Destroy Me Trilogy Series by Garnell Wallace

CiderIt's bad when your dog is a nicer human being than you are.Zaiden Sano was at the wrong place at the wrong time the day he walked into Bumble Books and met me. Big and bad and with the manners of a mongrel, he thought he could bend me to his will. Too bad for him, I wasn't the cowering type anymore... moreCiderIt's bad when your dog is a nicer human being than you are.Zaiden Sano was at the wrong place at the wrong time the day he walked into Bumble Books and met me. Big and bad and with the manners of a mongrel, he thought he could bend me to his will. Too bad for him, I wasn't the cowering type anymore. Leaving my abusive husband and creating a better life for my son had given me a backbone and I wasn't about to bend for anyone, not even the hot hermit who made my heart forget it was too broken for love.ZaidenI'd never had very good social skills and I became even more of a recluse after my wife died. I lived with my dog, books, and demons for six years. I didn't need people, and then I met Cider Rae. She annoyed the hell out of me at first with her tit-for-tat attitude, but that was better than the write-off most people gave me. When I saw the woman behind the bravado, I knew I was the last thing she needed. I was a deeply damaged mess and had no business loving her and her child. The certainty that I would destroy her was still not enough to keep me away.The thing is, I was so worried about how I would destroy Cider that I never imagined that this sweet temptress could be the death of me.Destroy The Pretty is a standalone book in a trilogy. less

If Jericho Blackwood tells you the sky is blue, trust me, it's gray.The man is a beautiful liar and believing him left me heartbroken, pregnant, depressed, pissed off, and shattered when the only real love he'd given me, our son, was brutally ripped from my arms.Now, here he comes twenty-two years later with sugar on his tongue after a terrible accident steals away my sister and young niece. He offers me comfort in his arms and I can't resist that magnetic pull back into his web of lies... moreIf Jericho Blackwood tells you the sky is blue, trust me, it's gray.The man is a beautiful liar and believing him left me heartbroken, pregnant, depressed, pissed off, and shattered when the only real love he'd given me, our son, was brutally ripped from my arms.Now, here he comes twenty-two years later with sugar on his tongue after a terrible accident steals away my sister and young niece. He offers me comfort in his arms and I can't resist that magnetic pull back into his web of lies.I know this man, inside and out, so why do I ache for him and will history repeat itself, and once again, will being in Jericho's arms destroy me?I was born into a family of monsters who would lie, cheat and steal to get what they wanted.I did all of the above and more to Salem after I told her I loved her.Decades later, I have to convince Salem that I'm not the man I used to be, but how can I do that when there are still lies between us? I want to be honest, but there are some things she must never know. less

LeoI'd instantly fallen in love with Gideon Grey the first time I saw him. Granted, I was seven at the time and had no idea what falling in love was. However, there was something about the scrawny boy that fascinated me. I stole bread from the church charity bake sale to erase the hunger in his eyes, and he stole my heart.Years later, we reconnected in a bar, and I learned what falling in love meant... moreLeoI'd instantly fallen in love with Gideon Grey the first time I saw him. Granted, I was seven at the time and had no idea what falling in love was. However, there was something about the scrawny boy that fascinated me. I stole bread from the church charity bake sale to erase the hunger in his eyes, and he stole my heart.Years later, we reconnected in a bar, and I learned what falling in love meant. I thought we would spend the rest of our lives together, and we'd tell our children about growing up in the same small town, and how my parents had forbade us from being together. They took me away from him at fourteen, and fate brought us together again at twenty. We had the perfect forbidden love story, and then, like so many other great love stories, ours ended in tragedy.We didn't die like Romeo and Juliet, but four other people did, because of Gideon's terrible mistake, for which he went to jail, and I ended up in a wheelchair. Six years after he destroyed my life, Gideon returned home, and I quickly learned that hating him would be a lot harder than I’d anticipated.GideonThe night of the car accident began in Heaven, and ended in the depths of Hell. The choices I'd made came with irreparable consequences, and I'd accepted them all. I have to live with my choices and carry my demons on my back. My guilt will always be my cross, and I would gladly endure the burden with Leo by my side. From the moment I first saw her, she was the only woman for me. I came home to the hate-to-love chapter of our story, and I'm willing to wait until she has a change of heart. We will have our happily-ever-after, because a love like ours is too powerful to die from one mistake. less