A broken chain. A stolen hard drive. And a ruthless biker who won't let her run. When Elena caught her fiancé cheating across his desk with a rival syndicate viper, she didn’t cry. She crushed her silver club pendant under the steel toe of her boot, broke his thumb, and blasted into the rainy night with the encrypted data that could bring down their entire smuggling pipeline. Six months on the run made her sharp. But one rainy night at a desolate badlands diner brought her face-to-face with Hunter "Grim" Cole—the lethal Enforcer of the Iron Crown MC. With a syndicate kill squad kicking down the doors, Hunter offers her an ultimatum she can't refuse: "Ride with me, or I throw you over my shoulder like luggage." Now locked inside his fortified territory, Elena must survive the crosshairs of her vengeful ex and the suffocating, dangerous gravity of a cold-blooded alpha who looks at her with an absolute promise: "Touch her, and I'll wipe your entire crew off the map."

Seven years ago, a miscarriage, her father's funeral, and half an engagement ring took Lorraine "Rennie" Cross out of Verdigris for good. Now she's riding back. The man she never divorced—the vice president of the Copperhead MC who slept with her best friend—is selling her father's garage out from under her. Dale thinks she ran. He thinks she's coming back to cry. He's wrong. She spent seven years in Reno learning how dirty money moves. She returns with his illegal ledger, an unfiled divorce deed, and nineteen stolen club votes. Under Nevada law, half of everything he touches belongs to her. To tear his empire down, she has to deal with Boone Kessler: club name Cutter. A scarred, six-foot-four ex-con fresh out of prison who took the fall for the crash that killed her father. He’s cold, lethal, and carries a debt tied to his dying sister. He told her she could have the truth, or she could have revenge. She didn't come back for half. With Boone at her back, she came to collect the whole damn thing. *** [Story Tropes & Highlights] • Dark Biker MC Romance / Romantic Suspense • Cold, Razor-Sharp & Independent Female Lead • Scarred Ex-Con / Lethal Protector Hero • Betrayal, Cheating Ex & High-Stakes Face-Slapping • Enemies to Reluctant Allies to Soulmates • Medium Heat / Slow Burn / Guaranteed HEA