Cross-Check by Cala Riley is NOW LIVE!

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One wrong move on the ice can shatter dreams—but what about matters of the heart?

Kellan Cooper’s hockey career has always been his anchor, but after losing his best friend and his confidence, he’s skating on thin ice. Determined to prove he’s more than his mistakes, Kellan is focused on redemption—until he meets Cora James. She’s bold, driven, and utterly off-limits. She’s also his team captain’s little sister, a complication he doesn’t need but can’t seem to resist.

For Cora, college is her chance to step out of the shadows of her overprotective family and claim her independence. But her carefully laid plans are thrown into chaos when Kellan crashes into her life. Beneath his cocky exterior is a man grappling with his own demons, and every moment with him leaves her questioning where her loyalties—and her heart—truly lie.

As forbidden lines blur, Kellan and Cora must decide if the risk of breaking the rules is worth the reward of finding themselves—and each other. But with reputations, relationships, and futures on the line, will their love be the ultimate victory, or just another loss?

For fans of The Deal by Elle Kennedy and Icebreaker by Hannah Grace, Cross Check delivers a captivating mix of passion, redemption, and heart. Get your copy today and experience the thrill of a love worth fighting for.

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FORBIDDEN LOVE MEETS OUTLAW JUSTICE – Preorder Property of Shotgun by Janine Infante Bosco wherever you buy books today!

FORBIDDEN LOVE MEETS OUTLAW JUSTICE

Preorder Property of Shotgun by Janine Infante Bosco wherever you buy books today!

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When anarchy reigns, nothing is truly forbidden.

From the time they were kids in Brooklyn, Shotgun knew he was meant to follow Irish everywhere. But living in the shadow of the man who got everything he ever wanted has tested the limits of Shotgun’s loyalty. So when Irish brutally meets his maker, Shotgun’s devotion shatters once and for all.

Stepping up to fill his fallen brother’s shoes, Shotgun accepts his new role as VP of the Kings of Anarchy MC. Then the first in a long line of betrayals begins as Shotgun finds himself drawn to Irish’s overwhelmed widow. Jade is the one woman Shotgun always wanted but could never have, and he can’t stand by and just watch as she and her children drown in their grief.

Heartache pulls Shotgun and Jade together quickly, their connection deepening as they cope with their shared loss. Soon neither can deny that beneath their sadness simmers the potential for a red hot passion. But defying the Kings’ code would be a costly mistake for both of them since Jade still belongs to Irish in the club’s eyes.

As Shotgun wrestles with the decision to face the wrath of his brothers, chaos erupts, and the new VP finds himself face-to-face with a deadly shot at revenge. But surviving means facing the demands of outlaw justice. Will Shotgun finally claim Jade or will their forbidden love also find its way to an early grave?

Property Of Shotgun is a thrilling tale of loyalty and forbidden love. Grab your kutte and get ready for a heart-wrenching ride that will leave you breathless.

About Janine

USA Today bestselling author Janine Infante Bosco lives in New York City, she has always loved reading and writing. When she was thirteen, she began to write her own stories and her passion for writing took off as the years went on. At eighteen, she even wrote a full screenplay with dreams of one day becoming a member of the Screen Actors Guild.

Janine writes emotionally charged novels with an emphasis on family bonds, strong willed female characters, and alpha male men who will do anything for the women they love. She loves to interact with fans and fellow avid romance readers like herself.

She is proud of her success as an author and the friendships she’s made in the book community but her greatest accomplishment to date would be her two sons Joseph and Paul.

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💥☠️𝓡𝓑𝓜𝓒 𝓝𝓔𝓦 𝓡𝓔𝓛𝓔𝓐𝓢𝓔 ☠️💥 ☠️𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐍𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐫: RBMC, Kansas City Chapter☠️𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫: 𝐊𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐲𝐧 𝐂. 𝐊𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐲 ☠️

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இ ☠️One Night with the Biker☠️ இ

Series: Royal Bastards MC

🔥 KANSAS CITY, KS CHAPTER🔥

Author: Kathryn C. Kelly

Cover Designer: Crimson Syn

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𝑅𝐸𝐸𝒮𝐸

It’s been six months since Trinity’s death and I still can’t believe she’s gone. She was the closest I ever came to having an old lady. Then those bastards took her from me, snuffed out her life while I was on a run. My brothers want the old me back, but that man’s lost in a haze of guilt and grief. I give in and agree to be set up on a blind date. I don’t expect much. I don’t even want to hear about her. It’s enough knowing Ainsley Hale is the best friend of the RC’s side piece. Once I get the damn date out of the way, they’ll get the hell off my back. What I don’t expect is to hit it off with her and end up in her bed. The morning after gives me the shock of my life when I see my Ainsley standing next to him—Roman Mac—in a photo with a frame that says ‘Best Big Brother’. I dress and hightail my ass out of there, vowing to forget Ainsley’s existence.

