She told a crime boss to go to hell. He walked out of the shadows and made sure she lived to tell about it.
When Bethany Cross refused to pay protection money to Darren Hoyt, she knew there'd be consequences.She didn't expect men at her food truck window, a midnight safehouse assault, and a full-scale attack on the compound that became her home.After building Beth's BBQ with her father's inheritance and her mother's recipes, she's not letting some thug with soft hands and calculating eyes take everything she's worked for.The system can't help. The threats keep coming. And Hoyt's patience has run out.
Grit joined the Steel Sentinels looking for family after losing everything to a foreclosure notice while serving in Afghanistan.Two tours taught him that endurance matters more than flash, but civilian life left him drifting until he found brothers who understood what it meant to build from nothing.When a woman with a brisket knife and a backbone of steel refuses to bend for a man who's terrorized construction workers for a decade, Grit recognizes something worth all that quiet intensity.Protecting her feels like the first thing that's made sense since he came home to nothing.
As Hoyt's campaign escalates from intimidation to coordinated compound assault, Bethany discovers that the prospect assigned to shadow her truck isn't just dangerous—he's the first person who made her feel like she didn't have to fight alone.And Grit learns that the stubborn food truck owner who told a crime boss to go to hell might be the family he's been searching for all along.
With her business under siege and a labor boss willing to kill to get what he wants, they'll prove that a woman with backbone and a man who finally found his home are unstoppable together. And when the dust settles, Hoyt will learn exactly what it costs to threaten something a Sentinel has claimed.
Book 38 in the Steel Sentinels MC series. This full-length, standalone romance features a warrior finding his home, a fierce business owner who refuses to bend, found family, explosive action, and a guaranteed HEA. No cliffhanger.
Each book in this series is a complete standalone romance. While characters from previous books may appear, every story delivers a full arc, guaranteed HEA, and can be enjoyed in any order. Jump in anywhere.
