(AUTHOR'S NOTE: This series is a spin-off of the HIS WICKED GAMES Series. While it's not absolutely necessary to read those books first, you might enjoy this novel more if you do. And the first book--His Wicked Games--is currently FREE!)------Once, Louisa "Lou" Cunningham had everything. Now, she has nothing to lose.Her father's dead. Her family's fortune is gone. She's drifting, and she'd rather lose herself in the arms of her sexy program director (or anyone, really) than deal with the turmoil inside of her.But even the wildest spirit can't run forever. Lou knows that in order to move on with her life, she has to go back. And that means returning to the estate she once called home--even if that estate is now a luxury tourist attraction called Huntington Manor.At Huntington Manor, she's no longer Lou Cunningham. She's Addison Thomas, assistant to the hotel's General Manager. Infiltrating her old home might be one of her crazier schemes, but she's ready for the challenge. What she's not ready for is Ward, the sexy Casanova of a contractor who keeps stumbling across her path. As much as she'd love to forget about her issues in the depths of his azure blue eyes, she's here to heal, not fall back into bad habits. Even if he has the most delicious set of biceps she's ever seen. Even if he might be the only one who understands what she really needs...*Recommended for readers 18+*Approx. length = 71,000 words~*~Excerpt~*~I glance over at him. He's looking at me--into me--and I wonder how much of the truth he sees in there. How much of the real LouisaCunningham. I can tell he doesn't know what to say from here, how to comfort me or convince me to open up to him. But that's okay. I can show him what I need.I lean forward again and gently brush my lips against the purpled skin beneath his eye. I hear the sharp intake of his breath, but he doesn't move, even when I move to the other eye. I go to his nose next, kissing the place where it was broken.When I sit back on my heels again, his eyes have darkened. The intensity of his gaze sends alternating waves of heat and ice down my spine. All the nerves in my body seem to have woken at once. But he doesn't move toward me."What?" I tease. "Not enough wine tonight?"He just keeps looking at me. "Are you sure about this?""Do I seem unsure?" Right now, it doesn't matter what he thinks my name is. It doesn't matter whether he understands me or not. It doesn't matter why I'm upset or why he hates Carolson or any of the rest of it. I'm exhausted and there are strangers all over my house and he's here, looking perfectly tempting in the moonlight.He reaches out and touches my cheek. Fire races across my skin."You're too good for this," he says softly.This time I can't refrain from laughing out loud. "We're not having this argument again. I promise, I'm not half as good as you think I am."HIS WICKED GAMES SERIESBook 1 - His Wicked Games - FREE!Book 2 - Truth or DareBook 2.5 - Sweet VictoryHER WICKED HEART SERIES(spin-off series)Book 1 - Her Wicked HeartBook 2 - Lost and Found (Coming Late Spring 2014)