Savage Wilder: Dark New Adult High School Bully Romance (Sinners and Saints Book 4)
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“So, locking it down, huh?” Maisy sasses.
I smack her thigh with a low growl. “You’ve known since you were eight that I wanted to marry you.”
“Yeah, before you decided to hate me for ten years.”
“Even then, I wanted you, baby. Especially then.”
She cups my face with one hand and bumps her nose against mine.
My phone vibrates and I fish it out of my back pocket. “That’s probably Lucas or Colt. They knew today was the day I was springing the question on you. They’re not going to leave us alone to celebrate until I let them know how it went.”
She laughs and tucks her face against my neck while she holds out the ring to admire it.
As soon as I unlock the phone, the screen glitches. An animation of a crow flies across the screen and lands on a skull. Shit. My stomach clenches. I promised Colton, and now Wren is calling to collect on the favors I owe to my brothers.
Cinching my arm tighter around Maisy, I tap on the animation and the encrypted message loads.
“Goddamn it,” I mutter.
“What is it?” Maisy asks.
“We’re going to have to delay our celebrating for a little bit.” I tilt the screen toward her to show her the message. “I have to go to Thorne Point. It has to do with Ethan Hannigan.”
Her brows draw together. “The journalist we met in Ridgeview?”
“Yeah. Something happened to him. He’s missing.”
“Oh shit,” she murmurs, concern lacing her tone. “Do you think something bad happened?”
Shrugging, I shift her off my lap and get up. Damn, I’ll have to get someone to cover the shop. I don’t know how long this trip to the east coast will take. But this is what it means to be in with the Crows; when they call in favors, there’s no hesitation. They helped me time and again, now I’ll do the same for them.
“I’ll be back as soon as I can,” I promise.
“Fox Michael Wilder.” Maisy crosses her arms and plants herself in front of me to stop me in my tracks. “If you think I’m letting you go all the way to Maine to help Colton without me, you’re wrong. We’re going together.”
My heart fucking melts. “Okay. We go together. Me and you.”
“Me and you,” she repeats with a resolute nod. “No matter what.”
Wherever we go, it’s always together.
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Acknowledgments
Readers, I’m endlessly grateful for you! Thanks for reading this book. It means the world to me that you supported my work. I wouldn’t be here at all without you! The response to this series and these characters has seriously blown me away. I love all of the comments and messages you send! I hope you enjoyed your read! I’m really excited to bring you more characters to love!
Thanks to my husband for being you! He doesn’t read these, but he’s my biggest supporter. He keeps me fed and watered while I’m in the writer cave, and doesn’t complain when I fling myself out of bed at odd hours with an idea to frantically scribble down.
Bre, girl can you believe we’re at the end?! Thank you for being here with me from the beginning! I seriously couldn’t have written this book, or this entire series without you. I’m so glad to have you to talk to when the brain gremlins misbehave or when the writing process gets tough. You get my characters on a level that blows my mind. You keep me sane and follow my wild babbling when something clicks. Thank you always for your friendship and support, and I’m sorry my muse likes to visit you in the middle of the night! Bring on the Crows!
Thank you to my fellow authors for cheering me on through this one and always being a sounding board or chiming in with a laugh to keep me going, especially Sarah, Becca, Ramzi, Sara, Kat, and Jade for dragging me over the finish line! The indie community amazes me and I love being a part of it with y’all.
Thank you to Ashlee of Ashes & Vellichor for the amazing book trailers for this series! I love the way you can look at something and get it, and I’ve been in awe of what you’ve come up with to bring these books to life!
To my beta readers, thank you from the bottom of my heart! I appreciate that y’all read my raw words and offer your time, attention to detail, and consideration of the characters and storyline in my books! Without you, I wouldn’t be able to see the forest because I’m too busy staring at one tree. You’re a dream team and I’m forever thankful for your help! Your time and hard work are much appreciated!
To my street team and reader group, y’all are the best babes around! To see you guys get as excited as I do seriously makes my day. I’m endlessly grateful you love my characters and words! Thank you for your help in sharing my books and for your support of my work!
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About the Author
Romance with Daring Edge
Veronica Eden is an international bestselling author of dark new adult romances + reverse harem romances with spitfire heroines and irresistible heroes.
She loves exploring complicated feelings, magical worlds, epic adventures, and the bond of characters that embrace us against the world. She has always been drawn to gruff bad boys, clever villains, and the twisty-turns of morally gray decisions. She believes sometimes the villain should get the girl and is a sucker for a deliciously devilish antihero. When not writing, she can be found soaking up sunshine at the beach, snuggling in a pile with her untamed pack of animals (her husband, dog and cats), and surrounding herself with as many plants as she can get her hands on.
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