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Nicole, a socially awkward loner, hasn't seen her family of origin or her hometown for decades. Blocking out the pain and memories of her earlier life, she's spent this time honing her skills as a talented wildlife photographer. When she's offered a dream contract for a book, she hesitates, realizing that she would have to return to her hometown to do it. She takes it, hoping she can enjoy it without seeing her family, the woman she had adored from afar, or dredging up the past.

Beyond the Song is an autobiographical novel based on the author's coming of age in the '60s and early '70s. The narrator relates her tale in a warm, vulnerable, and irrepressibly zany voice as Carol goes to school in Washington, DC, drops out to take a pilgrimage to Berkeley, and eventually winds up living in New York in pursuit of making it in the music business. She hitchhikes in California at the time of the Manson murders, attends antiwar demonstrations that turn violent, and is nearly arrested when her boyfriend is nabbed in a drug raid.

While taking time away from her studies to be a nurse to help her family's business, Sara Blackcat meets and falls for an older man. She and Bear spend one glorious night together, but Bear regrets it thinking he’s too old for the younger woman. She's determined to show him love knows no number. With only a few days left until graduation and completing her dream of becoming a registered nurse, Sara is working a clinical shift at the local hospital when a man comes in brandishing a firearm. Sara manages to send a text before the gunman confiscates all the phones.

After being injured and medically discharged, Wrench returns home to the MC that's always been family. Acting as a bodyguard for the women of his MC Brothers brings him into the path of Hayden. She owns and runs a gym the MC women take self-defense classes at. He can't take his eyes off her and forms an instant bond with her sweet little girl, Hanley. But he also soon realizes that Hayden and Hanley are fearful of something...or someone. The tiny little beauty asks Wrench to be her bodyguard, and when Wrench learns why, he vows to protect both of them with his life.

An unexpected turn happens when Buzz seeks revenge for his sister's murder. He falls in love with the enemy's sister! Markayla didn't know what her stepbrother had been doing. She was simply an innocent bystander in this messed-up scheme of kidnapping and murder. When Buzz takes Markayla from her everyday life and fills her in on what her stepbrother is really doing, she is in disbelief and filled with disgust. But as Buzz and Markayla learn more about each other, passion grows between the two.

Reaper - regretful, apologetic, and determined. Jade - rejected, angry, and betrayed. He regrets letting her go. She refused to be somewhere she’s not wanted. So she left, had Reaper’s child in secret, and raised her on her own. She never wants her daughter to feel the rejection she felt all those years ago. Reaper must learn how to be a father. Jade must learn how to forgive. Is this a love that can be saved? Can they come together as a family? Or will Reaper lose everything because he chose the wrong woman all those years ago?

The first time he laid eyes on her, he was speechless. Then he pulled her from hell on Earth. Ever since, he's been protecting her and trying to help her prevail over her fears. Miranda Grayson was at home, a safe place, or so she thought. She was kidnapped and sold into a sex-trafficking ring. The MC rescued Miranda and several others from these criminals. Now Miranda, afraid to return home, has been living at the clubhouse trying to work through the mess her life has become.

Blade: Wild, untamed, and vicious. Bella: Clever, sensuous, and fragmented. After a vile attack, Bella is left crippled with fears and anxieties. Needing to learn to forgive herself and come to terms with what happened, she leaves behind everyone and everything she knows while Blade is sent to New Orleans on an assignment for the club. Learning Bella has runaway, Blade is torn between his duty to the MC and finding his runaway woman. He now has to make decisions that can harm him and others while his mind continually wanders with worry for Bella.

A flame filled passion burns hot between them from their very first meeting. But Mina has a past. From creepy text messages and rose petals on the front porch, to exploding trucks. Someone is out to get her. Timber, President of Wolfsbane MC, is a dangerous man. He will stop at nothing to protect his club and the woman he’s falling for. But will he be able to get to her in time? If not, she could suffer a fate worse than death.