Steele: Into Your Heart (Carolina Bad Boys #3

by Rie Warren

  Despite my better judgment, I listened to JB place her order and watched her beneath the shadow of my eyelashes. She had a body to die for and a velvety voice that drove a spike of need through me. I hung on her every word to Cole, wishing I were playing bartender for the night. Then she met my penetrating stare and lifted her drink in my direction.

  I’d been made.

  Well, fuck it. I’d never been one to turn tail and run. Beer in hand, I prowled to her. “Hunter.”

  “JB, as I’m sure you’ve heard.”

  Her palm swallowed in mine, I leaned closer for another hit of her perfume. “JB?”

  “My initials, among other things.” She slipped her fingers from my grasp. “I’ll be playing darts if you want to go a round or two later.”

  There was no mistaking her invitation. As she slinked off, I reminded myself I had absolutely no intensions of taking her up on it.

  Right.

  Throughout the night, I kept her in my sights. She denied all dickheads out to get into her pants, usually with an easy letdown so the beat-down didn’t sting too hard.

  After her latest brush-off of I am purely sorry, but you don’t have the equipment I’m lookin’ for with a batting of her eyelashes as she drew her arm through her busty femme fatale sidekick’s, I hid my grin against the top of my beer bottle.

  She was so not a lipstick lesbian, the idea was laughable, but it got Tail to move along. He was Retribution lady-killer numero uno. I was glad to see him amble away with a good-natured shrug of his shoulders.

  JB was as aware of me as I was of her. I remained all the way across the room—a safe distance away—but I felt her gaze on me during the course of the night. She wasn’t obvious about it; I was just good at my job. Reading people inside and out, backward and forward, came part and parcel with my line of work. I lived by my wits, without a safety net. And JB had me free-falling for her in the space of two goddamn hours. She sent her subtle fuck-me vibe in my direction and mine alone. Her attention thrilled me more than I cared to admit.

  Finally Brodie sidetracked me by calling for attention. Thank fuck for that. As the din died down, he ordered Cole from behind the bar. Leaving the latest MC prospect hanging just long enough so he looked like he might crap his pants, Brodie finally welcomed Cole into the Retribution fold as a full member. When he held up the new leather cut identical to the rest of the brethren’s with the scales of justice and skull and crossbones, I almost shed a goddamn tear.

  Cole grinned so hard I thought he’d crack his face as he accepted the MC colors.

  He deserved the Retribution patch more than me. He’d taken shit and come up shining time and time again.

  I’d learned something from this brotherhood.

  Sometimes you followed protocol. Sometimes you went with your gut. I’d gone with my gut with Brodie and Ashe. Detective Kingston had survived because of it, but I’d been smacked around with rules and regs and psych follow-ups because of my decision to bring Brodie onto the case.

  My decision to save Kingston’s life.

  I’d lay my career on the line again for any one of them. No questions asked.

  So what if I got slapped with my own probationary term because of it?

  It wasn’t my gut leading me now. More like my cock. Straight up, hard as a rock, and wanting release in one babe only. JB. Getting involved with the girl could mean one of two things:

  A trip to prison if she was as underage as she looked and as her nickname implied. Jailbait.

  Or a trip to heaven because she was nothing if not sex in the flesh.

  She was way too young for me to be messing with, not to mention I was absolutely unsuitable for any woman, anywhere, all the time. Didn’t matter. I hadn’t been able to take my eyes off her since the moment she’d entered the MC, and I wanted my hands on her, too.

  Unfortunately she was dancing. So were a bunch of handsy dudes all around her. I wished I’d carried my Glock on me. I could pick them off one by one. But then Cole would be on cleanup detail, and we were buddies. He hadn’t had to mop up one of my bloody messes yet, probably best to keep it that way.

  Instead of shooting all the assholes trying to feel up JB as she danced with her hips swiveling, her arms reaching high, her head thrown back, I decided to cut in.

  Paving a path through her groupies and gropers, I’d just about reached her when Cole called out across the noise of music and laughter, “Say, why you called Hunter anyway?”

  JB glanced back at me with a smile then glided away.

  I watched her sinuous moves, answering Cole, “Maybe Hunter is my real name.” Approaching the bar, I splatted Cole’s hand onto it. I took my sharpened bowie knife from my belt and stabbed it between his fingers. “Or maybe I’m just damn good with my buck knife. Wanna double down?”

  That got big guffaws all around and drew JB’s large inky eyes to me.

  “What about Sexton?” Cole pulled his hand back.

  “You’d have to ask the ladies about any sexin’ . . . ”

  MC dudes converged on me with back slaps, but JB spun on her heels with a huff. In an apparent outrage, she marched to the far reaches of the clubhouse.

