Toxic (Lights of Peril 3) - A.C Bextor

Shame is plagued with doubts surrounding his love for Mace. He loves her. He’s loved her since she was five years old, but feels he doesn’t deserve her. This uncertainty is surfacing while struggling to forget the loss of his tragic childhood. Shame’s childhood wasn’t filled with happiness and love. It was heart wrenching, and abusive. Used by his father and resented by his mother, a young Neil struggles through his days waiting for an escape; a savior. Once meeting Doc, Lynda, Mace, Hem, and Sadey—his life changes from desolate to hopeful. Throughout the story you learn why Shame has become the person that he is. Intense, raw, powerful, and most of all—protective of those he loves the most. In the end he finds himself surrounded by everything he had ever hoped for