Bøger af A J Downey

When a hurricane sweeps through Savannah, more than the tempest flares, so do tempers - Lainey works herself to the bone three jobs at a time, six days a week to make ends meet - all to keep a roof over her and her unemployed boyfriend's head. Fear is one of the brothers that likes to stay low key. He runs his business, cooperates in the club's business, and most importantly, minds his own business... until he doesn't. When Lainey is pitched down a flight of steps into the raging storm, Fear just happens to be there to catch her and takes her in. These two have a surprising amount in common, and quickly start to fall in love... ...and it all starts once upon a midday dreary.

There are moments that change your life forever. A look or a glance; being in the right place at the right time, or in the wrong place at the wrong time. Oz hasn't decided which it was for him. Not yet. All he knows is that he wishes that he could have acted sooner and spared Mia Köhler her life. For Elka, it was definitely the wrong place at the wrong time and now she's lost her sister. Lost in a miasma of despair, an unlikely friend has stepped out of the fog of her grief to take her hand. Both are moving slowly, carefully, working through their mutual tragedy a day at a time. Still, there are aspects of that morning that could come back to haunt them. It could easily be the end of their tale as much as the beginning.

He's hell-bent on following the rules, but she's determined to break them. She's in her prime at twenty-two, but he's old enough to be her father... Hell, he looks like he could be her grandfather. He's no good for her, a failure, a recovering alcoholic, and she's as pure and straight-laced as they come. Or is she? Skids and Coco are complete opposites in every way that should matter. On the surface, the only thing they have in common is their hidden attraction to each other. When Skids is forced to play the hero after Coco is placed in a dangerous situation, everything changes. Coco makes a move that threatens the boundaries they both thought they had set. Will Coco manage to break through his walls and give them both a chance at love in an unexpected place, or will Skids remain steadfast and resist temptation?

Don't get too involved is one of the first things they tell you when you join the force. Jeremy Poe has never had a problem with that one until now. He blames it on the magic and persuasion of the blue moon hanging overhead, or maybe it was just the magic of Saylor Grace herself. Either way, he's satisfied that this is a gamble totally worth taking. Speaking of gambles, Saylor's made a huge one by driving her beat-up old car all the way across the country with nothing in her pocket except her raw talent. It was supposed to be a safe bet, it was supposed to be forever... sometimes, 'forever, ' has a funny way of working out

It was a dark night of the soul for Angel, the night she appeared like his namesake. He would have liked to have known her, but she was gone the next morning. Now, more than a year later, he was doing much better, continuing his work in Indigo City's streets as a paramedic, responding to medical emergencies. Claire could never forget the medic whose life she saved just by being in the right place at the right time. Still, it wasn't enough to rescue her from her own dark night of the soul and unlike him, she followed through. Fate had other ideas for the both of them and for whatever reason, their paths crossed again at exactly the right moment. Both of them were now determined to not let this second chance pass them by, not like the first...

Everleigh has had a wandering spirit since the day she was born. Her boring, small town could barely contain her and at the first opportunity, she fled. It was only natural falling in line with the freedom that MC life brought to her. The allure of never being told what to do a strong one. Sadly, she found herself trading one cage for another. Given the road name Silence, for her shy lack of voice, she's been a part of a motorcycle gang out of Maryland. A rough and tumble lot believing in sovereignty, running guns and drugs through Indigo City. Narcos has been undercover with the outlaw MC, the Knights of Crescentia for more than a year. In that time, he's seen and heard all sorts of things, except for Silence's voice. She's the president's Ol' Lady and probably knows infinitely more than he does as a prospect to the club. All that is about to change. Narcos is about to be patched in. Unfortunately, patching in means going to an extreme he'd never thought he'd be pushed to and Silence is in the crosshairs. How will he get through this, through to her, and keep them both alive?

Assistant District Attorney Damien Parnell leads a double life above and beyond his membership with the Indigo Knights. Driven by dark desires considered shameful by most, he covets the one thing he can't allow himself to have - a real relationship.Enter Ally Blaylock, an innocent by Yale's standards. She's the sweet and beautiful girl who makes his coffee at the café across the street from his office. She's done her best to flirt off and on with the high powered attorney and he can't help but be drawn to her whimsical charm.When Ally finds her world tipped on its axis, Yale goes against his better judgment and offers her some unlikely help. He knows better than most that the road to hell is paved with good intentions, but in this particular case, could it be the opposite? Could Allison Blaylock be the start down the road to his salvation?

