Hart of Mine
Cale & Mickey, #4
Cale & Mickey, #4
by Annie Arcane
Publication date: June 25th 2017
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance
Publication date: June 25th 2017
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance
God, this woman drives me insane.
In all of the good, most of the
bad, and some of the ugliest ways imaginable. But it doesn’t matter because
she’s mine. My little sadist. My crazy girl. My beautiful wife.
And you don’t ever f*ck with
what’s mine.
Warning: Strong language,
mature content, drama, and angst included. Shirt sold separately.
This
novella is an adult contemporary romance featuring a disabled hero who (still)
happens to be a rich and sexy alpha male with a potty mouth.
Cale and Mickey: Book 4 of
4
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EXCERPT:
Fate
could be a bastard and fuck with me all day long, but I would never be caught
off-guard again. I would leave nothing to chance.
Liabilities
were mine.
Assets
were hers.
It
was simple.
There
were no ifs, ands, or buts.
“Doesn’t
matter what you want, Mickey. It’s yours regardless.”
“Seriously?”
She was staring at me as if I’d sprouted horns and was in desperate need of an
exorcism. “Can you even hear yourself?”
I
didn’t bother answering. Of course, I could hear myself. I was making perfect
sense.
She
gave a loud sigh, “I hate it when you act like this.”
“Like what?”
The pussy-whipped husband who spoils his wife rotten? The pathetic bastard who
empties his bank account at her feet?
“Like this.
Like a dumb idiot. Like a controlling jerk. Like…like…” Another sigh. Louder.
Far more exasperated. “You. You’re acting like you.”
My
fists clenched.
Great. Now I’m jealous of my hypothetical competition. Keeps on
getting better and better.
“And
who would you rather I act like?”
“Hmm,
I don’t know,” she countered sweetly. “How about a reasonable human being?”
Oh, fuck, no.
“How
the hell am I not reasonable? I do anything you ask me to. I do everything you ask me to. Even when it’s a blow
to my ego, I swallow my damn pride and do whatever you want. For Christ’s sake,
we just got married at a drive-thru because that’s what you wanted,” the reminder was bitter on my
tongue. “You think that’s what I wanted? You think I spent months learning to
stand on my own goddamn feet again because a fucking drive-thru wedding was my end goal?
“But
you say jump, I say how high, right? So, by all means, let me know what else
you need me to do, Mickey. Tell me how else to prove I trust you because I’ve
literally given you every single thing in my possession and it still isn’t good
enough. Because I’ve placed my entire life in your hands and…shit!”
It
happened so fast.
The
crazy girl tackled me.
I
didn’t even see it coming. Which was fortunate since I probably would’ve broken
something had I braced for impact. She tipped my chair over backward, knocking
me right out of the damn seat. And landed hard on top of me, knocking the wind
right out of my lungs.
As
the room swirled, her panicked voice clawed through the fog, “Oh, my God, Cale.
Are you okay?”
Crazy
fucking girl.
I
nodded, attempting to catch my breath while the fancy-ass ceiling tiles came
into focus. Guess I must’ve cracked my skull on the floor too.
“I
can’t believe that actually happened.”
A
sixteen-pound titanium wheelchair with no brakes vs. a stunningly gorgeous
human torpedo with no fear.
Physics
101.
What
the fuck did she expect would happen?
“I
was only trying to distract you.”
More
like trying to kill me. Closing my arms around her, I managed a hoarse chuckle.
It was more of a cough. I took a ragged breath and murmured, “You don’t have to
try.”
She
relaxed into my chest and whispered, “Sorry.”
“No
harm done.” Minus the splitting headache.
“Are
you sure you’re not hurt?”
“Yeah,
except…”
Her
head snapped up. “What?”
I
curbed a smile, knowing full well this was going to cost me dearly. There was
no doubt she’d make me pay for it later.
She
scrambled to alleviate her weight, hovering inches above. “What?”
Worth
any punishment, “I can’t feel my legs.”
God,
that laugh.
Who
cares about the consequences?
I’d
sell my soul to hear that laugh.
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Author Info
Romance with wounded heroes,
disabled characters, alpha males, and angst.
Annie doesn’t like long walks on
the beach, getting dolled up, or HEA endings with a boringly perfect hero.
She’d much rather be rock climbing, shooting guns, or ending on cliffhangers
with a deliciously imperfect hero. And hugs. She likes hugs.
She also has a B.Sc. in Biology
and feels kinda sorta weird referring to herself in 3rd person. Just saying.
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