The scandal isn’t in the secret, it’s in those unwilling to accept that love can be unconventional, dark, and depraved. On my 18th birthday, I gave myself to the man who’s always at the forefront of my mind, the one I’ve loved my entire life. What I thought would be our beginning turned out to be the end, and the direct reason he abandoned me and my sister. Leaving us on our own, all because he can’t look at me after what we did. F*ck that! Instead of letting the rejection bring me down, it becomes the reason for my transformation. My job at Dirty Diamonds opens my eyes to a brutal reality I never even knew existed, let alone in small, quiet Briarwood. And I’m quickly learning that Dante might not have been the man I thought him to be. The girl Dante left behind doesn’t exist anymore, and when he returns to Briarwood, he’ll learn that I haven’t just spent my time pining. I’ve built a new life, one where I’ve turned my heartache into a purpose and a need for revenge. In a bid to silence my nightmares, Dante used to call me his perfect storm. I’m not sure he’s ready to meet the new me… the Storm of Briarwood. PLEASE NOTE: Dante’s Storm is book 1 in the Scandalous Secrets series. The series is a shared-world with three standalone books written by different authors. Each book features a different couple. Scandalous Secrets is set in a fictitious town in England, and the books are written with British spelling, slang, and grammar. Content warning: These books are intended for mature audiences, and reader discretion is advised. They contain, but are not limited to, violence, profanity, reference to abuse, and explicit scenes.