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  • The Wicked Aftermath by Melissa Foster

    The Wicked Aftermath by Melissa Foster

    Rated: 4.79 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    THE WICKED AFTERMATH is an emotionally gripping story of love, loss, and hope, with a rich and entrancing happily ever after. Set on the sandy shores of Cape Cod, the Wickeds feature fiercely protective heroes, strong heroines, and unbreakable family bonds. If you think bikers are all the same, you haven't met the Dark Knights. The Dark Knights are a motorcycle club, not a gang...
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    biker  dark  adult  angst  book  contemporary  death  epic
  • Blood & Bones: Shade by Jeanne St. James

    Blood & Bones: Shade by Jeanne St. James

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A past that defined a future... Shade has a secret.One he’s hidden most of his life.Secrets created in his past.Of a broken family. A little boy lost.Of broken dreams. With only nightmares left in their wake.As a prospect, his MC nicknamed him Shady because he’s quiet and keeps to himself.As a patched member of the Blood Fury, he changed it to Shade, because that’s what he prefers..
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    biker  dark  abuse  action-adventure  adult  age-gap  book  children
  • Luke by Cee Bowerman

    Luke by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Luke’s life was spent serving his country, but when the unthinkable happens, he’s forced to retire and come home to his family in Rojo, TX. Even though he’s been away for years, he remains a long-standing member of the Texas Kings MC. Luke arrives home to find that almost everything has changed...
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    biker  dark  adult  betrayal  book  contemporary  fiction  insta-love
  • 1005 Alamo Way by Cee Bowerman

    1005 Alamo Way by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Motherhood has been a journey for Brighten Duke, one she wasn’t expecting, but has enjoyed with her entire heart and soul. But there’s one thing hanging over her head that she’s not quite ready to face. A lie she told along with her best friend six years ago is about to be revealed, and she’s going to have to deal with the consequences of her actions right along with him...
  • Captain: Time Served MC, Book 5 by Cee Bowerman

    Captain: Time Served MC, Book 5 by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Auggie ‘Captain’ Brass is enjoying the bachelor life. He’s got a new house, a thriving law practice, and friends around him that he knows he can trust. His work for paying clients fuels his passion - helping people who might get railroaded by overworked public defenders and a justice system that can only see black and white...
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    biker  adult  book  boss-employee  contemporary  crime  fiction  humor
  • Stoffer by Cee Bowerman

    Stoffer by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    After years of wandering around the country, car trouble stopped Stoffer in Rojo, Texas, and he quickly realized he never wanted to leave. Not one to share much of himself, Stoffer has found a place to fit in with the Texas Kings even while he holds most of himself back from the men and women around him...
  • Bash: Wolf Warriors MC by K.C. Mills

    Bash: Wolf Warriors MC by K.C. Mills

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
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    biker  adult  alpha-mc  book  contemporary  crime  fiction  insta-love
  • Kitty by Cee Bowerman

    Kitty by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Marler ‘Kitty’ Barnes has always been the fun guy who doesn’t stick around after the fun is over. Even in his old profession, he was always quick to take off once the job was done. After his release from prison, he focused on other things but never lost that urge to run as soon as things got serious...
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    biker  adult  anti-hero  book  contemporary  crime  fiction  humor
  • Claiming the Enemy: Dustin by Jamie Begley

    Claiming the Enemy: Dustin by Jamie Begley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The Porter brothers were raised to live and die by Three Rules. One, a Porter always keeps what’s his. Two, a Porter stands his ground. Three … Dustin never had to search for his true love. They used to play and get in trouble together, shared a playpen, and their mothers used to be best friends. But that was before their fathers made them enemies and changed the course of their lives...
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    biker  dark  abuse  adult  alpha-mc  book  contemporary  crime
  • It Happens by Lani Lynn Vale

    It Happens by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Zee + Annmarie and Tan + Jubilee. Forever. No exceptions. They were to have the picture-perfect life together. Everything was all planned out. Jubilee was to marry Eitan and Ezekiel was to marry Annmarie. That’s how it was always supposed to be from the moment that they met. Textbook, right? Wrong...
  • Beauty by Jordan Marie

