Mickey Martin – författare

Damon Night has left the Louisiana’s Given Establishment to work undercover in a fallenworld full of despicable mayhem. Partly to help the Officials eliminate an Underworldnarcotics epidemic, partly to escape his lust and overwhelming desire for Lilliana.Existing day to day without him, Lilliana completes her studies, to then thrive in her role as aleading therapist offering support to the mentally and physically wounded souls the outsideworld has delivered to them. Between a hectic schedule, expected from the establishment, tojuggling free time with her friends, life flowed around her in a complex, yet meaningful wayas the years passed, longing for Damon’s return.Five years undercover can do a lot to a man who had to fully commit himself to his role inorder to convince the black minds of society he was one of them. When Damon returns,Lilliana hardly recognises the dangerous and unpredictable man who stands before her, butwhen her eyes meet his, questions of who the man he has become, fade as memories of thepast ignite more than just an inferno of feelings.Can Damon overcome the abuse he subjected himself, and others to whilst undercover, andCan Lilliana forgive him his crimes? Just when they are so close to coming together, evilforces weave their sticky web of destruction. Will they be able to finally overcome thesedangerous hurdles, or will they once again be forced miles apart?

BOOK ONE OF THE GIVEN TRILOGY

The world no longer tolerates vicious, repeat offenders, and deals with criminals accordingly. The survivors of these heinous crimes are sent to private establishments around the globe, known as, The Given.

The Louisiana’s Given is run by the ever charming and handsome brothers, Damon and Cam Night who are obligated by their rule to mentor, protect and offer all the wounded a safe haven, a place to heal mentally and physically, whilst coming to terms with their new life. New Given must follow strict rules and an intense regime that comes with the gift of a superior education that only The Given establishments can offer.

Lilliana becomes one of the Given, after suffering a horrific event that separates her from her family forever and she finds herself thrust into a foreign world of volatile individuals, challenging situations and unyielding rules. Her unexpected attraction to Damon Night confuses her all the more, as she tries to deal with her trauma and get a grip on her undetermined reality, amidst the broken minds of society.

Damon is puzzled by the lure the beautiful Lilliana has on him, as he continues to run the family business in a respectful manner, expected of him with his responsibilities, but finds it harder to fight his growing, forbidden attraction to her. An unexpected desire that adds to the already challenging day to day running of The Given.

Can friendship, animal therapy, education, and love weave their magic around the souls in The Given, and in time, heal the abused and injured? Or does danger and tragedy strike once too often and tear their safe haven apart? To Whom Much is Given, much is expected.

Mickey has previously published The Given and Dark Angel, Books One and Two of The Given trilogy and is now launching The Guardian. The trilogy will be released in a box set, in the not too distant future.

MOCK''S BAD STOMP

IN THE INDIAN TERRITORY OF PRE-STATEHOOD OKLAHOMA, a brutal assault has been committed against a young Creek woman by the name of Etta Jane "Mock" Burnham. A full description of how and why the assault occurred is revealed, but, surprisingly, sympathy for the victim is not what it ought to be. Soon, the focus shifts more toward the consequences of the crime than the incident itself.

TWO PERSONAL PROBLEMS turned Mock into the rebellious and angry young woman she was - the toxic relationship that existed between herself and her parents and her outright hatred of her backwater hometown. Things had been said and done that could not be taken back or forgotten, much less forgiven; blind and thoughtless anger on Mock''s part had made it much too late for that. All she could think of was how to escape the choking constraints of her parental home and the hometown she abhorred. 

MOCK''S OWN TERRIBLE ATTITUDE had turned her into a vengeful bridge burner as well, a young woman who had not only taken full advantage of but also perversely relished every opportunity that arose to alienate the very people - family members, friends, and neighbors - who in the normal course of things would have helped her when the going got rough. Her own behavior led first to an ill-fated association with the man most everyone in her community referred to as "Crazy Early" and then to what eventually came to be referred to as "The Story of Mock''s Bad Stomp". Mock was a young woman who asked for trouble, and, sadly for her, that''s exactly what she wound up getting.

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