Smoke and Mirrors: A Forever Inked Novel

She's running from her past. He's running from his future. When the two collide, she may lose more than her heart, she could lose her life.

Smoke and Mirrors is a Forever Inked standalone!Dangerous.That's the first word that came to mind when I set my eyes upon my new co-worker at Forever Inked.Beautiful.That's the next word my mind conjured up. I'd never thought of a man as beautiful before. Handsome? Yes. Cute? Sure. Freakin' hot? Absolutely. Beautiful? Never. Draven was dangerously beautiful. I stopped dealing with dangerous men years ago. I'd gone to extremes to avoid them. I'd created a new life for myself. I was happy. Perhaps a little lonely, but safe. I'd take lonely over a dangerous man any day, no matter how beautiful he was. I just didn't know how I was going to avoid Draven since I'd be working with him every day. Not even God could help me with this one. My new "boss" was curvy as hell, wrapped in tight jeans and a t-shirt that showed just a hint of cleavage. Layla's inky black hair fell halfway down her back and begged to have my hand wrapped around it as she screamed out my name. I didn't miss the way her perfectly drawn, dark-lined cat eyes roamed over my body or the way she clenched her thighs together. Little did she know that she'd already started a fire within me. A curiosity. I wouldn't be happy until I solved the puzzle that was her. My time at Forever Inked was a debt I owed before returning to the Romanian mob in New York, and Layla was a gorgeous distraction from reality. She was mine. She just didn't know it yet. This book contains mature themes, strong language, and sexual situations. It is intended for adult readers 18+.