Sinners' Playground (The Harlequin Crew #1) - Caroline Peckham Page 0,278

dark oaths that crept under my skin and tried to break my will, claiming me in ways I never wanted to be claimed, owning me as surely as he had when we were kids. But that future held promises which could never be fulfilled now. Because now his intentions were anything but good and I’d fallen prey to the monster in him without ever having the chance to escape. “You’re mine now, beautiful. Don’t fight the inevitable. It’ll only hurt more if you do.”

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__Author Note__

Well hello there…how are you doing? Isn’t it nice when you get to start off a series and just get to enjoy all of the nice squishy get to know you vibes? Did you like the way we eased you into this world like you were sinking into a warm bath with a nice relaxing glass of vino?

I mean, there might have been a teeny weeny bit of heartache there (Washer Pun not intended (btw you can read Zodiac Academy if this means nothing to you and you wanna meet a fun teacher with a penchant for wearing speedos and squeezing into your heart and other interesting places)).

Anyway, where was I? Oh yeah, we were discussing how Rogue and her boys are living their best lives right about now and it’s all sunshine and rainbows in the cove and you’re praising us for the feel good vibes and errr…

Okay, yeah, we were dicks with this one.

But honestly, it wasn’t intentional. We were like oh noooo sad backstory, waaah, what a road to recovery this shall beee, but then, like a wet salmon slapping us on the ass, we were hit with the reality of the Harlequin Crew and the dark, dark world they live in. I mean, who would have thought that being part of a gang run by a monster of a man wouldn’t be fun all the time? Not I, good sir. But, turns out living that kind of life can fuck you up a bit. Or a lot.

Anyway, we’ve got a few books to go, so I’m sure they’ll figure it out in the end. Fox will suddenly decide that sharing is caring. JJ will realise that the best dick you can give is the dick you give for free. Maverick will stop being utterly awful. And Chase will actually turn out to be really cool and not a backstabbing son of a bitch butt sucker after all.

Hmm. Seems like a tall order come to think of it so maybe we’ll just focus on Shawn getting what’s coming to him. Fucking Shawn. You haven’t even met him yet and you just know he’s the worst, don’t you? So yeah, let’s hope he dies easily and without causing any drama. Seems reasonable.

Ahem.

On a more serious note, we really want to thank you so much for reading this story (as well as any others of ours that we may have hooked you into) and let you know how much we appreciate you. Not just the collective you either. I mean YOU as you’re reading this rambling nonsense that you’ve been sucked into after finishing the actual book. We love you. It’s true. You are the foundation that our dreams are built on and the reason that we are getting to live them every day. Sorry for getting all weird and poetic there, but what I’m trying to say is that by reading our books you are making it possible for us to keep on writing and writing and writing. And I’m sorry that in payment for that we reach into your chest and squeeze your heart a little too roughly and that our characters aren’t gentle when they creep into your mind and shake everything up, but hopefully you’re enjoying the ride – even if it gets a little bit bumpy sometimes. Or all of the time. I blame Shawn. Fucking Shawn.

But if you feel the need to curse us then we graciously accept it and can provide locks of hair for use in voodoo dolls, drops of blood to add to magical potions or even our full names so that you can write them on a spelled piece of parchment to burn. All we ask is that you send payment in the form of a bottle of your saltiest reading tears and join our reader group here where you can shout at us to your heart’s content and meet a group of the best people we know who love all things fictional just as much as you do.

The world is kind of sucking right now, but you know what readers have that non-readers don’t? Endless gateways into thousands of worlds where we can escape to at any moment with nothing more than the turn of a page. So take that Corona and stick it up your ass (not the beer bottle kind, unless you’re into that type of thing). When we’ve vaccinated the shit out of you, you’ll be nothing but a fuzzy memory of a time when we got to do lots of great reading and hold our families closer.

In the meantime, you’ll find us with our heads in a book,

Love Susanne and Caroline x

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