One woman learns the secrets of the five Jaeger brothers in the new romance from New York Times
bestselling author Penelope Douglas. On the other side of town in the dark glades under
the rain… Macon is the oldest. Thirty-one. Ex-Marine. I don’t think I’ve ever seen him smile.
Army is twenty-eight. A single dad with the most beautiful green eyes. He has no idea who he is
if not a Jaeger brother. Iron will be in prison soon. You’d never think it to meet him. He’s a
nice guy actually. But he can’t stop reacting to everything. Dallas is the one I hate.
Twenty-one cruel and selfish. He takes and then throws away whatever’s left. And Trace is
mine. Or he was for about two seconds. No one can tame him for long. Not that I ever wanted
to. It was fun but now I need to go home. Back to my side of the tracks. Away from the swamps
and these men. To my parents’ big house. On my clean street. Where I’m never dirty or messy or
hot. And I will. I’ll leave first thing tomorrow morning. I just want to crash on the couch
tonight. Their house is dark and quiet everyone else is asleep. Except for one. He sees me
crying and comes at me from behind. I let him wrap his arms around my body and hold me tightly.
His breath is on my neck his fingers are in my hair and he doesn’t stop there. I don’t
think it was Trace.
