


Betting ends once the opponents are on the floor. “Welcome to the bloodbath! If you are looking for Economics 101… you are in the wrong fucking place, my friend! If you seek the Circle, this is Mecca! My name is Adam. A man stood on a wooden chair, holding a wad of cash in one hand, the horn in the other. The noise startled me, and I jumped in reaction, looking for the source of the blast. The sharp bleating of a bullhorn cut through the smoky air. America grabbed his hand and then mine as Shepley led us through the sea of people. “Stay close! It’ll get worse once it starts!” Shepley yelled over the noise. Her broad smile gleamed even in the dim light.

“Keep your cash in your wallet, Abby!” America called to me. I squeezed through the crowd, following close behind my best friend. Voices blurred as they yelled numbers and names back and forth, and arms flailed about, exchanging money and gestures to communicate over the noise. The stairs were crumbling, the rowdy patrons were shoulder to shoulder, and the air was a medley of sweat, blood, and mold. But when a Maddox boy falls in love, he loves forever-even if she is the only reason their already broken family could fall apart.Chapter One: Red Flag Chapter One Red FlagĮVERYTHING IN THE ROOM SCREAMED that I didn’t belong. Just when he thinks his life is returning to normal, he notices Cami sitting alone at a table at The Red.Īs the baby sister of four rowdy brothers, Cami believes she'll have no problem keeping her new friendship with Trenton Maddox strictly platonic. His friends wanted to be him, and women wanted to tame him, but after a tragic accident turned his world upside down, Trenton leaves campus to come to grips with the crushing guilt.Įighteen months later, Trenton is living at home with his widower father, and works full-time at a local tattoo parlor to help with the bills. Trenton Maddox was the king of Eastern State University, dating co-eds before he even graduated high school. Now tending bar at The Red Door, Cami doesn't have time for much else besides work and classes, until a trip to see her boyfriend is cancelled, leaving her with a first weekend off in almost a year. She has held down a job since before she could drive, and moved into her own apartment after her freshman year of college. Phenomenon continues in the first heart-pounding new adult romance in The Maddox Brothers series.įiercely independent Camille "Cami" Camlin gladly moved on from her childhood before it was over.
