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• Stark Series Novella #6.4
• #7 - Enchant Me - 5 Oct. 2021
From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author J. Kenner comes a new story in her Stark Ever After series…
My life with Damien has always been magical, and never more so than during the holidays, a time for us to celebrate the hardships we’ve overcome and the incredible gift that is our family. Over the years, he has both protected and cherished me. He has made my life more rich and full than I could ever have imagined.
This year, he’s treating me and our daughters to a holiday in Manhattan. With parades and ice skating, toy displays and candies. And, most of all, with each other.
It’s a wonderful gift, a trip I will always cherish. But this year, I’m the one with the surprise. And I can’t wait to see the look of delight and awe when I finally share my secret with Damien.
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Yay! Time for another Damien & Nikki Novella! And even better - it's a Christmas-ish one! Whoooppeee!
We meet many of our favorite people again .. Dallas, Jane, Jackson, Ryan ...
And now I can't wait for the next full-length Nikki & Damien book coming next fall! → Enchant Me.
CHERISH ME was another little sexy & exciting & adorable #MustRead in the amazing Stark Series! Run to your nearest amazon for your own Damien - this one will always be MINE! ☺
“We’re a lot alike, Stark. I think you know why.”
Damien moved to one of the equipment banks, pausing in front
of a set of monitors with labels in multiple languages. He put his hand on the
metal and felt the thrum of information flowing under his palm and through the
electronic veins of the deceptively plain-looking metal boxes. The equipment
like something he’d imagined as a child while curled up reading science
fiction.
“I do,” he said slowly, his attention still on the
equipment. “You chased your demons for years. Not because they were yours, but
because they were Jane’s, too. You both needed that closure. And now—well, now
you’re done.”
Dallas nodded. “Instead, I’m wallowing in the joys of
marriage and fatherhood. Sound familiar? Plus, I get the occasional thrill by
helping out the Feds or WORR,” he added, referring to the World Organization
for Rescue and Rehabilitation, an above-board non-governmental agency with a
close relationship with worldwide law enforcement. “Sometimes, I even help out
a few less visible organizations. But my role is very behind the scenes,”
Dallas added. “And I’m okay with that.”
Once again, he focused on Damien. “Like I said. I’m a lot
like you.” His eyes narrowed. “Or maybe I’m wrong about that…?”
Damien frowned. Over the years he’d become skilled at
keeping his feelings hidden, but he’d lost some of that ability recently. The
fallout of opening up his world the way he had when he found Nikki. He’d let
people get closer—not simply as colleagues, but as friends.
And that gave them power.
A few years ago, that would have bothered him. Now he
studied it out of intellectual curiosity, not fear.
Slowly, he nodded. “You’re not wrong. I spent my life
chasing the dream of making myself into more than what my father would have
made of me. Of not letting anyone harness me the way he and my coach had tried
to.”
“Chased the dream and caught it, I’d say.” Dallas shoved his
hands into the pockets of his jeans. “I inherited my seed capital. You earned
every penny you ever had.”
“Earned? Yes. But I also paid. In blood. In pain. The life I
built was an escape pod, jettisoning me out of a past I hated and into a future
that I’d created.” He waved a dismissive hand, as if signaling that it had all
been easy. Maybe in some ways it had. But mostly he’d worked his ass off to get
to the top of the mountain. Which begged the question of where one went after
reaching the pinnacle.
He looked at his friend, somewhat amazed that he was having
this conversation with anyone other than Nikki or Ryan Hunter, his closest
friend and chief operative for all Stark International and Stark Security
ventures. Or Jackson Steele, for that matter, the half-brother he hadn’t even
known existed until a few years ago but now trusted completely.
He trusted Dallas just as much. And with that realization
came the knowledge that Damien had loosened the once-tight grip he’d always
kept on himself. He had Nikki to thank for that.
#StarkSeriesReadingOrder
2 - CLAIM ME
3 - COMPLETE ME
3.5 - TAKE ME
3.55 - TAME ME - Jamie & Ryan 1
3.6 - HAVE ME
3.7 - PLAY MY GAME
3.10 - DEEPEST KISS
5 - LOST WITH ME
6 - DAMIEN - Damien's POV -
6.1 - INDULGE ME
6.2 - DELIGHT ME
6.3 - TEASE ME - Jamie & Ryan 3
6.4 - CHERISH ME - Nov. 2020
7 - ENCHANT ME - 5 Oct. 2021 - Full-length Nikki & Damien
Of course there are a few connected Spin-Off trilogies happening here and there...
First the Heated, Wanted, Ignited - very slightly connected!
Then it's Jackson Steele's trilogy, very connected:
Say My Name, On My Knees, Under My Skin
And then it's Dallas Sykes with
Dirtiest Secret, Hottest Mess, Sweetest Taboo.
And this year we'll have the Wicked Spin-Off which features a few guys we already met and see again in Anchor Me:
Wicked Grind, Wicked Dirty, Wicked Torture.
J. Kenner (aka Julie Kenner) is the New York Times, USA Today, Publishers Weekly, Wall Street Journal and International bestselling author of over seventy novels, novellas and short stories in a variety of genres.