The Syndicate Series by Raven Scott

This man is everything your mom warned you about.RuthlessColdI should be afraid of him.I should keep my distance.But talk about sexy - he’s a living, breathing, chiseled god.When l meet his eyes for the first time, I know what's behind them.These were dark, angry, and full of demons.Who cares if his past has damned him?Who cares if his eyes say he could never love?I'll suffer in silence, let him pierce my heart till I bleed out knowing he'll never feel the same way.Or could he?

I’m a powerful criminal.I know fire when I see it.Valerie is too feisty for her own good.I bring the world down to its knees.But she isn’t scared of me.Not yet.She hasn’t seen the real face behind this mask.The man that I’m capable of turning into.But she does trigger the monster within me.One that will devour her until she submits herself completely to me.

When two shattered souls come together, nothing can tear them apart.NatashaHappy endings are a beautiful lie.I’m a prisoner.Captive to inner demons, my life is endless and dark.Just when I think I’m beyond salvation, fate throws me a rope.That’s when I saw him. Erik.A muscled wall with arms and legs.Eyes a permanent storm.Skin that’s scarred - cut deep like a Halloween pumpkin.An army type with a mission, a purpose.Never met a problem he can’t solve...until me.We’re fire and ice... moreWhen two shattered souls come together, nothing can tear them apart.NatashaHappy endings are a beautiful lie.I’m a prisoner.Captive to inner demons, my life is endless and dark.Just when I think I’m beyond salvation, fate throws me a rope.That’s when I saw him. Erik.A muscled wall with arms and legs.Eyes a permanent storm.Skin that’s scarred - cut deep like a Halloween pumpkin.An army type with a mission, a purpose.Never met a problem he can’t solve...until me.We’re fire and ice.And yet, he’s not going anywhere. He made that very clear.My f*cked-up life is a minefield even a war vet can’t navigate,So why does he stay?Oh, he made a serious mistake laying eyes on me.Every crusader needs a cause, but the torch he’s carrying is about to burn him big time…ErikDid I make a mistake laying eyes on Natasha?F”ck no.My cracked little Fabergé egg with baby blue eyes and curves that shook my soul.Hot as hell, but why is her touch icy cold?Her ocean eyes tell me she’s hurt. Tormented. Neglected.Still, I want her.Her heart, like her soul, is dead.In that, her and I are the same.I’ve always liked to take risks, play with fireBut I won’t watch as the flames get higher.Demons lie in whispers of her past, but I’m her future.Just before I find her heart, she finds another secret.Secrets that could shatter everything.I’ll fight. Until the ashes of her past turn to dirt.It’s time she learned, pretty things aren’t meant to be broken.But can I save her from herself?Or will her demons tear her apart in the process? less