The Devil's Bargain (Deal with the Devil, #1)

by Carin Hart

Anything to have her. To hold her. To keep her close. To protect her. To fuck her. To love her. She’s mine. She always was, and she’s always been, and now that I finally have the excuse to tie her to me for life, damn right I’m going to do it.

I’d burn the fucking world down for this woman if I had to, and I’d offer her the match to blow out when I was done.

“I’ve held onto this phone every day for fifteen fucking years, Ava. Willing it to ring. Hoping it would. Then, when it finally did, I took it as a sign that my penance was done. You would finally be mine, and if I had to sin again to keep you, I would. Because I’m a Sinner⁠—”