Alyssa isn't completely honest when she answers the ad for a roommate online. True, she needs a place to live, true she's getting a divorce, true; he's a cheating jerk. There's just a little bit more to it than that. So when the ad comes across her screen Indigo City beat cop looking to rent out a fully furnished room... she jumps on it, because what could be safer than living with a cop?Golden isn't too keen on living with a chick, but after posting online looking for a roommate, he's found the pickings are slim. The softly spoken brunette doesn't seem like she's much trouble, plus she's got the cash up front, so what the hell? She'll just have to get over his bringing home badge bunnies from the 10-13. He's got a stressful job, and the best way to blow off steam, in his estimation, is hot sex. It's a pressure cooker waiting to blow and it turns out the new roomie has moxie, which gets Golden to thinking, which leads to him feeling. This is either going to be a really good or a really bad idea.

Lillian Banks' career took off like a house on fire and she's on top of the world. Great job that she loves, moved to a great city, into an opulent new condo, in one of the world's premier smart buildings no less; all she was missing was the kind of romance to set her soul aflame. She thought she'd found it but instead, found herself burned.Backdraft knows what it's like to get burned and not just by fire. His ex, Torri, did quite the number on him recently by banging one of his firehouse bros behind his back. He's sworn off love and dating altogether for the time being and is happier for it. He just wishes he could get the time he wasted with that crazy skank back again. Out of the ashes, an unlikely friendship is formed. Backdraft and Lilli could find themselves rising if only they can get past their hurts and give things a chance. Of course, lasting happiness is no guarantee, no matter how much they might burn for each other. After all, sometimes what was doesn't want to let go.

Cutter had given up on finding a woman when Hope sauntered right into his bar. With her straight talk, toned figure, and military training, she can disarm a man in more ways than one. But the mission she's on will shake up Cutter's world. Hope's lost her younger sister, but she hasn't lost her namesake. It's been almost two years since Faith vanished, but Hope hasn't given up the search. She'll either find her sister or some answers.Can Cutter keep his club out of trouble and help the siren in his bar on her mission? One can only hope...

She's Fractured... Mandy Price is best friends with Everett, the Ol' Lady to the Sacred Hearts' Vice-President. The product of a broken childhood, Mandy lives a fractured existence, but she's the preacher's dutiful daughter and she knows how to keep a secret. Every Sunday she returns to her father's church, sits at his table and plays the good girl. But Mandy is starting to grow into her own. It's becoming harder and harder to maintain appearances, and the strain is taking its toll. He's Formidable... Revelator has had his eye on the innocent redhead from the moment he first saw her. But life got in the way of him pursuing the angel, prospecting for the club taking up just too damned much of his time. Fully patched at last, preparing to make a move, that's when his shop and his living came down around his ears. Faced with rebuilding from the ground up, he's decided that if he has to start from the beginning, he might as well go all in. The life he plans on building from here on out definitely has his Red by his side and no one else's. It doesn't take Rev long to find out what his girl is hiding, and when he does, someone is going to realize just how formidable he can be.

Chrissy Franco has every reason to take one hell of a victory lap around the courtroom. She's just defended her client to the best of her ability and what's more? Her client was actually innocent. Oh, she'd killed her husband, baseball legend Skip Maguire, alright; but he'd been about to hit a homerun with Miranda's head.His rabid fan base doesn't agree with the verdict, and they've set their sights on Chrissy as the one to blame. One of them is about to set into motion a dangerous game when he publishes poor Chrissy's address online...Enter Tony McCormick, a detective with the right kind of attitude and Chrissy's sort of ex-boyfriend. When he's called to Chrissy's apartment, he's prepared for the worst. He's a homicide detective after all. When he arrives, it seems that someone might have forgotten to check to see if Chrissy was still alive... now it's everything he can do to find the man who did this and the other behind it all before it's really too late.

Faith. She'd managed to keep her namesake while in captivity, but now that she was free? The daunting task of rejoining society was in front of her and it seemed that Marlin had too keep it for her.Marlin can't help how he feels about Faith, she was remarkably easy to like. The only thing he could do for her was be there, and keep his damn hands to himself, which was the real challenge. Neither one of them knew if she would make it out of the darkness in tact; only time would tell about that.During trying times, all you can do is hold on and have a little faith...

