On The Edge (The Knight Series#1) by Mari Brown
Published June 23, 2014
Spoiler Free by Meagan
Leaving an abusive life behind is not a crime.
Katarina Roberts’ only goal is to get the hell out of Belmont, and the further away, the better. After living with an abusive mother most of her life, her brother Drew, part of the town's notorious Knight Crime family, is doing everything he can to help her attend school at UCLA.
Cole Knight is being groomed to take over the Knight family business. A lethal combination of sexy and dangerous, he has no interest in a relationship... until he meets Kat. Cole wants Kat, and will stop at nothing to have her and keep her, and make her part of the ‘family’.
Kat and Cole have an explosive connection from the first moment they lay eyes on one another.
Now, Kat faces the hardest choice of her life… Cole or UCLA? Cole would mean dealing with everything that comes from being a "Knight." A world where you are constantly worrying about your loved ones being hurt or possibly worse. But loving him makes it seem worth it. Or does she stick with the plan to get as far away from Belmont as possible? Will she give up her dreams of UCLA for Cole?
Katarina Roberts’ only goal is to get the hell out of Belmont, and the further away, the better. After living with an abusive mother most of her life, her brother Drew, part of the town's notorious Knight Crime family, is doing everything he can to help her attend school at UCLA.
Cole Knight is being groomed to take over the Knight family business. A lethal combination of sexy and dangerous, he has no interest in a relationship... until he meets Kat. Cole wants Kat, and will stop at nothing to have her and keep her, and make her part of the ‘family’.
Kat and Cole have an explosive connection from the first moment they lay eyes on one another.
Now, Kat faces the hardest choice of her life… Cole or UCLA? Cole would mean dealing with everything that comes from being a "Knight." A world where you are constantly worrying about your loved ones being hurt or possibly worse. But loving him makes it seem worth it. Or does she stick with the plan to get as far away from Belmont as possible? Will she give up her dreams of UCLA for Cole?
When we first meet Kat in the prologue she's in a club using her fake ID grinding on some guy who is probably way too old for her, but she doesn't care. Unfortunately for her, Drew, does care. When he finds his baby sister in the club, Drew goes a little crazy knocking out the guy she was dancing with. Of course Kat is a little drunk and just yells back at her brother, paying no attention to the guys standing behind Drew. Maybe if she did, she would have realized the guy who wanted her back then, and wants her now as she sits in the little diner waiting for Drew.
When "The Bitch" lets her new boyfriend, Jim, move in she doesn't care that they're assholes. Instead when Kat's mom leaves town for a few days, Jim doesn't wait long at all to start slinking up on Kat, which then forces her to meet up with her brother in this crappy little hole in the wall diner. Kat also has the chance to meet Drew's new friends, one so big Kat decides to call him Hulk. The other guy? He still may be scary looking but according to Kat, she has never seen someone so good looking before, she decides to call him Pretty Eyes. Both nicknames are fitting.
"Drew scans the resturant and, when he sees me, he heads straight in my direction. Two guys I've nevere seen before flank him on either side. One guy is so humongous the he couldn't hide if he wanted. I mean Hulk huge. His hard, scary face gives the impression that he would show no mercy if you crossed him. In fact, some of the diners warily look at him as he walks by them. The other guy catches my attention for a whole different reason. I've seen some good-looking guys in my eighteen years, but damn, the eyes on this guy just draw me in like a fucking magnet. They are the most striking shade of Mediterranean Sea blue, and I can't get past them to look at the rest of him."
When Kat tells her brother what happened with Jim and that she needs a place to stay, he has no problem letting her crash there. But first he needs to pay this asshole a visit first. Little does she know, his friends, Hulk and Pretty Eyes, live there too. After Drew tells her these guys real names, she realizes that she actually knows who Pretty Eyes is, just by name though.
What Kat doesn't know is that Cole was there the night Drew found her in that club, he had his eyes on her then and he has his eyes on her now.
"'Fucking stop looking at me like that, asshole!' I yell in a low tone so that they don't hear me downstairs. 'I can't hook up with you, no matter what my body is saying to me. My brother would fucking flip.'
'Your brother wont say shit. He answers to me, not the other way around. When I want something, I go for it, and Kitten, I want you, so I will have you.'
'Stop calling me Kitten. My name is Kat. K.A.T. Kat. Got it?'
'Well, you're kitten to me, and that's what I'm going to call you.'"
Well then, if a guy told me he was going to call me Kitten and he would have me, I might just faint. I don't think I could let a guy talk to me that way, but then again it is hot to read. Another unfortunate or maybe fortunate thing for Kat is that her brothers house only has three bedrooms. So either she sleeps on the couch, or, she can share a bed with Mr. Pretty Eyes. Hmm, I might have to just share his bed with him. I mean, it can't be that horrible, can it?
"'Wait, you live together?'
A big, shit-eating grin covers Cole's face. 'Yes, Kitten, the three of us share a house.'
'Well, fuck me sideways. I'm in big trouble now. How will I avoid Cole for a whole dame week if he lives there, too? It's not possible. Fuck!'
Yes Kat, how will you avoid Cole for a whole week? I know I probably couldn't. Could you? I mean, come on Kat, you have this gorgeous guy who wants you, granted he probably only wants you for his own reasons, but damn girl. I think everyone secretly wants an Alpha male.
When Kat steps foot in her brothers house, it's surprisingly clean. She can't help but wonder if they hire someone or if there is a live in girlfriend. I mean, I would have trouble picturing these three guys cleaning.
"Thoughts of Hulk vacuuming the living room flashes through my mind. The whole idea is absurd. I start laughing and quickly try to cover it with a cough, but the more I think of Hulk wearing an apron and cleaning house, the harder it becomes to hold in the laughter. It erupts out of me, and all three guys turn to see what is funny. They give me questioning looks because I'm bent over laughing with tears steaming down my face. The three guys are staring at me like what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-this-bitch. I'm fine until I glance at Hulk and then I start snickering again. His eyes narrow when he realizes he's the source of my amusement."
I'd be laughing too Kat, no worries. Heck, even picturing a guy that looks like Hulk makes me laugh. But then the subject of where Kat is sleeping comes back up, and with that comes the discussion of Cole wanting her. None of this makes Kat or Drew happy, because unlike other times, Drew doesn't try to protect her from Cole. What can he do anyway? Cole is someday going to be Drew's boss, Cole answers to no one, except his father.
Unfortunately for Kat, but fortunately for Cole, Kat is friends with his younger sibling Juliana and Justin. Maybe they can help sway Kat to be with Cole?
"'I'm thinking about my friends at school and how they will react to the news that I'm going to be dating you.'
'Why do I care what your friends will think?'
'Maybe because two of them are your sister and brother.'"
Before Kat can tell Justin and Julie what has happened over the weekend, Cole, Pete and Drew show up at school and well, Cole being Cole, he lets everyone know who Kat really belongs to. After that is all said and done, after Julie freaks out.
"You know, in my family, that is as good as a marriage proposal. When the guy says that, it's basically him saying that she is the one."
Well shit, what is Kat going to do now? How do you go from wanting to get the hell out of dodge to being with a guy like Cole to not knowing how to handle this situation AND still accomplish your goals?
Things get even worse for Kat when she moves into the Knight mansion with Julie and Justin. Growing more attached to these people with plans to leave in six months only means more heartache for everyone involved.
Can Kat leave after everything that happens with her and Cole? What about her relationships with Justin, Julie, Seth, Bruce and Drew? If she does leave, will she still keep in touch? So many questions I can't answer for you. I will however tell you this book ends with a MAJOR cliffhanger and I can not wait for book two to be out.
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