Yours to Keep by Claudia Burgoa

A Moment Like You

My name is Sophia Catarina Aragon and I am the executive assistant of the man who happens to be the runner upper to take over hell.

Where is hell? Surprisingly it’s not in some mystical place down under. Hell is better known as Baker’s Creek. A small town in Oregon just a couple of hours east from Mt. Hood.

Why is it hell?

Well, that’s where the Aldridge family settled back in the 1800s. They’ve always been successful in their careers. However, their personal life is a mess. They are damned to live a loveless, angry life. The story of this family is fascinating. There are only six Aldridges left. Anyone would think that they’re fighting to inherit the power, but actually, they’re trying to survive living together.

Let me bring you up to date, in case you haven’t heard about the Aldridge curse, Satan, William T. Aldridge, and his spawns. Are you ready?

Thirty-some years ago, the philanderer, William, spread his seed around the country. The cheating bastard had two kids with his wife and five out of wedlock. Pretty standard for a misogynistic asshole who thought owned the world. His wife dumped him—he neglected his seven children and lived alone until the day he died.

That should be the end of the story. Unfortunately for me, it’s in fact the beginning.

So the old man dies alone since he never cared about his children. He leaves a will and with it, he screws his six children (Carter, son number seven, died twelve years ago).

Now, his offsprings have to stay in hell (Baker’s Creek) for the next eighteen months. Sounds easy to do but believe me, living among each other is a sentence of its own.

Why am I involved?

Pure unadulterated bad luck. I’m pretty sure I walked under too many ladders. Maybe I broke mirrors. I wander along all the black cats in New York City… or I was born unlucky.

What can I tell you about these men? Not much since I’m getting to know them too. All I know is that they are Trouble!

Don’t let their hotness fool you. Let me introduce you to them:

Hayes, the yummy doctor (and my best friend’s fiancé).

Pierce, the hot lawyer (and my other best friend’s estranged husband).

Mills, the hockey player who I’d like to have on a penalty box.

Vance, the broody smoldering special forces.

Beacon, the heartthrob musician.

And I save the worst for last, Henry Lloyd Merkel Aldridge. The owner of Merkel Hotels and Spas. He also happens to be my boss. If Lucifer had a twin, Henry would be him.

All of them are hot. I’m pretty sure they were forged by a deity and given to their mothers as a gift for enduring William and a punishment to the rest of us—humans. They are not easy to handle.

The Aldridge brothers should all come with warnings like, dangerous, explosive, poisonous...Too hot to handle, radioactive men, or addictive.

Do not approach.

They are so beautiful, you can’t stay away from them and when you’re close, you can’t get away. I’ve been working on figuring out how to get rid of one and suddenly I find myself with five more.