Ruthless Bastard (Dangerous Love 3)

Peyton and Remy came over then, a wineglass in Peyton’s hand. She gave it to Kinsley as Asher offered Rhett a beer. Peyton wobbled into Boone’s arms, and his hand went to her round belly. She was due any day now. Asher threw an arm around Remy, kissing her forehead. Remy still had five months to go. Kinsley inhaled deeply, nearly smelling the beauty of all the love in this room. She slid her arm around Rhett’s waist, leaning her head into him, watching her father smiling down at his new wife. “I’ve never seen him look this happy,” she said.

“Me neither.” Boone smiled. “It’s a good day.”

“So what now?” Remy asked.

“With what?” Peyton asked.

“With all of us,” Remy explained, glancing between everyone. “It’s been a wild ride to get us here.”

Asher added with a knowing look, “That might be the understatement of the decade.”

Rhett chuckled. “I, for one, am good with the current adventure. Less danger. More visits to the park. Quiet days and nights.”

Remy barked a laugh and said, “God, look at you, Rhett West, being all domesticated.”

> Rhett winked at her. “I like it too.”

“Well,” Remy said. “I guess this should just prove to all of you how much my nana’s spells really do work. Look how happy everyone is.”

Asher kissed her forehead. “No one doubts you, Remy. Not ever.”

Everyone gave her that. Remy’s smile spoke of love and happiness, and sometimes that’s all that mattered.

Kinsley glanced around at her family, her found family, and everyone in the town that had come out to share in the happiness of her father. “You know what I want?” Everyone looked at her. “Just this. Us. Happy like this forever.”

Soft smiles greeted hers.

Rhett’s being the gentlest, as he turned her into his arms, keeping Leo between them. “If anyone can make that happen, Kinsley, it’s you.”

Boone raised his glass. “To this. To us. Forever.”

Rhett’s eyes bore into hers, his mouth dropping to hers. “To this. To us. Forever.”

She reached for the kiss. “To this. To us. Forever.”

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Did you miss the first book in the Dangerous Love series? Read on to see how it all started with Peyton and Boone’s story in Naughty Stranger.

Chapter 1

Detective Boone Knight was an ass man.

Or he had been until Peyton Kerr—the woman currently standing by the window of her lingerie shop, Uptown Girl—rolled into town a month ago and kissed the hell out of him. After that, he’d become an entire body man. Every inch of Peyton drew his attention and brought him to full attention.

A surprise, even to him.

Ever since his marriage ended two years ago, he’d preferred his relationships be fleeting. He had no intention of getting married again. He’d tried the marriage thing and failed epically, no need for a repeat. But he wanted this five-foot-five woman with the soulful hazel eyes, long blond hair, and perfectly curved body in his bed—and he’d already figured that one time probably wouldn’t be enough. But since that one hot kiss, she’d done her best to stay clear of him, when all he wanted to do was re-create that moment.

Not that he understood her distance. She wanted him close. He saw her responding interest in the way her gaze ate him up. Christ, he swore he could damn near smell her pheromones running wild when he stood next to her.

“Focusing on the dead might be better than the living at the moment.”

Boone’s brain snapped back to its proper position in his head. He glanced at his lifelong friend and fellow detective, Rhett West. Dark haired and dark eyed, Rhett had always been an imposing guy, even as a kid. “The scenery is distracting,” Boone admitted.