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      Inked Nights

      A Montgomery Ink Novella

      By Carrie Ann Ryan

      1001 Dark Nights

      Inked Nights

      A Montgomery Ink Novella

      By Carrie Ann Ryan

      1001 Dark Nights

      Copyright 2018 Carrie Ann Ryan

      ISBN: 978-1-945920-96-7

      Foreword: Copyright 2014 M. J. Rose

      Published by Evil Eye Concepts, Incorporated

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, scanned, or distributed in any printed or electronic form without permission. Please do not participate in or encourage piracy of copyrighted materials in violation of the author’s rights.

      This is a work of fiction. Names, places, characters and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination and are fictitious. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or establishments is solely coincidental.

      Book Description

      Inked Nights

      A Montgomery Ink Novella

      By Carrie Ann Ryan

      From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Carrie Ann Ryan comes a new story in her Montgomery Ink series…

      Tattoo artist, Derek Hawkins knows the rules:

      One night a month.

      No last names.

      No promises.

      Olivia Madison has her own rules:

      Don’t fall in love.

      No commitment.

      Never tell Derek the truth.

      When their worlds crash into each other however, Derek and Olivia will have to face what they fought to ignore as well as the connection they tried to forget.

      **Every 1001 Dark Nights novella is a standalone story. For new readers, it’s an introduction to an author’s world. And for fans, it’s a bonus book in the author’s series. We hope you'll enjoy each one as much as we do.**

      About Carrie Ann Ryan

      New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author Carrie Ann Ryan never thought she’d be a writer. Not really. No, she loved math and science and even went on to graduate school in chemistry. Yes, she read as a kid and devoured teen fiction and Harry Potter, but it wasn’t until someone handed her a romance book in her late teens that she realized that there was something out there just for her. When another author suggested she use the voices in her head for good and not evil, The Redwood Pack and all her other stories were born.

      Carrie Ann is a bestselling author of over twenty novels and novellas and has so much more on her mind (and on her spreadsheets *grins*) that she isn’t planning on giving up her dream anytime soon.

      www.CarrieAnnRyan.com

      Also from Carrie Ann Ryan

      Click to purchase

      Montgomery Ink

      Book 0.5: Ink Inspired

      Book 0.6: Ink Reunited

      Book 1: Delicate Ink

      Book 1.5: Forever Ink

      Book 2: Tempting Boundaries

      Book 4: Harder than Words

      Book 4: Written in Ink

      Book 4.5: Hidden Ink

      Book 5: Ink Enduring

      Book 6: Ink Exposed

      Book 6.5: Adoring Ink

      Book 6.6 Love, Honor, and Ink

      Book 7: Inked Expressions

      Book 7.3: Dropout

      Book 7.5: Executive Ink

      Book 8: Inked Memories

      Book 8.5: Inked Nights

      Book 8.7: Second Chance Ink

      Montgomery Ink: Colorado Springs

      Book 1: Fallen Ink

      Book 2: Restless Ink

      Book 3: Jagged Ink

      The Gallagher Brothers Series:

      A Montgomery Ink Spin Off Series

      Book 1: Love Restored

      Book 2: Passion Restored

      Book 3: Hope Restored

      The Whiskey and Lies Series:

      A Montgomery Ink Spin Off Series

      Book 1: Whiskey Secrets

      Book 2: Whiskey Reveals

      Book 3: Whiskey Undone

      The Fractured Connections Series:

      A Montgomery Ink Spin Off Series

      Book 1: Breaking Without You

      The Talon Pack (Following the Redwood Pack)

      Book 1: Tattered Loyalties

      Book 2: An Alpha’s Choice

      Book 3: Mated in Mist

      Book 4: Wolf Betrayed

      Book 5: Fractured Silence

      Book 6: Destiny Disgraced

      Book 7: Eternal Mourning

      Book 8: Strength Enduring

      Book 9: Forever Broken

      Redwood Pack Series

      Book 1: An Alpha’s Path

      Book 2: A Taste for a Mate

      Book 3: Trinity Bound

      Redwood Pack Box Set (Contains Books 1-3)

