Burn (The Sinclair Falls Novels)

He has a contract. She has no choice. "So what?" I pinned Jonah with a glare. "You heard of his plight and decided to take advantage of a desperate man? For what purpose?" I challenged. "You bail him out and in exchange you get a woman to warm your bed?" I spat the accusation and watched him glower back at me, straightening from his casual pose and stretching to his full, imposing height with a fearsome look on his face, aimed directly at me. "What, you can't get a woman any other way than through blackmail and monetary manipulation?" I couldn't seem to stop the rant that poured from my lips. Dad shook as Jonah took a threatening step forward, slinking out of the man's way, his frightened gaze flickering between the two of us, but he didn't protest or try to stop the argument. Jonah's eyes burned as he scowled at me, rolling his shoulders slowly as he neared like he had an uncomfortable tension between his shoulder blades. "I'm sure you're aware, Mr. Carson," I continued before I could stop myself, "There are plenty of women down on Bakersfield Avenue that would be more than willing for a pretty penny-" Jonah closed the distance between us in two swift steps, looming over me with a dark, dangerous expression. I heard stories of Jonah Carson-few of them good ones-but wasn't certain until that moment if they were true. As he towered over me, close enough to snap my neck with one quick move of his hand and yet not touching me even a little, I was sure all the tall-tales of the man were accurate."Let's get one thing clear, Miss Aberdeen," he snarled. His breath was hot on my face and the fine hair on my skin prickled at his closeness but still he didn't touch me. "When you share my bed it will be because you want to be there. I don't pretend to be a good man," he growled. "But I don't force myself on women and I don't pay for their company. Believe me, Miss Aberdeen, I have no need for such measures.""Then you have no need of me," I replied with as much calm as I could muster. "On the contrary," he denied. "I need you very much and, someday, you will need me as well." Welcome to Sinclair Falls, a supernatural nexus where witches, vampires, and shifters live side-by-side with humans. They're your doctors, lawyers, and next-door neighbors, hidden in plain sight. When Otto Aberdeen strikes a deal with Jonah Carson, promising his daughter Evelyn in exchange for paying his debts, she has no choice but to comply or risk the safety of her family. But Jonah isn't just a slightly-shady businessman. He has a big secret that could ruin everything. He is trying to protect her by keeping it from her, but in a world that is burning around them and with a murderer on the loose, no one is safe.

• | Author: Shae Mallak
• | Publisher: Independently published
• | Publication Date: Nov 05, 2019
• | Number of Pages: 238 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1699494401
• | ISBN-13: 9781699494400