House of York by Charlotte Byrd 💕 Series Tour, FREE eBook & Gift Card Giveaway 💕 (Dark Contemporary Romance)

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The world is mine… then she breaks everything.

Power, control and lust is the only life I know.

Everly is everything I am not: nice, kind, normal.
I don’t deserve her, but I have to have her.
I’m a moth. She’s my flame.

This place is dangerous and unforgiving and she doesn’t belong here.
But she doesn’t trust me. Why would she?

What happens when she becomes a captive and the power I thought I had isn’t enough?

What happens when they try to rip us apart?

He used to be my only hope. Easton Bay:a man who’s as ruthless as he’s gorgeous and as tender as he is cruel.

His every touch sends shivers down my spine. I crave him.

He saved me once, but will he do it again? He’s a mystery. An enigma. A suspense.

There’s a darkness inside of him.It scares me to my very core.

Yet, I pull closer with each breath.I am an addict and he is my drug.

What happens when it’s not enough?

I don’t know who to believe, but I know that this place is full of lies secrets.

Easton Bay has risked everything to protect me, but that doesn’t mean that he did not do what they say he did.

I am in love with him.I am supposed to be his wife, but this changes everything.

The King has turned on him. I’m Easton’s only hope. But it’s only a matter of time before they turns on me, too.

Is my fate is sealed?

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A date with a cute guy turns into my worst nightmare. Taken and imprisoned, I become a captive.

Easton Bay, a dangerous billionaire, is supposed to be my enemy, but he risks everything to protect me. He is my beacon of light in this place of darkness.

What happens when his protection is no longer enough?

This is the prologue to the full-length novel, House of York.

from House of York

They are not supposed to be here. They are innocent and polite and sweet. Some of them may even be kind.
They think that they are here of their own free will.
They think that it’s a game.
They think that everything is going to be okay.
I know the truth.
They are not here by accident. They were all carefully chosen.
Selected.
Identified.
Vetted.
Some are here because they are gorgeous, others because they will be good at bearing children. A few are lost souls who no one will ever look for.
But some, well, they are here because of their ability to fight.
Propensity to fight.
Willingness to fight.
Not everyone wants a fighter. Not everyone wants someone to resist their every move.
But some of them do. And these are the ones who will pay the most. And to find a girl who is both beautiful and a fighter? Well, that’s everything, isn’t it?
Of course, there will be the ones who fail. Most will fail at least once, but some will fail for good.
We call this game a competition to keep them pacified. Calm. Quiet.
But they had all lost their freedom a long time before they ever stepped foot on the island of York.
All but one will lose their lives.

There’s something about the way he’s looking at me.
All of his defenses are down.
He is showing me parts of him that he has held hidden for a very long time. He’s dripping in vulnerability, and it’s pushing me closer to him. I need to touch him. I need to tell him that everything is going to be alright.
I hate the pain that I see in his face.
I hate the world in which he lives.
I have been here only a short time, and I am certain that this is one of the worst places in the world.
Everything is gold and gilded, yet the darkness still manages to seep out.
The pain that he feels for this woman he loved is all over his face. It hurts him to even speak about it.
In his pain, I see my reflection.
I haven’t lost anyone, but I have lost a big portion of myself here.
In this place.

Charlotte Byrd is the bestselling author of many contemporary romance novels. She lives in Southern California with her husband, son, and a crazy toy Australian Shepherd. She loves books, hot weather and crystal blue waters.