Petals of Innocence

PETALS OF INNOCENCE A SWEET TASTE OF ALPHA LOVE LUCY DARLING Petals of Innocence Lucy Darling ©2023 All rights reserved. This copy is intended for the original purchaser of this e-book only. No part of this e-book may be reproduced, scanned, or distributed in any printed or electronic form without prior written permission from Lucy Darling. This e-book is a work of fiction. While reference may be made to actual historical events or existing locations, the names, characters, places and incidents are products of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental. CONTENTS Petals of Innocence Struck Love Chapter 1 Jason Chapter 2 Olivia Chapter 3 Jason Chapter 4 Olivia Chapter 5 Jason Chapter 6 Olivia Chapter 7 Jason Chapter 8 Olivia Chapter 9 Jason Chapter 10 Olivia Chapter 11 Jason Chapter 12 Olivia Chapter 13 Jason Chapter 14 Olivia Chapter 15 Jason Chapter 16 Olivia Chapter 17 Jason Chapter 18 Olivia Chapter 19 Jason Epilogue Epilogue Love On The Line Summary Chapter 1 Max Chapter 2 Mia Chapter 3 Max Chapter 4 Mia Chapter 5 Max Chapter 6 Mia Chapter 7 Max Chapter 8 Mia Chapter 9 Max Chapter 10 Mia Chapter 11 Max Chapter 12 Mia Chapter 13 Mia Chapter 14 Max Chapter 15 Mia Chapter 16 Max Chapter 17 Mia Chapter 18 Max Epilogue Epilogue Just One Look Chapter 1 Roman Chapter 2 Fawn Chapter 3 Roman Chapter 4 Fawn Chapter 5 Roman Chapter 6 Fawn Chapter 7 Roman Chapter 8 Fawn Chapter 9 Roman Chapter 10 Fawn Chapter 11 Roman Chapter 12 Fawn Chapter 13 Roman Chapter 14 Fawn Chapter 15 Roman Chapter 16 Fawn Chapter 17 Roman Chapter 18 Fawn Chapter 19 Roman Chapter 20 Fawn Chapter 21 Roman Chapter 22 Fawn Epilogue Return to Me Summary Chapter 1 Victor Chapter 2 Mackenzie Chapter 3 Victor Chapter 4 Mackenzie Chapter 5 Victor Chapter 6 Mackenzie Chapter 7 Victor Chapter 8 Mackenzie Chapter 9 Victor Chapter 10 Mackenzie Chapter 11 Victor Chapter 12 Mackenzie Chapter 13 Victor Epilogue Also by Lucy Darling Let’s Connect! PETALS OF INNOCENCE A collection of Lucy Darling's love stories where the romance is sweet, obsessive, and all-consuming. Struck Love Olivia is trouble in a perfect package, and I know she’s the only one I want to share my fortune with. I hadn't only struck gold... I Struck Love. Love on the Line It should’ve been a simple phone call. I had no idea my heart would be on the line too. Just One Look It was supposed to be a marriage on paper only. Then I saw her and changed all the rules. Return to Me What do you do when a wolf is chasing you? You run. I’m afraid all I’ve done in trying to get away from him is whet his appetite more. STRUCK LOVE “Good friends care for each other … Close friends understand each other … But true friends stay forever beyond words, beyond distance, beyond time.” —unknown STRUCK LOVE I struck gold on my land. An overnight millionaire with a criminal record, a bad attitude, and a motorcycle club to run. Even with all that, I think I have my life under control. But then I see her. That’s when I realize what it’s truly like to find something priceless. Olivia is a woman I never saw coming, not when her father is the reason I caught charges all those years back. Thing is, she’s following in his footsteps, trying to catch bad guys and do the right thing. It leads her to my doorstep and into the dangerous world of my family’s motorcycle club. She’s not one of us, but once I’ve gotten a taste of her, I can’t let her go. Olivia is trouble in a perfect package, and I know she’s the only one I want to share my fortune with. But how can I keep her safe when she’s so determined to walk right into danger? I suppose I’ll have to stick close to her. So close, in fact, she’ll never be able to get rid of me, especially when I give her my last name. 1 JASON “What are you thinking?” Archer asks, tipping back his beer and taking a long pull from it. He’s got his dirty-ass boots kicked up on my desk, pretending to work with me to avoid hanging out with anyone else. I don’t blame him. We enjoy being left alone. Especially when there is a full party in swing. It’s a damn good thing I learned to be able to think straight with the world exploding around me. It’s a helpful skill set when I’m trying to work late on a Saturday night and a full-blown party is raging not even thirty yards from my office in the clubhouse. “I think the bastard saved us a whole lot of money.” I laugh. “That’s what happens when you get vindictive and greedy. People forget they don’t live forever. Especially in our world.” I lift a head toward Arch. “It was a heart attack, right?” He smirks. That same smirk that would get about any woman to drop to her knees if he wanted her to. Arch has a dark side to him. Not that anyone would know from looking at him. With blond hair and blue eyes, he has this warm charm about him that gives off reassuring trust. He should have been a damn lawyer. I know for a fact it’s what his parents were hoping he'd turn out to be. Instead they think I corrupted him. Pretty sure they have that backwards. “That’s what the coroner said was the cause of death.” I shake my head at Arch’s response. I don’t care at this point under what circumstances old man McGuire met his maker, as long as he's dead. Now I’ll have the opportunity to get my hands on his land. I've been itching to own it for so many years. The hatred