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300 pages, Paperback
First published August 1, 2016

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Dangerous...we were dangerous combination
It was why we always worked, because she matched my crazy, but it was also why we were explosive when we argued though
You're a puzzle, but you're my puzzle. I've always loved tearing it apart just so I can be the one to put it back together.
You're a part of me, Bryleigh. You've always been a part of me...
"Fire Meet Gasoline" by Sia
It's dangerous to fall in love
But I want to burn with you tonight
Hurt me
There's two of us
Bristling with desire
The pleasure's pain and fire
Burn me
So come on
I'll take you on, take you on
I ache for love, ache for us
Why don't you come
Don't you come a little closer
So come on now
Strike the match, strike the match now
We're a perfect match, perfect somehow
We were meant for one another
Come a little closer
[Chorus:]
Flame you came to me
Fire meet gasoline
Fire meet gasoline
I'm burning alive
I can barely breathe
When you're here loving me
Fire meet gasoline
Fire meet gasoline
I got all I need
When you came after me
Fire meet gasoline
I'm burning alive
And I can barely breathe
When you're here loving me
Fire meet gasoline
Burn with me tonight
And we will fly
Like smoke darknin' the skies
I'm Eve, I want to try
Take a bite
So come on now
Strike the match, strike the match now
We're a perfect match, perfect somehow
We were meant for one another
Come a little closer...
[Bridge:]
But it's a bad debt
Certain death
But I want what I want
And I gotta get it
When the fire dies
Darkened skies
Hot ash, dead match
Only smoke is left
It's a bad debt
Certain death
But I want what I want
And I got to get it
When the fire dies
Dark in the skies
Hot as a match
Only smoke is left...



"I knew I consumed him as much as he consumed me, and as much as I knew he was still a f*cker, he was my f*cker that I got to f*ck with for the rest of my life."
"I was empty. I needed, still need, you to fill me. You're a part of me, Bryleigh. You've always been a part of me, and when you left, you took my heart with you."
"This kiss wasn't hard or fired by lust. This was a kiss of heartbreak, a kiss of not goodbye, but see you later."
"Bry, I think we need to go out this weekend. It's time to punch that V-card, don't ya think?"
"Indie: did he do the deed?
I rolled my eyes and set my phone on the bedside table. [...] Anyone decent could lay Ryker Oakley flat on his back, but no, not me, obviously."
"I'm drunk"
"Jesus, I'm drunk."
"I was well and truly legless drunk"
"I'm drunk, that's a given."
"Lucky, I was drunk."
"It flipped my stomach upside down to think I could do that, but then I thought of how young we were and how this would all be a life experience I could maybe share with my kids. 'This one time, I did coke in Tommy Steven's bathroom.' The latter won out and I lifted the bill to my nostril, shutting off the other side with my finger, and bent down to the line of cocaine that was sitting there"
"She should have come to me instead of being a fucking ho."
"There were people that were all over a fake profile called "Bryleigh Monroe is a Crazy Ho." They actually made a fake profile just to pick on me and upload/share details about me."
"He said you became obsessed with him and started stalking his every move like a crazy person. Hesaid he tried to get rid of you after you 'bled all over his dick', but you didn't get the hint."
"Ryker had left comments on photos of me, egging the cyber bullies on. [...] They actually made a fake profile just to pick on me and upload/share details about me. Ryker was in there, commenting on all the photos and status updates"
"Thoughts came crashing into me, every comment I had seen on MySpace, every snarl, every laugh, and finally, the words Ryker spat at me that night a week ago, and I pressed the razor against my wrist and pushed down. The icy feeling of the opening wound brought me relief and solace in my world of pain. My eyes closed as the first trickle from the wound ran down my arm."
"[...] Becca rocked back and forth in the front of her car, staring absently at the mangled mess of what I assumed was once a person"
"We'll rip the bumper off and set up an accident. Have your car up in flames away from here, no evidence. Covers any of your tracks, and then all anyone would have is suspicion."
"'Ryker!' I cried, looking to my dad, who was knelt down by Todd, checking his pulse on his neck, He looked up to the twins and shook his head."
"We didn't mention the tape or the hit and run. We said we found out Todd was abusing you and Ryker lost it. It's not exactly lying."
"Becca had run someone over. He was dead when we got there. We all decided that the boys would burn her car and set it up as an accident. That night, I heard someone in the bushes. We thought it was an animal of some sort. It turns out it was Todd. He was out on a hunting trip and videoed us there. He held that to climb the political ladder with you, Daddy. I'm so sorry."
"I ran my eyes up his lean chest, past his tan tattooed neck, over his plump lips, and then into the eyes that held so much power and seduction they’d have Mother Theresa ripping her clothes off and calling him Daddy."
"It's always been us, princess. Always. You're a puzzle, but you're my puzzle. I've always loved tearing it apart just so I can be the one to put it back together."
"My aunt was a 'healer'. She practiced yoga every morning, and every Sunday, we would travel to Petrova Gora, where we would practice yoga under the old monument."
"I now don't have the burning hatred I had feeding into me through an IV line for Ryker. I'm at peace with him. Not so much with some of the decisions that I had made, but at least I didn't live under the dark cloud he formed over me all those years ago."![]()

