“Yeah,” she breathed heavily. “Just nervous. I mean, one day people are going to know that Felicity Heart is Jessica Shea, and that’s fine, but it still makes me nervous.”
Layne leaned in and kissed her softly on the lips. “Felicity Heart is one smokin’ hot erotic author. I’d like to try out some new scenes for her tonight if that’s at all possible.”
She giggled and pushed him away. “Stop, you’re distracting me. I have to make sure this actually works. Ya know, I’m not a Hollywood starlet anymore, I need to learn how to make my own money now.”
He wrapped his arms around her from behind and rested his chin on her shoulder. “You know I can take care of you, right? You don’t ever have to lift a finger again if you don’t want to, but if writing is what you want to do, then I’m more than happy to support you in it.”
“I know,” she told him. “And I love you for that, but I want to make my own way. I want to prove to my dad I can do whatever I want to do and I don’t need his approval. I want to prove to myself I can budget and make a business happen. This is really important to me, Layne.”
He lifted her hand to his lips. “If it’s important to you, then it’s important to me.”
They were quiet for a few minutes, but then he spoke again. “You’re coming with me to Doc Jones’ today, right?”
“You asked me to, and if you want me there, then I’m there. Same thing that you said to me. If it’s important to you, then it’s important to me.”
Layne relaxed at her words, wondering why her words and no one else’s had the ability to make him calm, had the ability to make his heart beat normally. “Did you think we would be here when you called me to ask to come to stay with an outlaw biker gang?” he asked out of the blue.
She was busy filling out some information on a website and held up her finger, clapping her hands when she was done. “I did it! I uploaded my first book! Now I hope that people buy it.” She stuck her thumbnail in her mouth and bit on it.
“I’m sure that Meredith already purchased it,” he soothed her nerves. “And Bianca won’t be far behind.”
They sat there for several moments before she opened her mouth again. “To answer your question, no, I didn’t think we would be here a few weeks ago. You were so dead set on fighting everything out in your head that you weren’t interested in anything I had to say or anything I wanted. It was pretty frustrating.”
He pulled her to him so that she sat in his lap, and he rested his chin on her shoulder. “But was I worth it?” he asked.
Jessica couldn’t help but grin and turned to face him. She leaned her forehead against his. “Yeah, baby, even though I wanted to kill you with my bare hands at times—you were completely and utterly worth the battle.”
The End
Acknowledgements
To my family and friends, I appreciate your support more than you will ever know!
Allison, thank you for always being honest with me and holding my hand through all this. And for definitely always being enthusiastic, no matter what my hair-brained scheme is.
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To the ladies of the El Maz margarita night group, we need one very soon!!!
Special thank you to Dawn Bourgeois, you made this story better!
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Heaven Hill #5
***Excerpt***
Three months. Not long in the grand scheme of things, but for Travis Steele the last three months had been the longest of his life. He sighed, the sun was setting quickly against the backdrop of the freshly cut hayfield he was parked in. Lately the only place he seemed comfortable was alone.
“It’s because you’re lying to everyone you know,” he said out loud.
It was a relief to say the words, a relief to let it be known…even if it was to an empty field. He thought in the distance he may have seen a deer. Just him and nature. Pulling his cell phone out of his pocket, he checked the time. A few more minutes and he would have to leave.
There had been a set rhythm to his nights for the last three months. If it was a night that Jagger worked Wet Wanda’s he was in his cave, making up for lost time. If it was a night he was working Wet Wanda’s, he was there, his attitude scaring every man away from Christine. She was still stripping under the name of Talon and luckily no one else from Heaven Hill knew.
The lying was beginning to wear on him. He wanted to tell Jagger that his sister was alive, but she wasn’t well. He wanted to tell Jagger that she needed the brother she talked about so much, but refused to contact. Travis had thought many times about telling Jagger himself, but that would mean opening the door to why he’d kept it such a secret. It would mean telling Jagger just how much time he’d spent with her and just what he knew about her past.
That past very nearly killed Travis every time he found out more about it, he knew without a doubt it would kill Jagger too.
The Heaven Hill Series
Meant to Be
(First in the Heaven Hill Series)
Single mother.
Laid off factory worker.
Drug runner for the Heaven Hill Motorcycle Club.
When Denise Cunningham is served with foreclosure papers on her birthday it’s the last straw in a long line of bad luck. Sitting and crying about things has never been how she solved her problems, but this time she decides to do just that. A phone call interrupts her pity party and changes the course of her life forever.
