USA TODAY Bestselling Author Holly S Roberts likes to gloss over her exciting past as a homicide detective and make you think she sits at a computer all day writing. Nothing could be farther from the truth. You’ll find Holly in the mountains on a long hike or at the gym pounding barbells with the boys. She’s a health coach and nutritionist as well as being vegan and proving muscles come from hard work and plant-based foods. When the weather’s too cold for outdoor play, she sneaks into her dark cave and writes until her fingers ache. She’s also followed around by a hundred-pound Rottweiler with anxiety issues and constant need for affection. Each finished chapter gets a dog lick when Holly stays on course.   

Enter the hotter than hell world of sex, drugs, and danger. Notorious crime boss Chase Xavier Moon takes few prisoners and lives a lavish life of sin limited only by his imagination. When ex-cop Madison Kinlock enters Moon’s world, nothing will ever be the same. They knock heads constantly but everyone knows the heat is turned on high and a meltdown to end all meltdowns is coming.  


Hotter Than Hell

I wake up with a steady throb pounding inside my head. With early childhood conditioning, I don't open my eyes as I scramble to remember what happened. Austin put a drug in my wine and I'm back with my brother. The fact I'm not dead yet is not good. It takes a few minutes to gain the courage to open my eyes.


I squint into the brightly lit room and receive a sharp pain in my head. The four-poster bed is not my brother's and I exhale the breath I was holding. Glancing nervously around the room, I try to figure out where I am. This could be a room I haven't seen at Austin's place, but it doesn't feel right. I pull the cover back slightly and notice I'm naked. I jump when the door opens and I immediately regret not checking for a weapon.


Chapter 244: Melina