A. J. Downey

Data has always been the quiet brother on the fringes of the club. Always there when you need him, but never quite fully engaged. That's because he's been harboring a secret. Long before he joined the club, he had a friend who meant the world to him; she disappeared, prompting Data to search for her he's been looking ever since. A mysterious message appears on an internet forum: Does anyone remember Amalia Rose? Of course, he does; and he will stop at nothing to get her back. His secret is out, and life is about to change for everyone in some surprising ways.

Chrissy Franco has every reason to take one hell of a victory lap around the courtroom. She's just defended her client to the best of her ability and what's more? Her client was actually innocent. Oh, she'd killed her husband, baseball legend Skip Maguire, alright; but he'd been about to hit a homerun with Miranda's head.His rabid fan base doesn't agree with the verdict, and they've set their sights on Chrissy as the one to blame. One of them is about to set into motion a dangerous game when he publishes poor Chrissy's address online...Enter Tony McCormick, a detective with the right kind of attitude and Chrissy's sort of ex-boyfriend. When he's called to Chrissy's apartment, he's prepared for the worst. He's a homicide detective after all. When he arrives, it seems that someone might have forgotten to check to see if Chrissy was still alive... now it's everything he can do to find the man who did this and the other behind it all before it's really too late.

Reckless, dangerous, and out of control; these are the words most often applied to the SHMC's brother Duracell. Which is why no one can understand what the deal is between him and Blue. Blue is none of those things; if anything he's quiet, shy, and as mild-mannered as they come. There's no balance between these two yet they are inexplicably a team. Then Blue gets a single look at Hayley, and it's all it takes for him to know she's their third.Is Hayley the woman for them? A match for Blue sure, but strong enough to withstand the bizarre tempest of Cell's personality? The two MC brothers have set their sights on the waitress and have been patiently feeling her out. Now it's time to take the next step and see if she's indeed able to date the both of them.She'll either bring balance to the boys, or Cell's pull will knock them all off balance sending them crashing, burning them all out before anything can even fully ignite.

Rush had always been the brother that was the most up for adventure. Then Grinder died and he realized that it was time to slow down. Fast-forward by a year and more and his older brother Archer had found Mel. Hell, his own twin was with a woman of his own Rush is starting to get restless again, which was just perfect. Cue a string of anonymous hook-ups and one night stands. It was enough to feed the restlessness for a while, then an adventure of sorts came a callin' by way of the VP's estranged aunt and the President's sister-in-law.Her daughter was in need of some kind of white knight, which Rush could care less about, but the white knight routine did come with a pretty big perk. It would mean that he got to go back to a job that had, once upon a time, felt like a calling.Of course, nothing was ever easy where Rush was concerned, especially when he actually set eyes on the damsel in distress. One, she wasn't some paper princess, and two, she definitely didn't want him around. After all, one-night hook-ups were supposed to be just that... one and done.

Charity is home free: her degree under her belt and making a beeline, straight for sunny Ft. Royal, and her sisters, Hope and Faith. Excited to see them, yet having been warned by Hope to watch herself when it came to the disarmingly charming ways of The Kraken, Charity never expected to walk right into the one man to flip all of her switches to the 'on' position before she'd even taken a dozen steps into town.Nothing was everything she liked. Tall, handsome, with a pair of eyes that any woman should swoon over. Just the right mix of tortured bad boy to pique all of her healer's instincts. Charity knew that the men of The Kraken played for keeps; all except, it seemed, for this one. Too bad no one told The Kraken that she played for keeps, too.

Faith. She'd managed to keep her namesake while in captivity, but now that she was free? The daunting task of rejoining society was in front of her and it seemed that Marlin had too keep it for her. Marlin can't help how he feels about Faith, she was remarkably easy to like. The only thing he could do for her was be there, and keep his damn hands to himself, which was the real challenge. Neither one of them knew if she would make it out of the darkness in tact; only time would tell about that. During trying times, all you can do is hold on and have a little faith...