    Beauty by Jordan Marie

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    This isn't your everyday Beauty and the Beast story. Our love story was tragic, until it wasn't.... Once upon a time I fell in love with a beast. I fell fast. I fell hard. I loved him intensely and I trusted him completely - until he ripped my heart to shreds. Love isn't a fairy tale. It's messy. It's dirty. It's painful, and it's ugly. Until it's not...
  • The Devil's Angels MC: Book 5 - Cash by Lola Wright

    The Devil's Angels MC: Book 5 - Cash by Lola Wright

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    LiviBeing a female in a male-dominated career can be daunting, but I refuse to allow others’ attitudes to deter me. I always try to be professional, compassionate and non-judgmental. Through hard work, I have earned respect within my department. Wearing a badge and uniform, I’ve seen the best and worst of humanity...
  • Shaker by Teagan Brooks

    Shaker by Teagan Brooks

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Shaker: I didn’t do relationships. Because I had been burned. I didn’t do repeats. Because I was burned, again. I slipped and allowed a repeat. And I was burned for a third time. Then I found her. Beaten and bruised. I knew only I could protect her. And I wanted to. As a friend. I wouldn’t fall in love with her. I couldn’t fall in love with her. But I did. And it almost killed her...
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    biker  dark  abuse  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc  audiobook  book
  • Savior by Teagan Brooks

    Savior by Teagan Brooks

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Savior I started prospecting for the Blackwings MC to appease my grandfather. He raised me after my parents died, and I’d do anything for him. As it turns out, he was right. Joining the Blackwings MC was the best thing for me. Until it wasn’t. I had a personal obligation to uphold—a promise I made to a woman I’d never met—and my time with the MC was interfering with it...
    Categorized as:
    dark  biker  romance  contemporary  steamy  fiction  suspense  crime
  • Jigsaw by Lilly Atlas

    Jigsaw by Lilly Atlas

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    After being disappointed by her family one too many times, Izzy’s convinced the only person she needs is herself. Seeking a life with fewer relationships, she leaves the bustle of the city and moves to small-town Tennessee. Her plans for quiet and solitude don’t last long after she’s adopted by both the men and women of the Hell’s Handlers Motorcycle Club...
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    biker  dark  abuse  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc  audiobook  book
  • Leave a Trail by Susan Fanetti

    Leave a Trail by Susan Fanetti

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The Night Horde used to be sure of their place in this world. Now, following a harrowing confrontation with the vicious leader of a notorious drug cartel, they are weakened in body and spirit, and they no longer have the unwavering support of the citizens of Signal Bend. They must fight to reclaim the goodwill of their town and their own sense of purpose...
    Categorized as:
    biker  dark  abuse  adult  alpha-mc  angst  book  contemporary
  • Stamp: Time Served MC, Book 10 by Cee Bowerman

    Stamp: Time Served MC, Book 10 by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Valentine Russo has gone from living the life of a privileged member of a well-known mafia family to a prison inmate and now a television celebrity. Through all of those many life chapters, he’s still not found the one person who can make his life complete...
  • Santa: Time Served MC, Book 7 by Cee Bowerman

    Santa: Time Served MC, Book 7 by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Santa and Frankie couldn’t be more different. She comes from a notorious New York family and was raised with money to burn. He’s from Texas, has family members who are notorious for completely different reasons, and grew up with parents who thought it was okay to make him ‘earn’ his meals.Opposites attract, and when they finally get together, their flame burns bright...
    Categorized as:
    biker  dark  adult  book  contemporary  crime  fiction  humor
  • Colton by Marie James

    Colton by Marie James

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Detective Colton Matthews has experienced a lot in the last ten years.Promotions.Divorce.Single-dad life.His work life is as full of surprises as his home life.But nothing prepared him for her.Saying yes to the favor asked of the Cerberus MC was a no brainer.He’s a good guy helping other good guys...
  • Hound: Cerberus 2.0 Book 2 by Marie James, JA Essen

    Hound: Cerberus 2.0 Book 2 by Marie James, JA Essen

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    My first job with the Cerberus MC was to grab a girl from a seedy bar. Easy money, right? The moment I realized the blonde I was hunting wasn’t around, I ended up captivated by a redhead dancing on the stage. With her striking features and sinful body, I knew she was trouble, but that didn’t stop me from making her mine that night...
  • Kale & Terra by Cee Bowerman

