A Valentine Christmas: A Games We Play Christmas Story: Games We Play

By Lindsey Powell

Joey and Paige Valentine, King and Queen of the underworld. Stronger together, always working as a team. But what happens when Joey goes solo, leaving Paige behind? As they prepare to celebrate Christmas, a deal goes wrong, and when Joey goes into battle alone, will he return home to celebrate with Paige? Or will it be lights out for the king? A Valentine Christmas. A Checkmate short story. A Valentine Christmas can be read as a stand-alone.

**Each title in the Games we Play series can be read as a stand-alone novel and is intended for readers 18 years and over.
There are cameos from each of the characters throughout the series. You don't have to read every book to enjoy, but it may enhance your reading experience if you do.***

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lindsey Powell
• Release date: Dec 12, 2020
• ISBN: 9798215683538

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A Valentine Christmas

A VALENTINE CHRISTMAS

A Checkmate Short Story

LINDSEY POWELL

CONTENTS

Books by Lindsey Powell

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

A note from the author

About the Author

Checkmate

Prologue - Joey

Prologue - Paige

Content copyright © Lindsey Powell 2020

Cover design by Wicked Dreams Publishing

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilised in any form, or by any electronic or mechanical means, without the prior written permission of the author.

The characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional. Any similarities to other fictional workings, or real persons (living or dead), names, places, and companies is purely coincidental and not intended by the author.

The right of Lindsey Powell to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by her in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents act 1988.

Except for the original material written by the author, all mention of films, television shows and songs, song titles, and lyrics mentioned in the novel, A Valentine Christmas, are the property of the songwriters and copyright holders.

BOOKS BY LINDSEY POWELL

The Perfect Series

Perfect Stranger

Perfect Memories

Perfect Disaster

Perfect Beginnings

The Complete Perfect Series

Part of Me Series

Part of Me

Part of You

Part of Us

Part of Me: Complete Series

The Control Duet

Losing Control

Taking Control

Games We Play

Checkmate

Poker Face

Dark Roulette

End Game: A Valentine Wedding

A Valentine Christmas

Games We Play: The Complete Collection

Wreck My Heart Series

Wrecking Ball

The Untouchable Brother

Forbidden Fruits Series

Deny Me

Infatuate Me

Seduce Me

Forbid Me

Stand-alone

Take Me

Fixation

Don’t Look Back

Too Much, Not Enough

Room Service

CHAPTER ONE

Paige

Christmas.

A time to celebrate, open presents, eat a shit load of food and then feel sick as fuck afterwards.

A time for families to come together.

A time for couples to share a bottle of wine, the fire crackling away in the background.

A time for children to rejoice as Santa brings them gifts.

Yes, Christmas is enjoyed in many ways, and we will be doing all of those things, but at this moment in time, there is one thing better than all of that… and that is Joey fucking Valentine, my husband, and the only thing I’m going to be enjoying is riding his cock, making him delirious with pleasure.

You see, we’re not your average couple.

Once lovers only to be broken apart before finding our way back to one another again.

I called checkmate on his ass years ago, and you better fucking believe it was the best checkmate of his life––and mine.

I’ve never been one for hearts and roses, or flowers and chocolates.

The only thing I’ve ever needed is trust and loyalty, and Joey was the one to give that to me.

He may have broken my heart when we were younger, but the fire always burned between us, and when I came back stronger than before, he knew that I was ready to enter his world.

Joey Valentine is the king of the underworld, and I am the fucking queen.

I paid my dues, worked my way up, showed him never to underestimate me, and then he broke down my walls, made me realise that no one could ever hold a candle to him, and I gave him back the key to my heart.

As I sit here, on the night before Christmas Eve, waiting for him to come home after kicking some loser’s ass, I smile as I think back over our time together.

Has it been easy? No.

Has it been worth it? Abso-fucking-lutely.

I wouldn’t change anything that we have been through because it has made us who we are today.

We’re a team.

A force.

And to those that cross us, we are their worst nightmare.

The underworld isn’t a scary place to me. It’s just a place that is full of everyone thinking they can be the top dog and run the game, until they realise that I am going nowhere, and neither is Joey.

Joey wanted to get out a long time ago. He made a plan, it took him years to try and make sure it was water-tight so he could make his escape unscathed, and then I came back into his life and blew that plan right out of the