by Lauren Rowe
As Savage holds me close, my own voice serenades Savage and me, and I’m struck by the unbridled truth of my words. I’ve got a savage love for this man, and I know he loves me the same way—because our love is, and always will be, infinite and everlasting.
[Click here to listen to “Savage Love” along with Savage and Laila, as they dance as husband and wife for the very first time.]
One for the money
Two for the show
Three cuz you’re so good givin’ Os
Ooooooooooh
Four for the cameras
Five for the fame
No catchin’ feelings, only a game
Ooooooooooh
But then six came along when we had our first kiss
Six made me swoon, yell out “I call dibs!”
Six watched you sleep, whispered, “I want this.”
Six held you tight in a white knuckled grip
Ooooooooooh
And now I’ve got a savage love for you
I’ve lost count of all the ways you’ve made me a slave to you
There’s no doubt my love is here to stay, I’m addicted to you
I’ve got a savage love for you, infinite and everlasting
Six hit the road, now it’s long gone
Seven came along, now you’re second to none
Ooooooooooh
Cameras are off and our love remains
Eight, nine, and ten, our love never fades
Ooooooooooh
Fake became real and want became need
Can’t live without you, I need you to breathe
You’re swimming in my bloodstream, enmeshed in my heart
I dream about you, in pain when we part
Ooooooooooh
I’ve got a savage love for you
I’ve lost count of all the ways you’ve made me a slave to you
There’s no doubt my love is here to stay, I’m addicted to you
I’ve got a savage love for you
Infinite and everlasting
Take my heart, take my soul,
Take my blood, bones, and flesh
Take the air from my lungs, every pound, every inch
Take it all, every ounce, I give everything
Savage love, my sweet addiction
Oooooooh
And now I’ve got a savage love for you
Infinite and everlasting
When the song ends, Savage kisses my cheek and whispers into my ear, “I’ve got a savage love for you, Mrs. Savage.”
I kiss him, but I don’t need to say a word in reply, since the song has already said it all for me. I’ve got a savage love for my husband, too. This beautiful, generous man. A love that’s unbreakable and sacred. Unconditional and true. Infinite and everlasting.
THE END
If you want to hear Laila’s acoustic version of “Savage Love,” the one she played for Savage on her new baby grand during their first night together in their new house, click here.
To read a bonus scene, featuring Savage and Laila on their honeymoon, go here!
Check out all the music from The Hate - Love Duet, as well as tons of magazine articles, music, and extras from the world of River Records, here.
The original song “Hate Sex High” was written by Lauren Rowe and David The Optimist, produced by David The Optimist, and performed by Aiden Chance as Savage.
All songs performed by “Laila” in the duet were written and produced by Lauren Rowe and performed by Jessica Schneider as Laila.
“Fireflies” by 22 Goats was written by Lauren Rowe and Hunter Levy, original version performed by Hunter Levy as Dax Morgan.
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Music Playlist for the Hate-Love Duet
“Hate Sex High”—Fugitive Summer
“Something I Can Never Have (Still)”—Nine Inch Nails
“Grace”—Jeff Buckley
“Fireflies”—22 Goats (as covered by Laila Fitzgerald)
“True Love High”—Laila Fitzgerald
“Savage Love”—Laila Fitzgerald
Acknowledgments
Special thanks to Sophie Broughton, my beta readers: Sarah Kirk, Lizette Baez, Selina Washington, and Madonna Blackburn.
Huge thanks to David The Optimist (Baby Cuz) and Matthew Embree (Cuz), for being my favorite rock stars, forever and always.
Thank you to Letitia Hasser for the kickass covers.
And thank you to Melissa Saneholtz for your unending help and support.
And most of all, thank you to my incredible, devoted readers! I love you all so much. I’m honored and grateful at the way you love my stories and spread the word about them. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Books by Lauren Rowe
Standalone Novels
Smitten
When aspiring singer-songwriter, Alessandra, meets Fish, the funny, adorable bass player of 22 Goats, sparks fly between the awkward pair. Fish tells Alessandra he’s a “Goat called Fish who’s hung like a bull. But not really. I’m actually really average.” And Alessandra tells Fish, “There’s nothing like a girl’s first love.” Alessandra thinks she’s talking about a song when she makes her comment to Fish—the first song she’d ever heard by 22 Goats, in fact. As she’ll later find out, though, her “first love” was actually Fish. The Goat called Fish who, after that night, vowed to do anything to win her heart.
