“They said they got the biggest, not necessarily the most manly. Why?”
“It was just unexpected. I never had friends who sent me things like that before. Hell, I thought Lizzy and Ricardo hated me.”
“I don’t think that they do. Hell, Lizzy has been so excited lately. She wants to know when you wake up, and I should probably buzz her right now.”
“No, Tess, wait,” he said, digging out the velvet box from the bag.
Her gorgeous hazel eyes went wide, and he hoped to God that even with their whirlwind week, she’d take him seriously and wouldn’t reject him. “What?”
He popped open the box to reveal the plain platinum solitaire, cut in a pear shape before her. “I would get down on one knee, darling, but I’m basically a mess right now.”
She laughed, her eyes shiny with tears. “As part of your medical team, I really think you shouldn’t.”
Derek nodded, and when he spoke, he spoke with a certainty he’d rarely felt in his life. “Tess, you’re the best thing that’s ever happened to me. You trusted me even when logic said you shouldn’t have. You saved my life, even though it was such a risk to your own. Hell, the worst of the Death’s Head Sinners had you at their mercy, and you still took me back even after Trent and his minion were so rough. Even if it’s been a hell of a month for you, I don’t think we can be tested more than we already have. Would you marry me? It doesn’t have to be now, but it can be a couple years. I just need you to know that I’m serious, and there’s nothing else I can do that I think would get that impression across to you more.”
She nodded but hesitated. “I still killed Ron. Maybe I’m the one not good enough for you. Maybe you could do better and should go back to the Sinners.”
“Or,” he said, his voice honest and generous. “You’re a hell of a brave woman, and I want you with me, now or twenty years from now. I love you.”
She nodded and held out her hand. He slipped the ring on easily as if the metal had been made for her; maybe it had in some way. “Yes, then, Derek Allanson, I’ll marry you. Although, you have one thing left to do.”
“What’s that?”
She laughed. “It’s time for your neurological exam all over again. So, who’s president…”
THE END
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Aedan: A Hitman Romance (Russo Mafia)
I came to f**k up her world. I stayed to fill up her womb.
I never lose control.
Being a mafia hitman means never letting anyone tempt me from my mission.
But the sight of innocent Livia begging for my mercy might make me erupt.
And this time only, I’m going to make her mine.
AEDAN
She thinks I’m here to destroy her.
And she’s exactly right.
My family sent me to take down the Russo Mafia from the inside.
I arrived with hate in my heart and blood on my mind.
But then Livia changed everything.
She’s the only one who suspects that I’m a traitor.
If she discovers the truth, a war will erupt that could consume both our families in fire and blood.
There’s only one way to stop that from happening:
Keep her silent.
That’s why I’m standing here outside her bedroom.
Rock-hard and ready to fill the mafia princess’s mouth with more than she can ever handle.
I open the door and see the fear in her eyes.
But also…
The excitement.
The lust.
Open wide, princess.
You belong to me now.
Lorenzo: A Mafia Romance (Montorini Mafia)
I’m about to marry a monster. And no one cares how loud I scream for help.
ISA
How did I end up here?
Stuck on an altar with a cold-blooded killer?
Everyone is getting what they want – except for me.
My father gets peace between the city’s crime families.
Lorenzo’s father gets a powerful ally against a new and dangerous threat.
But all I get is used like a mobster’s toy.
Because Lorenzo Montorini is a savage beast.
And he doesn’t give a damn how loud I scream.
Or how much I beg.
He’s determined to do one thing and one thing only:
Make me utterly, hopelessly HIS.
LORENZO
I’ve had every beautiful woman in this whole damn city, but I’m still hungry for more.
So getting married is the last thing I want.
Especially this fake, forced marriage between two children of the city’s most powerful dons.
I’ll do what’s right for my family, if I must.
Whatever it takes to make the Montorinis kings of the city.
But when nighttime falls and my bride’s veil comes off…
I’m going to do what’s right for me.
I’m going to make her MINE.
Samson: A Mafia Romance
I just found my ex’s dead body in the trunk of my car.
ANNA
And somehow, I just KNOW that Samson Black is responsible.
I thought he was just another rich court-side fan.
But that was before he turned my life upside down.
Before he told me why he’s here.
Before he took me from one quivering climax to another.
Now, I can’t get the hitman off my mind.
Can’t get him out of my life.
And can’t stop myself from believing his rock-hard voice echoing in my ear:
“YOU ARE MINE.”
SAMSON
It was a normal day at work…
Until it went very, very wrong.
I killed my mark just like I always do – clean, silent, professional.
But after I left the scene, someone moved his body.
They were trying to send a message:
My death is next.
I want out of this violent life.
And I want to bring Anna with me.
But I might have to learn the hard way…
There’s no saying goodbye to a past as brutal as mine.
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Table of Contents
Corrupted: A Motorcycle Club Romance (Blacktop Sinners MC)
Prologue
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
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
Books by Kathryn Thomas
Aedan: A Hitman Romance (Russo Mafia)
Lorenzo: A Mafia Romance (Montorini Mafia)
Samson: A Mafia Romance
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