Caged (Long Beach #3)

***This book can be read as a stand-alone novel***

Kori

It's said that bad luck comes in threes. In my case—it just keeps coming. First, I come home to find my boyfriend cheating on me with someone I thought was my friend. Second, I learn that he's stolen all the cash I've been saving for the past year. Third, I find myself suddenly homeless.

Thank God for good friends, because Zoey finds me a place to stay—except there's one problem. My new roommate happens to be an extremely hot and sexy guy. I've never roomed with a guy I'm not dating, and it's a struggle not to act upon the attraction that sizzles between us when we're in the same room together. When I end up getting a job at the club he works at, it's just that much harder to ignore what we both crave.

If Jeremy isn't enough trouble to contend with, I also have my little brother's drug dealer to deal with. I haven't seen Travis in months, and now he's missing and owing more money than I can pay off. With these people breathing down my neck and threatening my very freedom, I have no choice but to try to earn every penny that Travis owes—even if it kills me. I will not allow them to drag me down into their dark world of desperation and corruption. If I don't figure something out fast, they'll own me for life, and that's a fate I can't accept.

Jeremy

The last thing I want is to share my place with some girl, but when a friend shows up on my doorstep with the homeless Kori Jaymes, I can't turn her away. I know immediately that she's going to turn my world upside down, because Kori is provocative without even trying. She's exactly the type of girl I like to date, but I've done the 'friends with benefits' thing before, and all it got me was a broken heart. Unable to turn Kori away, I agree to let her room with me with every intention of keeping my distance.

Avoiding my new roommate turns out to be easier than I expected—that is until she gets a job as a cage dancer at the nightclub I work at. It's bad enough living with her, but it's an entirely different story when I have to watch her dance around in skimpy outfits and try to ignore the intense attraction I feel. You can't blame me when I cave and taste the goods. But when I start noticing that Kori is running herself into the ground and not taking care of herself like she should, I can't help but sense that something is very wrong. I'm a fool for getting involved more than I should, but instinct tells me she's in some sort of trouble, and I refuse to sit back and watch her destroy herself.


Recommended for ages 18+.