McKAY I wasn’t the one who broke her but I played my part. She came to us when she was ten. I raised her. I loved her. I taught her how to survive in a world of evil men. But it wasn’t enough. ADAM I wasn’t the one who saved her but I did my best. She needed me as much as I needed her. Bought and paid for on the auction block. But not for the reasons you think. She was my weapon. DONOVAN I wasn’t the one who lied to her but I hid her truth. She was broken before I got there. Wild and angry. Defiant and bratty. But she trusted me most. She loved me best. So I set her free. Indie Anna Accorsi is a woman lost in her past. A pretty little nightmare. A gorgeous piece of misery. A mess of lovely darkness. She is creeping beautiful. And now we want her back.

INDIE I have them all now. Just the way I want them. McKay, the one who loves me deepest. Adam, the one who protects me fiercely. Donovan, the one who tells the truth. They are my friends, they are my lovers, they are my world. And Maggie belongs to all of us—no matter who her father is. This is the family I’ve always wanted. This is the family I deserve. And I will do whatever it takes to keep them. McKAY I have a secret that could ruin everything. But I’m not keeping that secret to hurt her. Nathan St. James needed to go. ADAM I made a plan that could ruin everything. But I did it to save us in the end. The Company needed to come back. DONOVAN I told a lie that could ruin everything. But I didn’t tell the lie to them—I told it to myself. Carter is closer than we think. There is something truly wrong at Boucher House on the Old Pearl River. Some hidden evil lurking deep inside the woods. Nothing about their blissful life is what it seems. Because just when they think they have it all—he shows up to take it back.

Wendy Gale isn’t the kind of girl you marry. She’s not even the kind of girl you date. She’s not a friend with benefits, she’s not one-night-stand, and regardless of what she thinks, she has never been a rebound. Wendy Gale is kind of girl you kidnap and lock in your basement so she can’t ever escape. She’s the kind of girl you tie up. You put a collar on her. A leash. Handcuffs. You chain her to things and gag her mouth. A blindfold isn’t a bad idea, either. Because Wendy Gale is the kind of girl you grab on to—any way you can—and you never let go. Wendy. Babe. You only need to know one thing about me, OK? I will never let go.

Sometimes I wish it was just him and me. Sometimes I wish there never was an Indie or a Donovan. That McKay and I just ran away together when we were young. Sailed around the world. Climbed mountains. Learned to parachute. Did whatever we wanted and never thought about this place, or the Company and our place in it, ever again. Sometimes I wish we were broke, and uncomfortable, and stressed out about things like rent, and food, and bald tires. I wish we had done it differently. I wish I had listened to Gerald. I wish I wasn’t thirty-seven years old, filled up to my neck and choking on regrets. Lovely Darkness is about love, and regrets, and accepting the truth—even if it breaks you. It is the last book in the dark romantic thriller series, Creeping Beautiful, and must be read in order.