  I had to follow up on that. Usually I liked my liaisons jealousy-free, but considering I’d already imagined putting bullet holes in just about every man in the room for so much as looking at her, I’d give her a free pass to get all green-eyed about me anytime she wanted.

  When I made my way to the darts, JB ignored me, her head high and those amazing brown curls tossed back.

  I stood in front of the bull’s-eye.

  She stomped around me to retrieve her darts.

  I blocked the way again, lightly touching her arm. “There a problem?”

  “I’m not easy, if that’s what you’re after.”

  “That’s not a problem.”

  With a stamp of her foot, she went back to the throw-line. I’d barely stepped out of the way before she let rip with a dart that whistled past my ear. “I don’t fuck around, either.”

  “Even better.” I grinned at the spitfire.

  “What she means to say is BTDT. The T-shirt was not that awesome.” Rayce—the wrench shrew from Stone’s garage—intervened. She was JB’s fake dyke girlfriend from earlier and apparently a bulldog with a mission to put me in my place, too.

  “No need to go rabid on me. I’ll step off.” Almost relieved by her interruption, I backed up with my hands raised. I needed a reason to stop pursuing JB. “For the record, I’d never harm your friend, but I’m glad you’re looking out for her.”

  An hour later, I slid onto my motorcycle. Helmet in hand, I ramped the Deus Grievous Angel to life.

  JB materialized next to me, huddling inside her padded leather jacket. “Sorry about before. Rayce has issues.”

  “And where’s your bodyguard now?”

  “I don’t need one.” She unfolded her arms, and her jacket gaped open at her chest. She took my helmet from my hands and slung it onto the handlebar.

  “Beg to differ.” She definitely needed protection from me.

  JB made the first move, I’d testify to that shit in court. She leaned over me and licked her lips. Then my hands were in her hair, burrowing deeper, and I dragged her to my mouth. She straddled me when I lifted her onto my lap. The moist touch of her tongue parted my lips.

  I groaned, opening up to her talented lunges, following the sleek kisses into her mouth where our tongues collided. I wanted to thrust down her throat with my cock. Rip her pants apart and fuck her until she screamed. Take her on my motorcycle and spray my come all over her body. The intensity of my reaction steered all coherent thought from my head.

  The soul-searing kiss lit me up inside. I wanted more.

  Bad move. One of my worst. I’d regret it later. Right now I’d savor the way JB moaned, riding my thigh, getting off on me.

  I wanted to have this for one more minute.

  I wanted her.

  I couldn’t have her. She shouldn’t b
e stained by me. My soul wasn’t even intact.

  With a growl, I pushed her off me. I steadied her with a hand on her hip as she found her footing.

  “What’s your problem?” JB frowned, her lips swollen from my kisses.

  “I can’t. Not with you. Not like this.” I wouldn’t meet her eyes.

  “Damn right you can’t. I’m too good for you.” She zipped her jacket all the way to the chin.

  Nothing hotter than a woman with an attitude who knew what she wanted, but I couldn’t take advantage.

  “Exactly.” I throttled my raging black bike, shouting over the roar of pipes, “We agree. Never gonna happen.”

  Peeling out of the parking lot, I glanced back one last time. Big mistake. JB stood under the halo of a streetlight with one stiff middle finger raised in my direction. And I wanted her even more.

  Not gonna happen.

  Only one good thing had come out of my life, and I had nothing left to give.

  Coming late summer 2015

  Chrome, With a Heart Forged in Steele

  Carolina Bad Boys #4

  https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25069885-chrome-with-a-heart-forged-in-steele

  Boomer Steele is big. He’s bad. He’s the Retribution MC pres. He’s been dealt the worst hand imaginable and bears the scars inside and out. Not that anyone knows it. He’s watched his younger brother and sister hook up and hitch up with the loves of their lives, and now he’s the last Steele standing alone. Maybe he should keep it that way.

  Then one feisty honey makes him feel, gets in his grill, pisses him off.

  She goes by the name of Rayce. And that’s exactly what she does on her motocross bike when she’s not busy getting her hands dirty with her fellow grease monkeys as the only female mechanic at Stone’s Garage. She’s into fixing bikes, racing hers, and making Boomer’s life a living hell just for the fun of it. Oh, and she hates being treated like a girl.

  Sparks flying? That’s an understatement where these two are concerned. Yet when Rayce needs a place to live, and Boomer offers her a room in his house, their unquenchable attraction wins out over antagonism. Sometimes. Rayce’s crappy upbringing makes her think love is for stupid fools asking for heartbreak. She’s not willing to go there for any man. Not even Boomer Steele.

