by Jc Emery
Fun Fact: Ryan’s favorite cartoon is Wyle E. Coyote and the Roadrunner. He once shot a TV because he wanted to catch the roadrunner just once.
Ian- Treasurer “Sin”
Ian Buckley, b. 1989 in Tampa Bay, Florida to a biker named Road and Ruby Stone (nee Buckley). Currently unattached.
Fun Fact: Rage may be old and mean, and Jim and Ryan may both be a pain in the ass, but the only actual person any of the members fear is Ian.
Duke- Secretary “Duke”
Joshua Wilcox, b. 1988 in Oakland, California to an unnamed member of the Mississippi Forsaken and Hazel Wilcox. Old Lady: Nicole Whelan.
Fun Fact: Duke doesn’t know who his dad is, but Ruby and Jim do. He’s a member of the Mississippi Forsaken. If either thought the man would be any good for Duke, they’d tell him. In high school, he ended up with the nickname “Josh Will Suck Cocks” courtesy of Nic.
Darius “Diesel” Mitchell
Fun Fact: Diesel once won a gaming competition when he was in high school.
Kyle “Bear” Bukowski
Fun Fact: Bear earned his nickname because of his excessive body hair. Originally a native of Portland, Oregon, he is a big fan of flannel.
Solomon “Fish” Banks
Fun Fact: One of the newer members of the Fort Bragg Forsaken, Fish is still learning the ropes and sometimes crosses the line both personally and professionally, but at the end of the day he is an integral part of the club. He’s also a sleazy asshole.
Charles “Chief” Phillips
Fun Fact: Chief was born and raised on an Oklahoma reservation as a high-standing member of a large Cheyenne Indian tribe. He left the tribe in favor of Forsaken when he butted heads with one of the Elders. Chief recruited Grady, who was eighteen at the time, after the idiot kid robbed a gas station for a measly one hundred bucks, but Chief saw something in him.
Incarcerated Members
Edward “The Butcher/Butch” Whelan
Place of Residence: San Quentin Maximum Security State Prison
Sentence: Undetermined. Numerous infractions incurred inside.
Fun Fact: Butch hooked up with Robin Sills back in the ’90s and immediately fell in love with her little girl, Nic. Butch formally adopted Nic in 1995, shortly after his son, Jeremy was born. Butch is disturbingly ecstatic to be the grandfather of infant, Robin (via Nic and Duke).
Todd “Torque” Kramer
Place of Residence: Mendocino County Jail
Sentence: One year.
Fun Fact: Torque earned his name through his awful temper. He also serves as the primary tattoo artist when he’s not locked up.
Prospective Members
Jeremy “Baby Boy” Whelan
Jeremy was born in Fort Bragg, California in December 1995. His mother, Robin Sills, left he and his elder half-sister with his dad, Butch in early 1997.
Fun Fact: Jeremy visited the clubhouse about once a week prior to prospecting—and Nic had no idea.
Misc. Prospective Members
Aaron- “Tall”
Rob- “Squat”
Dunce
Rink
Series Information & Volume Titles
Title Meanings & Character Line-Up
The titles in the Bayonet Scars series are intended to represent an emotion or general theme of the novel. Some titles are more literal and others are more symbolic of the characters’ journey. Take a look at the titles and see what you think.
Bayonet Scars
A bayonet knife is a knife used by the U.S. Army from the Civil War through World War I. It also holds special significance for one of the members.
Ride- Ryan “Trigger” Stone and Alex “Princess/Cub” Mancuso
The road trip from New York to California plays a significant part in Alex’s journey.
Thrash- Josh “Duke” Wilcox and Nicole “Robin” Whelan
A violent crashing—Nic and Duke’s relationship is turbulent to say the least.
Rev- Sterling “Knuck” Grady and Holly “Sweets” Mercer
The revving of an engine. Rev propels the story forward at a fast pace.
Crush- Jeremy “Baby Boy” Whelan and Cheyenne “Miss Priss” Grady
The symbolic emotional crushing of first love. This is the end of the beginning.
Vow- Ryan “Trigger” Stone and Alex “Princess/Cub” Mancuso
A promise of love and loyalty.
Burn- Ian “Sin” Bucley and Mindy “Bean” Mercer
Almost nothing is fireproof. This novel burns everything to the ground so that it can be re-built. This is the beginning of the end.
Crave- Darius “Diesel” Mitchell and Elle “Legs” Phillips
Desiring, craving, needing something.
Haunt- Wyatt “Wy” Strand and Amber “Mugs” Wallace
Feeling the loss or trauma or something significant in life. The memories “haunt” the club.
Cease- Jim “Pop” Stone and Ruby “Mama Bear” Stone
The end of an era, no longer existing.
Coming Soon: Burn
Tragedy cuts deep. Revenge burns deeper.
The blood of enemies coats the leather of their vests and a trail of bodies lie in their wake, but the Forsaken Motorcycle Club isn't done yet. Carlo Mancuso still needs to pay for his sins. Nobody knows that more than Ian Buckley, the Treasurer for Forsaken.
Ian prefers his pleasure mixed with pain and he's only ever at peace when he's doling out justice. Convinced that he's too unstable and sadistic to take an Old Lady, he keeps his trysts, like all of his relationships, brief and anonymous. But with his club at war, and the stakes being so personal, Ian's feeling the events around him more deeply than he expects.
Mindy Mercer is the sweet daughter of Fort Bragg’s most respectable cop. At least that’s how the town sees her. Very few people know the Mindy who hides her tracks and battles her cravings by lying to everyone around her. She thinks she has control of her addiction until she suffers an attack that leaves her searching for a way out of her own personal hell.
Mindy has never been more desperately in need of a savior and Ian has never seen a more beautifully destroyed creature in his life. Their attraction is intense, but their damage is extreme. Some scars never heal, and some people never get better.
Love is never more painful than when it can kill you.
About the Author
As a child, JC was fascinated by things that went bump in the night. As they say, some things never change. Now, as an adult, she divides her time between the bad-ass bikers, sexy law men, mythical creatures, and kick-ass heroines that live inside her head. A San Francisco Bay Area native, JC has also called both Texas and Louisiana home.
These days she rocks her flip flops year-round in Northern California and can’t imagine a climate more beautiful. Her dream is to own her own Harley and she feels compelled to tell you that she is Team Peeta all the way. JC is the author of the Bayonet Scars series and the Men with Badges line and the upcoming Ladder Company series.
