Damaged Like Us
by Krista & Becca RitchieLike Us #1
Publication Date: June 27, 2017
Genres: New Adult, Contemporary, Romance
Purchase: Amazon | iBooks
Don’t date your bodyguard.
It was the one rule he had to break.
Maximoff Hale is a force of nature. A ship unwilling to be steered. Headstrong, resilient, and wholly responsible — the twenty-two-year-old alpha billionaire can handle his unconventional life. By noon, lunch can turn into a mob of screaming fans. By two, his face is all over the internet. Born into one of the most famous families in the country, his celebrity status began at birth.
He is certified American royalty.
When he’s assigned a new 24/7 bodyguard, he comes face-to-face with the worst case scenario: being attached to the tattooed, MMA-trained, Yale graduate who’s known for “going rogue” in the security team — and who fills 1/3 of Maximoff’s sexual fantasies.
Twenty-seven-year-old Farrow Keene has one job: protect Maximoff Hale. Flirting, dating, and hot sex falls far, far out of the boundary of his bodyguard duties and into “termination” territory. But when feelings surface, protecting the sexy-as-sin, stubborn celebrity becomes increasingly complicated.
Together, boundaries blur, and being exposed could mean catastrophic consequences for both.
“Number twelve.” I nod to the list.
He eyes me for a long moment before focusing on the paper.
“It says that you’re not used to letting other people behind the wheel.” It
actually says I always drive.
I glance at him once, then back to the road. “I didn’t
realize that you can’t read.” I switch lanes.
I can almost feel his smile stretch. “Always a precious
smartass.” I hear him flip a page. “You have a typo on number thirty-two.”
He called me precious.
What the fuck does that even mean? Precious.
I have to let it go, but the word scrolls across my gaze like a tickertape
banner. “What typo?”
“You forgot a comma.”
I let out an irritated groan. “This isn’t a term paper.
Don’t critique my grammar.”
Farrow kicks up one of his shoes on my seat. Balancing his
forearm on his knee. Then he bites the staple off and spits it out. I tense and
try to watch him and the road simultaneously.
He has a very particular way he moves his hands. They shift
with meticulousness and care. A sort of accuracy that belongs to surgeons and
someone equipped to disassemble and reassemble a gun blindfolded.
I’ve imagined those hands on me too many times to count. Don’t
fucking restart now. I’m trying not to, but having him this close, the
NC-17 fantasies vie to breach the surface.
Thumbing through the papers, Farrow tells me, “You’re about
to miss our exit.”
"Shit."
About Krista & Becca Ritchie
They are the New Adult authors of the Addicted series and Calloway Sisters spin-off series, and you can find them on almost every social media, frolicking around like wannabe unicorns.
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