    Kale & Terra by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    This is a short story that falls after book 7 in The Texas Kings MC book series. Kale and Terra had a whirlwind love story and now they are preparing for parenthood. Surrounded by family and friends, and having hit a few speed bumps on the way to their happily ever after, the two of them are excited to meet their baby. As with all pregnancies, it's a roller coaster ride until the very end...
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    biker  romance  contemporary  steamy  small-town  humor  fiction  book
  • Blood & Bones: Judge by Jeanne St. James

    Blood & Bones: Judge by Jeanne St. James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Some risks are more dangerous than others... Judd “Judge” Scott lives a simple life running a successful business with his cousin, Deacon. As a bail bondsman and bounty hunter, he’s good at what he does. He never expected Trip to come home and resurrect the Blood Fury MC, reopening old wounds...
  • Blood & Bones: Sig by Jeanne St. James

    Blood & Bones: Sig by Jeanne St. James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Revenge isn’t always sweet, but it sure can be satisfying... Sig never wanted to return to Manning Grove since it didn’t hold any good memories. Growing up a part of the Blood Fury MC ended up being a disaster and screwed up his life, which led to him spending most of it in and out of jail...
  • Rocket by Lilly Atlas

    Rocket by Lilly Atlas

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Logan “Rocket” Carrera has a history he prefers to leave buried under prickly layers of standoffish personality. He’s seen and done things that would make most people lie awake at night. A master of compartmentalization, he’s never had trouble moving on until the night he rescues the redheaded Chloe from a sadistic gang...
    Categorized as:
    biker  dark  abuse  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc  audiobook  book
  • Preacher: Time Served MC, Book 4 by Cee Bowerman

    Preacher: Time Served MC, Book 4 by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    “I didn’t know what life could be until I found you. I never imagined a happy future until I saw one with you by my side.”Preacher is a man who’s set in his ways, and even though he seems grumpy, he’s content with the life he’s made for himself. After he’s called back home to Tenillo to join his Time Served brothers at their mentor’s bedside, he decides to stay for good...
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    biker  adult  book  contemporary  crime  fiction  humor  slow-burn
  • Bull by Penny Dee

    Bull by Penny Dee

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    She could be the end of me BULLI lost my wife on a rainy night almost two decades ago. Since then, my heart has been a barren wasteland. It only knows love for family and the club. And for revenge. Then I meet Taylor and I know I’m doomed. Because she’s everything I didn’t know I wanted. Everything I’ve denied myself for years...
  • Wild Wicked Obsession by Layla Frost

    Wild Wicked Obsession by Layla Frost

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    An age-gap, praise-filled, wickedly-hot romance where opposites definitely attract“That’s my good girl…”She was a good girl.I wanted to make her my good girl.Joss Lennon was shy. Sweeter than any baked good. Outta my league.Her life was cupcakes, hand turkeys, and working too many hours to pay the mortgage her ex-fiance dumped on her...
  • Judge by Teagan Brooks

    Judge by Teagan Brooks

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Judge I moved into one of the rental houses owned by the club while my own house was being built. I wasn’t happy about it, but I was too old to move back in with my mother, even for just a few weeks. It was a nice, quiet neighborhood. Until the girl next door moved in and turned my world upside down before I even knew who she was. River I had the worst luck...
    Categorized as:
    dark  biker  romance  contemporary  crime  fiction  suspense  family
  • Edge of Tomorrow by Freya Barker

    Edge of Tomorrow by Freya Barker

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Solitude and motor oil meets soul food and warinessI’m a grease-stained enigma.A watcher, a protector, an ex-con, and a mechanic.My name is Brick.I’m old enough to know good things come to those who wait, and hungry enough to go after what I want.I am a proud independent.A nurturer, a cook, a casualty, and a grandparent.My name is Lisa...
    Categorized as:
    biker  dark  adult  alpha-mc  audiobook  book  contemporary  drama
  • Edge Of Fear by Freya Barker

    Edge Of Fear by Freya Barker

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ink and sawdust meets brisket and moxie.I’m a tattooed casualty.A charmer, a fraud, a skeptic, and a carpenter.My name is Tse.I’m cocky enough to believe my own lies, but too oblivious to see the truth is already out there.I’m a cautious perfectionist.A sister, a scrapper, a dreamer, and a workhorse.My name is Sophia.I’m capable enough to plan ahead, yet too powerless to avoid getting blindsided...
    Categorized as:
    biker  dark  abuse  adult  age-gap  alpha-mc  book  children
  • Hammer by J.E. Daelman

