Cat Porter

A shipwreck leaves the young and wealthy Lord Brandon presumed dead, and his estate in England lies abandoned and ripe for the picking. Years later, his step-cousin Justine finds him alive and drug-addicted, and against his family's wishes, brings him home to reclaim his inheritance....

Chained in brutal darkness, they fell in love. Free in the world, they were torn apart. Empires rise, empires fall, and still, she burns in his soul....

I am that gash in her soul. Once I loved her, really loved her. And she loved me....

The bad boy. The thief. That was me. Once a king, now a wanderer. I'd thrown the best parts of me away over and over again....

For a split second she was mine, but I will always be hers. Some things, really beautiful things, you can't hold on to forever....

Miss Georgina Townsend begged me to ruin her. After all, selfish plunder is what I excel at....

Violet is mine. We're meant for each other. So damn good together. She may be stubborn, but so am I, and I won't let go. I'm determined to make her mine. I won't let anything tear us apart....

Beck: On the final night of my band's sold-out world tour, my high life comes crashing down on me. Girlfriend. Band. Best friend. All of it. Blindsided, humiliated, pissed off, I take off and slam right into Violet....

I suppose some of us have to get really dirty before we can become truly clean. I was allegedly South Dakota's most famous Old Lady. Sixteen years ago, I had survived....