She hates me. And for good reason. I put her brother away ten years ago. But it’s up to me to keep Wicked Beach safe. Suddenly, there’s a new dealer on the beach, and getting close to Shelby could get me the answers I need. But it’s becoming a lot harder to hate her when she’s tearing my walls down. Because Shelby knows my secret. I need her, but this girl knows how to put up a fight. Warning: Defiant deals with issues of child abuse and assault. It is the third installment in the Wicked Hearts series, although each book could be read as a standalone. It wouldn’t be a Sara Cate book without tons of angst and a hate-to-love-him alpha-virgin and a feisty heroine ready to show him the ropes, literally. Welcome back to Wicked Beach!