Free The Dark Stranger: A Sharon Brown Erotic Romance by Kathleen Robertson

Prologue
     
    The weather was exceptionally cold and wet this time of the year. It had been raining incessantly for the past several days due to which the inhabitants of the small town had hibernated into their respective homes. The cold and chill was too much to handle for many of them and they preferred to stay indoors. For a city that was proud for its sociability and hospitality, it looked quite dead and barren at a time like this.
    But despite the cold and harsh weather conditions, there was one soul in this city for whom nothing made a difference except the desperation t o keep her child warm and cozy; the need to protect her child who was suffering from pneumonia. Sarah was desperate to get some milk and food for her little one, who was sound asleep on the bed, his face flushed from the pneumonia that he was suffering from. She draped a long scarf over her head, a scarf which she always used as a muffler as well for such weather conditions.
    “Nancy!” She called out to her housemate.
    “In here, Sarah!” Nancy was buried in a box of flour in the pantry, cleaning it. Sarah walked into the pantry, fully ready to go out.
    “I’m off to get some milk for Jake; please can you look after him until I come back?” She asked her.
    “Sure, Sarah. Don’t forget to protect yourself from the cold.” She called back. Sarah picked up her bag, kissed Jake on his forehead and was out in a flurry of black coat.
    Sarah Mitchell was the daughter of a wealthy Calgary socialite. She had spent all her life being the pampered child at home and it has taken a toll on her upbringing as well. Being the only child of her parents and therefore, everything she ever asked for was fulfilled as soon as it was out of her mouth; she thought that the world was at her feet. Brown hair, which was always long enough to reach her waist, almond shaped green eyes and a sweet, sensual mouth that was meant to be kissed. She drew everyone’s attention as she walked passed. She was one of the most popular and pursued girls in high school and therefore, was asked out by the most eligible and gorgeous dudes occasionally whom she always turned down graciously. Life was a piece of cake for Sarah, as she had no idea of the difficulties and hardships faced by many people. Her life began to change when she went to college. Things were not strawberries and creams for her there as she felt rivalry and hatred from her fellows in college. Many boys asked her out in college but she rejected them. She always said that she hadn’t met her Mr. Right yet. The girls became jealous of her and would backbite which resulted her becoming unpopular and rejected.
    At such crucial times, when she was quite lonely and forlorn, she made a new friend. Liam Michelson was the head of the football team and her classmate. He was known to score morein the bedroom field than in the football field but that reputation did not deter him from being the captain of the football team. As soon as he started pursuing Sarah, she was immediately accepted in the cheerleading team and thus, her life started to become normal but not for long.Two years in the college, she found out she was pregnant and all her dreams for the future crumbled at her feet back then. When she informed Liam of her pregnancy, he flipped her right out of her life, never returning even when she gave birth to his son. She turned to her parents for help but their reaction was identical to Liam’s, therefore she had left college and now, here she was at the mercy of Nancy who had given her shelter for the past two years. With her help, she was taking care of Jake and providing what tiny bit for him she could with the pennies she earned from her work on the small and shabby looking shopping mart down the road.
    She bowed her head against the rough wind, her thin scarf pulled over her ears. Walking quickly towards the shop at the corner, she was unaware of two men following her. She rounded a bend and was about to step in the