title: Beautiful Disaster
author:  Jamie McGuire 
description: ""Beautiful Disaster" is insanely addictive. Beautifully sexy, beautifully intense, and beautifully perfect. Jamie McGuire has written a damn good book." --Jessica Park, author of "New York Times" bestseller "Flat-Out Love"
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  BEAUTIFUL DISASTER
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
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  CHAPTER ONE
  
  
  
  
  
  red flag
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  Everything in the room screamed that I didn’t belong. The stairs were
  crumbling, the rowdy patrons were shoulder to shoulder, and the air was a
  medley of sweat, blood and mold. Voices blurred as they yelled numbers and
  names back and forth, and arms flailed about, exchanging money and gestures to
  communicate over the noise. I squeezed through the crowd, following close
  behind my best friend.
  
  
  
  
  
  “Keep your cash in your wallet, Abby!” America called to me. Her broad smile
  gleamed even in the dim light.
  
  
  
  
  
  “Stay close! It’ll get worse once it starts!” Shepley yelled over the noise.
  America grabbed his hand, and then mine as Shepley led us through the sea of
  people.
  
  
  
  
  
  The sharp bleating of a bull horn cut through the smoky air. The noise
  startled me, and I jumped in reaction, looking for the source of