From
New York Times bestselling author Skye Warren comes a sexy new standalone in
the Stripped series...
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Hold You Against Me
Stripped Series
Skye Warren
Released May 31st, 2016
From New York Times bestselling
author Skye Warren comes a sexy new standalone in the Stripped series...
Once upon a time the daughter of a mafia king fell in love with a foot soldier.
This fairy tale didn't have a happy ending.
My sister and I barely managed to escape alive, and we've lived in relative hiding ever since. I'm safe now, but I can never forget the boy who gave his life to save mine.
Except there are whispers that he's still alive. And he's fighting a war.
Even knowing the risks, I have to find him. I have to find some way to protect him, the way he protected me. But he isn't the boy I left behind. He's a violent man. A criminal. And he's been waiting for me--the final pawn in a dark game of survival and love.
Once upon a time the daughter of a mafia king fell in love with a foot soldier.
This fairy tale didn't have a happy ending.
My sister and I barely managed to escape alive, and we've lived in relative hiding ever since. I'm safe now, but I can never forget the boy who gave his life to save mine.
Except there are whispers that he's still alive. And he's fighting a war.
Even knowing the risks, I have to find him. I have to find some way to protect him, the way he protected me. But he isn't the boy I left behind. He's a violent man. A criminal. And he's been waiting for me--the final pawn in a dark game of survival and love.
Something moves me gently,
constant and rhythmic like waves. I’m warm. There’s something soft curling
around my arms, wrapped inside my fists. Padding beneath my cheek that smells
like home.
An unnatural darkness
weighs down on me, keeping me from waking up—a demon’s whisper in my ear. You’re
warm, you’re safe. Sleep.
But something is wrong.
I remember falling asleep,
so suddenly, remember drinking water that I hadn’t filled. And I remember the
phone call from Amy telling me that Giovanni’s alive. Impossible.
Awareness pricks my skin
like a cold breeze. Wherever I am, I’m not alone.
I blink rapidly, forcing
my eyes open. They adjust to the darkness quickly, taking in the tinted windows
on either side and the wide leather bench curving beneath me. I’m in a car. A
limo, to be exact. And it’s moving.
On the opposite side of
the long space, a large body reclines. I can see the wide stance of his legs,
the pale white of his shirt. A suit jacket tossed beside his hip. His face is
hidden in the shadows of the vehicle.
I was raised by the head
of the Las Vegas mafia, the capo. I grew up around guns and violence, so I know
when a man is armed. It’s the way he holds himself, the warning shimmering
around him like a dark halo.
This man is armed and
extremely dangerous.
Every muscle in my body
tenses. My mind still swims in thick water, because I must have been drugged. He
drugged me, this faceless man. Why did he take me? It won’t be anything good,
that’s for sure.
Even worse, I suspect this
has something to do with my past, with my family. It’s messed up that I’d
rather be taken by some random psycho. But at least then I’d have a chance of
getting away.
“Who are you?” I demand,
my voice hoarse from whatever drugs they gave me.
There’s a long pause, the
weight of his regard as heavy as a finger trailing down my neck.
“Have I really changed
that much, bella, that you don’t recognize me?”
Skye Warren is the New York Times bestselling author
of dark romance such as Wanderlust and Prisoner. Praised as a “true mistress of
dark erotica”, her books have been featured in Jezebel, Buzzfeed, USA Today
Happily Ever After, Glamour, and Elle Magazine. She makes her home in Texas
with her loving family, four dogs, and one evil cat.
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