Secrets, Lies & Fireworks

By Pamela Todd

For the sake of her future, she must look to her past.

It has been almost five years since Seth and Cassidy got their happily ever after and they are more in love than ever. Seth's business is booming and Cassidy adores her fast-paced career as a nurse.

The entire Hamilton clan is preparing for a big Fourth of July bash. But an arrival from Cassidy's past the day before the party sends Seth and Cassidy's world into chaos. Cassidy is forced to look inward, to acknowledge that even though she is blissfully happy with Seth, she has been holding back all these years.

Sometimes, to move forward, you have to go back.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Totally Bound Publishing
• Release date: Apr 7, 2017
• ISBN: 9781786515735

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Secrets, Lies and Fireworks

ISBN # 978-1-78651-573-5

©Copyright Pamela L. Todd 2017

Cover Art by Posh Gosh ©Copyright June 2017

Edited by Rebecca Scott

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This book contains sexually explicit content which is only suitable for mature readers. This story has a heat rating of Totally Burning and a Sexometer of 1.

Beautiful Saviors

SECRETS, LIES AND FIREWORKS

Pamela L. Todd

Book one in the Beautiful Saviors series

For the sake of her future, she must look to her past.

It has been almost five years since Seth and Cassidy got their happily ever after and they are more in love than ever. Seth’s business is booming and Cassidy adores her fast-paced career as a nurse.

The entire Hamilton clan is preparing for a big Fourth of July bash. But an arrival from Cassidy’s past the day before the party sends Seth and Cassidy’s world into chaos. Cassidy is forced to look inward, to acknowledge that even though she is blissfully happy with Seth, she has been holding back all these years.

Sometimes, to move forward, you have to go back.

Dedication

For Indie, who was sometimes my writing companion…

But more often bit my ankles.

Trademarks Acknowledgement

The author acknowledges the trademarked status and trademark owners of the following wordmarks mentioned in this work of fiction:

Billboard: Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group

Snapchat: Snap Inc.

Batman: DC Comics

The Penguin: DC Comics

The Joker: DC Comics

Arkham Asylum: DC Comics

Commissioner Gordon: DC Comics

Coke: The Coca-Cola Company

Oreo: Mondelez International, Inc./Cadbury UK Limited

Mack: Mack Trucks, Inc.

Spiderman: Marvel Comics

Stratosphere: American Casino & Entertainment Properties

X-Scream: Interactive Rides, Inc.

The Little Vegas Chapel: Las Vegas Wedding Chapel

Jimmy Choo: J Choo Limited

Advil: Pfizer Inc.

Chapter One

The automatic doors parted with a familiar swish and as I stepped through them I left the fast-paced life of patients, medical charts and beeping equipment for a world that was only just beginning to wake up. More often than not, leaving work as the dawn broke, the sky tinged with pinks and oranges, was something I enjoyed. I’d take a deep breath of crisp, clean air, having been inhaling dry air conditioning tinged with that weird medical smell that went hand in hand with a hospital, and feel sort of cleansed.

But then there were mornings like this one, where the night had been long and hard and even the dulcet tones of pretty little birdies couldn’t lift my spirits. My brain swirled with the shouts of doctors and the crying of family members. All I wanted to do was dive head-first into my bed and sleep for a few weeks.

Maybe devour a plateful of pancakes first.

And wash them down with a bottle of vodka.

Penny for your thoughts, gorgeous?

My heart flip-flopped at the familiar voice and I about broke my neck whipping my head around to look at him. There he was in all his Seth-Hamilton-esque glory, sprawled on the bench, just like he’d been that first time, so many years ago now, and just like he’d been so many times since, waiting for me to come back to him.

Emotion crept up my throat as he rose and closed the distance between us. Somehow he’d known this had been a killer shift. Either total coincidence, a stroke of luck, or sixth sense… Whatever it was, I wasn’t about to look a gift horse in the mouth.

Hey, I said as he wrapped his arms around me. What are you doing here so early?

Seth pulled me close to his body and I sank into his embrace, needing it more than I think he realized. I ended up pulling an all-nighter. Things have been getting crazy now that summer is setting in. Figured I’d come see my girl.

And you couldn’t wait until I got home? I smiled, already knowing how he would answer.

Seth snorted a laugh. Since when have I been known for my patience?

Never. It’s just one of the hundred things I love about you.

He pulled back a little and frowned at me. A hundred? Is that it? There are a hundred things I love about your left kneecap alone.

Sorry. I rolled my eyes. I meant to say a hundred thousand. A hundred thousand million. A hundred gazillion spadillion bozillian. Better?

He shrugged but didn’t look pacified. It’ll do, I guess.

Your ego really needs fed today, huh?

Always. He grinned. Seth dipped his head to press a brief kiss to my mouth. He slung his arm around my shoulder and steered me in the direction of the parking lot. So, I’m going to take a wild guess here and say it was a hell of a night. Want to talk about it?

Somehow he always seemed to know. As a rule, I tried to leave everything at the door. Home, work, family—everything had its time and place, and I couldn’t give a hundred percent if my head was somewhere else. I mean, there’d been times when I’d finished work and gone home and spilled my heart out to Seth, or times when I’d bitched him out to my co-workers because he’d riled me up to the point I’d thought my head would explode…but usually I left it where