McKinley Ranch Duet Series by Kylie Kent

⚠️⚠️This Book contains scenes and discussions of non-consensual sexual acts, profanity, sexual content and violence. If any of these are triggers for you, you should consider skipping this read. This is book 1 in a 2 part duet, a cliff-hanger can be expected.⚠️⚠️EmilyI never thought I would be seeking shelter here of all places.I’m out of options though. I needed a place to hide out.Somewhere I could get my bearings and develop a plan to get myself out of the mess I’ve landed in... more⚠️⚠️This Book contains scenes and discussions of non-consensual sexual acts, profanity, sexual content and violence. If any of these are triggers for you, you should consider skipping this read. This is book 1 in a 2 part duet, a cliff-hanger can be expected.⚠️⚠️EmilyI never thought I would be seeking shelter here of all places.I’m out of options though. I needed a place to hide out.Somewhere I could get my bearings and develop a plan to get myself out of the mess I’ve landed in.It was a fail-proof plan. Then he found me.I’ve escaped one monster, only to be captured by another.He’s determined to break me, to uncover the secrets I’m hiding. But this is one secret I can’t let him discover.Can I escape him before he ruins everything? Before he ruins me?JoshShe was meant to stay away.Emily, the only person in the world who’s made me feel like I actually have a heart.She made me hope that my soul wasn’t as black as people say.Hope’s a dangerous bitch though, one I killed before those embers ever had a chance to flame.Now she’s back. And she’s keeping secrets, ones I plan to uncover using any means necessary.I warned her that if I ever laid eyes on her again, I’d keep her.In keeping her, I know I’m going to do the one thing I never wanted to do.RUIN HER. less

JoshEmily came crashing back into my life, bringing with her everything I was missing.But she’s not the same girl I knew years ago. Gone is the girl who was always happy and eager to please everyone. The one who didn’t let life get her down.She’s conquered her demons but they still haunt her whenever she closes her eyes. Her screams tear through the darkness night after night.She thinks she needs to get away, to keep running. To leave me behind... moreJoshEmily came crashing back into my life, bringing with her everything I was missing.But she’s not the same girl I knew years ago. Gone is the girl who was always happy and eager to please everyone. The one who didn’t let life get her down.She’s conquered her demons but they still haunt her whenever she closes her eyes. Her screams tear through the darkness night after night.She thinks she needs to get away, to keep running. To leave me behind.But I won’t lose her again; I will slay anything, anyone, who thinks they can get in the way of my keeping her.EmilyI wasn’t meant to let myself get attached to Josh again. I wasn’t meant to stay this long.Now he knows my biggest secret; he knows I’m not the sweet girl he thinks I am.I’m being chased, hunted down like prey. But I won’t let my past mistakes hurt Josh. I need to leave before he finds me.Leaving Josh behind is not going to be as easy as I thought it would be, but it’s my only option. I’ll do whatever it is I have to do to protect him, even if that means I have to Ruin Him. less