Million Baller Baby: A Secret Baby, Second Chance, Sports Romance (Bad Boy Ballers Book 1)

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by Rie Warren


  “Been a long time.” I aimed a grin at her. “What the hell are you doing here?”

  “I know Sadie.”

  “Everyone knows Sadie,” Kinkaid muttered.

  I heard the assholes all around making the usual sly off-color comments about the possibility of us hooking up. Towing Shy to the table designated as private, I sent an unmistakable scowl to my brethren to make sure they backed off and laid off.

  “Where you been, girl?” I held out a chair for her.

  And everyone in the place sounded off with wolf whistles.

  The message. They didn’t get it.

  Surprise.

  “Where’d you get them fancy manners, Handsome?” Brodie chuckled, holding a very pregnant Ashe in front of him.

  I already knew my fingers were gonna get a workout tonight as I flipped him the stiff bird.

  “Paris.” Shy sat down. “Then Italy. Then, um . . . studying fashion.”

  A ripple of testosterone-fueled energy filled the room when she stroked the tip of her tongue across her full bottom lip.

  These fucking guys. They weren’t gonna get their hands on Shy, because I’d break ’em first. No goddamn lie.

  I sat next to her, screening her body with my bigger form. “Fashion, huh? What brings you back to Chucktown then?”

  “I’m starting my own pop-up shop.”

  “How’s it you know Sadie?”

  “You’re just full of questions, aren’t you?” She looked over, her large gray eyes luminous, and the gold bangles on her wrist shifted when she laid a hand over mine. “Isn’t it my turn yet?”

  I withdrew my hand. Friends and neighbors, that was what we’d always been. She was like a kid sister to me.

  But at that moment? Shy looked something close to pretty serious danger.

  Sexy danger at that.

  Also by Rie Warren

  Standalone BOXER book

  In the Ring

  Bad Boys of X-Ops

  Complete series, spring/summer 2016

  Walker, Book One

  Justice, Book Two

  Storm, Book Three

  Bane, Book Four

  Bad Boys of Retribution MC

  Complete series—Carolina Bad Boys spinoff

  Hunter, Book One

  Kinkaid, Book Two

  Bo, Book Three

  Coletrane, Book Four

  Carolina Bad Boys—the original Bad Boys

  Ongoing series

  Stone, Book One

  Ride, the novella from within Stone, Book 1.5

  Love, Book Two

  Steele, Book Three

  Chrome, Book Four

  Rush, Book Five

  Lowcountry Heat

  Sugar Daddy, Book One

  Don’t Tell Series

  Complete series

  In His Command, Book One

  On Her Watch, Book Two

  Under His Guard, Book Three

  In His Sights, novella, Standalone

  Freebies

  Jingle Bell Rock, Free download

  Heart Beats, Download for free

  In His Heart, Free download

  Connect with Rie

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  Street Team of Awesome

  Acknowledgments

  Yep. Starting out 2017 with a Big Baller Bang!

  JSYK where I’m heading: the Bad Boy Ballers will be a series of books. Carolina Bad Boys will continue as well with Tail’s novel this year. Aaaaand, I might break back into the MC genre, plus I have a couple collabs going on. So, we have an exciting year in store, and more, more, more books coming!

  I have to thank the usual suspects, who do the unusual all the damn time by helping me keep my goals straight and stay at least a little bit sane. Gilly, Gilly, Gillian Littlehale of Gilly Wright’s Red Pen . . . How do I count the ways? I’m pretty sure I could not be successful and competent without her as my editor, my friend, my sounding board. Ditto about Joelle Mendes—my gorgeous and completely capable, charismatic PA. Cheers to Christine Cox, April Gasaway, and Lisa Pinney, who—as my beta readers—are subjected to many typos and lots of unfinished ideas.

  As always I asked for some suggestions for this book on my Facebook page and y’all didn’t let me down! Thanks @Billi Beavis Cullen for coming up with Philomena/Phil/Dr. Phil’s name. Loved. It. Cheers Maria Ellis for choosing the classic rock song “Magic Man”. Perfect! And a fist bump to April Gasaway for choosing Rafe’s ride.

  I’m trying to keep this one short . . . so, love to my street team, the blog tours and reviewers, folks who reach out, read my stuff, and spread the word about my books.

  Here’s to an awesome 2017.

  XOXO,

  Rie~

  About Rie

  Rie is the badass, sassafras author of Sugar Daddy and the Don’t Tell series—a breakthrough trilogy that crossed traditional publishing boundaries beginning with In His Command. Her latest endeavors include the Carolina Bad Boys, a fun, hot, and southern-sexy series.

  A Yankee transplant who has traveled the world, Rie started out a writer—causing her college professor to blush over her erotic poetry without one ounce of shame. Not much has changed. She swapped pen for paintbrushes and followed her other love during her twenties. From art school to marriage to children and many a wild and wonderful journey in between, Rie has come home to her calling. Her work has been called edgy, daring, and some of the sexiest smut around.

  You can connect with Rie via the social media hangouts listed on her website http://www.riewarren.com.

 

 

 


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