Outmatched

A Novel

Kristen Callihan

Samantha Young

Also by Kristen Callihan

Other Adult Contemporary titles by Kristen Callihan

The Game On Series:

The Hook Up

The Friend Zone

The Game Plan

The Hot Shot

VIP Series:

Idol

Managed

Fall

Adult Paranormal Romance titles by Kristen Callihan

Darkest London Series:

Firelight

Ember

Moonglow

Winterblaze

Entwined

Shadowdance

Evernight

Soulbound

Forevermore

Also by Samantha Young

Play On

As Dust Dances

Into the Deep

Out of the Shallows

Hero

Villain: a Hero Novella

One Day: A Valentine Novella

Fight or Flight

On Dublin Street Series:

On Dublin Street

Down London Road

Before Jamaica Lane

Fall From India Place

Echoes of Scotland Street

Moonlight on Nightingale Way

Until Fountain Bridge (a novella)

Castle Hill (a novella)

Valentine (a novella)

One King’s Way (a novella)

Hart’s Boardwalk Series:

The One Real Thing

Every Little Thing

Things We Never Said

Adult Paranormal Romance titles by Samantha Young

(written under S. Young)

War of Hearts: A True Immortality Novel

Young Adult contemporary titles by Samantha Young

The Impossible Vastness of Us

The Fragile Ordinary

Young Adult Urban Fantasy titles by Samantha Young

The Tale of Lunarmorte Trilogy:

Moon Spell

River Cast

Blood Solstice

Warriors of Ankh Trilogy:

Blood Will Tell

Blood Past

Shades of Blood

Fire Spirits Series:

Smokeless Fire

Scorched Skies

Borrowed Ember

Darkness, Kindled

One

Rhys

My dad once told me that most people didn’t intend to ruin their lives; they simply made a series of stupid choices. He’d been in his battered leather chair, wide shoulders hunched over the executive rosewood desk that had been the pride of his office. The same chair I slumped in now, facing the same expansive desk.

Idly, I traced a finger along the edge, the once-gleaming wood now dull and nicked. As a kid, it seemed odd to me that Dad wanted this ornate desk, more suited to a law firm, as the centerpiece of a bare-bones boxing and martial arts gym office. When I’d asked him about it, he’d smiled in that faint way of his.

“Lights Out is my pride and joy, boyo.” He’d spread his big, scarred hands over the shining desktop. “Here is where I represent it. Like it or not, appearances matter.”

Actions and words counted equal measure in his world. Act decisively, speak your piece with truth, and make good choices.

What would he think of my choices?

“Nothing good,” I muttered, then pressed the pads of my fingers to my aching eyes. At the moment, I wasn’t thinking much of my dad’s choices either.