𝒜𝐼𝒩𝒮𝐿𝐸𝒴

Roman is the best big brother a girl could ask for, but also the worst. He gives new meaning to overprotectiveness. He has been my guardian since I was ten. To protect me from his enemies, he even made me use our mother’s maiden name as my last name. Roman’s entire life revolves around his club and me. My first date took place at his clubhouse. Needless to say, I haven’t been asked out much since then. My best friend is sneaking around with the Road Captain of the Kansas City Chapter of the Royal Bastards MC.

When my brother goes away for a weekend, Nova convinces me to go on a blind date with RBMC’s SAA. What better way to thumb my nose at all Roman’s stupid rules? I never expected to hit it off with Reese and I especially didn’t expect to fall into bed with him. I fell asleep after amazing sex, thinking it was the start of a great secret romance. But Reese was gone, and I knew he discovered my relation to Roman. Three months later while Roman is on a run, I’m facing a crisis—get rid of the baby I conceived during my one night with the biker or find Reese and confess I’m carrying his child.

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My Review: ⭐⭐⭐ 3 out of 5

This book was okay. I found Ainsley to be very immature and followed Nova too blindly. She worshiped the ground her brother walked on, and believed everything that Nova told her. She didn’t seem to have a thought of her own and I found it to be irritating.

Reese had his own issues with his guilt over Trinity, even though he really didn’t love her. I felt that he thought she would be someone he could have to come home to, but there really didn’t seem to be any love for her. Only a friendship of sorts. Maybe just a warm body to go to bed with.

I liked the book, but feel it’s a three star read.

❅༻•❖❤️‍🔥❖•༺❅SAVING BLOOD by Barbara Nolan is #LIVE❅༻•❖❤️‍🔥❖•༺❅ 4 ⭐’s from me!

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Chapter: Tijuana, MX
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🔥Enemies to Lovers, Age Gap, Force Proximity, Steamy MC Romance🔥

Blood didn’t do drama. Protect his club, keep it simple . . . Until a badass woman fights her way into his life and makes him challenge the only family he’s ever known~~The Royal Bastards

BLOOD

As VP of the Royal Bastards MC Tijuana chapter, I’ve defended our club and my prez against the shady dealings of the cartel. Women sharing my bed~~absolutely. No drama. No commitment. I like to keep things simple.

Until . . . Maxine

A badass woman with mad skills in the cage, and a body made for sin. Only one problem—she’s got a wise-a$$ mouth and every time we get within two feet of each other we end up in a pissing contest.

I can’t control the dirty thoughts running through my brain and when we finally fall into bed it’s more than we expected, but I know she’s got secrets and I’m no savior.

 Every street-smart bone in my body tells me to run, but I can’t—even if it means screwing the only family I’ve ever know~~The Royal Bastards.

Saving Blood is the second book in the Royal Bastards Tijuana, MX Chapter. It contains steamy sex and street language, but no cheating or abuse.

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My Review: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4 out of 5

The second book in the RBMC Tijuana, MX series. Saving Blood is a book of secrets, betrayal, danger, and vengeance. It has some dark elements and triggers, be sure to read the trigger warnings before reading the book.

Maxine didn’t have a great childhood, so she decided to go out on her own, but with limited knowledge of the world and how dangerous it can be she finds herself somewhere she shouldn’t be and then her life if turned upside down. However, she’s learned to make the best of what she can and finds a way to get out of the danger and darkness.

Blood and his president, were exiled to Mexico after they had some issues in San Diego, CA with the RBMC. Now they need to make the Mexico Chapter profitable and keep their noses clean. They will fight for those that can’t fight for themselves and protect the innocent lives that the Cartel are trying to destroy. He doesn’t do drama.

