Darla didn't know why Marker gave her the necklace. He'd placed it around her neck and told her that when the baddest of the bad came, she'd was to show this to the guys who worked at the gas station by the highway. At seven, she'd never dreamed that she'd ever need its magic protection. But when the gunshots woke her in the middle of the night, and she saw her mother's body in the living room, Darla knew she had nowhere else to go. The men were rough and scary, and their reputation was even worse than her mother's, but they took her in without hesitation. Now she was wrapped up in a deal she barely understood. Falling for a man who scared her in all the right ways. But the biggest surprise was yet to come for the Saint.
I finished both falling and standing in three days flat. I wanted to know what happened to Amber. I haven't ever read BDSM stuff. My first time and it was a bit graphic for me, but the story made up for it. I'm glad Amber got over crying in the end and learnt to stand on her own two feet. Did one year make all that difference? But I thought Seth was the right one for her. Quite a twist that was. I wish the book would have the mistakes corrected though, cos they were quite distracting.