Suddenly, there’s a new dealer on the beach, and getting close to Shelby could get me the answers I need.

But it’s becoming a lot harder to hate her when she’s tearing my walls down.

Because Shelby knows my secret.

I need her, but this girl knows how to put up a fight.

Warning: Defiant deals with issues of child abuse and assault. It is the third installment in the Wicked Hearts series, although each book could be read as a standalone. It wouldn’t be a Sara Cate book without tons of angst and a hate-to-love-him alpha-virgin and a feisty heroine ready to show him the ropes, literally. Welcome back to Wicked Beach!

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Don’t touch the rich girls.

Those are the rules.

Sierra is off-limits.

Locals like me can’t have girls like her—pure, rich, and beautiful.

She comes to Wicked Beach every Spring Break, and up until now, I’ve managed to stay away.

But this year, everything’s changed.

Because that doe-eyed girl is all grown up, and she’s not making it easy for me to say no anymore. But my seedy addiction and life of crime has no place in her picture-perfect world.

And Sierra is in more danger than she realizes.

So we make a deal—one week together, but at the end of her vacation she has to leave.

No commitment, no future. No happily-ever-after.

Because if I want to keep her safe, I’m the one she has to run from.

Warning: Delicate deals with the very real issue of coping with and overcoming addiction. In true Sara Cate style, the angst is high and the happy endings don’t come easy. Welcome to Wicked Beach!

Also by Sara Cate

Wicked Hearts Series

Delicate

Dangerous

Defiant

Age-gap romance

Beautiful Monster

Beautiful Sinner

Wilde Boys Duet

Gravity

Free Fall

Reverse Harem

Four

Cocky Hero Club

Handsome Devil

About the Author

Sara Cate writes forbidden romance with lots of angst, a little age gap, and heaps of steam. Living in Arizona with her husband and kids, Sara spends most of her time reading, writing, or baking.

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