Book excerpt: HOT BAD BOY SERIES OPENING DUET! FORBIDDEN DESIRE NOVELLA "You want McDade protection…" Evander Manzani is obsessed with me. A dangerous mafia son, he isn't used to hearing no. Where do I hide? In the club of his competition. Lay low. Stay out of sight. The Italians can't get in, but the Irish are watching. I don't know it until the boss, Connel "Ire" McDade, sends his men to get me. And they won't take no for an answer. It's not an invitation, it's an order. Ire's just like the danger I was hiding from. With one exception… Being near Ire is arousing. Intoxicating. Alluring. I'm from a family of cops and Ire's a bad boy in all the wrong ways. I shouldn't want him. My body shouldn't react with such carnal submission around him. Giving in is a bad idea, but I can't stop myself. Breaking the rules is easy when he touches me, when he commands me. In his house, there are no rules, and he wants only one thing… me. Warning: Contains explicit language and imagery. Suitable only for ages 18 and over. FORBIDDEN WANT NOVEL "…rules don't exist here, Sersha. Learn to be a bad girl." Connel "Ire" McDade has me exactly where he wants me. At the head of his family's organization, this man gets what he wants or raises the body count. His terms are simple: his silence for my submission. "Satisfy your curiosity." He has access to my every intimate corner and crevice, any time he wants. Surrendering to him offers unexpected freedom. From guilt. From judgment. From all the expectations and constraints of my past. Connel grants me permission to explore, experiment, enjoy. Except pleasure exacts a price. It blinds me to the danger, to the cruelty, of his violent world. And when his enemies come looking for me, I'm on my own. Do I defend his family or mine? Loyalty means everything to him. If I bring the McDade empire tumbling down, he'll punish me and those I love. If I don't, I'll never make it out alive. Warning: Contains explicit language and imagery. Suitable only for ages 18 and over.