I enjoyed this story of Blood and Maxine. I love how Maxine learned to make her life better and find a way to survive the darkness that took her. I look forward to the next book in the Mexico Chapter.

ROOSTER: CERBERUS MC LAS VEGAS CHAPTER BOOK 2 RELEASES TOMORROW IN eBOOK – Another 5 ⭐Read for me.

SYNOPSIS

I never wanted to draw a line between good and evil.

Yet, hoping my twin brother would change has gotten me nowhere.

I’m always his target, the mark in his game of retribution, but that doesn’t keep him from hurting others to get to me.

I’ve kept from getting close to others because I knew that put them in his line of sight.

Morgan Spence is on both of our radars and as good as she feels in my arms, I have no way of knowing if she’s there because she wants to be or if she’s just another pawn in one of his deadly games.

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MY REVIEW: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5 OUT OF 5

The Cerberus MC, Las Vegas chapter has come out strong. I love the characters, the stories and as always the cameo’s of the OG’s from the Cerberus MC.

I love that Marie James created two new chapters of the Cerberus MC and the characters she’s brought on are just lethal as the OG’s. The chemistry between the new members and chapters is just getting started and I love that Las Vegas has yet to appoint a President of that chapter.

I love Rooster’s story. It was different and so very entertaining. The nerd of the group, Rooster sits in his office most the time during an op and guides his teammates through their ops. This time it’s his op and he uses everything he has to find the perpetrator, but he’ll need some help from Wren, the Blackbridge Security IT expert for this op.

🔥 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗥𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗘 ☞ Paying the Price (Royal Bastards MC – Durango, Co Chapter) by Nicole James is 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘 – 4 ⭐ Review from me! @Nicole_James1

Title: Paying the Price
Series: Royal Bastards MC Durango, CO
Author: Nicole James
Genre: MC Romance
Release Date: April 22, 2025


From Wall Street Journal bestselling author, Nicole James, comes a standalone, slow burn, age gap, boss love, steamy MC romance

Lizzy—
When did my life come to this?
Everything was going so right. I had a job I liked, a cute little house and a great marriage to my high school sweetheart. Matt was my everything—my firefighting hero—until tragedy struck. Now suddenly I’m a widow drowning in grief and about to lose everything.
One terrible day sent my whole world spinning.
If it wasn’t for my good friend, Kate I would have gone under. She pulled me out of my deep depression and found me a new job to take my mind off everything.
I’m thankful to her until I find out my new boss is the VP of the Royal Bastards MC.
Has she lost her frigging mind?

Darko—
When a son I didn’t know I had, is abruptly dropped in my lap, my whole world is upended. He’s a teenager, pissed at the world, and dealing with crushing grief. Suddenly I’m struggling to deal with him and my busy auto restoration business.
When I tell Utah I need someone to answer the phones and keep up with the paperwork, his ol’ lady delivers me her best friend.
I remember Lizzie. She was always the bubbly girlie-girl, so full of life. But that’s not the devastated, barely speaking woman who walks in my shop. Lizzie had the life she deserved. Now she’s destroyed. And on top of that, what does she know about working in a garage or dealing with a man like me—a member of the Royal Bastards MC?
Not to mention the fact that she’s half my age and distracting as hell.
How in the world does Kate expect us to help each other?








 






Nicole James is a USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author who loves writing about hot alpha men who’ll do anything for the women they love! Her stories are filled with struggle, conflict and real human emotion. She is the author of the Evil Dead MC series, the Brothers Ink Tattoo series and more.

Nicole loves to hear from her readers! You can contact her via e-mail, her website contact form or on her social media accounts.



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My Review: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4 out of 5

Everything is wonderful in her life, until it isn’t. With one tragedy, her life has fallen apart and she’s in a dark hole. Her best friend is trying everything she can think of to bring her back, but until she’s ready, that hole will protect her.

He’s just found out that a one night stand created a life. Now he’s floundering trying to find his footing with a son he didn’t know he had and running his garage. His garage is struggling because he’s trying to focus more on his son and be the father he knows his son deserves, even if it his son is now a teenager, he can show him how special he is.

I enjoyed Darko and Lizzy’s story. It is full of tragedy, finding one’s way after life altering tragedy, and found family. These two were great together and the Durango, CO RBMC members are great to catch up with. I look forward to more in this chapter to come.

