Carrie Ann Ryan

He grinned at her intently before leaning over the counter and running his thumb along her jaw. It took everything inside of her not to lean into that touch. When he lowered his head and brushed his lips over hers, she made a little sound that caused Graham to growl. "Later," he whispered as he pulled back.

He wrapped her hair around his fist, tilted her head back, and kissed her. Hard. She moaned into him, and he pulled away. "Possessive much?" she asked on a laugh. "Just making sure these hooligans know you're mine." Her brow rose. "Really? Yours? Talk about caveman." "I'm a Gallagher, baby, I'm as caveman as they come.

He might kiss like a damn sex god and rev her engine like no other, but he clearly wasn't for her.

He's lost everything once, and now, he wasn't sure if he had anything left to lose.

There were reasons she stayed behind her barriers, reasons she was the way she was. And she'd be damned if she risked it all for a scowling man behind a beard. She'd learned the hard way once before. Never again, she promised herself. Never again.

This woman could make a saint sin.

When the pieces fell around him, he'd pick them up. It was what he was good at, after all. Restoring what was once lost, what could never be perfectly whole again.

It's how we work," his brother said simply. "I plan. Jake refines. Owen organizes. And you growl and grunt.

Bay stood there, red hair curling around her face and the mass tumbling down her back and over her shoulders. Her green eyes were bright with the fear she probably thought she__ hidden so well._ ENFORCER__ REDEMPTION

Reed kissed her softly. __ive for now. Find your way. We can still be together. Forever. Don__ think about the unknown and what could happen when we don__ even know what is happening.

A sharp and familiar pang pierced his heart, rattled around his ribs, and then settled in his stomach like a rotting, dead weight. He took a swig of his Jack on the rocks, the burn not quite dulling the ache that had haunted him for two decades. God, he missed Anna. Enforcer's Redemption

It's okay, Jasper. I, above all, know what you are feeling now. But this will be different. We__e stronger now. We will find her._ Adam gave him a rough hug before he left the shop. The sound of a car outside signaled the arrival of his brothers. Time to kick ass and find his mate.

What am I?" she asked ..."You are mine," he answered roughly, his forehead still on hers.

I don't want you two hurt because of me."..."At least try, sweetling. Please." At her slight nod, he did what came natural and lowered his head. She gasped into his mouth, and he pressed his lips to hers. The electric shock between them only pushed him to kiss her deeper...."I think I can try if you're going to keep kissing me like that," she finally said, and he grinned.

You scared the life out of me.""Good thing cats have nine lives, then," she teased.

He wouldn't grovel, wouldn't fall to his knees and beg forgiveness. He was the son of the Leo, the King of all lions. He would, one day soon, be the Leo and reign over his people. He couldn't fall for her more than he already had, but he could hope she could see how he felt.Because if she didn't, he wasn't sure what he would do next.

She was the last lightning-struck without a mate, and therefore, human.

Telling a male lion not to be a lion wasn't exactly the easiest thing in the world.