Trifecta: The Program Book 1.5
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“So you’re gonna do what, Rock? Sit down and have a fucking chit-chat over a cup of coffee, shoot the shit, talk about old times, before you hand over your woman and your fucking gun?” Bull bellows.
“That’s exactly what I’m going to do, minus Summer and the gun. If he was going to kill us, at least try to, before he attempts to take Summer, he wants to know what the fuck is really going on!” Rock’s yelling at this point. “He wouldn’t have contacted me if he didn’t, goddamn it!” he slams his fist down on the desk.
“Rock’s right,” Gringo is still cool as ice. “We know Hawk. If the only thing he wanted was to complete the assignment, we would never know he was around. Summer would be back in the shit hole getting banged by that old man before our bodies were cold.”
The boy is cold. Right, but cold and heartless.
Bull throws his hands up and falls back in his seat. “Fine, have it your way. But if he so much as looks at me wrong, I’m cutting his fucking heart out, then I’ll cram it down his throat.”
He would.
Rock looks to each one of us. “This is good, really…”
“Are you out of your mind?” Bull shouts.
“It is,” I approach them. “If it were any of those others who couldn’t give two shits and only cared about the cash, we wouldn’t have any idea they were coming.” I pace. “This is good.”
“Yes, it is.” Gringo agrees. “Now we have two choices: convince him to let it go. Or kill him first.”
That right there is the reality of the situation.
Rock raises his hands, palms, gesturing for us to calm down. “We’re going to talk. We’ll be ready, but we’re going to lay everything out on the table.”
“What the fuck, Rock?” Bull shouts.
“We’ve got to,” Gringo tells him.
“We do, Bull. But we damn sure aren’t leaving Summer alone.” Over my dead body.”
“I’ll meet with him alone, we’ll figure out the rest of the details once the plans and the reservations are made for convention. We need to find out who else from The Program will be there. Snake, you got that?” Rock turns to me.
“Got it.”
“From now on, I want eyes on Summer every fucking second.”
Just like that, we might have a war.
Not The End,
Not yet…
….Holy shit!
Keep Going, there’s more…
A Peek Inside The Next Book Of
The Program Series
BREATHE
Snake
Breath.
The very evidence of our existence. All of our life force in such one simple and pure action. It tells so much. Desire, fear, anxiety, calm, everything is expressed in our breaths. It is also a means by which our energy is transferred.
Right now, it’s driving me fucking crazy.
“Dude, back the fuck up,” I pull me head up and back from the laptop in front of me.
“I just want to make sure you’re making the right reservations, Snake. Chill,” Rock doesn’t budge.
His hot breath is slipping down my neck and getting on my damn nerves.
“If you don’t get out of my face, I’m going to lay your ass out right here. Now, back up. Three tickets, you, me, and Tinkerbell.”
I can see Rock’s jaw tense before I hear the low rumble in his chest.
Yeah, I’m a dick sometimes. I know it still gets on his nerves that I continue to use the nickname he first had for Summer. Especially when I use it to aggravate the piss out of him.
I let out a small laugh.
It’s too fucking easy.
“Right,” he finally says lifting away marginally and giving me some breathing room. “Are you getting them for the entire exhibit?”
I turn back to what I was doing and type in the required information. “I’m not going to bother answering that,” I ignore him. And his stupid fucking questions.
He finally stands. “I’m sorry, dude. This is the first time she’s been out of town.”
And there’s no way in hell we’re leaving her here.
We’re going to an expo, Ink & Arms. It’s a gathering of all of the best tattoo artists in the country and an exhibition of guns. Which is cool. We get to pick up some toys for our real job while hanging with some of the best talent on this continent.
But that’s not why we’re really going.
Which is probably the real reason for Rock’s unusual psychotic behavior.
You see, the thing is, it appears there’s a contract out on us. All of us. Except Summer. What’s waiting for her might be worse.
Living hell.
Still more…
A NOTE FROM ME
Well, that was a hell of a surprise!
When I first started this series, it wasn’t a series at all. It was only supposed to be a light-hearted, funny, dirty as hell romance. If you read CANVAS, and the end of the book NOTE FROM ME, you saw that I started it after BLACK INK. That book was intense and I needed something to lighten me up. CANVAS started out that way, with Mrs. Merriweather and the boys, lol, (I love those guys). But there’s always darkness where there’s light. Here is no exception.
As you just read, it’s about to go rogue black.
I know what you’re thinking…How can you leave me RIGHT THERE!?
I didn’t do it. They did.
And I PROMISE you, there are more surprise, good ones (I hope) still in store for you.
I had no intentions of writing a short little novella giving you insight behind closed doors into Rock, Summer’s, and Snake’s lives. I started to write Book 2 and had fully intended to finish it.
But…..