      Book 3.5: A Night Away

      Book 4: Enforcer’s Redemption

      Book 4.5: Blurred Expectations

      Book 4.7: Forgiveness

      Book 5: Shattered Emotions

      Book 6: Hidden Destiny

      Book 6.5: A Beta’s Haven

      Book 7: Fighting Fate

      Book 7.5: Loving the Omega

      Book 7.7: The Hunted Heart

      Book 8: Wicked Wolf

      The Complete Redwood Pack Box Set (Contains Books 1-7.7)

      Branded Packs (Written with Alexandra Ivy)

      Book 1: Stolen and Forgiven

      Book 2: Abandoned and Unseen

      Book 3: Buried and Shadowed (Coming July 2016)

      Dante’s Circle Series

      Book 1: Dust of My Wings

      Book 2: Her Warriors’ Three Wishes

      Book 3: An Unlucky Moon

      The Dante's Circle Box Set (Contains Books 1-3)

      Book 3.5: His Choice

      Book 4: Tangled Innocence

      Book 5: Fierce Enchantment

      Book 6: An Immortal's Song

      Book 7: Prowled Darkness

      The Complete Dante's Circle Series (Contains Books 1-7)

      Holiday, Montana Series

      Book 1: Charmed Spirits

      Book 2: Santa’s Executive

      Book 3: Finding Abigail

      The Holiday Montana Box Set (Contains Books 1-3)

      Book 4: Her Lucky Love

      Book 5: Dreams of Ivory

      The Complete Holiday, Montana Box Set (Contains Books 1-5)

      The Happy Ever After Series:

      Flame and Ink

      Ink Ever After

      Single Title:

      Finally Found You

      Acknowledgments from the Author

      This book was far different than what I’d thought it would be. When I first met Derek back in 2014 in the first of the Montgomery Ink series, I thought I knew his past. It turns out, my own life found itself mirroring that story far too much and I changed what Derek had once been into who he needed to be for myself and for him.

      This wasn’t the story I thought I would write and yet it was the story I needed to write. And I want to thank Chelle, Liz, and Jillian for talking it over with me, and MJ and Liz for creating such an amazing series that I’m blessed to be part of.

      Thank you.

