A. J. Downey

The Iron Wraiths rule Savannah's underground. More than just a motorcycle club, something like the mob, they're the number one game in town for everything from guns to gambling. Madisyn Jayne Reynolds was continually responsible for her older brother, Zeke, and this time wasn't any different. The only thing that mattered was getting him out of the hole he'd dug for himself. She's all bravado, but underneath it all, she's terrified, and offering herself as payment for her brother's debts wasn't what she'd ever had in mind for herself. Synister was born with a silver spoon in his mouth, but he didn't exactly follow the typical climb to power of the rest of Savannah's elite. His mind is always on more important things than the status quo, and he's climbed the power structure his own way. When a sassy blonde girl walks into his club's underground card game, he's all ears to see how she'll wrangle her brother out of his clutches. One word makes him think she may be worth the trouble she'll cause.

Owen 'Kurt' Worthington has had the biggest run of bad luck. From getting kicked out of his regiment, to unwittingly signing on as personal protection to a heroin cartel. The only upside? Reconnecting with his former commander, a good bloke, Conan Roan. He's hoping his luck has changed when he gets some work that's a little more mainstream as top security for an American actor Arik Rex.But then there's Calanthe Rex...Callie had dreams; thought she was living a fairy tale life under the umbrella of New Eden. She believed in their preaching that a new, green sustainable way of living was available and within reach. That she could change the world... Those dreams quickly became a nightmare when she realized she wasn't valued for her brains, but rather for her beauty and what was between her legs. Her life within her gilded cage was awful...But then there was Kurt...

Serenity's life has been anything but serene...Nothing about that looks like it is going to improve when her best friend drags her to a local metal show. She reluctantly goes along, but once again proves to be a magnet for trouble. Then he steps out of the crowd.Usually, the shows Stoker plays are pretty chill, despite the amped-up energy of the crowd. When he spots the little brunette in distress, he has no trouble stepping up and stepping in. Turns out it might be the best decision he's ever made.Neither Stoker nor Serenity can believe their luck in finding the other. Still, between club life and dark secrets of a hidden past, their budding romance may be clipped before it ever has a chance to flower.

Everleigh has had a wandering spirit since the day she was born. Her boring, small town could barely contain her and at the first opportunity, she fled. It was only natural falling in line with the freedom that MC life brought to her. The allure of never being told what to do a strong one. Sadly, she found herself trading one cage for another. Given the road name Silence, for her shy lack of voice, she's been a part of a motorcycle gang out of Maryland. A rough and tumble lot believing in sovereignty, running guns and drugs through Indigo City. Narcos has been undercover with the outlaw MC, the Knights of Crescentia for more than a year. In that time, he's seen and heard all sorts of things, except for Silence's voice. She's the president's Ol' Lady and probably knows infinitely more than he does as a prospect to the club. All that is about to change. Narcos is about to be patched in. Unfortunately, patching in means going to an extreme he'd never thought he'd be pushed to and Silence is in the crosshairs. How will he get through this, through to her, and keep them both alive?

Alyssa isn't completely honest when she answers the ad for a roommate online. True, she needs a place to live, true she's getting a divorce, true; he's a cheating jerk. There's just a little bit more to it than that. So when the ad comes across her screen Indigo City beat cop looking to rent out a fully furnished room she jumps on it, because what could be safer than living with a cop? Golden isn't too keen on living with a chick, but after posting online looking for a roommate, he's found the pickings are slim. The softly spoken brunette doesn't seem like she's much trouble, plus she's got the cash up front, so what the hell? She'll just have to get over his bringing home badge bunnies from the 10-13. He's got a stressful job, and the best way to blow off steam, in his estimation, is hot sex. It's a pressure cooker waiting to blow and it turns out the new roomie has moxie, which gets Golden to thinking, which leads to him feeling. This is either going to be a really good or a really bad idea.

Assistant District Attorney Damien Parnell leads a double life above and beyond his membership with the Indigo Knights. Driven by dark desires considered shameful by most, he covets the one thing he can't allow himself to have - a real relationship. Enter Ally Blaylock, an innocent by Yale's standards. She's the sweet and beautiful girl who makes his coffee at the caf across the street from his office. She's done her best to flirt off and on with the high powered attorney and he can't help but be drawn to her whimsical charm. When Ally finds her world tipped on its axis, Yale goes against his better judgment and offers her some unlikely help. He knows better than most that the road to hell is paved with good intentions, but in this particular case, could it be the opposite? Could Allison Blaylock be the start down the road to his salvation?

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 home run 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.

The war was over, but the nightmare of it lingered. It would pale in comparison to the nightmare that was about to begin. At first, Evan Jennings thought it was a dream, locked in a cage with a beautiful woman, but then the maniac in black showed up. It was obvious he wanted something from the girl, but what did he want with Evan? Macy had been a lone wolf for a long time. Never really fitting in when it came to any pack structure, she'd spent most of her life blending with the human population. Her knack for choosing when to shift rather than having it dictated by the phases of the moon made it easy for her until Matthew showed up. How was she supposed to know that Matthew was actually The Hangman, Mathias Young? Now she was here, locked in a cage with a hapless human male who had no idea what the real monsters looked like, or that she was one of them.

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.

Fate introduces people at both the right and the wrong times So it is for Maren on the absolute worst day imaginable. When all hope was gone, and she was whittled away to little more than tears and despair, up walks Nox, an unlikely hero to save the day. Maren is about to discover that sometimes the good guys wear black, and there are times that the lines between good and evil blur beyond recognition. Nox is a bad man with a heart of gold, or so it seems. It also seems that Maren has captured that heart with her wide, tear-filled brown eyes. Nox never saw himself going for jailbait before, but that's just what Maren is, all woman trapped in a seventeen-year-old package. Still, what he wouldn't do for her, including taking on the unlikely role of keeper to her unruly preteen brother. This mess could end beautifully or in some serious time spent behind bars for Nox, but sometimes, it's worth risking it all.

Melody Beswick thought she was bringing herself and her thirteen-month-old son home to his father. It was her last ditch effort to make a better life for her and her boy. One in which Noah had a father to look up to and guide him. While she knew Grinder wasn't perfect, she believed in him, and love always found a way, right? Melody never thought her dreams for herself and her son could twist into such nightmares, and that it was so true, the old adage, that the road to hell is paved with good intentions. She's about to find out that another adage is true, that sometimes it's better the devil you know when instead of finding Grinder, it's his cold and critical brother Archer at the end of her long drive that she must contend with. With no other options and no place else to go, Melody is about to make a deal with this devil that she can't refuse. Who knew it could, quite possibly, be the best decision she's ever made?

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.