PRAISE FOR DANGEROUSLY BROKEN
“With kink, sensuality, emotional depth and passion that flies off the page, Eden Bradley has a winner in Dangerously Broken. Loved it!”
—J. Kenner, New York Times bestselling author
“Dangerously Broken is dark and sexy, romantic and edgy—this book will keep you up all night.”
—Lexi Blake, New York Times bestselling author
PRAISE FOR THE NOVELS OF EDEN BRADLEY
“Intelligent, haunting and sexy as hell . . . For you people who like story and heart with your erotica, I’d definitely recommend any of Eden’s books.”
—Maya Banks, New York Times bestselling author
“Honest, tender and totally sexy—a feast for the senses and the heart.”
—Shayla Black, New York Times bestselling author
“Brilliant, seductive and dangerous. All of my favorite things.”
—R. G. Alexander, author of Possess Me
“A hot and steamy ride to the climactic end . . . This story will steam up your glasses.”
—Library Journal
“An exciting, erotic page-turner that does not disappoint . . . Ms. Bradley’s wonderful storytelling ability [and] knack for description . . . transports you right into the story and holds you there until the very last page.”
—Night Owl Reviews
“Graphic, loving and incredibly well-written, the sex scenes ratchet up the drama with unbelievable intensity . . . Sexual desire intertwines with emotional intensity, resulting in a book you won’t want to put down.”
—Romance Junkies
“Bradley delivers the goods. There is intense intimacy and heart-wrenching emotions . . . This is delicious and delightful from the first page until the conclusion.”
—RT Book Reviews
“Eden Bradley is an incredible author who writes scorching-hot love scenes with characters who are very memorable and so very well written.”
—Fallen Angel Reviews
“Eden Bradley knows how to heat up the pages in a hurry. She creates sexual tension and love scenes that will get your heart racing. But she also creates characters that are realistic and fun to read.”
—Fiction Vixen
“Eden Bradley has a knack for penning extraordinary erotic romances.”
—Wild on Books
“Dark and seductive; it left me breathless and eager for more. I loved it!”
—My Secret Romance Reviews
“Highly erotic and sensual.”
—Under the Covers Book Blog
Titles by Eden Bradley
DANGEROUSLY BOUND
DANGEROUSLY BROKEN
Writing as Eve Berlin
PLEASURE’S EDGE
DESIRE’S EDGE
TEMPTATION’S EDGE
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(with Jaci Burton and Lisa Renee Jones)
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Bradley, Eden.
Dangerously broken / Eden Bradley. — Berkley Trade paperback edition.
p. cm.
ISBN 978-0-425-26999-2
I. Title.
PS3602.R34266D35 2015
813'.6—dc23
2015018450
PUBLISHING HISTORY
Berkley trade paperback edition / October 2015
Cover photograph: “lock and chain” © PIER / Getty Images;
“wrought iron” © Purestock / Getty Images.
Cover design by Judith Lagerman.
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of
the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons,
living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
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To the beautifully haunting city of New Orleans—you are always pure magic to me.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I want to thank my dear friend author Erin Simone for exploring New Orleans at midnight with me. Our quiet walks through the dark French Quarter, breathing the city in, glorying in the architecture, sharing my longing for the place, inspired me in ways I will never quite be able to put into words. Someday we will go there with our little dogs and hole up in an apartment for a month, writing all day, walking the city after dark, creating new stories together. Promise.
I must also thank the real Dennie, beta reader and one of the sweetest people I know, for letting me use her sassy personality and the strength of the friendship she offers as a model for Summer Grace’s best friend. Thank you, doll!
CONTENTS
Praise for Eden Bradley
Titles by Eden Bradley
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
CHAPTER
One
THE SOUND OF leather hitting naked flesh reverberated like a low hum in his veins as Jamie entered the main play space of The Bastille. Bodies writhed beneath the dim red and pale gold lights, seemingly in time with the trancelike ambient music. Everywhere were the scents familiar at any BDSM club. Leather. Desire. And very faintly, a little perfume. But the leather—floggers, cuffs, whips—was only one element of kink to whet his appetite. It was always the primeval glint and clank of chains that really did it for him.
A small frisson of heat shivered over his skin, creeping up the back of his neck as he paused to admire a giant web of chain attached to the sleek, black-lacquered wall. It was one of his favorite play stations at the club. The Bastille was his home club, infamous among the kink folk in New Orleans and all over the country. The club was as decadent as the city itself, as sensual as New Orleans’s sultry air. With its dramatic black and red décor, the spectacular equipment, the subs and slaves blindfolded and bound into the wall nooks where one would normally set a tall vase of flowers or a statue, it was the kind of place one only ever read about. But these beautifully still people were as decorative as a vase of flowers, in his mind. And this place was far from “normal.” Tonight The Bastille, this wicked den of far-from-normal appetites, would serve him well—as soon as he chose a play partner from among the many gorgeous submissive women available.