Things changed. I felt this little delicious book packed full of TNT needed to be written. The next book is Snakes. If you’ve read my other works, you might have an idea what to expect.
As far as what the back story is in TRIFECTA, well….there really isn’t one.
Except pure love.
The kind of love that is completely unconditional, with no expectations or demands.
If we’re really lucky, we get to have that at least once in our lives.
As parents, we have that for our children. As adults, I think that’s what we aim for in our relationships. I also think we experience that in our true friendships, to a certain degree. I had a little conversation about this with Diane. Is this sort of love a nirvana, a heaven on earth? Maybe. I believe the only way to truly be able to give that love is if one has been stripped raw, been through some kind of life changing ‘thing’, that all of the bullshit from society, all those false things have been ripped away, that we can love with truth.
And that, my friends, is my 2 cents.
~ N.M. xoxoxo
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Every story is an adventure. Not just inside the pages, but out there as well. It brings together kindred spirits. And I’ve been very fortunate to have had the honor of making some really wonderful friends.
I can’t remember who first suggested I start a readers/fan group, I think it was Selina Washington and Amanda Quiles, two fantastic women I had the pleasure of making acquaintances with after I released the BLACK INK Trilogy. They messaged me and said something like, “You NEED to start a fan group,” lol. So I did, Bad Boy Book Babes on Facebook. Since then, I’ve met some incredible women. We have such a great time, we do giveaways, and we can just be crazy ass bitches whenever we want. That’s where I do all of my giveaways, and the place where you see everything first. You should join us.
All of you make it such a fantastic place to be, and it wouldn’t be anything without you.
I need to give a huge thank you to some of my leading ladies, Alicia Gonzales, (GIRL, you’re incredible!), Arthetta Rogers, (we missed you while you were on hiatus), Siobhan Royle Keating, (I can’t tell you how much I appreciate all of your contributions!), and Fran Reading. And I can’t forget Nicole Brown and Cindy Noyes, even though you aren’t admins, you are very strong, and wonderful, pres
ences there. Thank you. The group totally rocks with you guys!
When I met Diane Dykes, we just clicked. You Diane, are a great friend, and I’m very, very lucky you agreed to beta read for me. Joy Giachino, how the hell did you get so smart? You’re incredible. Thank you, also, for being a beta for me, I don’t take it lightly. I know both of you are very busy, and I sincerely appreciate it.
To the bloggers who have supported me right from the beginning, Arthetta Rogers from The Erotic Book Review, (yep, same woman, she’s busy), Christy McCurry from Radical Reads Book Blog, Jennifer Pierson from the Power of Three Readers Book Blog, Becky Cox and Ann Meemken from Jo&Isa Loves Books, Angie Hallock – A Book Lovers Emporium, Lindsey Norwood – Mommy’s Naughty Playground, Pauline Digaletos – Passionate About Books, Joy Giachino (same one) – Wonderful World of Words, and all the other fantastic ladies who are the amazing support group behind every author. We wouldn’t be able to do what we do without you.
Finally, THANK YOU readers! I love to chat you, I love it when you tell me you love my characters as much as I do. Truly, from the bottom of my heart.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
N.M. Catalano is an Amazon best-selling, multi-published author. She spent many years in the corporate world, and owned several businesses. Having been fortunate to have such varied exposures, she had many opportunities to be experience different societies and cultures. After years of studying people and lifestyles, her fascination comes to life in the pages of her stories.
"I am just a woman, like many of you, who has lived through beauty and ugliness, happiness, (sometimes extreme), and sadness, (sometimes heart wrenching), and have grown to love life and myself even more. I write because I love the characters, I am madly and hopelessly in love with them and want to share them with the world. Life is beautiful and is meant to be enjoyed day by day, sometimes you have to pick out the good stuff with a magnifying glass like a needle in a haystack, but enjoyed none the less. The stories that I put on paper, I think, help us to find that enjoyment a little bit more.
I am just a woman who is in love with love…………<3"
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OTHER WORKS
STRANGER Book 1 In The STRANGER Series
I couldn't resist submitting to him. I still can't, no matter the cost.
I thought I was fine, I thought my life was ok. Until I met him. One night of erotic abandon blew open the door to the prison of my life and there was no way I wanted to lock it back up. I couldn’t, not when he kept coming back. But I knew there would be a price to pay. There always is, I had been warned. The past always comes back to haunt you especially when it promised it would.
Your body is my playground and I want to play.
Life is good. I have control, I like having control. Until I met her. I thought that one night of her deliciousness would be enough to satisfy me. I was wrong. I wanted more, there was something about her, she was different. And now I was losing control, there was no way in hell I was going to lose.
** This is book is meant to be read as a stand-alone but is the first book in the STRANGER series. No cliffhangers. 18+ BDSM
SWITCH Book 2 In The STRANGER Series
Life can change in an instant.
