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Five Brothers

THE BRAND NEW DARK ROMANCE FROM TIKTOK SENSATION AND THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF PUNK 57 
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On the other side of town are five brothers. . . 
 
Macon is the oldest. I've never seen him smile. 
 
Army is a single dad with beautiful green eyes. 
 
Iron will be in prison soon. 
 
Dallas is the one I hate. 
 
Trace used to be mine. 
 
I need to go home. Away from the swamps and these men. I’ll leave tomorrow. I'll crash on the couch tonight. 
 
Everyone is asleep. Except for one. He sees me crying. I let him wrap his arms around my body and hold me. 
 
I don’t think it was Trace. 
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Readers are loving Five Brothers 
 ‘I could NOT put this book down! There was raw emotion. There was character and plot depth. There was HEAT’ 5 ***** Reader Review 
 ‘I had no idea what to expect and somehow my expectations were blown away’ 5 ***** Reader Review 
 ‘I don’t even know how to write something to convey how I feel about this book. I’m actually speechless. This book had me captivated from page one and the hold on me never loosened a single time during the entire book’ 5 ***** Reader Review 
 ‘HOLY MOLY! Pen, what did you do to me? I haven't read a book in a while now, that had me in a vice grip from the beginning to the end, like Five Brothers did’ 5 ***** Reader Review 
 ‘The character development was just fantastic. This book is told in each of their POVs and I loved getting to know them. They're complex, flawed, but most importantly they really care about each other’ 5 ***** Reader Review

Penelope Douglas is a New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author. Their books have been translated into twenty languages and include The Fall Away Series, The Devil’s Night Series, and the stand-alones, Misconduct, Punk 57, Birthday Girl, Credence, and Tryst Six Venom. They live in New England with their husband and daughter.

On the other side of town are five brothers. . . 
 
Macon is the oldest. I've never seen him smile. 
 
Army is a single dad with beautiful green eyes. 
 
Iron will be in prison soon. 
 
Dallas is the one I hate. 
 
Trace used to be mine. 
 
I need to go home. Away from the swamps and these men. I’ll leave tomorrow. Tonight I'll crash on the couch tonight. 
 
Everyone is asleep. Except for one. He sees me crying. I let him wrap his arms around my body and hold me. 
 
I don’t think it was Trace. 
 
Which means it was another brother. 
 
I don’t know who, but I can’t help but want him to hold me again. . .

Penelope Douglas

Summertime is quiet in southern Florida. In the humidity, the streets are empty, and the nights are still — perfect for a little mischief while the police aren’t looking.One of five brothers, Dallas Jaeger grew up proud of his community on the wrong side of the tracks — Sanoa Bay — and now, as a man, he’s ready to fight to protect it.Callum Ames has a reputation in St. Carmen, the affluent neighborhood bordering Sanoa Bay. He’s the hottest. The most popular. The one all the women want. But he has one major secret: he doesn’t want them.Summer is also storm season. Heat, wind, rain… and a lockdown.In a desperate bid to impress his powerful father, Callum suggests a curfew to hinder their rivals’ hold on the Bay.Unfortunately, the Jaegers don’t like rules.As Dallas and Callum clash, out for each other’s blood, they can’t ignore the heat between them — or the ending they can already see coming…After all, curfews were meant to be broken.

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