David Baldacci Atlee Pine Series Novels & Stories

Hey, lovelies! Thank you so much to all of you who have waited for this book's release through the setbacks! For those of you who are new here, this is the fourth installment and should be read after Timber, Mated to Brianna, and Mylo (which is at the end of Timber), but for sure after Mated to Brianna which will set the stage and characters for this book. This book is a slow burn with some spicy heat later on - and lots of it! It’s going to have a few M-M moments, possible triggers, and the heirs can have quite the potty mouths.

Alea shouted, her tears streaming down as she held onto the blanket to shield herself. "Hey, you're the one who forced me! Well, I couldn't resist your tempting body!" David smirked as he picked up his clothes from the floor and put them on casually. "You scum! You stole my most precious possession, the one thing I've protected for 23 years!" Alea cried, her heartache filling the room. David fell silent, looking at Alea without expression. He didn't intend for things to turn out like this. His initial attraction to Alea during their first encounter, when he accompanied Darian to meet her, had left him curious to conquer her.

She hasn’t given him an incentive to hurt her. I found my bike parked outside the tavern, got onto it and drove to meet Mr. Lane. I waited for a few minutes before he finally showed up. “Dude, where were you? We got a big fucking trouble,” I yelled at him as he got out of his car. “Hey, calm down, what’s going on?” “Dexter is here.” “Dexter? The Devils?” “Yeah, fucking Mandy struck a deal with them. They are here in Pine Creek and they are meeting with my dad right now.”

Bram declares, peeling off his tank top and flinging it to the ground. He’s got concrete blocks for abs and a pelt like a bearskin rug. I can’t believe I let him in my pants. I was so easy. All it took was him dropping by the laundry, applying some light pressure, and I let him punch my V card in the utility closet. I try not to beat myself up about it, though. I was eighteen, Alec was with Isla Sinclair, and loneliness is a mindfuck. “The waterfall is played out,” Leith scoffs, shucking his shirt, puffing his ripped and waxed chest. “I say Tall Pines Lake.”

Had she been that oblivious or was too much on her mind to have heard anything? Azalea gulped, the high pitch moans getting heavier and louder. Azalea turned to her right, looking at the door that leads to Thompson's room. The door is slightly ajar and she could hear the knocking of the headboard. She felt like she was walking in on her parents, not that she's had an experience like that before. Azalea wanted to leave, but those hazel eyes found themselves peeping through. Then she saw it, the most erotic scene she's ever seen before. Alice has her hands tied behind her back, a necktie covering her eyes and Maddox's hand around her neck.

Damien's grip on her throat loosened. Alison took advantage of the moment and pushed him off. Damien pressed his palm against his wound and tried to grab Alison, but she rolled to the side. Then, she started to look around the room as if she had dropped something. "You won't find it because I have it," Adeline spoke. Damien looked at Adeline and saw her pointing the gun at Alison. Could she fire it? Damien wondered. The door rattled. His men were trying to break the door down, but it wasn't easy. The door was made of the thickest and strongest wood he could find and the lock was a deadbolt. Ironically, he added that extra feature for his safety.

He’d never been a threat to Atticus, and his land was too far for him to bother using Sea Pine to make a point. Then Atticus had learned where Lily was. Suddenly, Alpha Elijah Egon Pine and his useless pack were of a great deal of interest to him. A great deal indeed, he thought, relishing in the spring of grass beneath his booted feet and the whip of wind through his honeyed hair.