Faith. She'd managed to keep her namesake while in captivity, but now that she was free? The daunting task of rejoining society was in front of her and it seemed that Marlin had too keep it for her.Marlin can't help how he feels about Faith, she was remarkably easy to like. The only thing he could do for her was be there, and keep his damn hands to himself, which was the real challenge. Neither one of them knew if she would make it out of the darkness in tact; only time would tell about that.During trying times, all you can do is hold on and have a little faith...

Cutter had given up on finding a woman when Hope sauntered right into his bar. With her straight talk, toned figure, and military training, she can disarm a man in more ways than one. But the mission she's on will shake up Cutter's world. Hope's lost her younger sister, but she hasn't lost her namesake. It's been almost two years since Faith vanished, but Hope hasn't given up the search. She'll either find her sister or some answers. Can Cutter keep his club out of trouble and help the siren in his bar on her mission? One can only hope...

Cutter had given up on finding a woman when Hope sauntered right into his bar. With her straight talk, toned figure, and military training, she can disarm a man in more ways than one. But the mission she's on will shake up Cutter's world. Hope's lost her younger sister, but she hasn't lost her namesake. It's been almost two years since Faith vanished, but Hope hasn't given up the search. She'll either find her sister or some answers.Can Cutter keep his club out of trouble and help the siren in his bar on her mission? One can only hope...

He's Masked... Squick has been a longtime fixture of the Sacred Hearts MC. His boss, Trigger, is their Sergeant at Arms after all. It took a while for him to put together a bike to become an official hangaround then prospect, and he was pretty thrilled that his other boss, Zander, took the plunge with him. Still, Squick is hiding something big that could test friendships and destroy relationships. The mask is becoming increasingly difficult for him to wear. ...and Miserable. Of course, now that he is on the very cusp of patching in, that's when Aaron walks into his life. Suddenly it's do or die... Come out to the club and lose the brotherhood and the only sense of true family he has ever known, or don't and lose them anyway when they find out about Aaron? Squick doesn't see a third option, and the deeper he gets into his situation, the more his misery compounds. Just what will he do? **Mature Audiences Only (18])** **Language, Extreme & Graphic Violence, and M/M Sexual Content**

He's Broken... Dray, Vice President of the Sacred Hearts MC, watched his mother die in a bloody hail of bullets at the tender age of sixteen. It broke something inside of him and he's been pretty much pissed off at the world ever since. Worse, he's done things since that time that have just broken down his soul even further... Dray doesn't want to be that guy anymore. Then came Everett Moran... She's Been Burned... Evy is having one of the worst days in the history of, well... ever, and she's seen a lot of rough days. Raised an only child of a single father, Everett finds herself an orphan before she's even old enough to drink. She knows a thing or two about loss and thanks to her boyfriend, she's had more than a few lessons in hardship too. Still, she moves through life with a single minded determination to make her circumstances better... She harbors no illusions about life being anything other than what it is, so how in the hell could she have been so blind as to what her boyfriend Jerry was doing ? Could the worst day of Everett's life actually turn out to be the best thing to ever happen to her when she pulls into Dray's garage? Could Everett's arrival on Dray's doorstep herald a new beginning for Dray, and heal some of his broken? **Mature Audiences Only (18])** **Language, Violence, and Sexual Content.**

Being the inside man is a dangerous place to be, especially when the stakes are so high... Red-XII belongs to the Sacred Hearts, mind, body, and soul, which means when they need him to go undercover and take down the rival club, the Suicide Kings, from the inside, he's more than willing. What he didn't bet on was finding a beautiful, broken spirit in the heart of the club. Dani Broussard didn't expect to find herself on the front lines of a turf war, but that was the road her life took. Now, forced to satisfy the men of the club with her body, she escapes the only way she can; through her mind. Finding a place that is beautiful, and not the dank and putrid squalor she's stuck in. The prospect won't touch her, though, and that's something she can't explain. Now, with everything on the line, can Red save the damsel in distress, or will she be just one more life that's lost under the fall of the Kings?