Manny's Lost Boys (a Body Count Prequel)

By: Vines, Jolie

I never thought I deserved a family. Then I started collecting lost souls.

Keeping my head down was supposed to be simple.

Work the door at an underground fight club. Stay out of trouble. Don't ask questions.

Then two teenage boys walked into my life.

Arran Daniels had violence in his bones and too much rage to contain it. Connor Michaels was quieter, colder, and every bit as dangerous. Neither trusted easily. Neither needed saving.

Or so they'd have you believe.

I should've kept my distance. Instead, I gave them somewhere to belong.

Then I noticed the van.

A strand of blonde hair. A locked room. A terrified woman insisting she was exactly where she wanted to be. Tessa was chaos wrapped in a pretty package, and getting involved with her was an exceptionally bad idea.

Unfortunately, I've always had a weakness for lost things.

The deeper we dug, the uglier the truth became. The men running those fights had created another game entirely. One where women were hunted.

And when Tessa became one of them, walking away was no longer an option.

Not from her.

Not from my boys.

They weren't the men Deadwater would one day fear. Not yet.

Before the masks, before Arran and Shade became monsters, they were just lost boys who needed a home.

I gave them one. Somehow, I got a crew in return.

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Manny's Lost Boys is a dark romance prequel set in the Deadwater world, featuring Manny and Tessa's romance alongside the story of how Manny found Arran, Shade and Convict, and how the foundations of the Skeleton Crew were laid down.

Tropes:

Age gapEx-con protectorADHD heroineFound family / Manny and his lost boysDangerous predator-prey gameProtective, damaged menHe falls firstTouch her and dieBody Count origin story

For the avid readers of Body Count and Skeleton Crew, this is where it all began.

Check the TWs in the front of the book or on my website if you need to. Turns out Manny's lost boys came with quite a lot of baggage.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1917580290
• ISBN13: 9781917580298
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Jolie Vines Publishing
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.0" x 8.0"