sarah Jacobs is all too familiar with the kind of bad boys who belong behind bars. But the dark, dangerous man she meets in the New Orleans underworld is a new kind of ruthless, and all too irresistible.
Jax Fontaine doesn't claim to be a good guy, but he's loyal to his own code and brutally honest about what he wants. He and Sarah may be worlds apart, but when they're skin to skin, nothing matters but the heat between them.
And when a deranged killer targets Sarah, Jax will do whatever it takes to keep her safe.
“No judgment,” he
murmured. “There’s no anger in your eyes, no rage or disgust at me for being a
cold bastard. No pity for the kid I was who got beaten in a dirty alley and
left to die.”
“Don’t be too sure you
understand what I feel.”
“Why not? I actually think
I understand you very, very well.”
Sarah backed up a step.
A faint smile curved his
lips. “It was there from the first time I saw you. That instant connection.
Doesn’t happen often. Actually, it’s never happened to me before. I looked up,
saw you, and thought—”
Sarah pretty much ran for
the door.
But he caught her. His
hands wrapped around her and Jax pulled her back against his body. His hold
wasn’t hard or rough. Oddly, it was infinitely tender.
“Do you know what I saw when
I looked in your eyes?” he whispered into her ear.
Sarah shook her head.
“You were hurting. Trying
to hide your pain, but I could still see it. I looked at you and thought—I never want her to hurt again.”
Tears stung her eyes. “You
don’t know me. Or what I’ve done.” Jax thought his past was bad? It was nothing
compared to hers. She still had nightmares that had her waking in the night,
choking for breath, and begging for help.
Help that hadn’t come. Not
in time.
“Tell me why you came to
see me tonight, Sarah.”
She sucked in a quick
breath and decided to go with the truth. “Because I didn’t want to lie in bed
and be afraid. Because I didn’t want to think about the past or the future.”
Because she’d felt that insane connection between them, too.
The first time she’d seen
him, she’d looked into his eyes and thought—
He can handle all my darkness. He won’t ever be
afraid of what I tell him.
Because his gaze had told
her that he’d already looked into hell … and hadn’t given a damn about the
demons there.
He turned her in his arms.
She made herself look up and into his eyes. He was so warm and strong against
her. And he made her … want. Yearn for things that she’d denied herself for so
very long.
Because she hadn’t wanted
anyone to get close. She hadn’t trusted anyone with all her secrets.
She didn’t trust him,
either. She’d be a fool to do that. But—she did want him. And every instinct
Sarah possessed screamed at her that Jax Fontaine could give her the sensual
oblivion she craved.
A few hours to forget. A few hours to just pretend
that I’m not the freak in the room. The monster that everyone else fears.
“What do you want from
me?” Jax asked her.
Just a night. She’d be leaving New Orleans soon, flying out on a plane and heading
back to her little house in the suburbs of Atlanta. They wouldn’t see each
other again. So no one else would know about what happened tonight. Just her.
Just him.
Award-winning author Cynthia Eden writes dark tales of paranormal romance and romantic suspense. She is a New York Times, USA Today, Digital Book World, and IndieReader best-seller. Cynthia is also a three-time finalist for the prestigious RITA® award. Since she began writing full-time in 2005, Cynthia has written over fifty novels and novellas.
Cynthia lives along the Alabama Gulf Coast. She loves romance novels, horror movies, and chocolate. Her favorite hobbies including hiking in the mountains (searching for waterfalls) and spelunking.
Cynthia lives along the Alabama Gulf Coast. She loves romance novels, horror movies, and chocolate. Her favorite hobbies including hiking in the mountains (searching for waterfalls) and spelunking.
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