      Discover 1001 Dark Nights Collection One

      Click here to explore

      FOREVER WICKED by Shayla Black

      CRIMSON TWILIGHT by Heather Graham

      CAPTURED IN SURRENDER by Liliana Hart

      SILENT BITE: A SCANGUARDS WEDDING by Tina Folsom

      DUNGEON GAMES by Lexi Blake

      AZAGOTH by Larissa Ione

      NEED YOU NOW by Lisa Renee Jones

      SHOW ME, BABY by Cherise Sinclair

      ROPED IN by Lorelei James

      TEMPTED BY MIDNIGHT by Lara Adrian

      THE FLAME by Christopher Rice

      CARESS OF DARKNESS by Julie Kenner

      Also from 1001 Dark Nights

      TAME ME by J. Kenne
    r

      Discover 1001 Dark Nights Collection Two

      Click here to explore

      WICKED WOLF by Carrie Ann Ryan

      WHEN IRISH EYES ARE HAUNTING by Heather Graham

      EASY WITH YOU by Kristen Proby

      MASTER OF FREEDOM by Cherise Sinclair

      CARESS OF PLEASURE by Julie Kenner

      ADORED by Lexi Blake

      HADES by Larissa Ione

      RAVAGED by Elisabeth Naughton

      DREAM OF YOU by Jennifer L. Armentrout

      STRIPPED DOWN by Lorelei James

      RAGE/KILLIAN by Alexandra Ivy/Laura Wright

      DRAGON KING by Donna Grant

      PURE WICKED by Shayla Black

      HARD AS STEEL by Laura Kaye

      STROKE OF MIDNIGHT by Lara Adrian

      ALL HALLOWS EVE by Heather Graham

      KISS THE FLAME by Christopher Rice

      DARING HER LOVE by Melissa Foster

      TEASED by Rebecca Zanetti

      THE PROMISE OF SURRENDER by Liliana Hart

      Also from 1001 Dark Nights

      THE SURRENDER GATE By Christopher Rice

      SERVICING THE TARGET By Cherise Sinclair

      Discover 1001 Dark Nights Collection Three

      Click here to explore

      HIDDEN INK by Carrie Ann Ryan

      BLOOD ON THE BAYOU by Heather Graham

      SEARCHING FOR MINE by Jennifer Probst

      DANCE OF DESIRE by Christopher Rice

      ROUGH RHYTHM by Tessa Bailey

      DEVOTED by Lexi Blake

      Z by Larissa Ione

      FALLING UNDER YOU by Laurelin Paige

      EASY FOR KEEPS by Kristen Proby

      UNCHAINED by Elisabeth Naughton

      HARD TO SERVE by Laura Kaye

      DRAGON FEVER by Donna Grant

      KAYDEN/SIMON by Alexandra Ivy/Laura Wright

      STRUNG UP by Lorelei James

      MIDNIGHT UNTAMED by Lara Adrian

      TRICKED by Rebecca Zanetti

      DIRTY WICKED by Shayla Black

      THE ONLY ONE by Lauren Blakely

      SWEET SURRENDER by Liliana Hart

      Discover 1001 Dark Nights Collection Four

      Click here to explore

      ROCK CHICK REAWAKENING by Kristen Ashley

      ADORING INK by Carrie Ann Ryan

      SWEET RIVALRY by K. Bromberg

      SHADE'S LADY by Joanna Wylde

      RAZR by Larissa Ione

      ARRANGED by Lexi Blake

      TANGLED by Rebecca Zanetti

      HOLD ME by J. Kenner

      SOMEHOW, SOME WAY by Jennifer Probst

      TOO CLOSE TO CALL by Tessa Bailey

      HUNTED by Elisabeth Naughton

      EYES ON YOU by Laura Kaye

      BLADE by Alexandra Ivy/Laura Wright

      DRAGON BURN by Donna Grant

      TRIPPED OUT by Lorelei James

      STUD FINDER by Lauren Blakely

      MIDNIGHT UNLEASHED by Lara Adrian

      HALLOW BE THE HAUNT by Heather Graham

      DIRTY FILTHY FIX by Laurelin Paige

      THE BED MATE by Kendall Ryan

      PRINCE ROMAN by CD Reiss

      NO RESERVATIONS by Kristen Proby

      DAWN OF SURRENDER by Liliana Hart

      Also from 1001 Dark Nights

      Tempt Me by J. Kenner

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      Discovery Bundle Three

      Featuring stories by

      Sidney Bristol, Darcy Burke, T. Gephart

      Stacey Kennedy, Adriana Locke

      JB Salsbury, and Erika Wilde

      Table of Contents

      Book Description

      About Carrie Ann Ryan

      Also from Carrie Ann Ryan

      Acknowledgments from the Author

      Discover 1001 Dark Nights Collection One

      Discover 1001 Dark Nights Collection Two

      Discover 1001 Dark Nights Collection Three

      Discover 1001 Dark Nights Collection Four

      Foreword

      Chapter One

      Chapter Two

      Chapter Three

      Chapter Four

      Chapter Five

      Chapter Six

      Chapter Seven

      Chapter Eight

      Chapter Nine

      Chapter Ten

      Epilogue

      Discover 1001 Dark Nights Collection Five

      Discover the World of 1001 Dark Nights

      Discover More Carrie Ann Ryan

      An excerpt from Adoring Ink by Carrie Ann Ryan

      Special Thanks

      One Thousand and One Dark Nights

      Once upon a time, in the future…

      I was a student fascinated with stories and learning.

