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

We received one meal yesterday, so I know I'll only have one shot at this today. For the first time, I'm thankful it's Cori's fingers Fernandez cut off. I need all of mine for the coming fight. We'll both need our feet and it will be hard enough without shoes. I have no idea where we are, which means there's a chance we'll be running for miles. I can do it if Cori can. Hell, I'll pick her up and carry her if she can't.


I haven't told her my plan yet because I want her to sleep as much as possible so she has enough strength for what I have planned. Right now, she's sleeping like the dead. When I touch her flushed cheeks, she's hot. Too hot. I wet a sheet strip and lay it on her forehead. She doesn't stir and her breathing is ragged. She'll die if I can't get us out of here.


The section of metal shelving I removed is bent into a point on the sides and it's flat enough that I can sit on it, hopefully without notice.


Chapter 272: Madison