  The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

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  Stone, At Your Service, Carolina Bad Boys #1

  Contemporary Erotic Romance

  September 25, 2014

  http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00MRPKWAY

  http://www.amazon.com/Stone-Your-Service-Carolina-Volume/dp/1500744786/

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  “Humor, romance, loveable characters, and hot sex. Talk about one hell of a winning combo.” ~Hines and Bigham’s

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  Rie Warren delivers a steamy, humorous romance with one hell of an alpha male bad boy.

  Hell on wheels meets hell in high heels.

  Bad boy mechanic Josh Stone likes to get his hands dirty any way he can—the filthier, the better. Ever since his wife walked out on him and their young son, he's only had room in his heart for two loves: the kid and cars.

  Roped into playing his best buddy's gay boyfriend during a romance writers convention, the player meets the girl who's gonna rock his world. Leelee Songchild. Shy, bashful, beautiful Leelee who blushes at the drop of a hat yet writes hardcore smut to rival Josh's backlist of Penthouse Forum.

  The only problem is his hands are tied. Josh can't stab his old friend/fake lover in the back even though all he wants to do is take luscious Leelee to bed, and maybe, love her. When the truth comes out, all hell breaks loose.

  Too bad romance is just for books.

  Love, In The Fast Lane, Carolina Bad Boys #2

  Contemporary Erotic Romance

  December 11, 2014

  http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00NIB9MU2

  Rie Warren gives readers a bad boy bachelor and a tattooed vixen in this hot new release from her steamy southern series.

  New York Times bestselling paranormal author, Nicky—Nick—Love is anything but successful in love. For years he’s lost himself in his writing career, but now he’s ready to get back to his rebel-boy roots. While restoring a motorcycle at Stone’s Auto Service, he meets the Wildcat of his dreams. She’s a shock to the system for the romance writer who doesn’t remember a damn thing about wooing a woman.

  Cool-as-ice, Catarina “Wildcat” Steele is utterly untouchable until Nicky ignites a spark she can’t control. Their electric attraction explodes as Nicky pursues her, but he comes bearing the baggage of a family tragedy he’s hidden from everyone. He knows love has no guarantees.

  Their passionate romance falls apart when Nicky discovers Cat’s secret rivals his own. The truth about her past reopens Nicky’s raw wounds and awakens a ghost he never laid to rest. He doesn’t know how to have Cat, and now he can’t trust her. Will they be torn apart . . . or tamed by love?

  RIDE, Carolina Bad Boys novella

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  http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00PSMR26K

  The full, sexy, New Adult version of RIDE, the novella featured in Stone, At Your Service, Carolina Bad Boys series.

  College man Jase Everly has bad boy written all over him. Rides a motorcycle? Check. Has tats? You bet. Couldn't give a shit about rules? He's all over that.

  When he's cut off from the oil baron family funds, he finds a new way to support his education, his bike habit, his bad habits. And his business venture is nothing he's proud of.

  Top-notch student Avery Greene is a good girl. Deans List, never missed a class, straightlaced material. She's on the college fast track until one night and one jock destroy her life. She hides inside her sweaters. She buries her nose in her books.

  She ignores the pain inside her, and she's sure she hates Jase from the moment she lays eyes on him.

  The problem is—Avery needs someplace to stay, and Jase wants a roommate. They’re enemies at first sight. Now they’re going to live together.

  Roomies? Maybe.

  Romance? Never.

  That’s what she said.

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  Sugar Daddy, Lowcountry Heat #1

  New edition, January 2014

  Contemporary erotic romance

  http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00I0WD106/

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  She needs a job. He wants a mistress. Hearts and contracts are bound to get broken.

  Shay Greer is pure GRITS—a Girl Raised In The South–but nowhere near a demure southern belle. She’s looking for a way out of her broken down marriage when she lands an unexpected job offer she really should refuse. Position? Mistress. Fringe Benefits? Of course. Fraternization with sexy CEO Reardon Boone? Required.

  Shay signs on, lured by the promise of intimacy missing from her failed marriage. She’s barely survived a hellish year of heartbreak and needs a fresh start. Little does she know a clean break is the last thing she’ll get with the mysterious millionaire.

  Reardon sticks to his tried and true rules: no-strings-attached seduction, no messy emotions, absolutely nothing resembling a real relationship. This sassy, sultry woman fits the bill precisely . . . until she arouses more than his erotic appetite.

  A shark in the boardroom and a lady-killer in the bedroom, Reardon is as irresistible as he is unattainable. Shay falls hard, but his inability to love could tear them apart. She finds out that beneath Reardon’s seductive mask lies a man as tortured as she is.

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  War is raging in the InterNations Territories and within Lieutenant Liz Grant’s heart.

  Under His Guard, Don’t Tell series, #3, m/m

  Coming February 3, 2015

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  Time is running out for the Revolution, and for Leon.

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  Two sworn enemies have everything to lose and each other to live for.

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