The Pawn
Revenge and Seduction #1
Skye Warren
Publication date: December 6th 2016
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance
The price of survival...
Gabriel Miller swept into
my life like a storm. He tore down my father with cold retribution, leaving him
penniless in a hospital bed. I quit my private all-girl's college to take care
of the only family I have left.
There's one way to save
our house, one thing I have left of value.
My virginity.
A forbidden auction...
Gabriel appears at every
turn. He seems to take pleasure in watching me fall. Other times he's the only
kindness in a brutal underworld.
Except he's playing a
deeper game than I know. Every move brings us together, every secret rips us
apart. And when the final piece is played, only one of us can be left standing.
THE PAWN is a full-length
contemporary novel from New York Times bestselling author Skye Warren about
revenge and seduction in the game of love.
mA sense of familiarity
fills the space between us even though I know we haven’t met. This man is a
stranger, but he looks at me as if he wants to know me. He looks at me as if he
already does. There’s an intensity to his eyes when they sweep over my face, as
firm and as telling as a touch.
“I need…” A thud against
my ribs as I think about all the things I need—a rewind button. One person in
the city who doesn’t hate me by name alone. “I need a loan.”
He gives me a slow
perusal, from the nervous slide of my tongue along my lips to the high neckline
of my dress. I tried to dress professionally—a black cowl-necked sweater and
pencil skirt. His strange amber gaze unbuttons my coat, pulls away the
expensive cotton, tears off the cotton fabric of my bra and panties. He sees
right through me, and I shiver as a ripple of awareness runs over my skin.
I’ve met a million men in
my life. Shaken hands. Smiled. I’ve never felt as seen through as I do right
now. Never felt like someone has turned me inside out, every dark secret
exposed to the harsh light. He sees my weaknesses, and from the cruel set of
his mouth, he likes them.
His lids lower. “And what
do you have for collateral?”
Nothing except my word.
That wouldn’t be worth anything if he knew my name. I swallow past the lump in
my throat. “I don’t know.”
Nothing.
He takes a step forward,
and suddenly I’m crowded against the brick wall beside the door, his large body
blocking out the warm light from inside. He feels like a furnace in front me,
the heat of him in sharp contrast to the cold brick at my back. “What’s your
name, girl?”
The word girl is a slap in the face. I force
myself not to flinch, but it’s hard. Everything about him overwhelms me—his
size, his low voice. “I’ll tell Mr. Scott my name.”
In the shadowed space
between us, his smile spreads, white and taunting. The pleasure that lights his
strange yellow eyes is almost sensual, as if I caressed him. “You’ll have to
get past me.”
My heart thuds. He likes
that I’m challenging him, and God, that’s even worse. What if I’ve already
failed? I’m free-falling, tumbling, turning over without a single hope to
anchor me. Where will I go if he turns me away? What will happen to my father?
“Let me go,” I whisper,
but my hope fades fast.
His eyes flash with
warning. “Little Avery James, all grown up.”
A small gasp resounds in
the space between us. He already knows my name. That means he knows who my
father is. He knows what he’s done. Denials rush to my throat, pleas for
understanding. The hard set of his eyes, the broad strength of his shoulders
tells me I won’t find any mercy here.
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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