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

EPILOGUE













CHAPTER 11








Nadia

“Holy shit,” Kat says in an awed tone as Adrian pulls up in front of Rue’s Lounge the next night. There's a line of people wrapped around the building.

Two weeks ago if I'd seen that line, I would have told Adrian to turn the car around...













CHAPTER 11








Nadia

“Holy shit,” Kat says in an awed tone as Adrian pulls up in front of Rue’s Lounge the next night. There's a line of people wrapped around the building.

Two weeks ago if I'd seen that line, I would have told Adrian to turn the car around...