The Keys to Jericho

Love ruined Jared Beckett. Now, it's his turn to devastate.

I'm not one to mince words. I only have one use for females, being burned one too many times. I wasn't always this way. In high school, I thought I met The One, but she stomped on my heart. I never recovered.

Returning to Annapolis, my past heartache slams into me, dredging up the bitterness. I'm an expert at building walls, figurative and literal, but when she needs my help, I'm all in. Giving her the keys ensures I'm in control this time, even if she's in the driver's seat. I'm only in it to hit it and quit it, crushing her this time, no matter how much she begs for mercy. And she will because I refuse to be her victim again. She created this broken and vengeful monster, and my relentless payback is years overdue.