She's Damaged... Dani Broussard never imagined that her life would turn out like this. She always thought that her grandfather would be there for her into adulthood and that her high school sweetheart, Jared, would be the man she would marry. That isn't what happened though. Instead, her grandfather got sick and passed away before Dani saw the age of nineteen. It was just her and Jared until he hooked up with a local MC, The Suicide Kings... Then it was just her. Pig-Pen claimed her body, rules her life, but he would never hold her heart. Kept because of her looks and a particular set of skills unique only to her, Dani has been with The Suicide Kings for the last three years... three long damaging years. She hates it, all of it, the pain the humiliation, the fear... and as strong as Dani is, as clever as she can be, she is quickly finding that death may be the kinder, gentler option rather than live through any more of this hell. He's Dangerous... Red-XIII is, and always will be, a Sacred Hearts man. But for now, he's a Suicide Kings prospect. Tasked with providing intelligence on the King's inner workings to his real club, Thirteen has been slowly, quietly and carefully dismantling the King's operation from the inside out. The situation is dangerous, good thing Thirteen is a dangerous guy but even he can't be everywhere at once and a couple of missteps have cost the Sacred Hearts dearly. Doubly determined to finish this with no more wreckage or damage to the SHMC, Thirteen is blindsided by his heart when he lays eyes on Dani. A pretty, little thing with long black hair and striking blue eyes. She slays him with one look from her damaged soul and now Thirteen has tasked himself with two missions... Take down The Suicide Kings and get both Dani and himself out alive. For now those missions run parallel to each other but what happens if they ever end up at odds? The bigger question is, how can he get close to the VP's Ol' Lady as a Prospect and not get them both burned?

He's Masked... Squick has been a longtime fixture of the Sacred Hearts MC. His boss, Trigger, is their Sergeant at Arms after all. It took a while for him to put together a bike to become an official hangaround then prospect, and he was pretty thrilled that his other boss, Zander, took the plunge with him. Still, Squick is hiding something big that could test friendships and destroy relationships. The mask is becoming increasingly difficult for him to wear. ...and Miserable. Of course, now that he is on the very cusp of patching in, that's when Aaron walks into his life. Suddenly it's do or die... Come out to the club and lose the brotherhood and the only sense of true family he has ever known, or don't and lose them anyway when they find out about Aaron? Squick doesn't see a third option, and the deeper he gets into his situation, the more his misery compounds. Just what will he do? **Mature Audiences Only (18])** **Language, Extreme & Graphic Violence, and M/M Sexual Content**

She's Tattered... One catastrophic night, Shelly Jordan's world was ripped to shreds. Now, living in an isolation of her own making, she's slipping away from everything and everyone she once loved. She can't piece the remnants of who she was back together with who she is now. Shelly can barely get through the next hour, let alone the whole day, and no one blames her for it. She tells the world she's fine, afraid to lose the only family she has. After all, there's no place in an MC for a used up club whore who can't bear to be touched. He's Torn... Ghost has had a thing for Shelly since first laying eyes on her. Still, Ghosty-boy don't share, and as a club slut, Shelly gives it up to whoever asks. If only she'd knock off her slut-tastic ways... But now she's hurt and he's torn in two. If he'd been less of a jackass, she wouldn't have run from the safety of the fireside - his side - that night. Ghost feels responsible for the horrible things he said that drove her into the predator's hands. Now he wants to man up and make it right. Can Ghost stitch Shelly back together again when all he's ever really been good at is ripping things apart? **Mature Audiences Only (18+)** **Language, Sexual Content, Graphic Violence, and Strong themes such as sexual assault.**

Charity is home free: her degree under her belt and making a beeline, straight for sunny Ft. Royal, and her sisters, Hope and Faith. Excited to see them, yet having been warned by Hope to watch herself when it came to the disarmingly charming ways of The Kraken, Charity never expected to walk right into the one man to flip all of her switches to the 'on' position before she'd even taken a dozen steps into town.Nothing was everything she liked. Tall, handsome, with a pair of eyes that any woman should swoon over. Just the right mix of tortured bad boy to pique all of her healer's instincts. Charity knew that the men of The Kraken played for keeps; all except, it seemed, for this one. Too bad no one told The Kraken that she played for keeps, too.

