A Bitch In Time

PART ONE

What people have said about... 
A Bitch   In Time

"What a great and crazy beginning to another story from Naughty Nookie. I have to say Marina took me by surprise! I really didn't know her character at all. In Mona's story she's the friend that Mona believed has a lot of sexual experiences with men. You know the "let's skip the relationships and just get to the fun part" kind of woman. Well come to find out I was very surprise to learn the real reason why Marina knows a lot about sex. Her story in the end is all shocking, and twisted. I can't wait for more! :)"
Giselle on Goodreads

"Marina is what they would term a Dark horse, just when you think you have her worked out, she goes and throws something into the equation that throws your perception totally off balance.
I would refer to her more as a Chameleon, as in she changes her persona to fit her surroundings best so that she blends in almost to invisible."
Katrina on Trina's Tantalizing Tidbits

"Simone's story in this series had twists and surprises. Marina's story looks set to follow. ... Expect the unexpected should be Serena Akeroyd's tag and because of this I have enjoyed everything she has written so far."
Christine on Goodreads
His jaw is like iron.  White with tension and his lips are flattened by his fury.  “Why can’t you be normal, Marina?  Why have you always got to be so damned complicated?”
Stung, I sit up and flinch as my head protests the swift movement.  That whiskey might not have been the smartest decision I’ve made this morning.
“I resent that!”
“How can you after what you’ve just told me?”  He shakes his head and moves away from the bed to stride back and forth along the breadth of the room.  The carpet probably has a groove in it from all the pacing.  It’s a path I’ve trodden many a time during my stay.
I sink down to an elbow and with lowered lashes, watch him.  “Do you hate me, Nate?”  I hate how important the answer is and wish I hadn’t asked the question, but it popped out.
Thank you, whiskey.
His head whips around to look at me and the swift frown and even faster sigh leave me in the dark. What he’s thinking eludes me and it’s annoying how much his opinion means to me. 

Marina has never taken the easy road.  Why should she, when she prefers a storm to a perfect summer’s day?  But even for her, Marina’s life is in a mess and she knows it.

Too many wrong decisions have put her life in danger and the only way to safety is to embrace the past.  But Marina moves forward, steam-rolling ahead rather than focusing on the mistakes she’s made; the mistakes that have brought her to this point. And while she is happy with her head buried in the sand, Nathan Conroy won’t let her.

He loved her once, could love her again, but for her safety, even if it causes her to hate him, he’ll do anything to protect her from the mess she’s in.

From big city living to a huge ranch in the middle of nowhere, Marina’s safety comes at a price.  But to her the physical danger is no less frightening than the peril to her heart.

Can she rewind ten years to right the wrongs she once made?  And even though the future depends on it, can she unbend enough to do just that?
Marina's awakening is told in Parts Five, Six, Seven & Eight of the Naughty Nookie Series. 
Labeled: Marina Part One, Marina Part Two, Marina Part Three, Marina Part Four.


© Serena Akeroyd 2013