Hey Mergers!

What do you love most about the KK men? For me, it's their obsession. How they know what they want as soon as they see it. How they don't let anything stop them from getting it.

And let me tell you, Louie, the male lead from His Kingdom is obsessed with a capital O. Don't believe me? Check out this snippet below.

Here's another sneak peek to tide you over!

Obsession. An idea or thought that continually preoccupies a person’s mind. I’ve been obsessed with two things in life: making money and ruling this city. And now, I think I might have found a third obsession that keeps intruding my thoughts. Charlotte.

I spent the night looking up everything I could learn about her. I know where she grew up. I know the school she graduated from and that she was valedictorian. I know she has one sister, Melanie, and was engaged to be married this past weekend to an Owen Aiken, a sheriff in the small southern town she came from.

I know she broke her ankle in the eighth grade during cheer practice. I also know that she was admitted to the hospital a year ago when she miscarried at six weeks. She had chicken pox when she was five and her tonsils removed when she was seven.

I dug as deep as I could. She’s clean as a whistle. Not a single parking ticket attached to her name. Charlotte Armstrong is the all-American girl next door. The type you take home to your mother. The same type I never would have let near my own mother.

As I’ve gotten older, the memories I had of the woman have turned from fun, loving, and playful to the reality of who and what she really was. A hooker. An addict who left her son alone in an alleyway while she went and overdosed on drugs. I mourned her for so long. And then one day I decided I was done. She didn’t love me. If she did, she never would have left.

Although, if I didn’t have the childhood I did, I probably wouldn’t be where I am today. So her leaving wasn’t the worst outcome. Being alone isn’t a bad thing. It’s something you get used to and come to savor. If you don’t have anyone you care about, you can’t be hurt.

Which is why I need to cure myself of my latest obsession with Charlotte. I don’t know what it is about the woman that I’m so drawn to. 

© COPYRIGHT 2025 KYLIE KENT

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Are you caught up on the Days of Valentino?

As a reminder (announced in Club Merge), all good things must come to an end. Episode 30 will be the final installment of Days of Valentino. After that, we are going to do a brief trial run in Kindle Unlimited with the collection of episodes. There will also be a paperback option.

Happy Reading!

XOXO,

Kylie