Tease Series by Lisa Helen Gray

HarriettHarriett is my name. Candy is my stage name…And I’m a stripper.Yeah, you heard that right.Stripping might not be my life-long goal, but I love what I do. I’m not down on my luck, nor do I have daddy issues. Strippers aren't the cliché people make them out to be.At least, me and my friends aren’t. Life is meant to be lived, and I intend to live it to the fullest. Which is why when I meet him, I make a wager. If we meet again, we can continue where we left off... moreHarriettHarriett is my name. Candy is my stage name…And I’m a stripper.Yeah, you heard that right.Stripping might not be my life-long goal, but I love what I do. I’m not down on my luck, nor do I have daddy issues. Strippers aren't the cliché people make them out to be.At least, me and my friends aren’t. Life is meant to be lived, and I intend to live it to the fullest. Which is why when I meet him, I make a wager. If we meet again, we can continue where we left off. I never thought I’d see him again.And much less at Tease, the strip club I work at. Now I need him to look beneath the pretty exterior and see the endless beauty inside.RiverRiver is my name.Rampage is my calling card…And I’m a fighter.A damn good one.For years I’ve been splitting skin beneath my knuckles, collecting victory after victory. Until one night, I meet her.She left me standing on the pavement, watching her tail lights disappear. I never thought I’d see her again… Until one night.One chance encounter. Now I have the biggest fight of my life.Keeping her. I have a dark past, secrets I want kept buried, and scars that run deeper than any wound an opponent could inflict. But I never back down from a fight. And for the first time, I have something worth fighting for. Her. less

The moment I saw her dancing on stage at Tease, Gabby Thompson ensnared my attention.She became my best friend, my ride or die, and the woman I’d go to war for.She is also the woman who would start it.But there’s a secret between us, something that both terrifies and invigorates me...I didn’t mean to fall in love with my best friend.But I did.And I fell easily.Because sometimes, you don’t find love; it finds you. Hiding my feelings for her has been the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do... moreThe moment I saw her dancing on stage at Tease, Gabby Thompson ensnared my attention.She became my best friend, my ride or die, and the woman I’d go to war for.She is also the woman who would start it.But there’s a secret between us, something that both terrifies and invigorates me...I didn’t mean to fall in love with my best friend.But I did.And I fell easily.Because sometimes, you don’t find love; it finds you. Hiding my feelings for her has been the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do. But to keep her in my life, I’ve had to. She’s my one constant, my everything, and the thought of losing her tears me up inside.One day, I’ll confess. One day, I’ll show her what I’ve been hiding.Until then, we have a serial killer to find, and a neighbour to punish.And if that wasn’t enough to keep us distracted, life decided to throw another curve ball at me.Something I didn’t see coming.Something I wasn’t prepared for.But the world isn’t prepared for me and my girls at Tease either.Together, we’re unstoppable.So bring it on. less