இ🖤New Release இ🖤 Rocky Top – RBMC, Knoxville, TN Chapter, Book 2 by Morgan Jane Mitchell – My Review – 5 ⭐’s

இ🖤New Release🖤இ

🖤இ Biker Romance இ🖤

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💀Series: Royal Bastards MC: Knoxville, TN💀

Author: Morgan Jane Mitchell

Release Date: 4/15/2025

Cover design: Morgan Jane Mitchell

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From USA Today Bestselling Author Morgan Jane Mitchell of Royal Bastards MC: Nashville, TN comes her Royal Bastards MC: Knoxville, TN series. Rocky Top is book #2 in this new series.

Perfect for fans of grumpy/sunshine, found family, and steamy paranormal biker romance with bite.

Welcome to Knoxville, where beasts ride hard and love even harder.

Birdie

I was just trying to escape the noise. One night of peace in the mountains with my camera, my thoughts, and maybe a raccoon or two for TikTok.

What I got?

A beast in the woods, a brooding biker with blood on his hands, and a secret that blew my world to pieces.

Now I’m caught between the man I can’t stop thinking about… and the truth I never saw coming.

Because Rocky isn’t just a man.

He’s a wolf.

He says I’m his.

But I don’t even know what I am anymore.

Rocky

I found her in the woods, glowing like sunlight and smelling like wildflowers and trouble.

I should’ve walked away.

Instead, I saved her.

Now the club’s on edge, my instincts are out of control, and Birdie?

She’s everything I never knew I needed.

But marking her means changing her.

And with enemies circling and secrets catching fire, I’ve got one shot to protect my mate before everything goes to hell.

☠️ Author website – www.morganjanemitchell.com

💀More Royal Bastards MC From USA Today Bestselling Author Morgan Jane Mitchell💀

🏍The Knoxville, TN Chapter –

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🐺 Rocky Top https://books2read.com/RockyTop

🐾Old Smokey – Coming Soon!!

🏍The Nashville, TN Chapter –

🎃 Hallow’s Eve https://books2read.com/hallowseverbmc

☘️ Kissin Irish https://books2read.com/b/KissinIrish

💜 Royal Road https://books2read.com/b/RoyalRoad

💗 Royal Surprise https://books2read.com/b/royalsurprise

☠️ Catchin Levi https://books2read.com/b/catchinlevi

🎄 Pagan’s X-Mas https://books2read.com/pagansxmas

💘 Valentine’s Eve https://books2read.com/valentineseve

💙 Royal Pain https://books2read.com/royalpainrbmc

🥂 Lovin Opry https://books2read.com/b/lovinopry

💕Royal Ransom https://books2read.com/royalransom

😈 Slayin Villain https://amzn.to/4le6SYo

My Review: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5 out of 5

I loved this second book in the Knoxville chapter.

Rocky and Birdie were great! I loved the story, how things unfolded, and the characters. The secrets revealed in the first book with Knox and Eliza show up in Rocky Top and Birdie will have to decide if she’s all in or if she wants to run and hide.

This book will bring changes to the Knoxville Chapter after the visit from Rocky’s blood brother, Villain from the Nashville Chapter. They’ll have to decide if they are willing to make changes and if so who’s side will they be on.

I loved this book and I can’t wait for more of this series with Morgan Jane Mitchell.

Destined by Dragonblood, Blood Born #2 by 💙Lynn Burke💙 is LIVE! I give it 5 🔥’s

🐉 MMF Dragon Shifters
🐉 Stalking / Possessive Vibes
🐉 Fated Mates
🐉 Breeding Kink
🐉 Sadist Alpha

I had given up hope of finding my fated mates until a gifted dragonblood showed me a vision of my future: an alpha, a beta, and a female bonded by dragon flames and fulfilling our role in preventing the extinction of the Blood Born.

The violet-eyed beauty I seek and follow from the shadows is everything I and my beastly nature long for. Although past trauma has destroyed Ashley’s desire for physical connection, an inner force drives her toward healing.

The man offering her the pain she needs to find pleasure is a human dominant who calls to my primitive instincts. Master Vanni makes my weak inner dragon yearn to submit.

But I kneel for no man.

