Christie Ryder spent his life tirelessly focused on his dreams. Now that he’s left his old band, come home to New Orleans and purchased his uncle’s tattoo shop, he’s ready to take things easy while waiting for inspiration to strike. Then he sees Etta.
Etta Santos wants to cover up the last visible evidence of her painful past. When her secret high school crush--the sexy musician and new owner of Midnight Ink--pursues her, he seems too good to be true.
The passion between them is instant and real, but Etta has been fooled before. She’s also having strange dreams and being followed by a friendly ghost that’s maybe not a ghost and has a tendency to pop up at the most inconvenient times.
Things have always come easy to Christie. But he’ll have to do more than go with the flow if he wants to keep Etta by his side.
This he-falls-first insta-love novella was previously published in The Midnight Ink anthology, but was revised and extended in 2025. It’s set in the world of R.G. Alexander’s Bone Daddy series.
Book Loving Pixie wrote:'To The Bone', R.G. Alexander's story, brings back some of our old friends from the Bone Daddy series, and introduces new friends from that world. Etta just wants to erase the reminders of her past, but when her old crush Christie, owner of Midnight Ink shows an interest, Etta wonders if life can be that good. All Christie knows is, that since meeting Etta again, his muse is back, and his music is better than ever.
Man oh man... Etta & Christie - I loved their story...
My heart broke for Etta but Christie was a determined bugger... I adored that about him! Little bit of a twist in the tale which I really liked!