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“More than fucking ready.” I pull her against me, lean down, and kiss her.

“I love you, Sy. Love you more than anything.”

And I believe her because I feel the same way. She chased away my darkness allowing me to absorb her special kind of sunshine. Without her love, I wouldn’t have been able to step out of the dark and see the possibility of a future. A future where the sun only shines brightly.

COMING EARLY 2015

Jesse’s Story

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Can you believe this is the second acknowledgements page? Crazytown.

Alissa Evanson-Smith: Whore… Yes, I just called you are a whore in my book. What can I say that you don’t already know? It’s been twelve months of friendship, and what a twelve months it has been. I wish more than anything I could just jump on a plane and bring you home with me. Why do you have to be so awesome? You are amazing, beautiful, kind, smart, funny, an amazing mom and an unreal friend. Please know my journey has been made amazing just by you alone. I owe you more than you know. Thank you for your hard work. I’d be lost without you. Love you.

Bel Burgess: Wow, you saved me, saved me something huge, Bel. You are talented. You are humble and you know your shit. I love you. I love your passion, your words, and your help. I can’t begin to imagine where this book would be without you. I love working with you.

Cassia Brightmore: Lady you are so amazing. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for helping me out in my time of need. Bring on Cleveland my friend.

Gillian Grybas: Gilly Gilly Gilly. I SOLO love you so much! You make me smile. Thank you for loving Sy and Holly SOLO much. Bring on the next one, yeah?

My C.O.W.s- Alissa, Ash, Jess and Beclass="underline" this journey has been crazy this time around, now that I’m a real author. But I have always come back to our group. I’ll never stop. I DUCKING love you all… Quack!

This Group Needs A Fucking Name: When I started this group, I had no idea how important it would be for me to finish this book. You have all embraced each other, helped each other, laughed at each other and encouraged each other. When I think about my author friends, I think of you all. I’m so happy I have you on my side and think the world of you all.

Thank you to my lovely beta readers: Cassia, Gilly, Melinda, Tammie, Jennifer, Tammy and Stephanie. Your enthusiasm for Sy and Holly really helped me finish this book.

It’s been a crazy ride. Thank you for loving their story, and get ready for Jesse. I hope he is kinder to me.

Max Henry: Dude… Formatting and blurb shout out to you. You are so talented and so amazing. I love you, lady, hard. I’m inspired by you, by your words and I love your loyalty. Never change.

Nina Levine: Dude, I stopped messaging you, but now I just ask the group… hahahaa! I still think you are all class and nothing less. Thank you for being awesome.

Louisa from LM Creations: My friend, Louisa, okay, so I promised with the last book that Sy’s book will be less painful… hahahaha, that was a promise I didn’t follow through with, so therefore I dedicate Sy to you. Now, I know you are awesome and disgustingly talented; however, you truly are so humble, so friendly and just a good person. You love hard, laugh lots and I can feel your passion through the screen. You know I would do anything for you. I can’t wait till March so I can squish you and try to make you blush. LOTS.

Becky Johnson: You are… a genius, pure genius, you take my words and you do something that only someone amazing can do. I love working with you. Your patience, your opinion and talking me down will never be forgotten. You’ve made this journey so smooth and I can’t wait to continue working with you.

To my Rebels: WOW, we have come so far! So far. Wow, so how do you tell a group of women that you owe them? You have made this journey beyond anything I could have imagined. You are my friends, the kind you never get rid of. You make me smile daily, laugh constantly and most of all you make me happy. I love you all! #CockOn

To ALL the Bloggers: Thank you for your support. I wouldn’t have been able to get my name out without you guys pimping Incandescent. Reviewing and loving the Knights Rebels boys just as much as I do has been so surreal to see. The whole journey has been crazy.

My Mr. Savage: We survived another one. Maybe barely and maybe with less hair, but we did it. You know, I know this wouldn’t have been possible without you. You really are one of the good ones. Up there with all our favorite men we love to read about. You love me without questions. You love me at my worst and have never faltered. You own my heart and don’t ever give it back. With the release of Affliction, I promise you to do this whole author business thing better. Thank you for being you: for getting me, for loving me. And most importantly, never leaving me. I love you.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

An avid reader of romance and erotic novels, River’s love for books and reading fueled her passion for writing. Reading no longer sated her addiction, so she started writing in secret. She never imagined her dream of publishing a novel would ever be achievable. With a soft spot for an alpha male and a snarky, sassy woman, Kadence and Nix were born.

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Table of Contents

Prologue

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Past

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Thirteen

Chapter Fourteen

Chapter Fifteen

Chapter Sixteen

Chapter Seventeen

Chapter Eighteen

Chapter Nineteen

Chapter Twenty

Chapter Twenty-One

Chapter Twenty-Two

Chapter Twenty-Three

Chapter Twenty-Four

Chapter Twenty-Five

Chapter Twenty-Six

Chapter Twenty-Seven

Chapter Twenty-Eight

Chapter Twenty-Nine

Chapter Thirty

Chapter Thirty-One

Chapter Thirty-Two

Chapter Thirty-Three

Chapter Thirty-Four

Chapter Thirty-Five

Chapter Thirty-Six

Chapter Thirty-Seven

Chapter Thirty-Eight

Chapter Thirty-Nine

Chapter Forty

Chapter Forty-One

Chapter Forty-Two

Chapter Forty-Three

Chapter Forty-Four

Chapter Forty-Five

Epilogue

Acknowledgments

About the Author