SMITTEN is a true standalone romance that will make you swoon.
The Reed Rivers Trilogy
Reed Rivers has met his match in the most unlikely of women—aspiring journalist and spitfire, Georgina Ricci. She’s much younger than the women Reed normally pursues, but he can’t resist her fiery personality and drop-dead gorgeous looks. But in this game of cat and mouse, who’s chasing whom? With each passing day of this wild ride, Reed’s not so sure. The books of this trilogy are to be read in order:
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Beloved Liar
The Club Trilogy
Romantic. Scorching hot. Suspenseful. Witty. The Club is your new addiction—a sexy and suspenseful thriller about two wealthy brothers and the sassy women who bring them to their knees . . . all while the foursome bands together to protect one of their own. The Club Trilogy is to be read in order, as follows:
The Club: Obsession
The Club: Reclamation
The Club: Redemption
The Club: Culmination
The fourth book for Jonas and Sarah is a full-length epilogue with incredible heart-stopping twists and turns and feels. Read The Club: Culmination (A Full-Length Epilogue Novel) after finishing The Club Trilogy or, if you prefer, after reading The Josh and Kat Trilogy.
The Josh and Kat Trilogy
It’s a war of wills between stubborn and sexy Josh Faraday and Kat Morgan. A fight to the bed. Arrogant, wealthy playboy Josh is used to getting what he wants. And what he wants is Kat Morgan. The books are to be read in order:
Infatuation
Revelation
Consummation
The Morgan Brothers
Read these standalones in any order about the brothers of Kat Morgan. Chronological reading order is below, but they are all complete stories. Note: you do not need to read any other books or series before jumping straight into reading about the Morgan boys.
Hero.
The story of heroic firefighter, Colby Morgan. When catastrophe strikes Colby Morgan, will physical therapist Lydia save him . . . or will he save her?
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The insta-love-to-enemies-to-lovers story of tattooed sex god, Ryan Morgan, and the woman he’d move heaven and earth to claim.
Ball Peen Hammer.
A steamy, hilarious, friends-to-lovers romantic comedy about cocky-as-hell male stripper, Keane Morgan, and the sassy, smart young woman who brings him to his knees during a road trip.
Mister Bodyguard.
The Morgans’ beloved honorary brother, Zander Shaw, meets his match in the feisty pop star he’s assigned to protect on tour.
ROCKSTAR.
When the youngest Morgan brother, Dax Morgan, meets a mysterious woman who rocks his world, he must decide if pursuing her is worth risking it all. Be sure to check out four of Dax’s original songs from ROCKSTAR, written and produced by Lauren, along with full music videos for the songs, on her website (www.laurenrowebooks.com) under the tab MUSIC FROM ROCKSTAR.
Misadventures
Lauren’s Misadventures titles are page-turning, steamy, swoony standalones, to be read in any order.
- Misadventures on the Night Shift –A hotel night shift clerk encounters her teenage fantasy: rock star Lucas Ford. And combustion ensues.
- Misadventures of a College Girl—A spunky, virginal theater major meets a cocky football player at her first college party . . . and absolutely nothing goes according to plan for either of them.
- Misadventures on the Rebound—A spunky woman on the rebound meets a hot, mysterious stranger in a bar on her way to her five-year high school reunion in Las Vegas and what follows is a misadventure neither of them ever imagined.
Standalone Psychological Thriller/Dark Comedy
Countdown to Killing Kurtis
A young woman with big dreams and skeletons in her closet decides her porno-king husband must die in exactly a year. This is not a traditional romance, but it will most definitely keep you turning the pages and saying “WTF?”
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Author Biography
Lauren Rowe is the USA Today and international #1 best-selling author of newly released Reed Rivers Trilogy, as well as The Club Trilogy, The Josh & Kat Trilogy, The Morgan Brothers Series, Countdown to Killing Kurtis, and select standalone Misadventures.
Lauren's books are full of feels, humor, heat, and heart. Besides writing novels, Lauren is the singer in a party/wedding band in her hometown of San Diego, an audio book narrator, and award-winning songwriter. She is thrilled to connect with readers all over the world.
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