He didn’t care about things like love and commitment, damn sure not marriage and forever.
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But the second Maggie Ramirez parked outside his family’s restaurant, his life became a series of distractions he was learning to love. Maggie and her kid have shaken up his world and dislodged every hard and fast rule he’d ever made.Â
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And when the demons from her past resurface, Smoke and Maggie may have to break more than their own rules to win their freedom.Â
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But will it cost them everything and everyone they love?
Maggie is a woman who is trying to leave her past where it belongs and is determined to ensure the happiness and security of her son Mateo. She may have met the Carelli family by chance, but they aren’t about to let her put any distance between them and that includes Smoke.
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Smoke makes a dangerous foe is crossed but if you are part of his inner circle then he will protect you with his life. Even though he knew it wasn’t in either of their best interests he was drawn to Maggie and her son from the beginning so when the danger around them escalates there is nothing he won’t do to keep them safe.
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Maggie and Smoke’s journey is filled with intrigue and heat and there is a great cast of secondary characters that enhance the story.
Meet Eden Butler
Eden Butler is an editor and writer of Fantasy, Mystery and Contemporary Romance novels and the nine-times great-granddaughter of an honest-to-God English pirate. This could explain her affinity for rule breaking and rum.
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When she’s not writing or wondering about her possibly Jack Sparrowesque ancestor, Eden patiently waits for her Hogwarts letter, edits, reads and spends way too much time watching rugby, Doctor Who and New Orleans Saints football.
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She is currently living under teenage rule alongside her husband in southeast Louisiana.
