Shannan Muck

Elena Marlowe had always been the perfect daughter. Her life had been carefully planned… until Ronan Henderson crashed into it. The older brother of her best friend, Ronan was the one man she knew she shouldn't want. Their first meeting sparked an attraction neither of them expected or could deny. The harder Elena tries to stay away from him, the stronger the pull between them becomes. When fate threw them together again, what started as undeniable attraction soon turned into secret hookups and a relationship. Slowly, it developed into something deeper… something real. But what happens when being together comes at a cost?

"Let's make a deal. Starting tomorrow, we pretend we don't know each other. In public, the hallways, the rink, the cafeteria, we're total strangers. I won't look at you, and I won't come near your table. But off campus, behind closed doors, when no one's watching..." Brandon's voice dropped. "You're mine, Hailey. And I protect what's mine." Everyone knows Brandon Walker. He's the captain of the Toronto University hockey team, the campus heartthrob, and the guy practically every girl dreams of dating. But when Hailey Cartenz meets him, she has no idea that getting close to Brandon means stepping into a world where his fame comes with a price. The closer they become, the harder it is to keep their relationship hidden. Brandon lives under constant attention, and anyone connected to him can become a target. So they make a deal. On campus, they're strangers. Away from prying eyes, he's hers and she's his. It's supposed to keep Hailey safe, but secretly dating the Ice King only makes her heart race faster. Then another hockey player starts pursuing Hailey, and suddenly Brandon's carefully controlled jealousy begins to crack. Other guys notice her. They flirt with her. They want her. Brandon can pretend not to know Hailey in the cafeteria, but watching someone else chase the girl he secretly calls his is another story. As danger closes in and their secret becomes harder to protect, Hailey must decide how much she's willing to risk for the boy everyone wants. Because Brandon Walker can keep their relationship a secret. But he can't hide how badly he wants her.

"You have twenty-four hours to decide whether you want to stay or return to your father." Ronan's green eyes never leave my face. Maddox leans closer. "Then you become ours. All three of us. No outside connections. No secrets. You'll belong to us completely, Alina." I should be terrified. Instead, electricity races through me. They call me the Commissioner's daughter. Untouchable. Innocent. Off limits. They have no idea I've spent five years hunting my mother's killer. Then one reckless night at Chicago's most notorious underground club changes everything. On a dare, I kiss a blood-soaked fighter. By morning, three kings of Chicago's criminal underworld have their eyes on me. Jaxon, the brutal enforcer with amber eyes and a hunger for vengeance. Maddox, the silver-tongued strategist who promises answers I shouldn't want. Ronan, the former cop who sees through every lie I've told, especially the ones I tell myself. When a rival gang tries to turn me into a message written in blood, the Serpents don't just save me. They claim me. Now I'm caught between my father's corrupt empire and three dangerous men who want me to choose a side. The closer I get to the truth about my mother's death, the more I realize everyone around me is hiding something. My father built walls to keep me from the darkness. He should have taught me how to survive inside it. Because I was never the innocent daughter he tried to protect. And when I finally take my crown, the question won't be whether I'll survive. It will be whether anyone else will.

"You are absolutely my f*ck*ng woman, Dani. Got me?" I squeezed my eyes shut. "Dani," he pressed. "Do you get me?" "No, Austin, I don't," I admitted as I pulled my robe closed again and sat up. "You confuse me." He dragged his hands down his face. "Tell me what's on your mind." I sighed. "You're everything my parents warned me against. You're secretive, but you're also honest. I feel wholly protected by you, but then you scare me more than anyone I've ever known. You're a bad boy, but when I dated a so-called good one, he turned out to be the devil, so, yeah, I don't get you because you're not what I expected. You drive me crazier than anyone I've ever met, but then you make me feel complete. I'm feeling things I don't quite know how to process and that makes me want to run. I don't want to give up something that might be really, really good, but I also don't want to be stupid and fall for a boy just because he's super pretty and makes me come." Danielle Harris is the daughter of an overprotective police chief and has led a sheltered life. As a kindergarten teacher, she's as far removed from the world of Harleys and bikers as you could get, but when she's rescued by the s*xy and dangerous Austin Carver, her life is changed forever. Although Austin 'Booker' Carver is enamored by the innocent Dani, he tries to keep the police chief's daughter at arm's length. But when a threat is made from an unexpected source, he finds himself falling hard and fast for the only woman who can tame his wild heart. Will Booker be able to find the source of the threat before it's too late? Will Dani finally give her heart to a man who's everything she's been warned about?

