Guns
& Smoke
The
Fool's Adventure Series Book 1
by
Lauren Sevier & A. Smith
Genre:
Dystopian Western Romance
In
a world where safety is a luxury and honor is found only among
outlaws, two people attempt to outrun dangers lurking around each
corner and the tragedies that define them.
Bonnie
is an outlaw on the run. Beautiful but dangerous; her dark past
stalks her like the crater beasts that roam the desert. As the
notoriously cruel outlaw Jones sends his henchmen to track her down
and retrieve the gun she stole from him, Bonnie hopes she can stay
one step ahead. Because if he catches her, a fate worse than death
awaits.
Jesse
always dreamed of leaving the farm to explore the ruins of the big
cities he’d heard about his whole life. He just never imagined he’d
be forced to flee after strange men burned down his rural mountain
town and murdered everyone he loved. Responsible for his kid brother
and searching for an uncle he’s never met before, he isn’t sure
he can navigate the perils of life among con artists and thieves long
enough to find him.
Their
two paths collide as they find themselves thrown together on the
adventure of a lifetime.
Together,
they may just discover that life is about more than just
surviving.
TRIGGER
WARNING: This
book contains depictions of graphic violence, language, sexual
violence, attempted rape, depictions of child abuse, and depictions
of human trafficking.
One small change in position and now each of my soft curves was pressed intimately against the tall, hard length of his unyielding body. His blue eyes blazed in the dim light of the alley, reading something on my face that urged him on. This was supposed to be my trap.
His hands were buried in my hair now, a thumb tracing over my cheek to land on my bottom lip. I knew what he wanted. Parting my mouth, I wrapped my lips around the pad of his thumb, my tongue flicking against it before sucking softly. A deep thunderous sound rumbled through his chest to shake me down to my bones. His hand in my hair slid to the back of my head, pulling my mouth closer to his. He wanted me to kiss him. He wanted this to be more than a transaction. He wanted me to want him back.
I brushed my nose against his, and he stilled. All other motion and sensation forgotten as his eyes landed on my mouth, inching closer to his. I drank in the taste of his breath, a faint echo of the taste of his lips from before. My head tilted to the side, and he brushed the hair away from my face to see me more clearly as I angled toward him. He swallowed down whatever desperate words were on the tip of his tongue, and I took his chin in my hand, mouths open and millimeters apart.
Click.
Lauren
Sevier & A. Smith are long time friends and co-authors from
southern Louisiana. Guns & Smoke, their first joint
publication, began as a “short” story after having too much wine
on girl’s night. Nine years later it is now the first novel in a
Dystopian/Western Romance series. The duo has plans to publish
several series together in the future. A. Smith spends her time with
her two rescue dogs and rescue cat surrounding herself with books and
Labyrinth paraphernalia. Lauren Sevier collects antique tea
cups and tries to stay sane, though as the mother of a toddler she
fails brilliantly most days. She also has a growing collection of
crowns and tiaras and likes to act silly on Tiktok. Look for more
thrilling novels from The Fools Adventure series in the future!
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