Series: Less Than Zero #3
Publication date: March 17th, 2021
Synopsis:
Family is everything, I protect mine with my life...
Connor McGloughlin had it all, a great family, a college scholarship and music.
Tragedy forced him to grow up too fast.
When his life finally is on track, Ronni Miller appears like a dream.
Kindred spirits in the most unlikely of circumstances.
There's only one thing in the way--
Her dark past he's determined to protect her from.
When your innocence is stolen, trust is a precious gift.
Actress Ronni Miller tasted fame at a young age.
But her path to stardom was riddled with tragedy.
She never imagined falling for Connor McGloughlin, a rouge, Irish rock star.
The thing is? Ronni's got revenge on her mind.
Regardless of the risk or the consequences.
Or losing the one thing in her life that makes her feel alive.
Connor has only ever asked Ronni for one thing: her heart.
But when her bravery is couched in lies?
She risks losing the man who would do anything for her.
Unless she finally realizes being fearless means placing your trust in true love.
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Excerpt
Connor pressed his finger to my lips. "Shh. This is where I tell you I'm full-blown over the feckin' moon for you. This is where I tell you that I want to be inside you right now more than anything in this entire world. What is happening between us is unlike anything I ever have felt before."
I could feel my heart pounding like a drum. Knowing that what he was saying wasn't a line. Knowing that this man was the real deal. I reached up and cupped his face. He leaned into my hand, much like I'd done earlier in the day. "I've never met anyone like you, Connor McGloughlin. I'm in way over my head."
"We both are, love."
"So, what do we do?" I nuzzled his neck.
Connor tightened his arms around me. I could feel his hard length pressing against my thigh. "Will you let me make love to you tonight?"
I didn't want to be just one more notch in his belt. The odds were already against us developing anything meaningful. I was halfway in love with him after only forty-eight hours. Intellectually, I knew I was in a vulnerable state. I'd just lost my mom. If we had sex and he disappeared from my life it would devastate me.
"What if I told you I wasn't ready?" I whispered.
Connor didn't say anything, just kissed my temple. He never spoke a word he didn't think about first. That he didn't mean. "I'd tell you that I'm not ready either. Once I have you, Veronica Mae Miller, and make no mistake--I will have you, that will be it. For damn sure I will never let you go."
When she was only 15, Kaylene Winter wrote her first rocker romance novel starring a fictionalized version of herself, her friends and their gorgeous rocker boyfriends. After living her own rockstar life as a band manager, music producer and mover and shaker in Seattle during the early 1990's, Kaylene became a digital media legal strategist helping bring movies, television and music online. Throughout her busy career, Kaylene lost herself in romance novels across all genres inspiring her to realize her life-long dream to be a published author. She lives in Seattle with her amazing husband and dog. She loves to travel, throw lavish dinner parties and support charitable causes supporting arts and animals.
