Rent Free by Lani Lynn Vale

Posted September 10, 2024 in review Tags:

Series: Carter Brothers #5
Genres: Contemporary Romance
Setting: Dallas, TX
Source: ARC
Also in this series: No Cap, I Can't Even, Thirst Trap, Clap Back, Time To Bounce, Yolo
Also by this author: Execution Style, Charlie Foxtrot, Coup de Grace, Right to my Wrong, Shock Advised, Hail No, Beard Mode, Lights To My Siren, Fear the Beard, I Like Big Dragons and I Cannot Lie , I'm Only Here for the Beard, Dragons Need Love, Too , Oh, My Dragon, Kevlar To My Vest , Keys To My Cuffs, Life To My Flight , Hissy Fit, Talkin' Trash, Lord Have Mercy, Hide Your Crazy, How About No, I'd Rather Not, Make Me, Sinners are Winners, If You Say So, Just Kidding, Herd That, Fries Before Guys, Crazy Heifer, Maybe Swearing Will Help, Keep it Classy, Chute Yeah, Get Bucked, May Contain Wine, Jokes on You, Somethin' About That Boy, Join the Club, Any Day Now, Say It Ain't So, Officially Over It, Nobody Knows, Depends on Who's Asking, Repeat Offender, Conjugal Visits, Jailbait, Quit Bein' Ugly, Doin' a Dime, Kitty Kitty, No Rep, Gen Pop, Jerk It, Inmate of the Month , Chalk Dirty to Me, Shakedown , Always Someone's Monster, Make Me Your Villain , Rattle Some Cages , Get Tragic , Strange and Unusual, Suck This, Never Trust the Living, Nobody Cares Unless You're Pretty, Good Trouble, Cute But Psycho, Annoyed At First Sight, The Voices Are Back, Special Kind of Twisted, I'll Just Date Myself, Fun House, Freak Show, Show Off, Clown Motel, Big Nick Energy, Sold to the Circus, Killing Booth, The Fool, No Cap, I Can't Even, Thirst Trap, Clap Back, Time To Bounce, Yolo, Stay Toxic, Hey Daddy, Walking Red Flag

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Fuck me for choosing the wrong sister.

Atlas Carter was a protector. He was a police officer, had spent years in the Air Force, spent his entire teen years as a volunteer firefighter.

Being a protector was in his blood.

It was his dream.

So when a woman was in a dangerous situation, it was his every instinct to protect her. To shield her. To watch over her.
Only, that woman had played him.

She’d set him up.

She’d made sure that he only saw her.

Then, when the real woman who should hold his heart, the sister, comes into his life, he doesn’t see past the hatred of her to know that she’s only trying to protect him in return.

He spends the next year terrorizing the woman who’s supposed to be his. When the dust finally settles, and he can see clearly once again, she’s no longer there waiting for him.

Rent Free is another Carter brother story! This time, Atlas meets his match after being duped by her sister. Poor Pepper and her family has been dealing with her psychopathic sister since she was a teen, and sadly, some people fall for her sister’s act. Atlas was one of those people.

What Atlas knew of Pepper all came from her sister, Sage, and it was not good. So he hated her on sight. He was rude and dismissive. He couldn’t believe how “horrible” Sage’s family treated her. Pepper is determined to show him the truth about Sage, even though he has no interest. But, as Pepper begins chipping away at Atlas, he starts to wonder. He also starts to fall for Pepper, despite the fact he initially thought she was a horrible person. This has a great enemies to lovers vibe, but also includes some crazy drama from some truly deranged women. It isn’t over the top though-like people actually do this kind of stuff! It was a wild ride and I loved it!