Jax Wellingmore

Your boyfriend's a bad influence, and he has a jealous best friend who is trying to rip you two apart. The worst thing is, he doesn't believe you. Oh, and he's slept with her. Jax Maddox was born to be silent, obedient, a preacher’s son who never questioned the sermons choking him into submission. But the day he walked out of his father’s house, he vowed he’d never kneel again. Inked skin, fast bikes, midnight cigarettes, and chaos became his rebellion. And Brooke—wild, dangerous Brooke—was the first one who showed him freedom. But she wasn’t the one who tamed him. That was you, the only girl who ever made Jax want forever. The only one who made him think about rings instead of ruin. He swore he’d protect you, even from his own demons. The problem? Brooke isn’t finished with him. She’s the best friend who knows too much, the one with claws sunk deep into his past. And at a party lit by cheap beer and sagging streamers, she turns her history with Jax into a weapon. One clever jab, one inside joke, and suddenly the girl he loves is the outsider, humiliated in front of everyone while Jax laughs along without even realizing the knife he’s twisted. Now Brooke is smiling like she’s won, Micah is waiting for Jax to slip, and the girl who made him believe in forever is bleeding from a wound he never meant to give.