Players will play.  Flynn Taylor, rock ‘n roll heartthrob, plays fast and loose. He’s with different girls every night. Yes, girls plural. On the brink of becoming not just a Chicago sensation but an American icon,  he’s everything I should avoid. Then again, maybe it doesn’t matter. I’m so damaged, I’m not even capable of a relationship. He might be the perfect antidote.  The temptation I need to lure me back to the side of the living. He could help me get over my trauma. Attempt physical intimacy.  If it goes wrong–no harm, no foul, right? If only I can keep my overprotective bratva brother from threatening to kill him if he even touches me…

The Player













CHAPTER 16








Nadia

I pace in the parking lot of Rue’s. I took an Uber here. It’s funny how helpless I was a month ago, and now I’m suddenly capable of anything. Leaving the apartment alone. Getting an Uber.

Even murder.

I have on my warm woolen jacket ...