Wake Me Up (Fallen Angels MC Book 2)
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Mason stayed silent, watching Randall, but Caroline could see his pale knuckles whitening further, and she was sure Randall could as well. She breathed in a prayer that Mason wasn’t stubborn enough to punch a cop.
Randall saw whatever he wanted, and then shrugged, his lizard eyes flashing as he put his sunglasses back on. “Thanks for talking with me, Caroline. I’ll be back later, so we can finish our conversation.” He gestured towards the piece of paper on her desk. “Keep that. Think about what it might mean.”
He walked out, and she gave in to the shaking in her knees, putting her head in her hands and trying to breathe. Somewhere far away, she heard Mason shoot the lock on the door and flip the sign over to closed. He came close, but he didn’t touch her, not right away.
“Please,” she said. He’d wait there for permission forever if she needed him to, because once he’d moved too fast and she’d screamed like she was being murdered. But now--she needed the grounding, the purifying motion of his hand spinning tiny circles over the muscles in the small of her back.
“Breathe, baby,” he said. “We’re gonna be okay. That dirtbag cop doesn’t know anything, he’s just sniffing around hoping someone leaves a lead where he can dig it up.”
She looked up at him, tried to find a way to ask how sure he really was, and decided to let it go. Asking would only make things worse. And that was something that she couldn’t afford to do. “Okay,” she said, reminding herself to focus on the now, on her breathing, and on the man she knew loved her.
It was a lot harder than it should have been.
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Book 1 of the SEAL of Fortune series
She’ll meet an unlikely ally who will turn her world upside down.
Veronica Baker always knew growing up that she wanted to be a scientist just like her daddy. She worked hard to graduate at the top of her class, and was thrilled the day she started work at her father’s lab. When her father leaves on a trip to visit prospective investors, she assumes it will be business as usual, but when she stops hearing from him, Veronica assumes the worst and catches the first flight she can to try and track him down.
When Ryker Evans learns that he’s shipping out to Lebanon to complete a solo mission, he’s not pleased. His last mission in Lebanon didn’t end so well, and he’s not eager to head back, but as the SEAL with the best track record in the navy when it comes to search and rescue, his CO doesn’t give him a choice. When he finds out that he’s being sent to extract an American woman who believes her father has been kidnapped, he’s even less pleased. He can’t stand civilians who want to be heroes, and his plan is to pull her out and get home, quickly and quietly.
When the two meet, Veronica confirms all of Ryker’s worst fears. She’s insanely gorgeous, but she’s also stubborn, and she refuses to leave the country without her father. And Veronica can’t stand the arrogant and dismissive SEAL who refuses to listen to a word she says, no matter how beautiful the man is, or how much he lights her body on fire.
As passion brews between them, Ryker grudgingly agrees to help her find the men who took her father, but when Veronica disappears as well, he’ll have to put it all on the line to save the woman he let slip away.
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Derek Martinez isn’t looking for glory.
He’s never been one to lead the pack, and he hates responsibility; he just wants to lose himself in the roar of engines as he follows his brothers in the Black Brothers Motorcycle Club. Even the women in his life want more than he’s willing to give, so he takes them as they come and leaves them in the morning.
Danni Stewart has had more than enough bad-boy in her past.
After falling for a biker, and ending up alone with a broken heart and a baby, she’s sworn them off entirely. Raising her son on her own, she just wants to work and give her son the best life she can, even if she has to go it alone forever.
They couldn’t be more wrong for each other.
When they meet at the diner where Danni works, neither can deny the chemistry between them. Even though she wants him more than anything else in the world, Danni's past experience tells her that he’s dangerous. As she gives him her body, she keeps her heart locked away.
Derek can’t ignore the way Danni makes him feel, and for the first time considers the tantalizing possibility of something much more. They just might be what each other needs, but first they need to let themselves want it.
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They say that truth is stranger than fiction. But for Laura Turner it's also just as deadly...
Landing the lead female role in the latest blockbuster action film was a dream come true for the struggling actress and there wasn't anything she wouldn't do to keep it. But when the director insists on the input of a real-life Motorcycle Gang member for authenticity's sake she starts to wonder if maybe she has made a mistake.
Roman is gorgeous, mysterious, and thoroughly distracting. Swaggering around on set in his leather's and impressing cast and crew alike, Laura can't help but fall for his brooding charms, too.
But when their professional relationship starts to take a seductively delicious turn things start to heat up and not in the way Laura would like.
Someone out there has a problem with Roman revealing gang secrets. And because of her new-found status as Roman's old lady, that means someone out there has a problem with Laura, too.
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John Malcolm really missed his old life.
He’d never considered staying in the military past when he was due to be discharged, but now that he had walked away and was trying to rebuild his life, he was wishing he was back in uniform. No one wanted to hire vets, and his skills were somewhat specific. Deciding to take things into his own hands, he opens a Private Investigation business and prays that this will be the answer.
