Ruffskin: Dance with the Devil, #2.5

By Megan Derr

An ordinary rainy day at the Bremen is interrupted when a strange courier shows up with a package for Peyton Blue, the Bremen's much-loved owner and bartender. When the package turns out to be a piece of Peyton's past and brings that past violently into the present, it is up to Johnnie to resolve a years old problem and put the past where it belongs once and for all.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Megan Derr
• Release date: Oct 2, 2019
• ISBN: 9781393927082

Megan Derr

Megan is a long-time resident of queer romance and keeps herself busy reading and writing it. She is often accused of fluff and nonsense. When she’s not involved in writing, she likes to cook, harass her wife and cats, or watch movies. She loves to hear from readers and can be found all over the internet.meganderr.compatreon.com/meganderrmeganderr.blogspot.comfacebook.com/[e-mail]@meganaderr

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An ordinary rainy day at the Bremen is interrupted when a strange courier shows up with a package for Peyton Blue, the Bremen's much-loved owner and bartender.

The package turns out to be a piece of something from Peyton's past—a gift from a man he still loves, but does not dare go near, because of the crime he committed years ago that forced him to flee his pack.

Unfortunately, the gift isn't the only piece of his past that comes calling, and it's up to Johnnie to put the past where it belongs once and for all, if any of them hope to have a future.

Ruffskin

By Megan Derr

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission of the publisher, except for the purpose of reviews.

Edited by Samantha M. Derr

Cover designed by Natasha Snow

This book is a work of fiction and as such all characters and situations are fictitious. Any resemblance to actual people, places, or events is coincidental.

Third Edition August 2019

Copyright © 2019 by Megan Derr

Printed in the United States of America

The quotes used by Johnnie and Grim were pulled from the following sources:

The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations by Subject Edited by Susan Ratcliffe

ISBN 978-0-19-860750-2

21st Century Dictionary of Quotations Edited by The Princeton Language Institute

ISBN 0-440-21447-5

Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales Barnes & Noble Books edition

ISBN 0-88029-519-8

The Complete Works of Edgar Allen Poe

ISBN 978-0-40-405109-9

Ruffskin

2.5

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MEGAN DERR

What did I tell you? Johnnie snapped, slapping Grim's hands away. Do not touch me. If you want to touch, you can go back to your stupid ex. I said do not touch me! Slapping at Grim's hands again, he turned and stalked across the bar to the pool table, leaving Grim to hang up their wet, muddy coats. Angry, he yanked down his cue stick from the rack.

The balls were already racked, ready, and waiting. The bar, thankfully, was empty. It had been nothing but rain, rain, and more rain the past few days. Locals were braced for the hurricane season not far off, and to judge by the already foul weather, it was going to be an interesting time.

Johnnie struck, sending balls scattering, wishing each and every one of them was the head of the pretty little witch who had all but plastered himself to Grim while they had been out shopping. And right in front of him! Like Johnnie did not even exist.

That was easily rectified, to be certain. If the fool was stupid enough to give his name, then he could suffer the consequences of being blacklisted by Desrosiers. See who had the audacity