Total pages in book: 89
Estimated words: 88080 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 440(@200wpm)___ 352(@250wpm)___ 294(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 88080 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 440(@200wpm)___ 352(@250wpm)___ 294(@300wpm)
Read Online Books/Novels: | Little Hoodlum (Hood River Hoodlums #2) |
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Author/Writer of Book/Novel: | K. Webster |
| Language: | English |
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From USA Today bestselling author K Webster comes a forbidden best friend's little sister romance called Little Hoodlum! There are few people in this world I thought I could count on. My brother. My two best friends. And him. Jordy Martinez. Problem is, Jordy thought protecting me was his sole mission in life. He gave up everything for me and my brother, including his freedom. Losing him left me hollow and empty. But after three long years, I’ve learned to live without him. Until I get mixed up with a guy who has dangerous connections in Hood River and everything begins to crash down around me just in time for my senior year of high school. Possessive boyfriend with a penchant for violence. Best friend turned enemy. Fights with my big brother. Everything’s a mess and I’m not sure there’s any fixing it. I might just need that bully ex-convict who’ll do anything—again—to keep me safe. All I want is peace, happiness, and love. And I won’t go down without a fight in order to get it. I’m a Hoodlum after all. They call me Little Hoodlum, but I’m not so little anymore... This is a full-length high school friends-to-lovers, forbidden, and new adult romance with high angst, suspense, and gutting emotion. It's book two in the Hood River Hoodlum series that will have interlinking storylines. Little Hoodlum shouldn't be read as a standalone and is the continuation of a four-book planned series that gives each Hoodlum a book. The first book in the series is the only MM story. The others, including this one, are MF. | |
| Books in Series: | Hood River Hoodlums Series by K. Webster |
| Books by Author: | K. Webster |
Jordy
March—Twenty-One Years Old
Eyes on the wall. Straight ahead. Ignore the fuck out of this guy. If I blink or wince or even drop my gaze, Hauser and his gang will be all over my ass like stink on shit.
“Yo, pussy kid,” Hauser barks out. “I’m talking to you. Your sugar daddy’s not around to protect you.”
Don’t look at him. Don’t look at him. Don’t look at him.
Fuck it.
I crack my neck on my shoulders and drag my stare to Eddie Hauser, a big fucker with a penchant for violence. He’s been taunting me ever since he transferred in here eight months ago.
“I don’t need protecting,” I growl. “Especially not from you.”
He pops his knuckles and glowers at me. “The fuck you say?”
“You know what I said, motherfucker.” I puff my chest out and take a threatening step toward him. “Back the fuck off me or I’m going to make you.”
His two goons crowd him from behind. Sure, they’re all three big, and together they’ll easily kick my ass.
But I’m bigger.
Meaner.
Pissed at the world.
They can fucking try me. I’ll go down swinging.
“The three stooges here giving you a problem?” a guard named Dave asks. “Solitary missed them. Just say the words, Martinez.”
Hauser’s nostrils flare. “Nah, man,” he says to Dave while staring me down. “We were just talking to the kid. No problems here.”
I smirk in triumph, knowing I thwarted another ass whipping. It pays to know people. Dave may be a guard, but he’s a cool guy if you don’t give him shit. He has looked out for me since the day I walked my broody ass into Oregon State Penitentiary.
“Remember what I said,” I call out to Hauser as they start to walk off.
“What’s that, kid?” Hauser hisses.
“I’ll tell ya later.” I wink at him, loving how his face turns purple with fury. So much for trying to lie low. It’s goddamn difficult in this place when everyone fucks with you.
Dave chuckles, patting my back as the guys walk off down the corridor. “I told you to stay out of trouble.”
“I try, man, but those assholes make it impossible.” I shrug him off.
“You have to try because you’re looking at an early release. Don’t fuck it up because you can’t keep your goddamn mouth shut.” He shakes his head in frustration. “Come on. You have a visitor.”
My heart thunders in my chest. I don’t take visitors. Not my parents. Not my brother Juno. Not Roan. Especially not Roux. It kills me for them to see me like this.
Today is different, though.
I sent a letter requesting this visit.
A mixture of excitement and dread claw at my insides. I don’t want to have this conversation, but it’s absolutely necessary.
For her.
Always her.
Dave guides me through a series of halls I’ve long since memorized. Prison isn’t so bad aside from the men who are always trying to assert their dominance over you. If you keep your head down, you can get your shit together. I managed to get my GED right away and have been plucking away at some college courses through the prison’s college partner program. School sucks, but when you have nothing better to do, it’s amazing how much you appreciate it.
“I’m surprised you’re taking a visitor,” Dave says. “Have you ever?”
“Nope.”
“What’s the special occasion?”
“A girl.”
Dave snorts. “Of course. You know this isn’t a conjugal visit. If you start wanking it in there—”
“It’s about a girl,” I interrupt. “She’s in trouble.”
He frowns as he unlocks a door. “Same girl you got yourself in here over?”
“Yep.”
“Must be pretty special to deserve such stupid loyalty.”
“Lay off,” I grunt out. “You don’t know shit.”
I follow him into another hallway. He glances over his shoulder at me. “I read your file, Martinez. I know enough. I’m well aware that you don’t make good decisions where she’s concerned. At the detriment of yourself.”
We reach a door and are buzzed in. I’m glad I don’t have to respond to his dumbass comments. He doesn’t know Roux or Roan. No one understands. No one but me. I walk along a bank of plexiglass cubicles with phones attached and small stools bolted to the floor. Most of the criminals are cuffed to the table as they visit, but others like me have the freedom to move our hands.
“Stall nine,” Dave grunts out. “I’ll be nearby when you’re ready to go.”
I give him a nod of thanks before throwing myself down onto the stool, making sure not to look at him. My best friend. Roan Hirsch.
Tap. Tap. Tap.
I’m drawn to the sound and lift my gaze. Familiar amber eyes sear into me with the intensity of a fiery volcano. He’s pissed. Understandably so. I refused to speak to him for three goddamn years.
He picks up the phone and nods with his head at mine. I note that his skin is tanned as though he’s spent too much time recently in the sun. His hair is the same, but he’s broader. Based on the way his biceps strain in his Henley, I note that he’s been lifting a lot.