Loyal brother.
Grease monkey mechanic.
Vice President of the Heaven Hill Motorcycle Club.
William Walker Jr., known as Liam to his club, needs a new recruit that is just naïve enough and desperate enough to do what he asks without question. When Denise Cunningham lands in his lap, he decides to hire her—not because he wants to, because he has to.
Neither are comfortable in their new roles, but he needs help and she can’t stand to lose anything else.
As bullets fly and a local Bowling Green, KY reporter works to bring the club down, Liam and Denise find themselves getting closer to one another. When the stakes get high and outside forces try to keep them away from each other, they have to decide if they really are meant to be.
Buy Meant to Be at Amazon.
Out of Darkness
(Second in the Heaven Hill Series)
Ex-News reporter.
Rape survivor.
Former enemy of the Heaven Hill MC.
Meredith Rager’s life completely changed the night she was attacked by an unknown person. Once a vibrant force that threatened everything about Heaven Hill, she is now under their care. The only place she feels safe is inside their compound. When she decides to take back the part of her life that her rapist took away, she discovers secrets that once again could tear the club apart.
Orphan.
Formidable force of nature.
Loved member of the Heaven Hill MC.
Tyler Blackfoot came into the world a John Doe. An orphan from the moment that he took his first breath, the only thing anyone knew was his Native American heritage. For most of his life, he’s been alone – except for the club that has taken him in as their own. When he rescued Meredith, a protective side of his personality
came out that he never knew he had. Protecting her means everything – even when he discovers danger might be closer than either of them thought possible.
Together, the two of them are trying to make a life for themselves. Against everything they have, they’re hoping to see the light that will lead them out of darkness.
Buy Out of Darkness at Amazon.
Losing Control
(Third in the Heaven Hill Series)
Strip-club waitress.
Aspiring teacher.
Friend of the Heaven Hill MC.
Bianca Hawks met Jagger Stone in the most embarrassing of ways. After watching him play music at Wet Wanda’s for months, she fell half naked into his arms after a drunken bout with a stripper pole and the back of a pick-up truck. Avoiding him and his killer smile no longer works when she needs her car repaired and he comes to her rescue. His request for payment comes in the form of date nights spent with just the two of them – away from both the strip club and the MC.
Tough guy with model good looks.
Talented musician.
Newly patched member of the Heaven Hill MC.
Jagger Stone only wanted two things – to be a patched member of the Heaven Hill MC and to get to know Bianca Hawks. One for two isn’t bad, but when her car breaks down and she’s left with no one else to help her, he plays the situation to his advantage. Over late nights driving up and down the interstate and nights in spent at her apartment, Jagger realizes that there is so much more to Bianca than he ever knew.
When her dream of becoming a school teacher is threatened by someone who wants her all to himself, the two of them are thrown into a dangerous game of cat and mouse. For the first time, Heaven Hill isn’t sure what they are up against or if they can keep their family safe. In times of danger, Bianca and Jagger know the only thing they can do is hold onto each other while trying not to admit they are losing control.
Buy Losing Control at Amazon.
Worth the Battle
(Fourth in the Heaven Hill Series)
Movie star running from her life.
Secret writer of erotic romance.
Trusts only Layne O’Connor of the Heaven Hill MC.
When Jessica Shea fears that her privacy is in danger, she takes the drastic step to leave her life behind and escape to the only person who’s never treated her like the movie star she is. He’s the one person who’s never sold a story to the tabloids and who knows the real Jessica, the one underneath the makeup and high-gloss shine of Hollywood.
Their friendship has stood the test of time. Now, someone has stolen private photos and writings from her home. Things that she doesn’t want the public at large to see. There’s only one place she knows she can go to be under the radar and lick her wounds.
That place is wherever Layne O’Connor is.
War Veteran.
Striving to live a normal life.
Member of the Heaven Hill MC.
Layne left a piece of himself in the war zone. Fighting PTSD and demons that he can’t explain has left him tired and changed from the man he was before he went overseas.
The only thing he feels like he excels at anymore is being a criminal, and he gladly does it for his brothers of the Heaven Hill MC. The only people who took him in when no one else knew what to make of his anger and frustration.
When Jessica arrives, however, she’s a trigger for everything he’s trying to forget. She makes him remember who he was before his life went to hell; she makes him want to get himself back. While working through those issues, he and Jessica are racing against an unknown enemy.
As they both work to trust each other and figure out just who her enemies are, they learn that love is never easy. They have to decide if the victory is worth the battle.
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