Rule Number 1: Do Not Sleep with Clients
I was the best agent in the industry. More ruthless and cutthroat than any arrogant bastard you’d ever met.
The top actors in Hollywood came to me to get signed.
When I saw James Ryne, America’s Sweetheart, standing across the bar, I wanted her body like I’d never wanted anything before.
I broke rule number one.
But, after all, I was a man. No one had ever mistaken me for a saint.Rule Number 1: Do Not Fall in Love Again
I didn’t know his name. I didn’t who he was. All I knew was that he was deliciously handsome and he had to be someone to get into the most elite bar in LA.
He was too old for me, too experienced—the kind of man everyone warned me about. It was only supposed to be a one-night stand. I could have walked away. I should have walked away.
And then I was forced to walk away when my scandal hit the tabloids.
I broke rule number one and now I had to make the biggest decision of my life.
Risk my heart or get signed.
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My client’s younger sister is off-f***ing-limits.
Getting my first big client signed to the NFL was the second best moment of my life. Escorting his sister back to her hotel was the first. Imagining what she would feel like, look like, taste like—none of it was as good as the real thing.
If her brother found out, it would destroy my career, so I ended things between us.
Eight years later, the girl who got away still owns me.
First I’ll make her forgive me, and then I’m going to make her mine.
He’s owned my body for far too long.
It’s been years since he’s touched me, and my skin still remembers every brush, stroke, and thrust. I want to forget how good it felt. Almost as much as I want to do it again.
We can’t finish what we started until I make my confession.
I have a secret—and one that wasn’t mine to keep.
Before he can love me, he’ll have to find some way to forgive me.
Years ago, I was burned by a woman.
I forgave, but I haven’t forgotten, and it’s a road I’ll never go down again.
My career has become my life instead. I’m Max Graham, the biggest music agent in the business. Women love me, but I don’t do love anymore. I’ve found another way to meet my needs.
Eve Kennedy—stylist to the stars and total bombshell. By far, she’s the most daring woman I’ve ever had in my bed with a sexual appetite as ferocious as mine.
We might just have the hottest sex life in Miami and LA.
We don’t date anyone else—although, sometimes, we invite someone for a night. We travel the world, and I lavish her with gifts. But she knows my career comes first.
And the best part? For the past two years, she’s been happy with our arrangement.
Or so I thought.
I’ve survived heartbreak once before, but this one could be the end of me.
I’m no stranger to acquisitions.
As the lead attorney for Entertainment Management Worldwide, I’ve done it a hundred times.
What’s brand-new in this deal is her.
The gorgeous, sexy Scarlett Davis, CFO of The Agency.
Always in control.
Always in charge.
Always composed.
But she has a secret…
And so do I.
When she finds out who I really am, she might never forgive me.
Unless we can negotiate.
There are four stand-alone books in this series:
Signed — Brett’s Book
Endorsed — Jack’s Book
Contracted — Max’s Book
Negotiated — Scarlett’s Novella
Oh Brett…
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Dear James,
I knew who you were the second I saw you walk into the bar. That piercing stare and that gorgeous smile were the first things I saw. You’re America’s Sweetheart, after all. I’d have to be a goddamn idiot not to know who you are.
Running into you outside the bathroom was a coincidence. Putting my hands on your waist wasn’t. I had to touch you for the same reason I had to put my lips on yours and taste you.
I couldn’t stay away.
I couldn’t end this night until I was inside of you.
I was going to bring you to my place and have the best one-night stand of my entire fucking life.
But things couldn’t continue past the morning.
There could never be … an us.
Because I don’t sleep with clients, James, and you’re about to become one.
But, shit, we all know things don’t go according to plan.
—Brett Young
Bestselling author Marni Mann knew she was going to be a writer since middle school. While other girls her age were daydreaming about teenage pop stars, Marni was fantasizing about penning her first novel. She crafts sexy, titillating stories that weave together her love of darkness, mystery, passion, and human emotions. A New Englander at heart, she now lives in Sarasota, Florida, with her husband and their two dogs, who have been characters in her books. When she’s not nose deep in her laptop, working on her next novel, she’s scouring for chocolate, sipping wine, traveling, or devouring fabulous books.
