Sinners Anonymous (Sinners Anonymous, #1)

by Somme Sketcher

Girls with the biggest smiles harvest the darkest secrets.

I have a rule book as thick as my dick when it comes to women, but all rules can be boiled down to one word: Don’t. Don’t stick your dick in crazy. Don’t let them stay the night. And definitely don’t let them leave something they’ll want you to return the next day.

Oh, and don’t ogle your uncle’s fiancee.

I’m utterly, madly, unacceptably obsessed with Angelo Visconti. My fiance's nephew, near-stranger, and keeper of my darkest secrets. And suddenly, my sin isn’t so funny anymore.

“I’ll always be your ride-or-die, and I know Gabe feels the same way. You want to burn this fucking coast down, I’ll lend you my lighter. But please, for the love of God, don’t make me go to war with our cousins over a piece of pussy.”

“Because seeing you in your engagement dress is hard enough. But seeing you in your wedding dress?” A growl vibrates deep within me. I tighten my grip. “That’ll be fucking torture.”

Jesus Christ and all his fucking Disciples.

“And when your husband fucks you on your wedding night, all you’ll be thinking about is me.”

“Out of all my sins, you’re my favorite.”

I’ve found peace, knowing that when I fall, I don’t need Angelo to catch me. I’ll plunge right into the dark abyss, and it’ll welcome me with open arms.

“Sorry, Magpie. I’m a thug through and through.”

“You’re worth starting a war for.”

“I have killed every man on this coast that has touched you inappropriately. From Max to my own fucking uncle. These kids are next, and if anybody besides me puts so much of a finger on you from now on, they’ll be killed too.”

“You got rid of my demons, I want to help you get rid of yours.”

I didn’t ask her to marry me, I fucking begged, and then let her choose her own ring. All I wanted to do was give her the biggest diamond I could source, a loud-and-proud warning sign that she was mine, but I knew she’d hate that.

“Mama always believed in fate. It was a fortune cookie that brought her to the Coast in the first place, and the exact same fucking fortune brought me back here, too. I thought it was to find the cunt that killed her, but now, I realize it wasn’t. It was to lead me to Rory. This is Mama’s way of telling me she’s here today.”