My Family – I’ll always be thankful toward my husband as he continues to show his support in my writing. No matter how annoying I become he lets me ramble on and on with the different things I come up with. Even sends me music when I need encouragement. My kids now are a huge part of this as I show them you can follow your dreams and shoot for the moon if you put your mind to it.
My Betas – Thank you all for being the first to read the stories as they come to life. It means the world to me. Especially when you all start to get mad. That’s when I know I’m doing something right. And in doing so pushing me to keep going with all the different plots that form in my head. I’m thankful to you all for being ready and willing to read and give your input.
My Knox Publishing People – I don’t know what I’d do without you all. You’re all wonderful in your own right and I wouldn’t have it any other way. From encouraging me to keep going when I feel like giving up to kicking my ass when it needs it. The best thing I’m grateful for is when you listen to the different plots and scenarios I come up with. As well as the family you all have become to me.
Liz and Courtney – I honestly don’t know what I would do without either of you. Both of you are two of my best friends. Working with you not only as Publisher/Boss/Editor but as a friend means more than you know. You allow me to be me and don’t try to change the way I am. Instead, you put up with my dorkiness.
Diane – I couldn’t be more grateful to you. You help me so much with all you take care of and have become one of my good friends. I don’t know what I’d do without you considering all that you do.
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Playlist
Forsaken – Crucifix
A Dream – Adam Calhoun Ft Jelly Roll
Leave Out All The Rest – Linkin Park
Someone, Somewhere – Asking Alexandria
Fragile Minds – Silent Theory
Alone – Crucifix
New Divide – Linkin Park
A Beautiful Disaster – Jelly Roll
My Name Is – Crucifix
Sweet Dreams – Eurythmics
DRMC Originals
Stoney – Prez –– Rachel – O
Horse (Scotty) – Stoney’s C
Luca – C
Corinne – C
Tracker – VP –– Victoria – O
Blaze – Sergeant At Arms
Coyote – Road Captain
Bear – Former Road Captain –– Momma B – O
Rage (Travis) – C
Jane – C (deceased)
Nerd – Tech
Shadow – Enforcer
Ranger – Medic
Neo – Prospect
Cane – Prospect
Owning The Heart
Words can be heard
Yet they don’t mean a thing
Not when it comes to owning someone
The mind is a powerful thing
However the heart is dominant
You can’t use one without the other
Claim someone
Means to own someone
Doesn’t always mean what it sounds like
To own someone means
To own their heart
A heart that only beats for them
Bleeds when hurt over them
The owner of the heart is the only one
To be able to break it in two
Own my heart and I’ll own yours
We can conquer more when we own each other
Don’t let the mind blind your heart
I’ll never be merely property
Not when you own my heart
Or claim my body
Only when you admit the truth
Will it all be real
Owning the heart is more than what the mind can see
It’s more about what the heart feels
Own mine and I’ll own yours
~ E.C. Land
Prologue
Victoria
Two years ago
Running from the only home I’ve ever known is a scary thing, especially considering I grew up a spoiled little rich girl, as most people would say. Then again, nobody really knows what kind of life I’ve lived.
It’s not always easy being the daughter of one of the most powerful men in the State. Nor is it best to deal with a mother who forces you to act perfect. Between the two of them, they created the person I am— a prim and proper lady who knows her place.
Or so they think.
On the outside, I gave them what they wanted to see while inside my head I was dying with each day that has gone by since the moment I turned fourteen. That was a little over four years ago, and the time is almost up. Tomorrow, I’m supposed to agree to a marriage I want nothing to do with in front of hundreds of people. All thanks to an arranged marriage my father and his made.
I’ve met the man I’m to vow my entire life to. I don’t think my parents care that the man I’m supposed to marry will end up killing me. He’s vile and would prefer a slave who will lay on her back rather than a wife to devote love to.
Every time I’ve raised my thoughts and concerns about this, I ended up spending the night in the cellar. Worse than that, my mother has been determined I am to be a size zero instead of the nine that I am. So, unless it’s a handful of kale and spinach, I’ve barely eaten in a month.