Sometimes love isn’t beautiful...
Meet Max & Courtney is this southern mafia romance!
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Sometimes the only way to describe it is beautifully brutal.
If you think you know him… You’re wrong.
If you think you know his family… Wrong again.
If you think you know his story… You don’t.
If you did, you’d likely wonder how the hell a man like Maximillian Adorite managed to make it to this point in his life. At twenty-nine, he’s experienced more than most people could only ever imagine, all thanksto his family. Organized crime they call it. Mafia.
No matter how they spin it, it comes down to one thing. Max gets what he wants. Except for the one thing he wants most.
Her name is Courtney Kogan.
And now that he’s had a taste of her, Max knows he’ll never be able to let her go.
The Southern Boy Mafia series is a spinoff from the Sniper 1 Security series. It has been set up to be read without reading Sniper 1 Security, however, the characters will frequently cross over.
Teaser Quotes & Excerpt
Quote 1: Max
knew all about dark and dangerous. It was his life. He was the son of Samuel
and Genevieve Adorite, and Max’s world was entrenched in the dark and dirty
underworld that his parents had proudly built around them.
Southern
Boy Mafia, they called them.
Quote 2: The
moment the doors opened and she stepped into view, his heartbeat slowed, as did
his breathing. It was an automatic, predatory response, one that he’d honed
over the last two years. It was his body’s way of arming for the battle he knew
would come. The battle that fired him up and made his body ache for her.
Courtney
Kogan.
Quote 3:
Courtney picked up the pace, heading directly to Max’s office. She needed to
get this over with and get far away from this man before she did something
really, really stupid.
Like give
in to him again, because no matter what she tried to tell herself, Maximillian
Adorite had always— always—been her weakness.
Quote 4: Max’s
lips curved upward. This time there was definitely something inherently sexual
in his wicked gaze.
And the
sad part ... something inherently sexual inside her responded in kind.
Quote 5: There
was nothing gentle about this, but there never usually was.
No, what
he and Courtney had was combustible. Hot. Erotic. Intense.
Quote 6: This
thing between them, the chemistry ... it was already smoking, threatening to
set off the fire alarms, and the longer she was with him, the more she wanted
him, the more she craved his smile, his kiss, his touch. It was a recipe for
disaster, and she was hard-pressed to ignore it.
Which was
ultimately the problem.
Quote 7:
Courtney swallowed hard, mesmerized by the golden glow of his eyes, intensified
by the strobe and colored lights flashing around them. They were repeatedly
pitched into darkness only to be lit up again. But Courtney didn’t need the
light to see the intensity in his gaze. She could feel it.
Quote 8: Their
interactions were heated, passionate, and innately sexual underneath it all.
Beautifully
brutal, that was how she’d come to think of this thing between them.
Quote 9: She’d
known from the beginning that Max was a killer, that he was ruthless and
extremely powerful, yet she’d followed this path, and look what had happened.
She’d
fallen in love with a killer.
Quote
10: Just as it had always been between them ... intense,
hot, electric.
Backing
her against the wall, he dominated the kiss, never giving her an ounce of
control as he inhaled her.
Fuck.
It was
impossible for him to resist her. No matter how imperative it was that he stay
away from her, he just couldn’t fucking do it.
Before RT could say anything else, Courtney’s cell phone
chimed.
She was
up and walking across the kitchen before she realized she’d moved. A wave of
dizziness swept over her, letting her know she was a little on the tipsy side.
How many shots had she had? Three? Four? Seven?
Squinting
down at the screen, Courtney frowned when she saw who it was.
Punching
the talk button, she put the phone to her ear. “What do you want?”
“Let me
through the gate.”
“No.”
“Courtney.”
God, she
hated the way he said her name. It was so... sexual.
“Let me
through.”
Sighing,
Courtney hung up the phone and then hit the icon for the program to allow her
to see who was at the main gate of the family compound. Sure enough, it was
Max. More accurately, it was Max’s phantom-black Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat
idling at the gate, waiting for her to grant him entry.
“Damn
it.”
1) What’s your affiliation with Sniper 1 Security, for those that may not know yet?
Sniper 1 Security is my family’s business. My father, Casper Kogan, and his long time friend, Bryce Trexler started the company more than three decades ago. I guess it seemed logical that I did what my family did. I’m a personal security specialist – though there are plenty of names people use to refer to us.
2) Do you think of yourself as an adrenaline junky since you like this line of work?
Adrenaline junkie? Hmmm. Sure, I guess I can see that. I like to live on the edge. I think I’ve proven that.
3) What the craziest thing you have done on a dare?
The craziest thing I’ve done on a dare… **smiles** Not sure how crazy it is, but once, I stood up on the checkout counter at Wal-Mart. Started yelling that they needed a cleanup on aisle five-ninety-two. For the record, the Wal-Mart employees don’t necessarily like that.
4) If not this line of work, then what?
It would always be this line of work. I can’t see myself doing anything else.
5) Favorite type of car?
Corvette.
6) Boys with Tattoos or no?
Either or. And I guess it depends on the tattoo. I’ve seen some that I don’t particularly care for. I tried to talk Max into getting one that said “Property of Courtney”, but he said no. I’m still working on him though.
7) Do you have any tattoos?
Nope. But I’ve been tossing around the idea for a while. It’s hard to come up with an idea for something that’s so … permanent. I’m sure I’ll think of something one of these days.
8) What’s your go to drink when you’re out on the town?
