Axel by Cora York

Tori:
Taking money from a loan shark was dumb.
Know what’s even dumber?
Taking a job as a stripper thinking I could pay back what I owed.
I’m way in way over my head.
Thank God for old friends who show up at the right time.
The gorgeous guy I crushed on as a kid helps me out of a sleazy situation.
Too bad he still sees me as his friend’s baby sister.
He says we’re like family.
But family shouldn’t think about one another the way I think about him.
Whatever it takes, I’m going to make him see me as the woman I am not the little girl I used to be.

Axel:
Working a job in the small town I grew up in sucks.
I had no intention of ever coming back.
But when I reconnect with my old friend’s little sister at a seedy strip joint, I’m relieved I did.
She’s sexy and smart and needs to leave this sewer of a town ASAP.
Unknown to her, I make a deal with the devil to secure her freedom.
And when the devil comes to collect, I’ll do whatever it takes to protect the woman I’ve fallen head over heels in love with.