    Hammer by J.E. Daelman

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    As the head of the construction business for the club, Hammer is off checking out new business opportunities. Some good, others not so good, but the Flower shop gives him more options than just construction. Adding in his relationship with Shar, the ex-husband after Tilly, the loan shark that wants his money and the kids causing trouble in town, Hammer and the club have their hands full...
  • Rason & Eliza by Cee Bowerman

    Rason & Eliza by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Rason Harper is all about family and tradition. Raised by two loving parents, he’s not willing to sacrifice his future for the wrong woman. After a dating catastrophe makes him decide to give up on love, his mind is changed in an instant when a quick conversation with his favorite bookworm gives him the chance to get to know her better...
    Categorized as:
    biker  dark  adult  book  contemporary  family  fiction  humor
  • Thunder by Lilly Atlas

    Thunder by Lilly Atlas

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Makenna has a past she’d rather bury deep in her mind. Unfortunately, as the sole guardian for her five siblings, forgetting where they came from isn’t possible. All she can hope for is to provide her loved ones the kind of untroubled childhood she’d always dreamed of and keep them far away from where she grew up...
    Categorized as:
    biker  dark  abuse  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc  book  children
  • Orbiting Mars by K.L. Savage

    Orbiting Mars by K.L. Savage

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I'm a car accident waiting to happen and it's only a matter of time before I crash into something.Every day that passes, every second I blink, the need to drink grows. Meetings aren’t enough. My willpower isn’t enough.Sunnie… The second I see her, I want to crash into her instead. But she may not be enough to kill the need.And when Sunnie tells me something that I can’t handle?I break. I run away...
  • HWY 550 by Freya Barker

    HWY 550 by Freya Barker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Special Agent Luna Roosberg lives and breathes her job. Who needs a personal life when work is so rewarding? When a new case sends her to investigate a local motorcycle club, covering as the president’s new flavor of the week, the lines between professional and personal quickly start to blur...
  • I'll Just Date Myself by Lani Lynn Vale

    I'll Just Date Myself by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Normally when you say, “I have a stalker,” you think bad thoughts. That wasn’t the kind ofstalker Folsom was when it came to Kobe Sano. Folsom liked to call herself a “guardian angel indisguise.”The first time he catches her attention, he’s been assigned to hunt her down and throw away thekey. All she did was steal someone else’s child. Well, embryo, that is...
    Categorized as:
    biker  dark  romance  contemporary  suspense  audiobook  humor  steamy
  • Nikolai by Sandy Alvarez, Crystal Daniels

    Nikolai by Sandy Alvarez, Crystal Daniels

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Nikolai Volkov has been groomed to one day rule his father’s Empire. Growing up in a crime family, you don't have many options. You live and die by the Volkov name.After connecting with his half-brother in the states, Nikolai chooses to step away from family obligations, to find what he feels has been lacking his whole life...
  • Bull's Duchess by Ciara St. James

    Bull's Duchess by Ciara St. James

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Jocelyn: Being a teenage mother, Jocelyn knew what it was to struggle for everything she had. Disowned and abandoned, she fought to make a life for herself and her daughter. Now, her daughter is on her way to fulfilling her dreams. Jocelyn has no time for men, that is, until the night a silver-fox biker roars into her driveway. He makes her body come to life, unlike it has ever done before...
    Categorized as:
    biker  dark  adult  age-gap  alpha-mc  book  contemporary  crime
  • Capone: Rebel Guardians MC by Liberty Parker, Tracie Douglas

    Capone: Rebel Guardians MC by Liberty Parker, Tracie Douglas

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Bridget Nelson is a broken, defeated woman. Used by her brother as his gang’s playtoy, she feels beyond less than, but when she found out what Charlie had planned for her and Hannah, she fled and landed in Corinth, Texas...
    Categorized as:
    biker  dark  adult  alpha-mc  anti-hero  book  contemporary  family
  • Park by Gemma Weir

