A New Day (Knights Disciple Motorcycle Club Book 1) (12 page)

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Returning to the small town of her childhood wasn't supposed to end in blood.
Eliza Garcia has spent the past eight years working as one of NYPD's top detectives but now, after a particularly harrowing case, she's returning home. Forced into sabbatical by her concerned superiors she arrives back in the small New England town to find it completely changed. Overrun by bikers and criminals she barely recognizes the picturesque place she grew up in and determines to put things right.
 
And when she runs into her high school sweetheart, Jason Harris, it becomes even more personal. Now the second in charge of the Raiders Motorcycle Club, Jason tries to dissuade her from her reckless mission. Eliza knows that the man she once loved is still in there, beneath the leather and grease and blood. As their youthful flame begins to kindle once more and the town burns around them, Eliza knows she will need him to help her.
 
But there are more dangerous people than her who aren't willing to let him go without a fight.

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Cole Rogers is a man who does what he wants, when he wants.
It’s always served him well, but when he decides to part ways with the Cheetahs motorcycle gang he gets his first dose of real consequences. There’s only one way to leave the Cheetahs: in a body bag.
 
Brianne knows Cole Rogers takes his coffee black.
She also knows he has outrageously blue eyes and he’s a good tipper. For six months he’s been coming into her diner and for about as long she’s been admiring his backside when he leaves.
 
She’s about to get to know Cole a lot better.
When Cole shows up at the diner to tell Brianne her life is in danger, she realizes she’s been lusting after an insane person. When he shows up at her house she elevates that assessment to dangerously insane.
 
Cole’s not taking no for an answer.
His crush is no secret and the Cheetahs will use her to find him. He has no choice but to take Brianne, willing or not. But being close to Brianne isn’t helping him think any straighter. Can he convince her he’s not the enemy and let him save them both?

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Chelsie knows everyone in Mountain Grove, and they know her.
It comes with owning the only bar within thirty miles. She’s in everybody’s business whether she wants to be or not - usually not, particularly with the violence that’s been taking hold of her town. She considered leaving once, but she couldn’t leave her bar behind.
Special Agent Garrison is finally closing in on the remnants of Hardell’s gang.
Garrison has tracked the Hardell Gang to a backwater town. The only problem? Small towns don't trust outsiders, even when the alternative is a brutal motorcycle gang, and he's having a hard time piecing together everything he needs.
He’s got to try.
When Garrison arrives at Chelsie’s bar looking for intel, Chelsie can’t get away fast enough. She’s seen what happens when people get involved in gang business and shows Garrison the door...
Chelsie never was a fan of cowardice.
When her friend falls victim to the violence she agrees to guide Garrison, and in the process catches a glimpse of true bravery, a quality the town has been sorely lacking. But how can one man take on a whole gang? Is Chelsie falling for a man who is not long for this world?