Max (A Carter Brother series) (Volume 4)

Max... I ve got my looks, my charm, and well, a smile that melts panties. My charm only gets me so far though. Apparently, that limit is the law. I don t even care when the courts finally give me a punishment for vandalising the church property; in my defence, I didn t know it was a church. They ve got me serving three months of community service working at the local church s Salvation shelter. They think three months here will change me; that I will change my delinquent ways. If only they knew... nothing could ever tame me. I was taught at an early age that love destroys you. I accept that I ll never love and I ll never be loved. What I ve learned though is that love is also your greatest weakness; it s why that one four letter word will never leave my mouth. I m Lake Miller... For the past year of my life I ve never stayed anywhere longer than a few weeks. I d sleep at different homeless shelters, park benches or anywhere I could find a dry place to sleep; the only belongings I have are carried in my backpack. I left everything else behind. Now I ve ended up in Coldenshire; tired of sleeping on the streets, tired of hurting and tired of eating scraps of food. So when a chance encounter for a job at the local church shelter popped up, I took it. I know my time here is running out and that I should run, especially when the town bad boy, who is sexy as sin and annoying as hell, walks through the doors thinking he s God s gift to women. He thinks life is a joke, that his smart mouth hides the pain behind his eyes, but he s so off track I m surprised he s not lost. I see the real him, and I don t want anything to do with him, but he makes it hard when he s always in my face. I have my own pain, my own loss and grief to suffer through; I don t need anyone else s. I don t need anything. Not love, not sympathy, and certainly not forgiveness, after all, I killed my brother. I m a murderer.