Lock & Key Series by Cat Porter

I suppose some of us have to get really dirty before we can become truly clean. I was allegedly South Dakota’s most famous old lady. Sixteen years ago I survived my old man’s murder Never again. Never again will I surrender my heart. Never again will I sacrifice to the Club. But that all changed in one night. I came home and crashed into him, and my past and present blew up in my face. Both of us lonely, running on empty, and unwilling to admit it. Until now... moreI suppose some of us have to get really dirty before we can become truly clean. I was allegedly South Dakota’s most famous old lady. Sixteen years ago I survived my old man’s murder Never again. Never again will I surrender my heart. Never again will I sacrifice to the Club. But that all changed in one night. I came home and crashed into him, and my past and present blew up in my face. Both of us lonely, running on empty, and unwilling to admit it. Until now. Now I feel things I’d forgotten about, want things I’d cut out of my insides. Love not only stings when you lose it, when it’s ripped away from you. When it first sinks its teeth in you, it can cut just as raw and sting just as deep. I’d forgotten that. Who holds the keys to betrayal? To suspicion? To trust? To brotherhood? To family? To redemption and a bleeding heart? Right now, I just might. Warning: This work of fiction contains graphic language, sex, and material some readers may find objectionable. less

I am that gash in her soul. Once I loved Grace, really loved her. And she loved me, and it was so fucking beautiful. Once. That pendulum swings to and fro. We’re here, and then we’re— No. How can that rare beautiful be rendered irrelevant, intangible when I still feel so damn much? Does all that energy, that glory, that significance simply dissolve? Turn to smoke? To nothing? It can’t. It just can’t... moreI am that gash in her soul. Once I loved Grace, really loved her. And she loved me, and it was so fucking beautiful. Once. That pendulum swings to and fro. We’re here, and then we’re— No. How can that rare beautiful be rendered irrelevant, intangible when I still feel so damn much? Does all that energy, that glory, that significance simply dissolve? Turn to smoke? To nothing? It can’t. It just can’t. Are the moments that shape us absolutely random? Is time not fluid? I made promises to them, to her. Especially to her. Promises I still burn to keep. less

A knife that cut too deep, a slash that still burns, failures piled high and flammable. I held my losses at bay with knives, with guns, my hands, my bike, my brothers, my iron will. But not my heart. No, my heart was the flame that would light the match, ignite the blaze. I am the enforcer The killer when called upon, the ruthless hound on demand, the one who cleans the mess left behind. The protector I can make you bleed, Smash you to pieces... moreA knife that cut too deep, a slash that still burns, failures piled high and flammable. I held my losses at bay with knives, with guns, my hands, my bike, my brothers, my iron will. But not my heart. No, my heart was the flame that would light the match, ignite the blaze. I am the enforcer The killer when called upon, the ruthless hound on demand, the one who cleans the mess left behind. The protector I can make you bleed, Smash you to pieces. But she smashed all my excuses, and I shattered hers. For a split second she was mine, but I will always be hers. Some things, really beautiful things, you can’t hold onto forever. **** "Iron & Bone" can be read as a STANDALONE novel **** This is a contemporary motorcycle club romance meant for adults over 18 years of age. It contains profanity, violence, and graphic sex. less

The bad boy. The fuck up. The thief. That was me. Once a king, Now a wanderer. I'd thrown the best parts of me away, over and over again. I was reckless. Still am. I'd been exiled. Twice. I did my time. I've cleaned up. Well, sort of. I got plans. Yeah, good ones. Then I ran into her. A bolt of lightning Startling Unsettling Breathtaking Out of reach. The woman I once scorned years ago is now the woman I can't live without... moreThe bad boy. The fuck up. The thief. That was me. Once a king, Now a wanderer. I'd thrown the best parts of me away, over and over again. I was reckless. Still am. I'd been exiled. Twice. I did my time. I've cleaned up. Well, sort of. I got plans. Yeah, good ones. Then I ran into her. A bolt of lightning Startling Unsettling Breathtaking Out of reach. The woman I once scorned years ago is now the woman I can't live without. I need what I didn't think I'd ever need again. I want and want and want. Torture. She's the epicenter of the war I've triggered, of the battle in my rusted heart. I may be as reckless as I ever was, but I'm determined as fuck. To hell with it. I want it all. This book should not be read as a standalone. If you would like the full-on emotion-packed, sweeping experience of the epic ride this saga offers, you should first read:  1- Lock & Key 2- Random & Rare 3- Iron & Bone Please note: This book is intended for readers over 18 years of age as it includes loads of profanity, violence, a good number of sexual situations. Please do not read if you get offended by colorful, larger than life characters and lifestyles. This is a motorcycle club drama and romance full of suspense. I warned you. less

A brand new and wildly romantic novel in the Lock & Key MC Romance series Trick, the Jacks’s Road Captain and chief mechanic thrives in the gritty world of his motorcycle club. Loyal to his brothers, loves his work, lives for speed. A trail of failed romances defines him, but who needs love? Not Trick. Not anymore. Until the night his reckless charm ignites a fire he can’t extinguish... moreA brand new and wildly romantic novel in the Lock & Key MC Romance series Trick, the Jacks’s Road Captain and chief mechanic thrives in the gritty world of his motorcycle club. Loyal to his brothers, loves his work, lives for speed. A trail of failed romances defines him, but who needs love? Not Trick. Not anymore. Until the night his reckless charm ignites a fire he can’t extinguish. At the one place he shouldn’t be, Trick does the one thing he shouldn’t do–at a rival club’s party he flirts with a forbidden woman. The second he lays eyes on the stunning blue-eyed blonde with the feisty attitude, he knows she doesn’t belong at this wild and sordid biker blowout. Nicole is a sheltered rich girl from the opposite side of the tracks, whose attempt at a good deed got her captured by the ruthless biker president. Impulsive Trick can’t help himself, and he cuts her loose, erupting a firestorm of chaos. Together this unlikely duo escapes and is forced into a fake relationship to keep themselves, the Jacks, and their allies out of danger. Yet in the shadow of this danger, their smoldering attraction blazes. Trick's icy control melts against Nicole's fierce spirit, and suddenly the line between fake and real blurs in a whirlwind of emotions and desire. But another unexpected disaster lurks in the startling secrets Nicole keeps hidden. Secrets that could shatter their fragile alliance and set off another firestorm that could blast through their club family and their small town of Meager, South Dakota, changing them all forever. For both Trick and Nicole love is a treacherous gamble. Bold and reckless risks required. The Lock & Key MC Romance Series Reading Order 1 - Lock & Key 2 - Random & Rare 3 - Iron & Bone 4 - Blood & Rust 5 - Fury (can be read as a standalone) 6 - Lock & Key Christmas 7 - The Dust and the Roar (can be read as a standalone) 8 - The Fire and the Roar 9 - The Year of Everything 10 - Thunder & Flare The Lock & Key MC Romance series is a motorcycle club romance saga. These romantic suspense / romantic adventure / small town romance / biker romance / coming of age / steamy women's fiction / family saga novels are filled with dirty talking anti-heroes, bold strong women, organized crime, adult language, graphic steaminess, violence and are intended for mature audiences only less