From USA Today Bestselling author Gianni Holmes comes a bi-awakening biker romance with a huge age gap. I’ve been a politician, husband, and father. But I never counted on being a biker’s plaything—a biker who’s almost half my age. As the former mayor of Smoky Vale, I hinged my campaign on getting rid of all bikers. They are everything that’s wrong with our town. Everywhere they go they breed crudeness, chaos, and carnage. Then my son fell in love with not one, but two of them. Now I have no choice but to interact with the very people I tried to take down. My disapproval of their lifestyle wavers when a spawn of Goliath backs me into a wall, kisses me senselessly, and makes it clear in the most vulgar way possible what he wants to do to me. Bay is fierce, frank, and the only man who’s ever made me burn. He teaches me how to tap into base desires I didn’t even know I had. And it intrigues me how a man so volatile and obscene can be equally protective and affectionate. Those hands that shed blood now make mine boil in my veins. When my ex-wife continues to ruin my life from behind prison bars, it’s Bay’s ruthlessness I once despised that I must now lean on to keep me and the ones I love safe. But what my ex-wife gets me involved with goes higher up than I could have ever imagined. Are some things better left in the dark, or do we expose those at the top of these heinous acts, even if it means risking our lives? Bay is a 111, 000 word novel that can be read as a stand-alone. This is the first book in the Smoky Vale Alliance, a spin-off from The Grimm Tales of Smoky Vale series. Some familiarity with that series is recommended (but not necessary) for an even greater enjoyment of these books.

I’ve lived a ruthless life full of resentment. There’s nothing and no one I loathe more than Chief Ben Witter. I'm the president of the Blood Hounds MC, and Witter has always been a thorn in my side. He can’t be bought. And he’s on a mission to dismantle my club. But my obsession with hurting him has nothing to do with club business. It’s personal. I want to annihilate him for making the man I‘ve always loved, fall for him instead. A dead man whose ghost lingers between us. When Witter needs help to close a dangerous case involving my club, I volunteer. Being around him is the best way to ruin him. Except our mutual hatred makes for explosive heat. The more we fight, the more we wind up beneath the sheets. Chief Witter is an addictive man. How am I supposed to still carry a grudge when I've fallen for him like our ex did? Gunner is best read after Biker Daddy and Bay. Content warnings include: graphic violence, baby farm, and the unaliving of pregnant women.

He is the harbinger of death. I am a savior of lives. Together, we’re a paradox that should never work. The only unpredictability I allow in my structured life is my work as a trauma surgeon. That comes to a halt when a young, feral goth biker decides I am his. The gifts he sends me are downright creepy. But the scars his tattoos fail to hide make me want to protect him from the world. When a security threat forces the hospital into lockdown, Bloom’s feral nature takes over. He doesn’t care how many die as long as I make it out alive. Only then do I understand how unhinged he truly is. But when he whispers, “It’s November,” my protective instincts kicks in. He’s mine, scars, chaos, and all. Bloom is the third book in the Smoky Vale Alliance series. This is part 1 of what will be 2 books for Bloom. While it can be read as a stand-alone, it is recommended to read Crowe’s Creed from The Grimm Tales of Smoky Vale and Bay, book 1 in this series. This book contains content that may not be suitable for all including PTSD from childhood endangerment and gross neglect and graphic violence.

_He is truth. My entire existence is a lie. Together we're an impossible equation with no solution._ I thought I could outrun my past, bury it in the life I built as a surgeon. But the moment I fell for Bloom, everything unraveled. Now my face is everywhere, and they’re coming for me. I should run, but Bloom is my weakness, my obsession. Staying puts him in danger. Leaving will destroy him. How do I choose between the man I love and the life I can’t escape? Is it selfish of me to ask him to leave his family behind and go on the run with me?

Sarge's and Chris' story. note: A new edition was created to replace this one when the published date was changed to 4/19/2025 and a new Amazon ASIN was assigned. Please see [Sarge](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/211844361).

Winter and Reverend Homer's story.