I am of royal blood, born to rule, and my future was determined long before Ashley or Vanni drew their first breath.

When insecurities about my royal heritage arise, I begin to question everything Father promised me as a child.

Will I find peace with my beastly side and accept who we are? Or will indoctrination keep me from the arms of the two destined for me?

My Review: 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 5 out of 5

Steamy, sexy, and wonderful!

Dolyn is a Royal Blood Born and is looking for his mates. He’s been searching for years, only to come up empty and alone. When he returns to his ex-lover, Elijah’s, home to find that he is mated to his own fated mates, Dolyn is hurt, confused, and still alone. When he gets a glimpse of what his life could be like with his own fated mates, he leaves in search of them. He knows where he can find the female, but the male, his beta, remains elusive.

It will take some time for these three to come together, work out their problems and find their HEA, but with love, patience, and some final words that come from the grave, it could happen.

This book was packed with steam, a stalker, and past trauma. I look forward to more in this series to come. It’s one of those books you hate to put down or see end, due to the steam and great characters.

🏍️ IT’S HOT AND IT’S HERE!🔥 Property of Fire by E.C. Land is now live!!!

🏍️ IT’S HOT AND IT’S HERE! 🔥 

Ride out with a brand new motorcycle club: The Kings of Anarchy Virginia…Property of Fire by E.C. Land is now live!!!
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One night and everything changed.

Fire

I have two rules in life. Don’t mess with my brothers. And don’t mess with my family. You cross them and you’ll find yourself buried six feet deep.

There’s nothing I wouldn’t do for my club. I’ve proven myself loyal to them ten times over.

The only struggle is staying away from the only girl I want. She’s off limits. She’s my Prez’s little sister. No one can touch her, and she doesn’t make it easy for me.

And to make matters worse, it’s me she comes to when with trouble on her heels. I can’t turn her away. Not when she needs me most.

I’ll have no choice but to bear the consequences of my actions, ‘cause she’s gonna be mine.

About E.C. Land
E.C. Land grew up in the country and has it deep in her bones. As she grew up, if she wasn’t out on the ball field or playing in the woods, she had her nose stuck in a book. Now she writes romantic suspense stories, specializing in MC (motorcycle club) romance. She plans to broaden her writing horizons in the near future and move into other forms of romantic suspense. When she’s not writing, she’s spending time with her husband, three kids, and fur babies. 

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My Review: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5 out of 5

She’s off limits to him and his brothers, but he’s watched her grow up and has been in her life forever. He’s also wanted her forever, but his loyalty is to his brother’s and his MC first. Until he’s put into a position of being her protector.

I loved this first book in the Virginia KOA MC. Fire and Evelin are wonderful characters and their story is great. There was sass from the start from Evelin and I loved it, however, her brattiness was almost too much. I understand her strength and her ability to protect herself, but she knows the MC will always be there to protect her, no matter what.

There were a lot of secrets being revealed, surprises showing up, and danger lurking, which I love in a book like this. E. C. Land did a great job with the start of the KOAMC Virginia chapter and I can’t wait to read more about these characters and learn more about them and their destinies. I look forward to Pyro’s book.

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Title: Decoding Morse
Series: Dead Presidents MC
Author: Harley Stone
Genre: MC Romance
Release Date: March 31, 2025


How Amelia got her groove back, a reverse age gap, single mom military MC romance.

Levi (Morse) Cade is the eyes and ears for the Dead Presidents MC. He works, eats, and, some suspect, sleeps in the club’s surveillance room, protecting his chosen family of veterans and their dependents. When someone targets the widow he swore to protect, Morse must step out from behind the scenes or watch her die.

Amelia Hansen is busy running a non-profit and preparing her youngest child for college when a blast from the past shows up on a motorcycle to whisk her into protective custody, away from an unknown threat. He’s eight years her junior and off-limits, but watches her like she’s the code he’s been waiting his entire life to crack.

This sex-starved, forty-something single mom is in for the ride of her life.

Assuming the hitmen don’t get to her first.

The Dead Presidents MC is a brotherhood of military veterans formed to help vets reintegrate into civilian society. They’re the good guys… mostly. Complete, standalone HEA love stories. No cheating, no cliffhangers.

