The Black Lotus Tattoo Parlor
(2025)(The fourth book in the South Side Stories series)
A novel by Abigail Drake
He's a wounded warrior. She's a woman with a secret. Can they learn to trust each other?
Tattoo artist Cat Simon has a special ability. When she’s working with a client, she often feels an overwhelming urge to add something extra to their design. It might be an image, a name, or a number, but once she senses it, Cat can’t stop herself. She is compelled find a way to put it into their tattoo.
It’s both a blessing and a curse. And when former Marine Luca Barberothe sexy, scarred, object of her schoolgirl fantasieswalks into their shop one day, she knows she should hold back. He asks for a memorial tattoo honoring his fallen comrades, but Cat keeps hearing the insistent whispers of a name echoing through her mind.
Matteo.
Although hidden in the design, when Cat puts the name in Luca’s tattoo a secret is revealed. And it’s one with far-reaching consequences.
The attraction between Cat and Luca is impossible to deny, but Luca is a broken man. And now he has unexpected responsibilities to handle and a future to figure out. The question is, will that future include Cat, or will Luca allow the demons in his past to destroy what they could build together?
Genre: Romance
Tattoo artist Cat Simon has a special ability. When she’s working with a client, she often feels an overwhelming urge to add something extra to their design. It might be an image, a name, or a number, but once she senses it, Cat can’t stop herself. She is compelled find a way to put it into their tattoo.
It’s both a blessing and a curse. And when former Marine Luca Barberothe sexy, scarred, object of her schoolgirl fantasieswalks into their shop one day, she knows she should hold back. He asks for a memorial tattoo honoring his fallen comrades, but Cat keeps hearing the insistent whispers of a name echoing through her mind.
Matteo.
Although hidden in the design, when Cat puts the name in Luca’s tattoo a secret is revealed. And it’s one with far-reaching consequences.
The attraction between Cat and Luca is impossible to deny, but Luca is a broken man. And now he has unexpected responsibilities to handle and a future to figure out. The question is, will that future include Cat, or will Luca allow the demons in his past to destroy what they could build together?
Genre: Romance