Taste of Karma (Sinner's Keepers #2) - Heather Long

Taste of Karma

Death, Sin, and Vengeance walk into a bar…

They all want something from Karmen.

Bish wants to get even with Karmen for her interference in taking Dahlia away from him. Cipher wants to punish her for abandoning his arms and his bed. Váli has wanted her for centuries but she never seemed to see him.

When Bish and Cipher conspire to teach Karmen a lesson, Váli seizes the opportunity and offers his services—after all, Vengeance is his grace. Too bad for them, he’ll extract a little for his girl and eliminate them as competition at the same time. These bad boys are no angels.

Karma has no deadline…

I’m not afraid of them. I’m not afraid of anyone.

Sin betrayed me, Death wants me to pay, and Vengeance? He’s all right, but we work together too much. Our methods are very different. When those three Keepers put their heads together, my spine tingles in warning. They’re up to something and it’s hard to miss. I’ve played this game for far too long. Are they really sure they want to mess with me?

Bring it on, boys. I’m patient and it’s hardly the first time I got my hands dirty.

*Please note this is a reverse harem and the authors suggests you always read the forward in their books. Warning, this is a standalone tale with a fierce and feisty heroine, three anti-heroes who are forces of nature, and a tale as old as time, with elements of revenge, humor, and a little bit of karmic justice thrown in.

Yes, Karma is coming for you.

Don’t look away.

You know who you are.

Foreword

First, let us thank you for picking up Taste of Karma. When Blake and I first wrote Kiss of Fate, I swore, we both had so much fun. It has been a long time since I laughed like that and we took great pleasure in tagging the other by leaving the characters in jeopardy or in the middle of an OOPS moment. Still, we wouldn’t have it any other way.

Now, things to know, Taste of Karma is a standalone. Kiss of Fate was also a standalone. However, they are both set in the same world and characters you first met in Kiss of Fate also appear in Taste of Karma, in fact, two of them have very prominent roles. we do not think you have to have read the first one in order to read this one, that said, we would encourage you to meet the Keepers the way we did—through Dahlia’s eyes.

The best part of writing these books has been we don’t know who wrote what by the time we were done. Some lines and a scene or two stand out, but for the most part this book like the first one is all us.

Writing together was a treat and we look forward to doing this again. Sinner’s Keepers are definitely keepers in our book.

Finally, just a couple of housekeeping notes!

For those of you who have never read a reverse harem before, thanks for picking this up and giving it a shot. A reverse harem means the heroine will not make a choice in this book or any other between the guys in her life. It may take her a while to reach that conclusion, but it’s the journey that drives it. There are many ways to frame this kind of relationship, currently reverse harem fits it very well.

Thank you again for reading Karmen’s story and we truly hope you enjoy it!

When you finish, be sure to let us know whose story you’d like to see next! We have a lot of ideas.

—Heather and Blake

Chapter 1

Everything you do comes back to you. - Karmen

Karmen

Back to Sinner’s I went, hands stretched over my head as I slipped in the slowly closing door behind Hattie. Ugh, if I’d realize she was going to be here, I’d have just gone home and grabbed my end of the night drink there. Thankfully, Sunny was already there, and Hattie was making a beeline for him.

The panic edging Sunny’s gaze, however, gave me pause. Hattie didn’t even slow as she reached the golden-haired Keeper with the devastating pair of dimples and unholy sun-kissed bronzed skin. Her fist knocked him clean off the stool.

Every Keeper in the bar went still as Sunny slammed into the floor, his Nectar splashing all over him before the glass tumbler hit the floor. The crystal splintered, cracking into four hard pieces and scattering. Hattie followed him right to the floor and popped him again.

I half-froze because what the actual