"You want me to play nice, sweetheart?" Stone growled, his low, rough voice brushing against her ear. He leaned in close, smelling of leather, smoke, and pure danger. "Fine. We can pretend. But the second my jacket is on your back, you’re mine. And I don’t share."Stranded. Desperate. And out of options.When her car breaks down outside a rough biker bar, she makes a crazy deal with Stone, the terrifying president of the Iron Reapers MC. The plan? Pretend to be a couple to make her old crush jealous.But Stone doesn’t play games.Soon, the fake touches turn into real possession, and the public kisses turn into private heat. Stone is completely obsessed, and he has no plans to let her go when the deal ends. Now that her old crush finally wants her, she must choose: a safe, normal life, or the dangerous love of a biker who will burn the world down to keep her.

"Don't call her a b*tch, *ssh*l*," Sierra hissed. "What's it got to do with you?" the greasy creep demanded. "Oh, I don't know, Stimpy, maybe because you're harassing my woman and she just got here." "Oh, sh*t, Orion. Sorry, man. Didn't realize she was with you." Orion: As the heir apparent to the Primal Howlers' MC President patch, a chance encounter with a beautiful woman pulls me into a war I wasn't expecting that could bring the whole club down. But when she runs from me, I will pursue her to the end of the earth to find her and bring her back. Whether she likes it or not. Raquel: I moved to Monument, Colorado to write my thesis and get some much-needed distance from my overbearing family. What I didn't expect was to find myself hung up on a biker who appears to have nothing to lose. I, however, have everything to lose and I'm worried Orion just might be my downfall.

Get ready to ride . . . Celine Masters has had enough drama to last a lifetime. Now, she's back on track and looking forward to her new, quiet life. Until she meets the man of her dreams. The tattooed, muscled biker plies her with tequila-and the best s*x of her life. She knows it isn't the tequila and hot s*x talking. He's the kind of man she's always wanted. Unfortunately, he's also her new boss . . . Corbey "Steel" Michaels has a rule. He doesn't employ someone he's slept with. So when he learns he spent last night in bed with his new office manager, he quickly fires Celine. Yet when Celine stands up to him and fights for her job, Steel is intrigued. He tells her she can keep her job on one condition: no more s*x. Ever. But as things heat up between them, Steel finds that he'll be the one breaking all the rules…

He was my brother's best friend. My first love. My first everything. Six years ago, Axel "Ghost" Cruz disappeared from my life without a word, leaving me shattered and desperate to escape the memories. I built a new life in the city—safe, clean, predictable. I even found the perfect fiancé. Until the phone call that changed everything. My father is dead, murdered by a rival MC, and I have to come home. Back to the world of leather and violence I thought I'd left behind. Back to the Iron Serpents clubhouse where danger and desire ruled my teenage heart. And back to him. Axel is darker now, harder, scarred by six years of violence as a gun-for-hire. He's returned as the club's enforcer, the man my brother trusts with his life. The man I should hate for abandoning me. But his touch still sets my soul on fire. His eyes still burn with the same forbidden hunger. And when he pins me against the garage wall, his voice a growl in my ear, I remember why he was my first everything—and why he'll be my last. The MC is at war. My brother would kill him if he knew. Our enemies are circling. But some desires are worth dying for. Biker's Forbidden Desire is a dark, steamy, obsessive romance full of forbidden love, dangerous men, and a woman who must choose between the safe life she built and the passionate love that defines her.