Rush had always been the brother that was the most up for adventure. Then Grinder died and he realized that it was time to slow down. Fast-forward by a year and more and his older brother Archer had found Mel. Hell, his own twin was with a woman of his own! Rush is starting to get restless again, which was just perfect. Cue a string of anonymous hook-ups and one night stands. It was enough to feed the restlessness for a while, then an adventure of sorts came a-callin' by way of the VP's estranged aunt and the President's sister-in-law. Her daughter was in need of some kind of white knight, which Rush could care less about, but the white knight routine did come with a pretty big perk. It would mean that he got to go back to a job that had, once upon a time, felt like a calling. Of course, nothing was ever easy where Rush was concerned, especially when he actually set eyes on the damsel in distress. One, she wasn't some paper princess, and two, she definitely didn't want him around. After all, one-night hook-ups were supposed to be just that¿ one and done.

The Iron Wraiths rule Savannah's underground. More than just a motorcycle club, something like the mob, they're the number one game in town for everything from guns to gambling. Madisyn Jayne Reynolds was continually responsible for her older brother, Zeke, and this time wasn't any different. The only thing that mattered was getting him out of the hole he'd dug for himself. She's all bravado, but underneath it all, she's terrified, and offering herself as payment for her brother's debts wasn't what she'd ever had in mind for herself. Synister was born with a silver spoon in his mouth, but he didn't exactly follow the typical climb to power of the rest of Savannah's elite. His mind is always on more important things than the status quo, and he's climbed the power structure his own way. When a sassy blonde girl walks into his club's underground card game, he's all ears to see how she'll wrangle her brother out of his clutches. One word makes him think she may be worth the trouble she'll cause.

He's Cracked... Reaver has always been a little weird, a little strange, okay MORE than a little of each. His psyche cracked right down the middle a long time ago. He holds the official title of 'Treasurer' for the Sacred Hearts MC but he's much more than that. He's the club's enforcer, the one they call on when things need to be done quickly, quietly, efficiently and have no traces left behind. Which is good for Reaver, very good, because it keeps the monster inside his head satisfied and in check for the most part... but then Hayden Michaels entered the picture and Reaver decided that he wanted much more. She's Crushed... The day was supposed to be the happiest day of Hayden's life, instead it left her crushed beneath a pile of emotional rubble. Is it any surprise that Reaver would be the one to pull her from the emotional wreckage left behind? Sweet, funny, caring Reaver with eyes like the bluest winter skies and a smile that left her breath hitching every time he turned it on her. Trouble is, Reaver has a darker side, one that he has never given Hayden any illusions about. Will it be something Hayden can handle? Or will the cracks his psyche contains be the cracks in the dam that crushes her under a river of never ending pain? **Mature Audiences Only (18+)** **Language, Extreme & Graphic Violence, and Sexual Content including anal & a MFM threesome.**

He's Broken... Dray, Vice President of the Sacred Hearts MC, watched his mother die in a bloody hail of bullets at the tender age of sixteen. It broke something inside of him and he's been pretty much pissed off at the world ever since. Worse, he's done things since that time that have just broken down his soul even further... Dray doesn't want to be that guy anymore. Then came Everett Moran... She's Been Burned... Evy is having one of the worst days in the history of, well... ever, and she's seen a lot of rough days. Raised an only child of a single father, Everett finds herself an orphan before she's even old enough to drink. She knows a thing or two about loss and thanks to her boyfriend, she's had more than a few lessons in hardship too. Still, she moves through life with a single minded determination to make her circumstances better... She harbors no illusions about life being anything other than what it is, so how in the hell could she have been so blind as to what her boyfriend Jerry was doing!? Could the worst day of Everett's life actually turn out to be the best thing to ever happen to her when she pulls into Dray's garage? Could Everett's arrival on Dray's doorstep herald a new beginning for Dray, and heal some of his broken? **Mature Audiences Only (18])** **Language, Violence, and Sexual Content.**

She's Shattered... Ashton Granger is a perfect wife to her husband. She has to be, if she's not, he will find a way to correct any perceived imperfections. Such is life, and so it has been for a very long time, eroding Ashton's sense of self, cracking her sense of worth until she lays in a million pieces on the side of a stretch of lonely highway. He's Scarred... Ethan "Trigger man" Howard is the Sergeant of Arms for The Sacred Hearts Motorcycle club. After several tours as a Marine Corps sniper overseas, he's seen and done enough damage for a man three times his age. He's out. Done. So over it, and home to nurse his wounds, physical, emotional and psychological with the help of his MC brothers. Now he simply deals with the scars that life handed him. Was it more than just luck for he and Ashton both that he was the only other soul traveling that isolated stretch of highway that night? **Mature Audiences Only (18+)** **Language, Violence, and Sexual Content including one very hot MFM threesome!**