Redeeming Ryker
Boys of Fury
By Kelly Collins
Genre: Steamy Contemporary Romance
Release Date: April 24, 2017
Imagine finding
out that everything about your life is a lie.
Imagine falling
for the man who thinks he killed you.
Imagine having
to remain dead so you can keep him.
Twenty-four-year-old
Ana Barrett knows who she is. She’s a struggling artist, a loyal friend, an
orphan raised by loving grandparents. After a string of unlucky events leaves
her homeless, broke, and alone, she receives a timely gift from her deceased
grandmother—a house in Fury, Colorado. It’s a gift guaranteed to change her
life in ways she can’t imagine.
Ryker Savage has
always known who he is. He’s a brother, a friend, an orphan, and a murderer.
One decision made twenty years ago altered the future of an entire town. At
twenty-eight, he’s done his time, paid his dues, and wants to be left to his
misery.
When Ana arrives
in Fury, she changes everything he thought he knew. His light becomes dark, his
dark becomes light, and his truth becomes the lie he’s lived forever.
Ana’s future
hangs in the balance. Ryker’s future is carved from his past. Destined to have
the two collide, can there be a chance for a future together?
I opened the
door and stepped onto the porch. A soft wind swirled around me, bringing the
scent of him. That was Ryker, clean and fresh and strong. A tinge of smoke
wafted in on the breeze, and I scrunched my nose. That wasn’t Ryker, or at
least I didn’t think it was. “You smoke?”
He pushed off
the trunk of the enormous oak tree and tossed his cigarette to the ground,
smashing it with the toe of his boot. Out of the shadows, he stepped in front
of me. “Generally no. But when I’m stressed, yes.” He dropped his head as if
shamed.
I don't know
what compelled me to touch him, but I couldn’t resist laying my hand on his
chest. I felt his heart thumping under my fingertips. “What stresses
you?”
“Everything
stresses me. Sheriff Stuart. This damn house. This damn town. It all stresses
me the fuck out.” He kicked at the dead grass under his boot. “You stress me
out.”
“Me?” I gripped
the edge of his jacket. “Me? Why?”
His gaze lasered
into me. “When you dropped me off, I went upstairs and tried to sleep, but I
couldn’t. I’m fighting with myself.” He reached for my cheek. His fingers sure
and able. His touch soft. “I want you.” He threaded his hand through my hair.
“I know if I have you, I’ll destroy you. I destroy everything I touch.”
He leaned closer
and then stepped back, but didn’t drop his gaze. Didn’t drop his hold.
I leaned in. I
wanted him closer. I wanted the kiss he was denying me.
“Fuck it, I’m
weak when it comes to you.” He pulled me into his arms, and his lips crushed
mine with a ferocity I’d never experienced. I tried to throttle back the
dizzying current that raced through me, but it was no use. If Ryker was intent
on destroying me, I was a willing victim.
Kelly Collins
writes with the intention of keeping the love alive. Always a romantic, she is
inspired by real-time events mixed with a dose of fiction. She encourages her
readers to reach the happily ever after but bask in the afterglow of the
perfectly imperfect love.
Kelly lives in
Colorado at the base of the Rocky Mountains with her husband of twenty-five
years, their two dogs, and a bird that hates her.
In her spare
time, she enjoys walking the trails and visiting the mining towns like Cripple
Creek. She likes to think it's the ambience that brings her there and not the
amazing slot machine in the back of the casino.
In the winter,
you'll find her tucked into her seat at The World Arena cheering her beloved
Colorado College Tigers Hockey Team. After several losing seasons, she knows
there's a win coming soon. Kelly is no fair-weather fan.
She has three
amazing children, and she wonders how they all turned out to be engineers when
only the creative side of her brain seems to work. She just chalks it up to the
engineering genes her husband contributed to the mix.
Creative minds
need an outlet and writing books is where she focuses her excess energy.
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