Betrayal. Just like that everything I had built, my entire life, was falling apart. My world threatened to collapse from under me, everything was slipping through my hands, and it looked like there wasn’t a damn thing I could do to stop the destruction. I was going to lose everything but the worst part was, I was going to lose her.
A second chance.
Fate smiled down on me and gave me a second chance. And it was so much better than I could have ever imagined. He worshipped my body, he made me feel adored. Until that day. The day I found them, the day his skeletons came pouring out of that closet he thought was so well hidden. He made a huge mistake if he thought I was naive. It was time for me to take control.
Can he SWITCH to get it all back?
**Can be read as a stand-alone, 18+ BDSM
KINK Book 3 In The STRANGER Series
She’s a damaged girl, hiding behind a tough façade and a razor sharp tongue, afraid to open up to him and trust him. Her wounds are deep, the scars are many, some are visible, and others cannot be seen.
He thinks he doesn’t deserve her, that he doesn’t deserve to be happy. The demons he fights are loud and strong, some are real, while others are not. But he wants her. And he’ll have her.
He’ll share her. They’ll plunge her into the most erotic oblivion she’s ever experienced.
**Warning, this book contains very strong sexual content, BDSM, menage, and a scene or two which could be a trigger containing sexual assault/rape. 18+
PERFECT Book 4 In The STRANGER Series
Brian Daniels has life by the balls. He’s gorgeous, so much so, it hurts so good to look at him. And his dominant sexual skills leave the women he’s with in a state of complete erotic delirium for days, knowing exactly how to bring her the most pleasure. The dark and dangerous beast inside him, the one that was born in the Marines, is released in the cage when he fights, and in the bedroom when the women are tied and begging for more. He is absolutely perfect. But he’s miserable, empty, and hollow, wondering if this is all there is to life.
Everything about Brooke stops traffic. Her perfect body and face have men following behind her like a trail of whimpering little puppy dogs. And she hates everything about herself, because it destroyed her. She lives with its curse every day, one that will never allow a man to get close to her heart. She’s a brilliant Marine Biologist fighting against the clock amid brutal shark attacks, trying to find a way to stop the animal before it strikes again. But she’s defenseless against the monster inside her.
When Brian and Brooke collide, it’s an erotic war zone, one that Brian will not lose.
Can he save her from her demons? Can she finally submit and let Brian free her from her hell? Or will tragedy strike first and rip Brian from her, destroying any chance they have at love?
**Stand-alone, 18+ BDSM, a tiny bit dark.
HIDING Book 5 In The STRANGER Series
Warning: It is passionate, it is suspenseful, it'll blow your mind. There is darkness, you have been warned, enter at your own risk...
Secrets, they entice you, they bind you, they hold you captive. A challenge whispered to you luring you closer. Will you delve into their darkness? Would you go? Or would you hide...
I had rules. They protected the fortress of my darkness.
My secrets.
I allowed myself certain distractions, but nothing permanent.
It wasn’t allowed.
If I slipped, then I’d fall.
That was one thing I couldn’t afford.
Until her.
She was secrets wrapped up in a challenge. Tied with a big bow of sensuality.
I was about to take the biggest fall of my life.
I’d found complacency in my nightmare.
A comfort in normalcy.
I was surviving.
It sucked, but I was safe.
Until he crashed into my world.
He had secrets.
Lots of them.
He wasn’t the good guy, not by far.
But was he what I needed?
She's hiding from her future.
He's running from his past.
When they collide it's explosive.
Danger is a persistent predator.
It seeks until it finds.
There is no past, and no future.
There is only now, and right now danger is coming.
You can run, but you can never hide.
**Stand-alone, 18+, strong sexual content, a bit dark, a bit twisted, some horror.
THE ROOSTER CLUB, The Best Cocks In Town
We all have that first true love, the one we never forget, the one that makes our heart hurt, even today.
This is their story. It spans decades.
This is his story….
All wrapped up in the decadence of the ‘80’s:
Sex (lots of it).
Drugs (almost as much).
Discos (where it all happened).
How it all crashed in the 90’s.
And today, how it found her once again…
**Stand-alone, 18+, strong sexual content & language
Black Ink, Part I, Black Ink, Part II, Black Ink Part III
Seduction, Possession, Revenge…
The BLACK INK Trilogy
In Part I we met the man,
Alexander Black
Ruthless. Powerful. A prick.
Intoxicating, intriguing.
He took, he claimed, he possessed.
In Part II, He owned.
In a world of seduction,
Danger,
Darkness.
In Part III, The beast is unleashed.
In a deadly race against time,
The only thing he wants is
Blood,
Revenge,
Annihilation.
**18+, very strong sexual content, violence, it is dark, there is horror, and it’ll blow your mind.