For years Cole thinks it’s just a harmless game, nothing of true importance, and can’t see he’s crippled by this nameless passion.

It keeps him from a fast victory over Phoebe’s heart before his own could catch fire but won’t let him embrace the promise of redemption in marriage either, pushing him off the cliff again, forcing him to fight ( Read more... )

It’s not before she sees them share a loving kiss in the park that Paige realizes she has changed. It was just 24 hours ago that she watched him naked and sweaty, his muscles straining with effort, his smile predatory and she felt nothing. But now her blood is rushing faster through her veins as she imagines that dark, dangerous man pressed against ( Read more... )