You can’t do the club any good back in prison-maybe having an old lady will motivate you to be more careful. “You’re smart, Painter, but you’re fuckin’ reckless. “She’ll probably be good for him,” Bolt said more seriously. Horse laughed, and I took a deep breath, wondering how long they were going to drag this out. She pussy-whipped him long distance-that takes talent.”

“I mean, he did loan her his car for a goddamn year. “I like her, and it’s not like it’s a huge surprise,” said Ruger. Pic looked around, and I waited for someone to say something. She’s pretty, she’s smart-the whole package. “I’ve known her for more than a year and we wrote letters that whole time. “But it hasn’t happened fast,” I reminded him. Might be better to give her a little more time first. “She’s a nice kid, but she doesn’t really know our life. “So, I want her to be my old lady,” I said, watching Pic’s face. I looked over to find Duck smiling his big, shit-eating grin at me. Seriously, though-I want to talk about Melanie.” Fuck, they were gonna give me so much shit. “Any real questions for Painter? No? Okay, then that’s it for now, unless someone has something else to bring to the table.” “Was the cop hot?” Horse asked, smirking at me.

“Any questions for Painter?” Pic asked the table at large. “He’ll probably throw you in jail a couple days for being out of state, but if word filters back that you left Idaho and he didn’t do anything, they’ll start looking at him. This independent edition has been lightly edited, and contains a bonus short, “Sticky Sweet” (originally published on the author’s website) and a Q&A with the author.“So she gave me a warning-I’ll have to share that with Torres at my next appointment, I guess.” Author’s Note: This book was originally released through a small publisher in 2013.

Now Marie can save him by giving Horse what he wants-at home, in public, on his bike… and if she’s a very, very good girl, he’ll let her brother live. What is he wants is Marie, but she’s not interested in becoming some biker’s property. Horse is part of the Reapers Motorcycle Club, and when he wants something, he takes it. She needs him out of her life, which would be a snap if he wasn’t so damned sexy. She’s ninety percent certain he’s a criminal and that the “business” he talked with her brother wasn’t website design. She doesn’t know his real name or where he lives. But Marie just left her abusive jerk of an ex-husband and she’s not looking for a new man. He wants Marie on his bike and in his bed.

The massive, tattooed badass biker who shows up at her brother’s house one afternoon doesn’t agree. Marie doesn’t need a complication like Horse.

Reaper's Fall by Joanna Wylde