Frayed - Part One
Ellen Callahan

Owen “Surly” is the tough and dirty fighter from Queens. A man of few words and fast fists. He thinks he has it all - the professional fighting career, the close group of friends, the fast-paced life in the big city. But everyone is pairing up and starting families, while he can’t get over one girl from his past.
Two years have gone by since the last time he saw her - the mysterious girl with the eyes of an angel. She’d said it was just a fling back then, but flings didn’t leave you heartbroken. Flings didn’t haunt you through the years.
And now Dee is back and in big trouble, trailing danger with her everywhere she goes.
He wants to help her, but how do you help a girl who just ups and disappears for days? He wants to save her, but how do you save a girl who won’t - or can’t - even tell you her secrets?
The “one who got away” isn’t supposed to come back just to break your heart again. But Surly falls too hard too fast, and gets all too caught up in her dangerous games…
This is the first part in a four-part series. Part two is coming soon!