All I Want (Spirits of Laken #2)

By Eden Ashe

Megan Bannon is a small-town girl, perfectly content to live her small-town life, until Jess Thorn shows up at her vintage shop, looking for a family heirloom. He's hot, sexy as hell, with an edge of danger she can't quite pin down, and the longer he's in her shop, the more she starts to fantasize about ripping his clothes off. He's made it clear it would only be one night, because the second he finds the amulet, he's gone.

Jess is running out of time. From a long line of supernatural hunters, he discovered the amulet possessing his recently deceased brother’s soul had been accidentally sold in an online auction. Knowing he only had a brief window of time before his brother's spirit becomes angry, then violent, Thorn is desperate to find it before anything bad happens. Only he hadn't counted on meeting Megan.

After a lifetime of hunting the bad, shadowy things in the world, Thorn wants to soak up her goodness and never let her go. But his dead brother is angry, and when it becomes too late, the one person he suddenly can't bear to see hurt becomes the biggest target of all.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Decadent Publishing
• Release date: Nov 29, 2016
• ISBN: 9781683611264

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All I Want

Copyright  2016 by Eden Ashe

ISBN: 978-1-68361-126-4

Cover art by Mina Carter

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Dear Readers,

I never meant to write this story. And when I did start it, I had someone completely different in mind for Megan. Then halfway through the first chapter, I realized the hero was someone I’d created for a different Megan years ago. By realizing it, I mean Jess Thorn took over my brain, took control of my fingers, and forced me to write the story he wanted. For his Megan. Considering the guy’s size and the fact that he hunts demons for a living, I wasn’t brave enough to argue with him. Heck, I’m afraid of the freakin’ dark. I’m not about to poke an imaginary character twice my size.

But what’s really funny about this, is that I realized three-quarter of the way through the story that Thorn had managed to maneuver everything so his Megan was never in danger. *I* had every intention of putting her in this huge conflict scene, but Thorn had seen to it that she was nowhere near the actual fight. If anyone was going to be hurt, it would be him.

Then Megan laughed at him.

That’s why I love these two so much. She’s sunshine and light against his darkness, but they are exactly what the other one needs. They may move fast, but once he set eyes on her, Thorn’s heart was gone.

Hope you all love them as much as I do.

Eden

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Also by Eden Ashe

All I Need (Spirits of Laken Book 1)

All I Want

Megan Bannon is a small town girl, perfectly content to live her small town life, until Jess Thorn shows up at her vintage shop, looking for a family heirloom. He's hot, sexy as hell, with an edge of danger she can't quite pin down, and the longer he's in her shop, the more she starts to fantasize about ripping his clothes off. He's made it clear it would only be one night, because the second he finds the amulet, he's gone.

Jess is running out of time. From a long line of supernatural hunters, he discovered the amulet possessing his recently deceased brother’s soul had been accidentally sold in an online auction. Knowing he only had a brief window of time before his brother's spirit becomes angry, then violent, Thorn is desperate to find it before anything bad happens. Only he hadn't counted on meeting Megan.

After a lifetime of hunting the bad, shadowy things in the world, Thorn wants to soak up her goodness and never let her go. But his dead brother is angry, and when it becomes too late, the one person he suddenly can't bear to see hurt becomes the biggest target of all.

Dedication

To Scott. Hate you so much.

All I Want

Spirits of Laken Book 2

By

Eden Ashe

Chapter One

Barely noon or not, Megan planned to get drunk. Really, really drunk.

Lemon drop martini, please, in the biggest glass you have. Settling at the white wrought iron table on the patio, she smiled up at the waiter. Thanks, Marc.

You’re welcome, Ms. Bannon.

Dropping her purse into her lap, she crossed her arms on the table and lowered her forehead to them. Even the sun and gentle breeze were pissing her off.

Migraine?

She lifted her gaze long enough to acknowledge her best friend, Jilly, before closing her eyes and dropping her head back to her arms. Bad day. In fact, I don’t want to seem overdramatic, but I’m pretty sure it’s the worst day ever.

Metal scraped on stone before Jilly spoke again. Wanna talk about it?

No. My stomach hurts. Megan groaned and shook her head. I have to fire Wally.

A hand patted her shoulder. What happened now?

She sat up and blew out a breath, nodding at Marc as he set her drink in front of her and took Jilly’s order. Jilly waited patiently for him to leave then leaned forward, waiting.

Megan shrugged. He screwed up the invoices again, and he catalogued yesterday morning’s delivery wrong. It’s going to take me a week to sort it out and reorganize it all.

Drink. Jilly pushed her martini toward her. Breathe. Luke and I can help if you need us.

Her day immediately brightened at the happiness on her best friend’s face. You just wanted to say that, didn’t you? ‘Luke and I.’

Jilly danced in her seat, joy shining in her sky-blue eyes. You have no idea. Which…. You up for hearing some good news?

Megan beamed. She couldn’t be miserable when someone she loved so much glowed with happiness. That the love of her friend’s life was Megan’s big brother only added another layer to it all, especially since just the month before, her friend and Luke had