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Inflamed ~ A Shadow Riders MC (SNIPPET)

"My stomach churned as I kept my eyes locked on him and the beats of my heart snaked so erratically throughout my entire body that I was sure if he looked at me again, he could see my flesh pounding."

One of my favorite lines of this book!!!! If you checked out the previous post, you'll see it's coming in February instead of January (considering it's currently the 28th, I'm assuming you would've guessed it by now, lol).

This book will be presented to you in first and third person which is something I've never done, personally, with my writing, hence the pushback. To start, I haven't written anything in first person past tense in about two years and to pair it with third person? Very odd for me, and very challenging, but also very exciting because I want my books and the stories to be different from each other. I read so many versions of so many different books, but it's always different each time you sit down to write your own.

Now again, this is an MC romance, so there are things that will be OTT. The world is VERY different from the other books, but I hope you'll still enjoy it just the same.

Here's the cover and synopsis again!




"I'm nothin' but danger, darlin'. I'm no more than death. I'm somebody that you don't wanna fuckin' mess with in the middle of the goddamn night or even in the daytime. I'm your worst fuckin' nightmare – your greatest enemy. I'm every fuckin' thing you never wished I was and every fuckin' thing you ever wanted me to be."

Their world's collided like a pair of rocket ships in midair.

Eight years ago, Mia Sullivan was known in and around her small town just outside of Crescent Beach, Florida as the 'good girl'. The 'preacher's kid'. The one who never stayed out late, always turned in her homework on time and never, ever said a word in front of anyone else that she couldn't say in front of her parent's first. She didn't drink. She didn't smoke. And sex before marriage was completely off the table. Her world was perfect. Her life plans were laid out in front of her. Everything was set in place. Until one night with the wrong man sent a girl well on her way to the top of the hill, sinking straight down to the bottom of the river like a stone.

Eight years ago, Jacob 'River' Hawkins was just a man looking to finally catch a break in his life. Born into a world of drugs, booze, sex and bikes, he had long ago given up on his dream of winning the UFC World Championship title after snapping his opponent's neck during a staged cage fight. As a result, his mother encouraged him to finally become an official member of the only family he ever knew growing up, the Shadow Riders MC. A few years in was all it took before he was made VP and forced to help make decisions about a club that while saving him from the streets, was also draining away parts of his soul day by day. Parts he never thought he'd get back until the morning he found a girl almost half his age beaten, broken and laying half dead right outside his club.

Eight years ago changed the course of two lives forever, connecting two souls that never believed in needing someone else until they had a need for each other. Neither of them knew just how much that need would eventually turn to lust, followed by love. Neither of them knew just how much that kind of love would almost destroy them both.


Also, this is who I'm working with in my head for River:




It's Joe Manganiello for anyone wondering. This is who I see in my head when writing River. Very fun, LOL.


Also, remember all of the Miss Independent books are free to download in Kindle Unlimited! Catch up on the series and get ready for The Wedding coming this spring!

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