Still beating - jennifer hartmann

He puts his hand against my chest.

Its still beating, he whispers, his words a soft kiss against my lips.

As long as its beating, youre okay.

When Cora Lawson attends her sisters birthday party, she expects at most a hangover or a walk of shame by the end of it.

She doesnt anticipate a stolen wallet, leaving her stranded and dependent on her sisters fiancé, Dean Asher--her archnemesis and perpetual thorn in her side.

And she really doesnt anticipate getting knocked out and waking up chained in a madmans basement, Dean in his own shackles beside her.

After fifteen years of teasing, insults, and never-ending pranks, the ultimate joke seems to be on them.

The two people who always thought theyd end up killing each other must now work together if they want to survive long enough to escape.

But Cora and Dean dont know that their abductor has a plan for them.

A plan that will alter the course of their relationship, blur the line between hate and love, and shackle them to each other long after they are freed from their chains.

Theyre in this together--no matter what their unexpected bond might cost them.