    Park by Gemma Weir

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Park I’m a coward. I’ve hidden for the last decade because I can’t tell her the truth. She was my best friend, the greatest love of my life. When it was finally our time, it was all ripped away, ruined by something out of our control. If I can’t have her then I’d rather be alone, or at least that’s what I thought. One look was all it took. One word and I was obsessed...
  • Fire & Frenzy by Emma Slate

    Fire & Frenzy by Emma Slate

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    They say ‘where there’s smoke, there’s fire…’ Well, nothing ignites your rage more than finding out your fiancé is having an affair. But two can play at that game… The next thing I know I’m in a biker’s bed being worshiped the way I deserve. When Smoke touches me, I tremble with need and forget all about the man who let me slip through his fingers...
  • A Treepoint Christmas by Jamie Begley

    A Treepoint Christmas by Jamie Begley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Choosing to return to Treepoint during the Christmas season, Megan Smith knew the small town in Kentucky like the back of her hand. While the town might be full of Christmas spirit and joy to the world, none of it would be extended to her. They may consider her a “bad penny,” but Megan isn’t going to let that prevent her from staying nor fulfilling the promises she made to herself...
  • The Player by Amelia Shea

    The Player by Amelia Shea

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A fresh start is exactly what Ivy Collins has in mind when she packs up her truck and makes her move to Ghosttown. The ambitious twenty-five-year-old artist can’t wait to launch her new life, enhance her successful career, rekindle her relationship with her estranged grandfather, and settle into small-town life...
  • The Return by Amelia Shea

    The Return by Amelia Shea

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Born and raised a Ghosttown girl, Trista Anderson has nothing but love for her hometown. After her recent graduation from college, she is eager to return and start the next chapter of her life. However, things don’t go according to plan when her homecoming is derailed by a biker club, an altercation, and a sexy new neighbor who grates on her last nerve...
  • Where We Belong by Ashley Munoz

    Where We Belong by Ashley Munoz

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    They call him the Wolf.His club, his brothers, and even my best friend Callie.I didn’t really care what they called him, not when the only name I had ever called him was, coward.Because three months ago he snuck under my resilient heart, like the thief he is, and stole it.Then he broke it.Going home wasn’t an option, not when I promised Callie I’d stay...
  • Savoring Mila by Terri Anne Browning, Sara Eirew

    Savoring Mila by Terri Anne Browning, Sara Eirew

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    One night. That was all we had, all we needed. Mila It was a chance meeting in a New York City club while I was in town for a wedding. Our paths were never going to cross again. But I lied. One night wasn’t enough. Lyric New York City was my dream. Work for the best tattoo artist in the country, build up my own client list, then start my own ink shop wherever I wanted...
  • Flame's Touch by Bailee James

    Flame's Touch by Bailee James

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Bunny’s on the run from something, following a strict set of rules to save up enough money for art school as she stays hidden from the past. She stumbles across a small town and takes the first job she finds in a place she never imagined herself working– the strip club owned by the local motorcycle club...
  • In Dark Woods by Susan Fanetti

    In Dark Woods by Susan Fanetti

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Ride or die. An act of treachery has weakened Isaac Lunden, President of the Night Horde MC. His life, and his family’s, is changed fundamentally. Lilli, his old lady, is at his side, exhorting him to fight. But he isn’t sure that what’s left to him is enough to fight for. This is the story of Isaac and Lilli’s journey through those dark woods...
    Categorized as:
    biker  dark  adult  alpha-mc  angst  book  contemporary  disability
  • Steel & Hammer's Hellcat by Ciara St. James

    Steel & Hammer's Hellcat by Ciara St. James

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Archangel’s Warriors MC: Brothers by choice, not blood. Born to ride until they die. All they want is to ride free until lightning strikes them without warning. Consumed by desire, surrounded by danger, they find the “one” who will consume, enchant, frustrate, and ultimately love them. They only see each other...
  • Wolf.e by Paisley Hope

    Wolf.e by Paisley Hope

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Always ride faster than your angel can fly.-Gabriel Wolfe As president of the Hounds of Hell motorcycle club, my life has been infused with darkness and trauma since the day I was born. Chaos is my birthright. I crave it to feel stable. Secure. Whole.The only people I care about are the ones who don my cut. Women are just a tool. Never to covet, only to use, each face blending into the next...
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