Becca McDermott just wants her crazy life to calm down.
As a McDermott, she knows that crazy is in their genes, but she’s really getting fed up. After her sister enthusiastically decides to become a stripper (with her parents blessing,) and her mother comes out as a closet bi-sexual who is ready to “explore a little,” Becca doesn’t know how to also deal with her insane brother, who has seemingly gone AWOL from the navy after a trip to see her. She knows she needs to find him and talk him down, but she has no idea where to start.
Becca’s so much more than John can handle.
After searching on the internet for a PI, Becca pays John a visit and begs him to track down her brother. John wants to take the job, but there’s one problem--Becca is insisting on coming along for the ride. After she makes him an offer he can’t refuse, they set out to find her missing brother. But spending so much time together is starting to affect them both, and they can’t ignore the sexual tension growing between them.
As their passion explodes and they try to find her brother, they might also find something no one expected.
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Book 1 of the Iron Raiders MC series
She’s the only thing he’s ever wanted, and he’s the one thing she never saw coming.
Things have never been black and white for Ellie Carmichael. Growing up surrounded by the men of the Iron Raiders, the motorcycle club that’s been the only family she’s ever known, she’s always believed in the clubs mission, even when they’re activities weren’t entirely legal. But, as the daughter of a prostitute in their stable, who got herself knocked up and then locked up, she grew up thinking of the men of the club as uncles, and then brothers, and the president who led them all as the father she never knew.
Austin Parker tried not to take anything too seriously. After getting out of his crappy trailer park on the back of his alcoholic father’s bike, he spent two years travelling around the country before finding the Iron R
aiders. Something about the club convinced him to stay, and he took full advantage of the bonuses of the lifestyle, including the rotating door of women in and out of his bed.
Ellie and Austin have never gotten along. She can’t deny how attractive he is, but his couldn’t-care-less attitude when it comes to the club that raised her drives her crazy, as does his penchant for one-night-stands. But when a night of drinking leads to her waking up in his bed, she’s the one who can’t leave fast enough. Austin, for the first time in his life, can’t get her out of his head, and he decides to pursue her. Meanwhile, outside forces start to threaten the club, and it will take everyone to ensure the future of the Iron Raiders.
As Austin begins to fight for the only things he’s ever wanted, it will take everything he’s got to prove his loyalty, to the club and to Ellie.
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Book 2 of the Iron Raiders MC series
They’ll be put to the ultimate test to save their club, and a love like they’ve never known.
Things are not going well for the Iron Raiders. Now that the Black Brothers have declared an open turf war, every man in the club has been put to work, fighting to reclaim their territory and remove the threat of a takeover. But for Austin Parker, things have never been better. True, the business with the club is nasty, but he’s finally convinced Ellie to give him a shot, and he’s determined not to screw it up.
Ellie Carmichael has no idea what she was thinking by letting Austin into her life. But she sees a different side to him than she ever has before, and she hopes that he will prove her instinct right. In the meantime, she’s trying to support the club in any way they’ll let her, even as it gets her into trouble from time to time.
As the Black Brothers get closer, things get more dangerous. As people get hurt, the stakes are raised, and Austin will be forced to risk it all to save the woman he can’t live without and the club that has started to feel like the only family he’s ever known. When everything is on the line, he’ll stop at nothing to protect the only people who’ve ever had his back, and the only woman he’s ever wanted a future with.
It will take the fight of a lifetime to make that possible future a reality.
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Book 3 of the Iron Raiders MC series
As they recover from the loss of their leader, Austin and Ellie will have to fight to save the love they can’t afford to lose.
Everything has changed for the Iron Raiders. After the mission to save Ellie from the Black Brothers, which resulted in the death of their president and the only father Ellie had ever known, everyone is left in shock. With new leadership and a fight still on their hands, it will take every brother to save their club and get the vengeance they are determined to have.
For Austin, almost losing Ellie was like a hard jab to the gut, and it’s made him realize that he’ll do anything to keep her. But Ellie isn’t so sure. She’s taking the loss of the man who raised her hard, and it’s made her doubt the love that Austin claims to have for her, pushing him away to avoid suffering any more pain.
As Austin steps up to keep the club from falling apart, he will also have to fight to keep the woman who’s once again determined to hold him at arms’ length. But when the Raiders’ plan to destroy the Black Brothers once and for all runs into some problems, it just might be what Ellie needs to realize the depth of her emotion for Austin.
She can only hope that it won’t be too late, for the sake of the club, and the man she’s fallen in love with.
Table of Contents
CHAPTER ONE
CHAPTER TWO
CHAPTER THREE
CHAPTER FOUR
CHAPTER FIVE
CHAPTER SIX
CHAPTER SEVEN
CHAPTER EIGHT
CHAPTER NINE
CHAPTER TEN
CHAPTER ELEVEN
CHAPTER TWELVE
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
CHAPTER NINETEEN
CHAPTER TWENTY
CHAPTER TWENTY ONE
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