Steamy Shorts Series by Lena Little

I don’t give a flying f*ck if my absentee father got married and acquired a new daughter. But it’s an entirely different matter when he dumps her on my front door a day before Halloween. Because I’d rather have someone who wears a hockey mask and carries a machete for a roommate. I don’t get much choice because she’s already here, so I just have to suffer in her presence for one night. Just one. Then, I’ll go send her to another apartment complex and never have to see her ever again... moreI don’t give a flying f*ck if my absentee father got married and acquired a new daughter. But it’s an entirely different matter when he dumps her on my front door a day before Halloween. Because I’d rather have someone who wears a hockey mask and carries a machete for a roommate. I don’t get much choice because she’s already here, so I just have to suffer in her presence for one night. Just one. Then, I’ll go send her to another apartment complex and never have to see her ever again. At least, that’s the plan before I see her. When I get home, Raven sits on the stairs, head down and shoulders slumped. The girl looks up, and the vision rips the soul clean off my body. Is she for real? How can someone look this beautiful? Are my eyes playing tricks on me? There’s no way. There’s just no way. But she is. And whatever fiery anger I initially felt quickly morphs into something else—something darker, deeper, and more intense. OBSESSION. It’s more than just a potent desire to have her. I get this primal need to protect her and keep her safe. Whoever touches or hurts her is a dead man. If anyone wants to test that, there’s only one thing they can do…F*ck around and find out. less

Tess is supposed to be just my classmate. Just someone I sit behind in three classes. Someone I pass by without a second glance. Someone I shouldn’t give a rat’s ass about.But … she has taken over my life.Every waking hour of every day.Her face is burned into my retinas. Her voice is etched into my brain.Her laughter—in particular—plays in a loop in my head.She doesn’t know it, but she’s burrowed herself into my life.I look at her and feel a longing so desperate and deep... moreTess is supposed to be just my classmate. Just someone I sit behind in three classes. Someone I pass by without a second glance. Someone I shouldn’t give a rat’s ass about.But … she has taken over my life.Every waking hour of every day.Her face is burned into my retinas. Her voice is etched into my brain.Her laughter—in particular—plays in a loop in my head.She doesn’t know it, but she’s burrowed herself into my life.I look at her and feel a longing so desperate and deep.I can stare at her all day long and still not get my fill. But everyone has impossible dreams, right?Mine is Tess.While I walk around with a visible reminder of my past and the filth I carried for the past few years, she’s there in all her perfect glory.Beautiful. Witty. Funny. Kind. Sweet. Bright future ahead.All the things I’m not. All the things I’ll never be.Tess is out of my league, but she’s the fire in my otherwise dank, colorless life.And if I’m being completely honest, I’ll gladly burn in her presence. less

When my favorite aunt tells me her best friend, Max, is staying in my spare bedroom, I don’t think much about it.Besides, I’m single and have zero responsibilities. A roommate is nothing. At least we can split the rent and other bills.But when Max knocks on my front door, naked hunger flares in me, my heart kicking hard enough to hurt at the sight. Because there’s one thing dear aunt forgot to mention … Max is a girl.No, scratch that.She’s a woman. A gorgeous, green-eyed goddess... moreWhen my favorite aunt tells me her best friend, Max, is staying in my spare bedroom, I don’t think much about it.Besides, I’m single and have zero responsibilities. A roommate is nothing. At least we can split the rent and other bills.But when Max knocks on my front door, naked hunger flares in me, my heart kicking hard enough to hurt at the sight. Because there’s one thing dear aunt forgot to mention … Max is a girl.No, scratch that.She’s a woman. A gorgeous, green-eyed goddess.Wicked desire buzzes beneath my skin, and the blood boils through my veins like acid, the maddening need to have her jolting through me.Unfortunately, she’s a tough nut to crack, and it takes a lot to convince her she should go out with someone eight years younger than her and her best friend’s nephew to boot.I am nothing if not persistent, so I do whatever I can to make her mine. I will stop if she tells me to. Until then, she will belong to me—heart, body, and soul.After all, I’m never one to do anything by half measure. less

Allie asks me to take her virginity, and I’m not sure if this is a dream or not. After all, it had been my fantasy since I realized at fourteen that I was in love with my best friend.Madly. Inexplicably. Hopelessly.For a minute, I think she feels the same way too … until she laughingly explains she doesn’t want another guy to find out she has zero experience. Jealousy pierces through me, along with white-hot anger at who this guy is—a guy I didn’t even know existed... moreAllie asks me to take her virginity, and I’m not sure if this is a dream or not. After all, it had been my fantasy since I realized at fourteen that I was in love with my best friend.Madly. Inexplicably. Hopelessly.For a minute, I think she feels the same way too … until she laughingly explains she doesn’t want another guy to find out she has zero experience. Jealousy pierces through me, along with white-hot anger at who this guy is—a guy I didn’t even know existed. But back to the matter at hand, I don’t say no. Of course not. How can I fu*king say no? It’s what I’ve always wanted since I was a gangly, hormonal teen.So I tell her I’ll do it.What I don’t say is … I’ll make her feel so damn good she won’t want anyone else for her. I won’t just take her virginity. I’ll brand her as mine.For life. less