Fireball and RumChata – I’ll let you look up what that’s known as. **smiles**
9) Last question, ideal Saturday night?
I’m a fan of going out to the clubs with my friends and I’ve got a favorite that I frequent – Devil’s Playground.
“Check on me? Why the hell would you wanna do that?”
Because it was an excuse to see her. But that wasn’t what Max told her. “I wanted to make sure you were all right.”
Courtney huffed as she returned to pouring the vodka into a glass, adding 7-Up from a can sitting on the table. Max’s gaze instantly strayed to the extra glass, and his frustration rose again.
She tossed him a glare over her shoulder. “Oh, you’re referrin’ to when you blew some guy’s brains out in the middle of your office? Don’t you have a dead body to clean up or somethin’?”
He didn’t say a word. His rule was that he’d never own up to anything. He didn’t feel safe anywhere that wasn’t home, never knew when someone was trying to trap him. And of all people, Max wasn’t delusional enough to believe Courtney wouldn’t turn on him with the right motivation. Ultimately, she was one of the good guys. And that was why they never had been able to find a middle ground. It was more difficult than it appeared considering they were at opposite ends of the spectrum—middle ground was just too far away for either of them.
Not to mention, arguing with Courtney was moot. Max knew from experience that she would never let up, which was why he’d given up long ago.
“Oh, right. You have people for that,” she continued, turning to face him again before taking a sip from her glass. “I’d offer you a drink, but then you might think you can stay.”
“I’m gonna stay,” he informed her.
Courtney’s eyes narrowed on him, and Max’s body instinctively reacted, hardening instantaneously.
“You’re not gonna stay,” she retorted, her tone clipped. “Not today, not tomorrow. Not ever.”
Max shrugged out of his leather jacket, folding it across the arm of the sofa as he moved closer.
“I’m serious, Max,” Courtney said, her eyes widening as she backed up until her ass hit the table. “You’re not stayin’. RT’ll be watchin’ my house until you leave. It’s not an option.”
Max continued to stalk her slowly until he was standing only a few inches away from her. Unable to resist, he cupped her face in his hands, enjoying the silky smoothness of her skin against his palms.
Damn, how he’d missed her. It’d been damn near a full year since the last time he’d touched her, since the last time he’d made love to her. Although touching her now ... it was as though not a minute had passed since that fateful day.
“I’m stayin’,” he said softly.
Courtney shook her head, opened her mouth, but then snapped it closed. She wanted to argue; it was evident in the lines that creased her forehead.
Leaning forward, Max tested the waters, allowing his lips to brush hers lightly. Even that was nearly more than he could handle. It’d been too damn long since he’d touched her, tasted her, loved her. And fuck if he didn’t want to do it all again. Right here. Right fucking now.
“Max, please,” Courtney pleaded quietly. “Please don’t do this.”
“Do what?” he questioned roughly, pulling back and allowing his eyes to slide over her beautiful face, down the slender column of her neck, where he noticed the rapid thump of her pulse.
“We’re through,” she stated, her tone holding a hint of conviction.
“So you’ve said.” In fact, Courtney had told him they were over many times during the year they’d been together. And for the year that followed, right up until this very moment, Max had thought about her every single day, about the way she’d ended things so abruptly the last time. Didn’t matter that he’d called her bluff and that had technically been the reason they’d gone their separate ways.
Had it not been for the crazy shit he had to deal with on a daily basis, he might’ve actually taken the time to play her games. But there was another problem with that. He was fucking tired of playing, which was the only reason he’d allowed her to walk away then.
And that was the real reason he was there tonight. He wanted to know whether or not this was truly over. For him, it wasn’t. There wasn’t a chance in hell that he’d ever be able to get over her. Probably not in his lifetime. But that didn’t mean that moving forward wasn’t possible. With or without her.
If she didn’t want him, he’d move on. He had business arrangements dangling in the wind, one in particular that was entirely dependent on where he stood with Courtney.
“Tell me you want me to leave, Courtney. Tell me to go, and I’ll never darken your doorstep again. You’ll never have to see me.”
Max could see the surprise in Courtney’s eyes, in the way her throat worked when she swallowed hard. He’d never made her that promise, never told her that he’d willingly let her go, although he’d spent the last year staying away from her. He’d had eyes on her the entire time; he knew every single move she’d made during those months. He knew for a fact that Courtney had never brought another man home with her, nor had she ever gone home with a man. Had she made that choice, Max wasn’t sure how things would be at this moment, but more than likely, there’d be another dead asshole buried six feet under.
The point was, she hadn’t.
“Tell me that’s what you want, and I’ll do it, Courtney. But know this ... if you send me away this time...” Max took a deep breath, exhaled. “I won’t come back. Whatever this is between us, it’ll never die, never go away completely, and we’ll both have to live out the rest of our lives with the decision that you make right here. Tonight.”
“I want...”
The pause that followed stole the air from the room.
Max Adorite, second in command of The Southern Boy Mafia, knows everything that happens. It was no mistake that Courtney Kogan was invited to his party, and it wasn't unknown to him that she had ulterior motives for being there. Once they each get a taste of the other there was no turning back.
The problem: one worked for the good guys, and, well, the other was the bad guy. But as is often the case, you can't help who you fall in love with, even if it's forbidden/frowned upon. There was so much angst that you wanted to get rid of everyone and just let the two of them be together, forever. The hotness they exuded between them was undeniable and you couldn't help but root fro them, damning all consequences.
The question is, which one will bend toward the other? Or will they go their separate ways?
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