 





Without thinking, I crossed the distance and wedged myself between her knees, reaching for the cut. A startled gasp drew my attention to her face, now inches from my chest. I realized my mistake as the seductive scent of sunshine and rainbows sucker-punched me for having the audacity to slide into her magnetic field. I tried to step back, but now that I was here… this goddamn close… her pull was way too powerful to resist.

Her gaze dragged up my body, but she looked away before reaching my eyes, and fuck if that didn’t destroy me. Her unwillingness to meet my eyes spoke volumes about her headspace. I bit back a curse. She swallowed. I took hold of her cut before she could refuse my help, sliding it over her shoulders while trying to avoid getting high off her scent. It had been one thing to help her don the gear in the club’s entry hall, where Tap and Hound were likely scrutinizing our every move from the security room like the nosey bastards they were. But this…. We were utterly alone, and removing her layers was proving to be surprisingly intimate. Her breath hitched when I unzipped her rain jacket, and I knew she’d gotten caught up in our proximity, too.

“The doctor will likely need to see your spine,” I reasoned, my voice rough like I’d gargled with gravel.

She nodded, and I tugged her jacket sleeves down one arm and then the other, knowing this much exposure was dangerous but unable to do a damn thing about it. She was a computer virus specifically designed to infect and fuck up my system. I’d gotten too close, she’d gained access, and now she methodically invaded my hard drive. She would destroy me, but there was no way to stop it or minimize the damage. I needed to interact. I had to fix her code. To undo whatever damage that motherfucking scale had inflicted.

“I know you own mirrors,” I said, setting the jacket on top of the cut behind her and eyeing the exposed body armor. “You should look into one sometime and see how fucking beautiful you are.”

She blinked. “I… I know perfectly well what I look like.”

“Then why do you care about something as insignificant as your weight?”

“I….” She swallowed. “I don’t really want to talk about that with you. Or anyone, for that matter. I appreciate your efforts to boost my confidence, or whatever this is, but no—”

“Dammit, woman, you’re driving me out of my mind.” I hadn’t meant to admit as much out loud, but it was the truth, and there was no taking it back. Watching her on a screen every day had been a necessary purgatory. Sleeping down the hall every night had turned out to be the sixth dimension of hell. “Having you on the back of my bike with your arms wrapped around me and your hands inches from my….”

I forced myself to stop talking before I dug myself in deeper. Her hand stilled on the side zipper of her body armor, and her gaze finally crashed into mine. A question—or possibly a denial—formed on her soft, supple lips. She still wasn’t convinced. Wondering how she could doubt herself, I leaned back and let my appreciation show as my gaze gobbled up every curve of her body, enjoying the hell out of the view. Her cheeks reddened, but when she didn’t push me away, I slid my fingers beneath hers. Taking control of the zipper, I slowly lowered it to her hip before tackling the opposite side. I pulled the front flap over her head and reached past her to set it on the examination table, bringing our faces way too damn close.

“W-what are you doing?”

Her breath caressed my cheek like warm satin, forcing me to close my eyes and battle the urge to reach for her. If I had a white flag, I’d wave it and beg for mercy because no thoughts of baseball could save me now. Ted’s wife was depending on me to keep her safe, and all I wanted to do was push her back onto that table and worship every inch of her body with my tongue, showing her exactly how little numbers on a goddamn scale mattered.

No, asshole, back the fuck up. She’s not for you.





International bestselling author Harley Stone specializes in imperfect characters, realistic storylines, scorching hot sex scenes, and fun, witty dialogue. She’s always up for a good adventure (real or fictional), and when she’s not building imaginary worlds, she’s dipping her toes into reality in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and their five sons and two dogs.




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My Review: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5 out of 5

The awkward computer guy got his beautiful, sexy woman and he had to go outside his comfort zone to get her. However, he had to open up to her and show her that he was worthy of her and that his quirks were a good thing in the end.

I loved the characters in this series and this book. I loved how the characters have their own things they deal with on a daily basis and Harley Stone was able to write about them and did a great job in doing it.

She was supposed to be unreachable, someone he shouldn’t want, but the heart wants what the heart wants and now he has to face her and keep her safe.

I positively loved this book! This was my first book in the Dead President’s MC series, but I was not lost at all and I absolutely loved the book, the characters and the story. I can’t wait to go back and catch up to this story and the other member’s HEA stories.