Leather & Lark (The Ruinous Love Trilogy, #2)
Brynne Weaver
Contract killer Lachlan Kane wants a quiet life working in his leather studio and forgetting all about his traumatic past. But when he botches a job for his bossās biggest client, Lachlan knows heāll never claw his way out of the underworld. At least, not untilĀ songbirdĀ Lark Montague offers him a deal: use his skills to hunt down a killer and sheāll find a way to secure his freedom. The catch? He has to marry her first.Ā
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And they canāt stand each other.Ā
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Indie singer-songwriter Lark is the sunshine and glitter that burns through every cloud and clings to every crevice that Lachlan Kane tries to hide inside. The surly older brother of her best friendās soulmate, Lachlan thinks sheās just a privileged princess, but Lark has plenty of secrets hiding in the shadows of her bright light. With her formidable family in a tailspin and her best friendās happiness on the line, sheās willing to make a vow to the man sheās determined to hate, no matter how tempting the broody assassin might be.Ā
As Lachlan and Lark navigate the dark world that binds them together, it becomesĀ impossible to discernĀ theirĀ fake marriage from a real one. But itās not just familiar dangers that haunt them.Ā
Thereās another phantom lurking on their doorstep.Ā
And this one has come for blood.