Copyright © 2015 Krista Ashe
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Author photograph by Lauren Perry
The right of Katie Ashley to be identified as the Author of the Work has been asserted by her in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
First published in this Ebook edition in 2015
by HEADLINE ETERNAL
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Contents
Title Page
Copyright Page
About the Author
Praise for Katie Ashley
By Katie Ashley
About the Book
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Prologue
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Two
Chapter Twenty-Three
Chapter Twenty-Four
Chapter Twenty-Five
Chapter Twenty-Six
Chapter Twenty-Seven
Excerpt from the incredible Last Mile
Take a wild ride with Katie’s Vicious Cycle series
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About the Author
Katie Ashley is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Proposition series and the Runaway Train series, as well as several New Adult and Young Adult titles. She lives outside of Atlanta, Georgia, with her two very spoiled dogs. With a BA in English, a BS in Secondary English Education, and a master’s in English Education, she spent eleven years teaching middle school and high school English until she left to write full-time.
Find her on Facebook at www.facebook.com/katieashleybooks, on Twitter @KatieAshleyLuv, or visit her website www.katieashleybooks.com for news and updates.
Let Katie Ashley take you on a wild, powerfully romantic ride:
‘I was blown away. The tension. The suspense. The romance. The twists and turns . . . Katie Ashley’s ability to bring characters to life are incomparable . . . I never thought I could care about anyone like I do the Vicious Cycle series characters. They are so complex, so alive! . . . This book reveals a different side of Katie. Tough. Bold. Badass. Intensely beautiful and heartbreaking’ The Book Avenue
‘What does Katie Ashley do well? She writes beautifully sexy love stories. What she does really well is she writes wonderful men who are ready-made to fall in love with’ Literati Literature Lovers
‘You know how much we loves us a HOT read, and there is plenty of heat here, ladies’ Flirty and Dirty Book Blog
‘Full of everything I love in a romance book. A sexy, scared-of-commitment leading man . . . a very relatable, beautiful woman . . . drama to last for days, and a scorching love story that left me wishing this book would never end’ The SubClub Books
‘It was all fabulous. Steamy, romantic, swoon-worthy’ Smitten’s Book Blog
‘[Ms. Ashley’s] got me good and hooked’ Fiction Vixen
‘“Wow” is all I can say . . . If you are new to Katie Ashley, treat yourself. I promise that you will not be disappointed’ Guilty Pleasures Book Reviews
By Katie Ashley
Vicious Cycle Series
Vicious Cycle
Redemption Road
Last Mile
About the Book
A walk on the wild side goes horribly wrong for Annabel Percy, daughter of a powerful politician, when she is kidnapped and finds herself in a hell on earth.
Born and bred into the Hells Raiders MC, Nathaniel ‘Reverend’ Malloy lives for his brothers. But when he rescues a rival club’s captive, Rev makes it his personal mission to shelter Annabel from the nightmares that torment her.
As she heals, Annabel realizes she is developing an impossible attraction to her seductive saviour. Can she accept the life he leads, or will Rev walk away from the only life he’s ever known for the woman he was never supposed to love?
Want more sexy, gritty biker romance? Return to the dangerous and seductive world of the Hells Raiders motorcycle club in Vicious Cycle and Last Mile.
In loving memory of the strong, beautiful women who have influenced my writing, especially this book, by being the Steel Magnolias they were:
my mother, Ginger Ashe, my grandmother, Virginia Jackson, my aunt, Janet Davis, and my second mother and friend, Elizabeth McDilda Martinelli
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
First and foremost, thanks go to God for blessing me with the most wonderful career in publishing, along with the gift of storytelling.
To my agent, Jane Dystel, who always has my best professional and personal interests at heart and who is always in my corner with support and help regardless of whether it’s night or day!
To Kerry Donovan, my editor at NAL: I can never thank you enough for your understanding and consideration on this manuscript when I was sidelined by intense pregnancy nausea. You’ve been an absolute pleasure to work with on this series.