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  “No, it probably isn’t, but we are doing it anyway. I’m not going to be dictated by my father’s rules.” I grabbed his hand and stormed down the staircase. “Father, I’m going out,” I shouted. “And I’m not coming back!”

  “How dare you! You won’t last a minute out there. You can’t do anything on your own!” he yelled back, charging toward me.

  “I know. Who made me that way? Who never let me leave the house or experience life or do anything? At least Danny lets me have a measure of freedom!”

  “You aren’t going anywhere. I have a scandal-free life. I’m not letting you run off with some random kid off the street. I’m not going to let you ruin everything I’ve worked for.”

  “Everything you’ve worked for? What about me? When have I even been allowed to work for anything? I’m nothing but a pawn in your petty games. You never loved me. Mom was the only reason you cared about me at all.” I pushed past him and through the front door.

  “Where are we going?” Danny asked.

  “I don’t care, anywhere. Don’t bring me back. Not ever.”

  “As you wish,” he said, kissing me.

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  Bianca hated those Merrick boys. She wasn’t alone.

  They were nothing but trouble, but no one dared stand up to them. Look at one Merrick cross-eyed and before you knew it you were at war with the whole clan. She kept to herself and bit her tongue when they wrecked her diner on a regular schedule. It was a small price to pay to stay on Merricks’ good side.

  Braden Foster never was much good at keeping his opinions to himself.

  The leader of a nomadic band of bikers, Braden was accustomed to facing trouble head on, usually with fists. Occasionally with a crowbar. This policy didn’t win him many friends, but it rarely mattered. He never stuck in one place long enough to weather the consequences.

  That was before he came to the aid of a pretty lady restaurateur.

  He figured he’d at least earned a cup of coffee for his trouble, but when he stepped between the Merrick boys and Bianca’s diner, he lit a spark that threatened to burn the whole town to ashes. It was up to him to put it out.

  Bianca knew a gathering storm when she saw one.

  But which was more frightening: the storm between Braden and the Merricks, or the one brewing in her heart for a man arguably more dangerous than the Merricks themselves?

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  Hannah Kent never thought she'd ever get caught up in a brooding biker turf war

  Hannah Kent is a barista working to pay off her student loans while looking for a long term job. Everything about her life is routine, day in and day out, until a man barges into the coffee shop with a stab wound.

  After a fight gone wrong with a rival MC, Will Grims is able to get away and escapes from his pursuers by ducking into a coffee shop only to find himself face to face with a bewildered young woman.

  Everything about this man screams danger and risk, and yet Hannah couldn't tear herself away. When he begs her not to call the cops, more red flags go up yet somehow, Hannah knows it's smarter to listen and obey.

  In a single instant, her whole life is about to be turned upside down and nothing will be the same. Hannah must trust Will if she wants to escape the wrath of the men chasing him.

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  Hilary Rinds is caught in a bind.

  Her publisher has been on her case about finishing up her current project but the words seem to be just out of reach. Searching for inspiration, Hilary walks into a biker bar with the hopes of finding the spark of inspiration she needs.

  Thomas Baker is looking for a spark of his own.

  But for Thomas Baker the moment he sees Hilary walk in he has his sights set on her. The current President of the Harlequins Motorcycle Club, Thomas is used to being on top and getting what he wants. When it comes to Hilary, he expects things to be no different.

  Hilary is about to get more than what she bargained for.

  An unintended gaze puts Hillary at the center of attention in a rough around the edges biker bar. At any moment something could go terribly wrong, yet the man in front of her is exactly what she needs to get her creative juices flowing, among other things. But how much of her story will be fiction and how much will be fact?

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  The night is dark and some secrets are best kept in that darkness. Eve Baker is a librarian at the public library in the center of town. She has often walked home alone in the dark, but this particular night she feels a presence behind her.

  Nicholas Verner is older than the town he occupies. A vampire from the Old World, he came across the sea for a new chance, just as everyone else. Now a successful underworld dealer and President of the Undying Brotherhood motorcycle club, Nicholas still can’t deny his craving for blood, as much as he tries to.

  One dark and moonless night, he goes on the hunt again and finds himself following behind a scent he's smelled only in his dreams--a scent of something much more than just a meal.

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  Ronald Pilua is an honorable biker on a personal mission.

  After years of self-imposed exile, Ronald returns to a rural community that will never forget the houses that he helped build and the lives that he unintentionally ruined as a patched member of the notorious Tiger Snakes MC. There is only one reason Ronald would come home: family.

  Amanda Davis is sick of being everyone’s doormat.

  Life is tough as the only female mechanic at Carlisle Bros. Automotive. Amanda’s hours are long, the bosses are sleazes and her ex won’t help look after their autistic nine-year-old son, but she prays every night for change.

  It's another typical day in the workshop until she meets him.

  When Ronald takes his bike in for a service he sees a beautiful and hardworking young woman mistreated by her colleagues. Never one to keep his mouth shut, Ronald’s values and morals are the answers to Amanda’s intimate pleas to God.

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  She’s no stranger to tattoos and tanned bodies but this one sets her on fire…

  Brady Long has everything broad about him – broad shoulders, broad chest – and now the broadest tattoo in town.

  As an assistant at the tattoo shop, Miranda Brest sees many hunks every day. Sometimes she does the tattoo sketch on them, touching and feeling… Brady is but unreachable...

  ... Until one look that tells her she’d see his brand new tattoo up close… that his tanned skin and toned muscles would be hers – even if for just one night…