      I studied philosophy, poetry, history, the occult, and

      the art and science of love and magic. I had a vast

      library at my father’s home and collected thousands

      of volumes of fantastic tales.

      I learned all about ancient races and bygone

      times. About myths and legends and dreams of all

      people through the millennium. And the more I read

      the stronger my imagination grew until I discovered

      that I was able to travel into the stories... to actually

      become part of them.

      I wish I could say that I listened to my teacher

      and respected my gift, as I ought to have. If I had, I

      would not be telling you this tale now.

      But I was foolhardy and confused, showing off

      with bravery.

      One afternoon, curious about the myth of the

      Arabian Nights, I traveled back to ancient Persia to

      see for myself if it was true that every day Shahryar

      (Persian: شهريار, “king”) married a new virgin, and then

      sent yesterday's wife to be beheaded. It was written

      and I had read, that by the time he met Scheherazade,

      the vizier's daughter, he’d killed one thousand

      women.

      Something went wrong with my efforts. I arrived

      in the midst of the story and somehow exchanged

      places with Scheherazade – a phenomena that had

      never occurred before and that still to this day, I

      cannot explain.

      Now I am trapped in that ancient past. I have

      taken on Scheherazade’s life and the only way I can

      protect myself and stay alive is to do what she did to

      protect herself and stay alive.

      Every night the King calls for me and listens as I spin tales.

      And when the evening ends and dawn breaks, I stop at a

      point that leaves him breathless and yearning for more.

      And so the King spares my life for one more day, so that

      he might hear the rest of my dark tale.

      As soon as I finish a story... I begin a new

      one... like the one that you, dear reader, have before

      you now.

      Chapter One

      Pebbled flesh.

      Quick intakes of breath.

      Long sighs turning to moans.

      That’s what awaited Olivia Madison, and she knew it. She’d always known it. She’d rake her fingernails down his back, arch into him, and let herself be taken in the most primal way. And then she’d walk away again without looking back. They’d have a drink. They’d fuck. They’d keep it to only those details. There would be no last names, no promises. Exactly how they wanted it. And in a month, they’d do it again.

      It was her thrill, her deepest secret.

      Well, not her deepest, but the only one she could face.

      Just one more time. That’s what Olivia had told herself last month, and yet, she knew she would be back for more. She’d always be back for more when it cam
    e to him.

      Because that was how it was, and she wasn’t sure it would ever change. She wasn’t sure she needed it to change. Wasn’t sure she wanted it to change.

      But she was going to push those thoughts from her mind. Because tonight was about one thing. Hot, unadulterated sex. At least that’s what she kept telling herself. Because there was no way that Olivia was going to fall for the man she didn’t know. She might know his body just as much as he knew hers, but that was it.

      She didn’t even know what his favorite drink was. She swore he ordered a different one each time they were out together just to throw her off. She’d found herself doing the same, but maybe not for the same reasons. She just liked variety, liked knowing that she didn’t have to commit to something as simple as a drink.

      The only commitment she allowed herself was one night a month with a man named D. He knew her as O.

      And every time he called her that, there was a little laughter in his eyes because he had indeed given her a few Os along the way.

      She mentally rolled her eyes at the horrendous joke and took a sip of her lemon drop martini. Tonight, she’d wanted something extra sweet to get the bitter taste of regret out of her mouth. For some reason, this night felt different than previous months. Maybe she was just getting old, or the fragile relationship she had with her stranger was getting stale, but either way, she felt like this might be the last one. And maybe it needed to be.

      Having sex with a stranger with no promises and no strings once a month for as long as it had been going on seemed crazy and a little as if she were playing with fire. She often wondered what the manager or bartender at this hotel thought of them. Because this wasn’t the first time she’d seen the same guy behind the bar, wasn’t even the first time she’d seen the concierge.

     


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