My name is Grace Degas Black.

Years ago, I made a splash during a charity fashion show where an agent “discovered” me. My work led to the glitzy world of haute couture, perfume ads, and more. I was living my best life, traveled the world, and the only thing that would have made it better was if my twin would have come along for the ride.

My other half. My best friend. Then one day, she disappeared.

I couldn’t escape that sinking feeling of something being terribly wrong. Then the nightmare came for me. I woke up in hell’s waiting room.

Chained.

Taken.

Moved from one location to another, I could only struggle to survive amidst the suffocating fear. Then just as abruptly, salvation came from the most unexpected place. Salvation and retribution.

I wanted my sister back.

But my saviors had no intention of letting me go—not when someone continued to hunt me.

Was it me they were hunting? Or my sister?

I didn’t care what I had to do, but to find her, I would make the world burn. These men were going to help me, they just didn’t know it yet.

*Please note this is a reverse harem and the author suggests you always read the foreword in their books. Contains some dark elements including trauma in the present day and the past, as well as mature situations, and is definitely intended for 18+ This is book ONE of FIVE total.

We were…

The abandoned.

The abused.

The lost.

The survivors.

Now we’re a family, and we’re going to stay that way.

We won the war, we came out stronger on the other side. But some wounds take a long time to heal. Others may never fully vanish, but scar tissue can form and knit the injuries closed.

Building a life together means changes, and sacrifices. It means taking risks. It means flying again.

It’s everything…

We’ve fought for each other, we’ve bled, and we’ve killed. We’d do it all over again. No questions.

There are some battles we still have left to fight.

I plan to make sure we win those too.

For my beautiful children, you love to hear the stories of how Mommy met your Daddy, Dad, Pop, and Papa. You love the funny stories about fighting that Daddy should never have told you or the stories about dancing that Papa teases me with or how Dad coaxed me into singing with him. Pop says your favorite stories are the ones that tell you we are human, that we love, and have loved, and will always love you.

I get that. Family means security and safety. It means having people in your corner always. It means companions on the journey to chase your dreams and helping them achieve theirs.

Hello seems like such a simple word, my darlings. But every hello that led me to your fathers is also the beginning of the happily ever after we're building every day. You're a part of it, Izzy, Josh, Charlie and our new arrival. You are the continuation of the story, our work in progress—our happily ever after.

Are you ready to hear what happens next?

*Please note this is a reverse harem and the author suggests you always read the foreword in her books. Contains some mature situations, violence, and is recommended for 18+. This is a brand-new bonus novella that takes place post-series. The book will also include multiple shorts and additional chapters in the form of bonus content for the rest of the series in addition to that novella. This is all new unpublished material.

“Patch online…”

Five years ago, I disappeared from the life I had and built this one. I spend my days, and most of my nights, on the line helping my clients achieve their goals. They call me when they are in a jam or are getting ready to move on a target.

I'm their information specialist.

The woman in the chair.

I'm their switchboard.

Intelligence, electronic eyes, computer hacking—I do it all. My singular goal, bring my clients home safely. Some clients are more special than others. We all play favorites. I know them, they've never seen me.

No one sees me.

They can hear me. They can talk to me.

I will always answer.

Until the day I don't.

Grandfather tried to prepare me for everything…

Yet, how could anyone prepare me for this?

Kidnapping.

Blackmail.

Deception.

Grief.

Vengeance.

The Royals have always been about blood. Blood lines, blood relations, and the spilling of blood. I didn't ask for this war. I didn't go looking for it.

But I will let nothing and no one keep me from the men I love and we will find what was taken from us. No one will ever steal from us again.

They say desperation makes for strange bedfellows, fortunately, the men in my bed are far more dangerous to everyone else.

It's time for a change in leadership, one way or another, the Bay Ridge Royals are going down in flames. Once it's all ashes—then we can rebuild.

I've existed only in the shadows. My only connections forged through the veil of a computer screen. I was their voice in the dark, their operator. I was their lifeline until the day my past tore into my present and they had to become mine.

Captured, subjected to torture and relentless interrogation, I survived long enough for them to find me. I harbor no delusions; fleeing and disappearing again is not an option.

The only way to win is to fight. But to fight, you also have to be willing to risk everything. I was okay with that when the only one at risk was me.

Now, these three formidable men stand shoulder to shoulder, ready to wage war for me. A thief. A mercenary. An assassin. I cant bear the thought of losing them.

I can't.

I won't.

I have only one choice, one path, we take the offensive. We go out together and we don't let go.