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    Vengeance
    Vengeance
    Vengeance
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    Vengeance

    By Ashlynn Monroe

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    With her husband murdered and her city growing more dangerous each day, Audra Jacob struggles to build a new life for herself and her young son. Her first step is finding a perfect job at the offices of wealthy businessman Cain Maddox. Cain is hot, but Audra's sure a man like him couldn’t be interested in a nobody like her.

    Cain Maddox is more than a handsome CEO. He's a mysterious vigilante, the one thing that keeps the criminals from overrunning Roman Falls. Dark forces helped create the protector he’s become. His powers given by a demon inside he struggles to control. When he’s moments too late to defend Audra, the woman he’s grown to care for, he brings her to the one man he knows can save her.

    As a dormant creature inside of Audra awakens, so does her need for vengeance and answers.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDecadent Publishing
    Release dateMar 28, 2011
    ISBN9781936394951
    Vengeance
    Author

    Ashlynn Monroe

    Ashlynn Monroe is a busy wife and mom. She’s been writing since she was a teenager for her own pleasure but in her thirties, she decided it was time to share her stories. She enjoys writing about anything and everything paranormal. When she is not lovingly raising her young family, she is dreaming up her next tale of romance. She’d love to hear from you at authorashlynnmonroe@gmail.com. Visit her website at http://ashlynnmonroe.com/ or for her YA books go to http://ashlynnmonroeya@webs.com/.

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      Book preview

      Vengeance - Ashlynn Monroe

      Vengeance

      By

      Ashlynn Monroe

      Smashwords Edition Copyright © 2011 by Ashlynn Monroe

      ISBN: 978-1-936394-95-1

      Cover art by Dara England

      The unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this copyrighted work is illegal. Criminal copyright infringement (including infringement without monetary gain) is investigated by the FBI and is punishable by up to 5 years in federal prison and a fine of $250,000.

      Please purchase only authorized electronic editions and do not participate in, or encourage, the electronic piracy of copyrighted materials. Your support of the author’s rights is appreciated.

      This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the products of the author’s imagination or used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

      All rights reserved. Except for use in any review, the reproduction or utilization of this work, in whole or in part, in any form by any electronic, mechanical or other means now known or hereafter invented, is forbidden without the written permission of the publisher.

      Published by Decadent Publishing Company, LLC

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      http://www.decadentpublishing.com

      ~DEDICATION~

      To all my wonderful Facebook and Myspace friends and Twitter followers—you guys and gals enrich my life more than you can know.

      Chapter One

      Slapping at the alarm clock to still the annoying buzz, Audra Jacob opened her eyes and breathed a tired sigh. As usual, she’d woken exhausted. Even after two years, the look on the face of the teenager who’d killed her husband haunted her dreams.

      After she showered and dressed in jeans and a soft pink T-shirt, Audra combed her hair into a bun and applied her modest make-up. Downstairs, the aroma of rich, fragrant coffee welcomed her into the kitchen, and she slurped the hot liquid with delight as its magic began to wake her. Looking out into her mother's small garden, she was glad her mother had taken her in after her husband’s death, and the job she’d found cleaning at Maddox Industries had given her a much needed fresh start.

      Cain Maddox—rich and sexy, sweet yet a bit dark—had amazing appeal with raven black hair and piercing blue-gray eyes that seemed to look into her soul. He was the most handsome man she had ever seen, but thinking about it always made her feel guilty, as if she dishonored Finley’s memory. Still, working for Mr. Maddox had become an important part of her life. The job provided a comfortable monotony that made her feel safe.

      The temp agency instructed her that discretion was the most important qualification for the job, and she’d signed a manifesto of legal forms as thick as a Bible that swore her to discretion. It was hard not to speculate as to the purpose of his need for privacy, particularly after what must have been the sixtieth page and terrible writer’s cramp in her hand. She assumed he contracted for the government or something like that. In the two years she’d been employed for Mr. Maddox, she’d never seen anything that warranted his privacy paranoia, so she assumed he was just a bit eccentric. Anyone with his bank account had the privilege to have quirks, and, honestly, she found it amusing. He’d hired her on full-time after only a few months, and she’d always be grateful to him. So, she kept her opinions to herself.

      Audra peeked into her son Sam’s bedroom before leaving. He was fast asleep. Looking at him made her heart ache with love. She felt blessed to have a caring employer who let her set her own hours, so she was able to be home to pick her little boy up from preschool every day.

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