Kent:
She set me up. This cute little woman with the big eyes and the sweet words framed me. Now Iβm serving a jail sentence thanks to her tricks. But Iβm no fool. Layla is clearly a highly trained operator who decided to take me out of the equation. My contract to eliminate Graham Tuckerβowner of the Fill-A-Friend stuffed animal chainβhangs by a thread, and I have to get this kill before Layla steals it out from under me. The day Iβm released is the day Iβll take my vengeance on that cunning assassin with the innocent eyes. And then Iβll take out Graham Tucker and close my contract with the Brotherhood.
Layla:
Pandacorns are my bestsellers. Seriously. I can make a pandacorn, post it on Etsy, and itβs gone within an hour. Working at Fill-A-Friend pays the bills so I can work on my real passionβone-of-a-kind stuffies that have my own personal flair. But Fill-A-Friend can be demanding and sometimes intense, especially since Iβm accident prone (one time I left the cotton stuffing machine on. Whoops.) Or like that time when I got rid of a bunch of ugly stuffed dogs and some random guy stole them and went to jail over it. Yikes. Anyway, things are going okay until Kent shows up in my life. And then they get so much better. Heβs kind, caring, and supportive of my stuffie-making. The only issue is that he says weird stuff about βour line of workβ when we donβt even do the same thing, but heβs handsome and amazing, so I donβt mind. In fact, I think Iβm falling for him.
My stuffie business and my personal life are headed in the right direction . . . Until Mr. Tucker comes to inspect the store and things go terribly, horribly wrong.