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He smiled from ear to ear. “It’s perfect.”

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FORBIDDEN DESIRE

SCARLETT FINN

Forbidden Desire © 2023 Scarlett Finn

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ABOUT FORBIDDEN DESIRE

“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.

CHAPTER ONE

“MISS… MISS…!”

Even over the music, Sersha McLeod heard him shout the first time. Not responding was a choice. Good sense. A defense mechanism. A woman sitting alone at a bar in such a busy nightclub was a target. Better a target at Stag than prey at home.

“Hey!”

The shouter appeared in front of her, forcing her attention away from her phone. Two of them, actually, dressed in black, a red stag head on each of their collars. So, right, not lubed partiers ready to hit on her, employees. And from their substantial build, she’d say more likely security than bar or maintenance staff.

“Yes, gentlemen?” she asked, taking a shot at a smile. She just wanted to be left alone. Apparently, that was too much to ask. “Is something wrong?”

Bars flanked tables and booths on the upper section of the split-level club. The one to the right of the entrance was her preference, her regular perch. Music blared from the furthest corners. Scores of bodies jumped and danced on the lower level. None escaped the pound of the bass.

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