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Wasteland

(2022)
(The second book in the Factions of Red River series)
A novel by

 
 
Riley
Everyone in my faction only knows me as the younger sister of the two psychopaths that run this place. There's only one man who truly knows who I am. Mick, my brother’s right-hand man and their best friend. He knows the reach that I have in this city. He knows that the person most people are truly scared of is the anonymous chick behind her computer, and he’s the dark, terrifying, tatted monster of my dreams. I can’t get too close though. My brothers would kill him, and because of his horrific past, he can’t trust himself with me. That doesn’t mean I can’t let my obsessive imagination run wild.
Mick
She tortures me. For years on end. She’s the angel that pulled me out of hell and she doesn’t even know. Still, she tortures me with her devious glare and her sinister smile. I can read what she craves on her face as easily as one of our nautical charts. It takes all of my brute strength to stay away and convince everyone I feel nothing. Until someone attacks her. Civil war brews in our city and she’s at the front lines with her brothers. I won’t let anyone hurt her. I have to stay close. I have to protect her. Even from me.


Wasteland picks up right when Fog has ended, but can be read as a standalone. Everyone is staying together and preparing for war. Not knowing where the next attack will come from, everyone has to stay on edge. While forced to stay in one house, Riley and Mick struggle not to give in to the otherworldly pull that exists between them. If Mick gives in, will he survive? Not only from her brothers, but from Riley herself. Because once she gets a taste of her Skeleton man, she won’t let go. Crazy seems to run in the McHale’s genes.

Author’s Note: This is a sweet-dark, dystopian romance, meaning the world they're in is gritty, dangerous, without the structure or laws we're familiar with, but the romance between the mc's is sweet (And a bit kinky).

Warning: Please be aware that there is mature and graphic content that is not suitable for people under 18. Drug use, police brutality, captivity, panic attacks, nightmares, PTSD, smoking, excessive swearing, gun use, depictions of torture, murder, and physical assaults. There are no pregnancy depictions.
This book contains graphic sexual scenes, including BDSM-related activities. This is not to be used as an informational guide. Degradation & Praise kink, gunplay, spanking, edging, slapping, choking, spit, fearplay, painplay, and orgasm denial.






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