Series: Bossy Brothers #6
Title: Bossy Brothers: Tony
Series: Bossy Brothers #6
Author: JA Huss
Genre: Enemies-to-Lovers/Enemies-to-Lovers Romance
Release Date: May 12, 2020
Blurb
Belinda Baker and I were not made for each other.
We are not soul mates, or lovers, or even frenemies.
She is the one who needed to get away.
What we had together wasnât blind love, it was sick rage.
We were a match made in hell, it was hate at first sight, and when she walked away from me and never looked backâit was a relief.
It was bliss.
So why did I travel two thousand miles so I could be near her?
Why canât I stop thinking about this girl I never want to see again?
Why. Am I. Here?
And what do I have to do to make her disappear for good?
Bossy Brothers: Tony features two girls falling for the wrong men and two men falling for the right girls. A family of tatted up brothers and a town filled with secrets and danger. A story of earned chances and first dates. Of coming to terms with the past and finding a way into the future. It is book six in the Bossy Brothers series and should be read after book five, Bossy Brothers: Alonzo.
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Excerpt
BELINDA
âJesus fucking Christ, Belinda!â
âWhat?â
âAre you blind? Or deaf? Or dumb? Or what?â
I just stare at him.
Vann takes a step forward, forcing me to take a step back too. And my step is actually a step up. He points his finger at me. I swat it away.
âIâm gonna say this once, OK? Just once.â
âSay whatever the fuck you want. I donât care what you do.â
He climbs one step. And so do I. âI like you,â he says, climbing another step. So I climb another step. âI like your filthy mouth, Belinda Baker. I like your stupid cowboy boots. I like your pink hair.â He keeps climbing the steps, so I have to keep climbing the steps. âI like the way you road-trip.â
âWhat?â Iâm so confused.
Heâs still climbing the steps and now my back is against my front door. âI like the way you wear that glitter shit on your eyelids in the summer. And the way you wear fingerless gloves in the winter even though you complain, every single day, that your fucking hands are cold. I like the way your hair smells when you show up for work and itâs still wet. I like the way you spin on your stupid stool in front of the shop cash register and glare at the giggly sorority girls like you canât wait for them to wake up sober tomorrow and realize they just paid a hundred bucks for a My Little Mermaid tramp stamp. I like the way you bite your lip when youâre tattooing and the way you always have a smear of ink on the side of your face by the time youâre done.â
I reach up to touch my face.
âYes, you have ink there, right now. And I love that. Because you donât even care enough to check the mirror after youâre done with a client to notice that you always have ink smeared on your fucking face after you tattoo someone. I like the way you kick at stones when you walk down the street like youâre some troubled teen with pregnancy issues.â
âWhat?â I laugh.
âI like the way you bitch, and moan, and complain that no one takes you seriously. In fact, I love that no one takes you seriously, because then theyâd figure out just how awesome you are, and Iâm afraid youâll actually find someone else before I can convince you that I am good for you. I want to date you, Belinda Baker. And you know what really pissed me off tonight?â
He pauses.
I become uneasy. âAm I supposed to guess?â
âIâm not mad that you fucked Tony in the alley. OK? Thatâs not it. Iâm angry that you gave him the chance that I deserve.â
My stomach⦠falls. I donât know of any other way to describe the feeling I get when I internalize those last few words of his. Except⦠falling. Like the world has just been yanked out from under me. Like Iâm adrift in a sea of mistakes.
Because heâs absolutely right.
âVannââ
âNo,â he says, still seething. âNo.â He holds up one finger. âIâm not done. You donât get to talk yet. Iâve been holding this in all fucking night while you laughed and joked with my goddamned brother and his stupid yoked-out army friend. Who, by the way, was leering at you the entire time.â
âHe was not!â
âHe so was!â
âHe was lying face down, Vann!â
âI just want to say this.â He pauses again and his chest is rising and falling very quickly, like heâs really upset. And his lips are falling into a deep frown. And his face is becoming flushed with heat. âI have earned my chance, Belinda. I didnât become your friend because I wanted to get in your pants. I didnât get you the apprentice job because I thought weâd be good together. I didnât drive you and Tara two thousand miles to Key West because I thought maybe youâd finally see me for what I am. I did all those things because I like you. With no expectations whatsoever. I did all those things because I enjoy you. And when weâre together, life is fun. Even when weâre running from guys called Diablo, and smuggling people on boats, and especially when weâre just hanging out doing nothing. Saying nothing. Thatâs my favorite time with you. Because weâre at that place now. That place where weâre comfortable. And I keep waiting for you to see how good we are. And you justââhe shakes his headâârefuse! You just refuse to even consider me. But this asshole Tony Dumas shows up out of nowhere and you give him all the considerations. You say you donât like himââ
âI donât!â
âYou say that, but then why, Belinda? Why do you give him all the chances he hasnât earned?â
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Author Bio
JA Huss is the New York Times Bestselling author of 321 and has been on the USA Today Bestseller's list 21 times in the past five years. She writes characters with heart, plots with twists, and perfect endings.
Her new sexy sci-fi romance and paranormal romance pen name is KC Cross and she writes novels and teleplays collaboratively with actor and screenwriter, Johnathan McClain.
Her books have sold millions of copies all over the world, the audio version of her semi-autobiographical book, Eighteen, was nominated for a Voice Arts Award and an Audie Award in 2016 and 2017 respectively. Her audiobook, Mr. Perfect, was nominated for a Voice Arts Award in 2017. Her audiobook, Taking Turns, was nominated for an Audie Award in 2018. Five of her book were optioned for a TV series by MGM television in 2018. And her book, Total Exposure, was nominated for a RITA Award in 2019.
She lives on a ranch in Central Colorado with her family.
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