by Eden Butler
Kai held Gia’s face between his hands, unable to withhold the low moan that left his throat when she teased him with a slip of her tongue. “You’ll always be warm with me, ku'uipo.”
“Promise?” she asked, leaning against his chest, her breath warm on his neck when he wrapped her in his arms.
Kai laughed, lowering his mouth to her ear. “I told you a long time ago, nani. You and me? Fucking combustible. That won’t ever change.”
“Nope,” she said, leaning up to take Kai’s mouth. “Never.”
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CHASING SERENITY
Graduate student Autumn McShane has had her share of heartbreak. She's been abandoned and betrayed and she lost her beloved mother in a tragic car accident five months ago. That loss damaged her body and fractured her spirit but she's learning to recover, until her ex-boyfriend returns to town, intent on making her life miserable.
Declan Fraser hates her ex as much as Autumn does, but the last thing she needs is to put her trust in the hands of another man, especially one like Declan: his hard body and lulling Irish accent makes more than a few girls weak-kneed. The talented rugby player is rude and sarcastic, with tattooed, muscular arms and a cocky attitude, but he's the only one who can help Autumn win an ill-advised bet that, if lost, could cost her more than she's willing to pay. The reluctant alliance between Declan and Autumn stirs up cravings she doesn't want to admit, but Declan is a hard man to resist.
Just when Autumn starts letting down her carefully constructed walls to the sexy bad boy, he betrays her when she needs him most. Autumn suspects Declan has secrets, and she is determined to uncover what drove him away from her, even if that means fraternizing with the enemy. But will the truth return Declan to her arms or add to the scars on her heart?
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
As always, thanks to my Sweet Team and my Saints & Sinners reader group and all my wonderful newsletter subscribers who wait patiently for updates while I research, read and disappear into my fictional worlds.
Thank you to my ride-or-die Chelle Bliss for believing in my words like no one else on the planet, for always being my biggest bully and loudest cheerleader and for her never-ending love and support. I don’t deserve you!
Thanks to my girls, Chelsey, Trin, Faith, and Grace and to the Moon Baby for your love and patience and to Chris, who really and truly held me up during this writing process.
As always, thank you to my Corporate Hell sistas—Barbara Blakes, Marie Anderson-Simmons, Kalpana Singh, Sarah Cooper, and Sherry Jackson. I love you all more than you will ever know.
Thank you to the amazingly talented Kate Farlow with Y’all. That Graphic for the assist on the bundle covers. You’re a life saver, lady!
Finally, thank you, dear reader, every single one of you, who have picked up a THIN LOVE book, or read something that Kona Hale said or thought, or in some way influenced and embraced it. You are the reason this man and his family keeps coming back with more stories to tell. You are the people who keep him and his family alive. I thank you, he thanks you and hope that you never get tired of hearing about the Riley-Hale ohana and the beautiful, crazy lives they lead.
Be blessed!
ALSO BY EDEN BUTLER
FROM CITY OWL PRESS /
PARANORMAL ROMANCE
Infinite Us
CRIMSON COVE SERIES
Forgotten Magic
Love and Magic
Haunted Magic
INDEPENDENT TITLES
STANDALONES
I’ve Seen You Naked and Didn’t Laugh
Platform Four
Fall
SERIES
THE SERENITY SERIES
Chasing Serenity
Behind the Pitch
Finding Serenity
Claiming Serenity
Catching Serenity
THE THIN LOVE SERIES
Thin Love
My Beloved
Thick Love
Thick & Thin
My Always
GOD OF ROCK SERIES
Kneel
Beg
COLLABORATIONS
Nailed Down, Nailed Down Book One, with Chelle Bliss
Tied Down, Nailed Down Book Two, with Chelle Bliss
Kneel Down, Nailed Down Book Three, with Chelle Bliss
Stripped, Nailed Down Book Four, with Chelle Bliss
Santa, Baby, A Carelli Family Christmas Novella with Chelle Bliss
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Eden Butler is a writer of contemporary, fantasy and romantic suspense novels and the nine-times great-granddaughter of an honest-to-God English pirate. This could explain her affinity for rule breaking and rum.
When she’s not writing or wondering about her possibly Jack Sparrowesque ancestor, Eden patiently waits for her Hogwarts letter, reads, and spends too much time in her garden perfecting her green thumb while waiting for the next New Orleans Saints Super Bowl win.
She is currently living under teenage rule alongside her husband in southeast Louisiana.
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Table of Contents
LAST LOVE OF LUKA HALE
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gia
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Luka
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INTERLUDE
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EPILOGUE
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ROUGHING THE KICKER
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REESE
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RYDER
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EPILOGUE
REESE
Offsides
Prologue
Gia
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GIA
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Kai
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KAI
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Gia
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Kai
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Gia
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Kai
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Gia
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Gia
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Kai
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Kai
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Gia
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Gia
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Gia
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Kai
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Kai
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Gia
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Kai
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Kai
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Gia
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Gia
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Kai
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Gia
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Gia
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Gia
Epilogue
Kai
Chasing Serenity
Acknowledgments
ALSO BY EDEN BUTLER
ABOUT THE AUTHOR