Dirty Dancing by Poppy Flynn

Dirty Dancing is book 6 in the Masters of Paradise series. This volume contains the bonus prequel, Dangerous Liaisons.

Dangerous Liaisons
One night. One mistake. Life-changing consequences.
Nothing in life ever turns out the way you expect.
That’s Krista’s experience, anyway, after the car accident that killed her mother and crippled her father, left her with an ankle injury which forced her to give up her dream.
Now instead of being a ballerina in the one of Chicago’s leading ballet companies, she’s forced to work as a stripper just to put food on the table and keep a roof over her head.
That’s where she met Ace.
Okay, so he was a heavy for the mob—or so she thought – but after a rocky start they’d found more happiness than she’d ever dared hope for.
Until they find themselves on a deadly rollercoaster ride of deception, danger, and suspense as they battle drug cartels, dodge bullets, and fight for their lives.
A web of secrets and lies catches up with them, and not all the bullets miss their target.
What would a man do to save the woman he loves? Krista is about to find out.

Dirty Dancing
You can escape the past – but can you survive it?
Shelly’s come a long way—almost 1500 miles, to be exact — to outrun her past and the dangers it held.
But what is it they say? The more things change, the more they remain the same.
She’s still a pole dancer, since her gymnastic career crashed and burned, she just keeps her clothes on while she does it these days. She still meets with the same stereotypical discrimination after being forced to work as a stripper, even though that’s years in the past. But why does it have to be from the one man who sets her pulse racing?
And now she’s about to find out she still has a target painted on her back.
Cree Smith hates what Shelly stands for. It’s nothing personal, it simply brings back too many horrific memories. Memories of how his mother, who also worked in the industry, tried to pimp out her young son to sustain her drug habit. Memories of how his stripper ex turned tricks, even though he begged her not to.
Cree’s come a long way since those dark days. He’s now a renowned chef. But he hates the unwanted attraction he feels toward Shelly, so he uses his acerbic tongue to keep her at arms length.
Except when Shelly gets sick, he can’t help stepping in to help. But trust is hard won, and when Shelly disappears, will Cree realize in time to save her?
Or will his past come back to haunt him, causing him to believe she’s betrayed him, just like every other woman in his life?