My father used to say that love is for the weak, the fools, and the pathetic, and I grew up stonewalling myself, making sure no one ever broke the barriers around me.Until I see Olivia Lang.Free-spirited, kind, and always armed with a smile, she foiled my plans from the first time I laid eyes on her. I’ve seen her photos, yes, but nothing prepares me for what she looks like in the flesh.How warm and welcoming she is. How untainted by the world. How utterly captivating... moreMy father used to say that love is for the weak, the fools, and the pathetic, and I grew up stonewalling myself, making sure no one ever broke the barriers around me.Until I see Olivia Lang.Free-spirited, kind, and always armed with a smile, she foiled my plans from the first time I laid eyes on her. I’ve seen her photos, yes, but nothing prepares me for what she looks like in the flesh.How warm and welcoming she is. How untainted by the world. How utterly captivating.I’m supposed to come here and offer her a sweet deal, so our company can acquire her land and a few others and build a massive luxury resort on it.But… Negotiating with her is the last thing I want to do.Right now, the deep recess of the animalistic part of my brain screams one thing, and one thing only.Make her mine. less

My obsession with Heather Cain runs deep.I bullied her when we were kids because that was the only way to make her notice me.Unfortunately, it backfired and only made her hate me. That doesn’t mean I don’t take every opportunity to slip inside her orbit. Maybe annoy Heather as often as I can since I prefer that over her ignoring me.So when she needs someone to stand in as her date and pretend boyfriend for her grandmother’s birthday party, I volunteer... moreMy obsession with Heather Cain runs deep.I bullied her when we were kids because that was the only way to make her notice me.Unfortunately, it backfired and only made her hate me. That doesn’t mean I don’t take every opportunity to slip inside her orbit. Maybe annoy Heather as often as I can since I prefer that over her ignoring me.So when she needs someone to stand in as her date and pretend boyfriend for her grandmother’s birthday party, I volunteer.She loathes the idea, but left with no other choice unless she wants her twin sister and ex to make fun of her, Heather begrudgingly agrees. In the process, all those years of animosity and tension—mostly from her end—come to a head and morph into something just as intense.Desire. Blinding lust. Primal needs.I’ve known Heather all my life, but I should’ve figured out my crazy antics would get us nowhere. Because apparently, there’s only one way to keep her quiet—kiss her like my life depends on it. And after this little charade ends, we’re not going back to the way we were. No!Once I’ve claimed her—mind, body, and soul—only death will keep us apart.Or maybe not. Because I sure as hell will follow her anywhere, even in the afterlife.Heather, baby, you’re stuck with me.Whether you like it or not. less

For the past fifteen years, I’ve learned 101 ways to take a man’s life and, more than that, to survive someone else trying to take mine.I was tortured at the hands of my enemies, beaten to within an inch of my life, and convinced death was at my doorstep.But nothing could have prepared me for the fresh hell that awaited when I came home.My new stepsister who drives me crazy.I try to resist her because whatever hangs between us is wrong. Or at least seems like it... moreFor the past fifteen years, I’ve learned 101 ways to take a man’s life and, more than that, to survive someone else trying to take mine.I was tortured at the hands of my enemies, beaten to within an inch of my life, and convinced death was at my doorstep.But nothing could have prepared me for the fresh hell that awaited when I came home.My new stepsister who drives me crazy.I try to resist her because whatever hangs between us is wrong. Or at least seems like it. Yet the moment I get a taste of her, my resolve and initial reluctance vanish into thin air.And when I find out she’s in danger from my father’s enemies?The burst of fury and protectiveness thundering through me catches me off-guard. I have trained my whole life to kill men five times bigger and stronger than me.I will end every single one of them before I let them touch a hair on her head.Because Lila isn’t just my stepsister anymore.She’s my woman, and like every alpha predator that ever existed, I will lay down my life to protect what’s mine. Death awaits anyone who even breathes around her the wrong way.I am an assassin, and the most important mission in my life isn’t killing, but protecting my woman, my future wife, and the mother of my children.Good luck trying to get through me. less

The Stranger is book # 12 in my highly popular Steamy Shorts seriesShe needs saving.I, a total stranger, am more than ready to give it.Maura Beck is way out of my league. How she even got into my orbit in the first place remains a mystery to me. I don’t believe in serendipity, or fate, or that shit about people meant to be together.But… How is this possible?Someone like her with someone like me?It’s like a hundred threads of whatever has woven together to pull us toward each other... moreThe Stranger is book # 12 in my highly popular Steamy Shorts seriesShe needs saving.I, a total stranger, am more than ready to give it.Maura Beck is way out of my league. How she even got into my orbit in the first place remains a mystery to me. I don’t believe in serendipity, or fate, or that shit about people meant to be together.But… How is this possible?Someone like her with someone like me?It’s like a hundred threads of whatever has woven together to pull us toward each other. That’s the only explanation I can think of. Part of me is equally baffled and amazed that she’s mine, and the other?I’m just happy to be here with her.And when some grade-A asshole tries to come between us, I don’t know whether to be impressed or amused that he thinks he can take me on—even with his asshole friends.See, violence is not always the answer, and I’ve never had issues with my temper before, but the moment he shows an ounce of disrespect to Maura?All bets are f*cking off. less