EPILOGUE PART 11-2

SYNOPSIS of Book 2 Allison Carter has been in a sexually abusive relationship for two years and somehow didn’t realize it. She’s smart, bold, and capable, but with her boyfriend, she has to use her body just to get his attention. When she finds out he cheated and shared her most private photos with his friends, she dumps and beats him up. One messy, not-so-drunk night later, Allie wakes up in the bed of the last person she should ever touch: her best friend’s brother, Justin Evans. He’s broody, dominant, a little violent on the ice, and insanely protective off it. He’s also shockingly, ridiculously good in bed. Allie has seen every side of the hockey star except the one that makes her toes curl and her heart forget how to beat. But when he confesses he’s wanted her for two years, she loses it. Traumatized, wary, and convinced he’s only after her body like the rest of them, Allie goes completely off the rails trying to make him stop. But Justin isn’t going anywhere, not even if she fries what’s left of his brain trying to push him away. ^^^^^^^ Justin Evans has a secret his teammates don’t know: the girls he kisses all the time? None of them make it to his bed. Why? Because the one person he actually wants, the one he can’t have is his sister’s best friend, Allison. She’s loud, dramatic, impossible, and exactly who he wants in every way. When she finally dumps her useless, cheating ex, Justin sees his chance. But he quickly realizes she’s more broken than he imagined, and if he wants her, he’ll have to teach her how to love herself first. And he’s not backing off—not even if she throws shoes at him, calls him an i***t, or tries every trick in the book to keep him away. What starts as a fight turns into a bond that’s undeniable. And when Allison finally lets him into her heart, a career-ending accident shakes everything, forcing Justin to decide if he loves himself enough to fight for them. And it may just be Allison’s turn to pull him out of the darkness.