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About MASQUERADE
After his father is put in prison for murder leaving his mother suicidal, Maddox Cross has always put his sister, Laney, first. Now living in Brenton, Virginia, Maddox has no idea what to do with his life, especially since Laney no longer needs him. One thing he does know is for the first time since losing football, he's found something else that's just for him--tattooing. When he meets a feisty young woman in the club where he works security, he has no idea that she has the ability to change his life forever.
Bee Malone has just moved to Brenton to open up her first tattoo parlor, Masquerade. Despite her young success, nothing is ever as it seems. After being kidnapped at a young age, Bee has difficulty being the daughter her parents lost and letting go of the "parents" she was raised with. When she meets Maddox, she's immediately attracted to him and what starts out as a one night stand leaves Bee wanting to connect with him in more ways than one.
Once Maddox finds out about Masquerade, he wants nothing more than to join Bee. But letting him in means trying to figure out who she is and she's not ready for that. And yet, as the two get closer, they find themselves leaning on each other more than they are comfortable with. Will their stubborn nature tear them apart? Or push them closer together?
Bee Malone has just moved to Brenton to open up her first tattoo parlor, Masquerade. Despite her young success, nothing is ever as it seems. After being kidnapped at a young age, Bee has difficulty being the daughter her parents lost and letting go of the "parents" she was raised with. When she meets Maddox, she's immediately attracted to him and what starts out as a one night stand leaves Bee wanting to connect with him in more ways than one.
Once Maddox finds out about Masquerade, he wants nothing more than to join Bee. But letting him in means trying to figure out who she is and she's not ready for that. And yet, as the two get closer, they find themselves leaning on each other more than they are comfortable with. Will their stubborn nature tear them apart? Or push them closer together?
BAM!
MASQUERADE excerpt
I’ve never been the
type of person who sits around and dwells on life. Bad things happen all the
time and overthinking them has never done shit to change anything. I remember
when I went back home—or to the place I should consider home—I didn’t really
understand what was going on. At thirteen I should have, but people who are
kidnapped are supposed to have been hurt. They’re mistreated and locked away.
They aren’t happy and loved the way I had been, so the whole thing was hard to
wrap my head around.
For
about a week after they sent me home, that’s all I thought about. The people
who raised me and the people who lost me. How they both loved me even though I
didn’t know quite how to feel about any of them. Didn’t know how I felt about
that screwed up word love at all. Rex
and Melody had always told me they’d loved me but now I knew they’d stolen me.
My real parents said they loved me but they didn’t really know me. I wasn’t
their little girl anymore. How can you love someone you don’t know?
It
hurt and I cried, my chest feeling hollow and broken, knowing I should feel so
many things I didn’t know how to.
Nothing
changed.
I
didn’t hurt any less. My real family was still broken-hearted and confused, and
I’d lost who I considered my mom and dad.
That’s
when I decided I wouldn’t lose myself in the past anymore. I wouldn’t stress
and dwell on things I couldn’t change or even things I could, because if I made
that decision the first time, there was a reason. I would stick with my
choices, even when someone didn’t get them or I got shit for being closed off
or hard. And I wouldn’t worry about love or try to figure it out.
Girls
aren’t allowed to feel that way, I guess.
This
is why I’m pissed that I haven’t stopped thinking about Maddox since he walked
out of Masquerade.
About Nyrae Dawn
Writing has always been Nyrae Dawn's passion. Nyrae gravitates toward character-driven stories. She loves going on emotional journeys with characters whether it be reading or writing. And yes, she's a total romantic at heart and proud.
Nyrae resides in sunny Southern California with her husband (who still makes her swoon) and her two awesome kids.
When she's not with her family, you can be pretty sure you'll find her with a book in her hand or her laptop and an open document in front of her. Nyrae also writes adult romance under the name Kelley Vitollo.
Nyrae resides in sunny Southern California with her husband (who still makes her swoon) and her two awesome kids.
When she's not with her family, you can be pretty sure you'll find her with a book in her hand or her laptop and an open document in front of her. Nyrae also writes adult romance under the name Kelley Vitollo.
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