Ride of Her Life: A Biker Erotic Romance (4 page)

She had to get away, far away. Think. Ray talked about not having a very law-abiding situation with his club—gang would probably be a better term. But he didn't say anything about guns. Drugs were bad enough, but guns too?

And he had the gall to stroll back into town boasting about getting straight? How far had he fallen before scraping his sorry excuse for a life off the ground and acting as though his past actions didn't matter?

Ray had transported weapons. Illegal weapons. To violent men who’d shot up two elementary schools in the past six months—all because they wanted to make a name for themselves to the public. And he had been okay with this? Getting the Knight's Reapers straight was one thing, but getting himself neck-deep in that sort of mess in the first place was appalling.

It
had
been ten years. She had changed completely from the little girl she'd once been; who was to say that he hadn't as well? Her conflicting thoughts only grew more morose as she walked, the chill of the night and the whoosh of cars passing by completely disregarded.

She needed time.

She might not get through this at all. Cecilia had never been able to properly label Ray with any one title, but was he really a murderer?

What was she to think?

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Pissed off was not even fractionally close to describing exactly how Ray was feeling. Livid. Violently upset. Royally miffed. Not one could fully encompass Ray's roiling emotions. Worse, anger was tainted with the sour bite of guilt.

He'd left a lot out of the conversation. But how do you broach the subject of cartels with the one you love?
I should have known better.
Cecilia was a strong, stubborn woman who placed a high moral value on everything. Of all the wrongs she could forgive, lies were not among them. Once Ray prided himself on always being truthful and trustworthy.

He could no longer claim that .

A nonthreatening wall outside the bar met his clenched fist in a crack of knuckle on stone, and the scrape of rock tore into the flesh of his fingers. Blood welled in crimson droplets, and he bashed his fist again into the wall, someone's fence maybe. He didn't really know, not having any thought in his mind other than Cecilia's face. The way it crumpled just before she refused to meet his eyes. Even at her worst moments, she'd never looked at him like that.

As though he were a stranger.

Heat swelled in his knuckles, wet and dripping down calloused fingers. They stung as he pulled his hands from the wall. Raw skin shredded and splattered with blood, he looked like he’d stuck his hands in a meat grinder knuckles-first.

Damn.

Ray had no clue how to fix this. He couldn't run after Cece, not now. If he went after her she'd never forgive him, she'd feel trapped like a rat in a cage and he couldn't do that to her.

He could, however, hunt down that little fuck who interrupted their nice day out together. Maybe drawing someone else's blood would ease the guilt that hung heavily behind his sternum.

Doubtful, but it'd be a start.

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... until Micah.
 
Charming and devilishly handsome in his leather vest and ripped t-shirt, Micah had come into Abbey's life on a sun-kissed afternoon with a single searing look that stole her heart and left her sighing in his arms in a reckless night of passion.
 
But when Abbey learns of a planned operation against the Black Asphalts, she finds herself caught in a bind and forced to choose between her duty and her heart.
 

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Book 1 of the Blue Mustangs MC Series

The town of Pecan, Texas is known for three things: sweet tea, hot summers, and the Blue Mustangs motorcycle club. 
Sandy is the only daughter of Atticus Rivers, president of the Blue Mustangs. Twenty-two years old and having grown up around her father's rough crowd, she could shoot straighter, drink harder, and ride better than almost any of the men she knew. 
Any man... except for Christian Belz. 
Sandy knows that Christian is trouble. He's the up and coming vice president of the Mustangs and unlike the rest of the club, isn't afraid of letting his opinions be known to Atticus. Unsurprisingly, Atticus has taken a strong dislike to Christian and forbids Sandy from being involved with him in any way. 
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Book 1 of the
Karthadossian Riders MC Series

Ellie Thorn and Rex Pershing have been friends since they were children. It was about the only thing their fathers--presidents of two rivaling outlaw biker gangs--could agree on: whatever rivalries between their motorcycle clubs may have didn't extend to the children.
But that was ten years ago.
Rex is starting to realize that the chubby girl he'd known all these years ago has become a beautiful, sexy woman in her own right. Likewise, Ellie has been eyeing Rex with some less-than-holy thoughts of her own. She wants him, his smile that made her heart flutter on sight, his strong tatted body, and his devil-may-care attitude.
But when Rex's father Manny Pershing--founder and president of the Siouxan Brothers--comes home from San Bernadino county after ten years and hell-bent on winning back the territories his club ceded to Ellie's father Xander, both Rex and Ellie will find that the agreement their fathers made when the two were children is no longer valid. Can their love survive the bitter grudges of their fathers?

Book 1 of the Camden Knights MC Series

Twenty-three year old Samantha Johnson is working at her local college bar when members of the Camden Knights—an outlaw motorcycle club—shows up.
 
Paxton Keller, president elect of the Camden Knights, is growing disillusioned with the way the clubhouse is being run and is looking for a new way to reform his organization's name. 
When Paxton catches the eye of the curvy bartender, he’s surprised by the fact that she's not scared of his gang. A quick conversation and he finds himself intrigued by the sassy woman. An unassuming kiss, a few shots of whiskey, and the two find themselves tangled up in a night of passion. 
But what Paxton doesn't know is that Samantha grew up around bikers her entire life and when morning comes, he realizes that the tiny spark between them may set off a conflagration that could engulf both their lives.

*****

Miriam
Harper couldn't have picked a worse time to be pulled over. Laden with enough incriminating evidence to put both herself and her motorcycle club--the Speeding Seraphim--away for a long time, she's willing to do anything to stay out of prison.
ATF Officer Brad McMahon has been heading the operation against the various biker outlaw gangs in North Nevada for almost a year now without making any progress in stopping the violence and flow of illegal arms. When a routine speeding ticket turns into something more, he knows that he might be looking at making a serious blow to the gangs in the area.
The trouble is, Miriam Harper is an old friend of his, one whom he once had feelings for but have long since lost touch with. He knows what kind of life waits for her behind bars yet he is torn between what his heart wants and what his duty demands. And as Miriam gives him a tantalizing offer, Brad may discover that even the most honest officer can be corrupted.

*****

Four years.
Four long years. That was how long it had been since Miriam Harper last saw Brad McMahon. Even though the memory of Brad's betrayal remains raw in Miriam's mind, she still longs for his touch, for his strength, and his comforting arms. She wants him back, even though every part of her knows how bad of an idea that is. 
To make matters even more complicated, Miriam has been carrying a secret for the past four years, a secret that could threaten her position with the Speeding Seraphim. 
When Brad makes a surprise visit to Miriam's home, she discovers that she's not the only one with secrets, and that she's not the only one who risks losing everything.