Another Try – Aliyah Burke

~ Sun Tzu The television was on low as he walked up from the hallway. Lance didn’t think Jasmine was even watching anything, she just stared at the wall. He swiped two beers from the fridge, opened them then continued to the living room where she sat. Without a word, he sat beside her and offered her one. Jasmine wore one of his shirts and a pair of his boxers. She looked fucking adorable and he wanted to keep her in his clothing.

She put the beer bottle right against her crotch as she sat there but didn’t look at him. “What are you thinking about?” “My nephew.” He’d already swept for bugs so knew this conversation would be fine to have. “What about him?” “That I’m missing him growing up.

He doesn’t know me and I don’t know him. Hell, I barely know my sister. My twin.” Her agony pulled at his soul. What was left of it anyway. Beer on the table in front of them, he angled his body toward her, making sure he didn’t physically touch her. Not that losing themselves in the bliss of the physical was bad, for it wasn’t, but he sensed she needed something more right now.

“When was the last time you spoke to any of them?” She sniffed and his gut wrenched at the sight of one solitary tear making a solemn trek along her skin. Fuck it. Lance reached out and swiped it away with the pad of his thumb. “Jasmine?” “I spoke to her on Christmas when he was first born.

Other than that, it’s been nothing but cards.” She ran her hands over her face before pushing them through her hair and exhaling even as she flattened her lips. As she shook her head, slightly, she put the bottle to her lips and drank. Lance held his tongue as she drained the bottle and put it on the coffee table with a yawn.

“Are you afraid you’re going to bring trouble to their door?” “I know I will. Plus I know her husband isn’t a staunch supporter of mine.” A wry smile.

Called Home to The Edge Straying to The Edge Returning to The Edge Cuffed at The Edge The Monroe Sisters Need You Now Let Me Go I Won’t Say Goodbye Heart’s Compass The Princess and the Marquess Flight of the Hawk The Earl’s Spark His Unwanted Temptation Keeper of the Stars Part One Part Two Part Three Part Four Part Five Astral Guardians Chasing the Storm Highlands at Dawn Fields of Thunder Branded by Frost Driven by Night Moon of Fire Family Forever Don’t You Wanna Stay?

Love and Moonshine First You Dream Billionaire Brothers Saving Rhodes Lost Rhodes Dangerous Rhodes What’s her Secret? Preconception Collections A Little Bit Cupid: This Ain’t No Love Story My Bloody Valentine: Perfect Duet With Taige Crenshaw Single Title Unbreakable Bonds Kemet Uncovered Talios Devi Linc Saffron Taber Ashia 1kitap1.com/en Shields and Sins ANOTHER TRY ALIYAH BURKE 1kitap1.com/en Another Try ISBN # 978-1-80250-304-3 ©Copyright Aliyah Burke 2026 Cover Art by Kelly Martin ©Copyright March 2026 Interior text design by Entwined Publishing Published by Evidence, an Entwined Publishing imprint This is a work of fiction.

All characters, places and events are from the author’s imagination and should not be confused with fact. Any resemblance to persons, living or dead, events or places is purely coincidental. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used, reproduced, or distributed in any form or by any means, including but not limited to electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without prior written permission from the publisher. This book and its contents are expressly reserved from use in training artificial intelligence technologies or systems.

Furthermore, this work is expressly reserved from the text and data mining exception, in accordance with Directive (EU) 2019/790 of the European Parliament and of the Council. Applications should be addressed in the first instance, in writing, to Entwined Publishing. Unauthorised or restricted acts in relation to this publication may result in civil proceedings and/or criminal prosecution. The author and illustrator have asserted their respective rights under the Copyright Designs and Patents Acts 1988 (as amended) to be identified as the author of this book and illustrator of the artwork.

Published in 2026 by Entwined Publishing, United Kingdom. Entwined Publishing is a division of Totally Entwined Group Limited. 1kitap1.com/en A Shields and Sin story The better part of valor is often to run. Jasmine “Smoke” Hoyer has decided it’s safer to run than to fight.

This is a short excerpt from the opening of “” by Unknown, quoted for review and introduction purposes. All rights belong to the copyright holders.

Book Information

• Unique ID: a2e57b9bff22d430
• File Extension: .pdf
• File Size: 1,437,569 bytes (1.371 MB)
• Title: –
• Author: Unknown
• ISBN: 9781802503043
• Pages: 172
• Language: English (en)

Reading & Word Statistics

• Estimated Reading Time: 269.58 minutes
• Total Words: 53,916
• Total Characters: 289,019
• Average Words per Page: 313.47
• Average Characters per Page: 1680.34

Most Frequent Words

lance (319), didn’t (256), back (229), jasmine (218), one (197), man (195), like (166), get (147), know (147), wasn’t (144), i’m (133), hand (129), going (123), fucking (119), around (114), she’d (112), woman (110), don’t (108), head (108), eyes (106), want (96), right (94), he’d (94), away (94), even (92), time (90), men (90), dusan (89), two (84), now (82), you’re (78), gaze (78), need (77), fuck (74), way (74), along (74), knew (71), door (69), without (66), side (65), face (65), still (64), got (63), see (62), moved (62), another (61), something (61), baby (61), michel (60), took (60), against (60), think (59), sure (59), mouth (59), bit (58), wanted (58), between (57), robert (57), anything (56), make (56), lips (55), walked (55), put (54), made (52), words (51), watched (50), much (50), never (49), held (49), help (49), left (49), deep (48), life (48), pulled (48), good (47), tell (46), take (46), well (46), looked (46), place (46), shit (46), caro (45), enough (44), himself (44), people (44), fingers (44), behind (44), went (44), couldn’t (44), first (43), it’s (43), keep (43), come (43), hands (43), body (43), toward (43), said (42), i’ll (42), say (41), room (41).

PDF Download