Book excerpt: From USA Today Bestselling author KL Donn comes the second book in the Adair Empire, a dark romance series. Sent to watch an enemy of the Adair Empire, Luther Sutton is stunned to find a redheaded beauty trapped in a hell much worse than anything he could have imagined and seeking her own destruction. Despite her beauty, he needs information only she can give. Ruthless, deadly and smart, he makes an offer: Help him and he’ll give her what she wants. Ariel McCray has a death wish, one she tries–and fails–to execute. But the man who stops her from plunging to her death makes her a deal. A deal that after some debate, she realizes she cannot refuse. But what happens when they both begin to feel? What happens when Luther refuses to give Ariel the solace she seeks? Ariel’s betrayal to her family sets off a course of actions no one is prepared for. She will die to protect the man she’s come to love, the man she now wants to live for. Can Luther destroy her demons before she can sacrifice herself? Or will their once simple transaction be finalized with her death? –––––––––––––––––––– The Adair Empire is a dark, graphic, romance series, with more triggers than I can list. Proceed with caution.