K.A. Merikan

When a closeted biker collides with a seductive tattoo artist, their desires spark a dangerous game of forbidden love, secrecy, and absolute mayhem. Zak. Tattoo artist. Independent. Doesn’t do relationships. Stitch. Outlaw biker. Deep in the closet. Doesn’t share his property. On the day of Stitch’s divorce, lust personified enters the biker bar he’s celebrating at. Tattooed all over, confident, and hot as hellfire, Zak is the bone Stitch has waited for life to throw him. All Stitch wants is a sniff, a taste, a lick. Instead, he gorges himself on the handsome stranger, and nothing will ever be the same. Forced to hide his new love affair from the world, Stitch juggles family, club life, and crime, but it’s only a matter of time until it becomes impossible. Zak moves to Lake Valley in search of peace and quiet, but when he puts his hand into the jaws of a Hound of Valhalla, life gets all but simple. In order to be with Stitch, Zak’s biker wet dream, he has to crawl right back into the closet. As heated as their relationship is, the secrets, the hiding, the violence, jealousy, and conservative attitudes in the town rub Zak in all the wrong ways. When gang violence gets so close Zak can no longer pretend his man is innocent, he needs to decide whether life with an outlaw biker is really what he wants. * Brace yourself for a wild ride of passion, secrecy, and a clash of two worlds in this gritty tale of forbidden romance set in the world of Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs. POSSIBLE SPOILERS: Themes: Outlaw Motorcycle Club, organized crime, homophobia, family issues, coming out, first gay relationship, tattoo, piercing, fish out of water Genre: M/M dark romance Length: ~ 100,000 words (Standalone novel, no cliffhanger.) WARNING Sensitive content: a gritty storyline, explicit language, violence and torture

Alternate cover edition --- Love like butterfly knives in the stomach. --- Domenico Acerbi. The Villani Family’s best assassin. Ruthless. Vicious. With no patience for weakness. Seth Villani. The Don’s son. Clueless. Stubborn. In dire need of someone to keep him in line. Domenico Acerbi grew up ready to give his life for the Family. Ready to follow orders and exceed expectations. A proud man of honor. The last thing he wants to deal with is training the Don’s son for his future role within the organization. Lazy, annoying, spoiled, and as hot as a Sicilian summer, Seth Villani is no mafia material. But a man who could never become a threat might just be what Domenico needs. Seth Villani wants nothing to do with the mafia. Unfortunately, he doesn’t get a say when he’s pulled back into the fold. Thrown into a den of serpents otherwise known as the Villani Family, Seth has to find a way to navigate the maze of lies. But when Domenico Acerbi, the most vicious snake of them all, sinks his fangs into Seth, letting go becomes impossible. If Seth is doomed to follow in his father's footsteps, he might as well enjoy himself with the most intoxicating man he’s ever met. Maybe he can even fool himself into believing that Domenico isn’t a handsome sociopath who kills for a living. POSSIBLE SPOILERS: Themes: Enemies to lovers, mafia, homophobia, assassin, organized crime, forced proximity WARNING: Adult content. Sizzling hot scenes. If you are easily offended, this book is not for you. ‘Guns n’ Boys’ is a gritty story of extreme violence, offensive language, abuse, and morally ambiguous protagonists. Behind the morbid facade, there is a splash of inappropriate dark humor, and a love story that will crawl under your skin.

--- You always want what you can’t have. --- David. Catholic. Gay. Set on keeping his purity ring. Raja. Biker. Manwhore. Never refuses a bet. David has always tried to be the best son his parents could dream of. Always at church on Sunday. Always eager to help with the garden. Always trying his best at school. Prim, proper, innocent, and kind. But deep inside of him, there is a yearning planted by the devil himself, and when a cocky, foul-mouthed biker pulls him a step too far, David doesn’t fall into the abyss. He leaps. Raja is all he’s ever dreamed of, yet didn’t dare voice. Older, dangerous, a wall of muscle with a grip so strong David can’t resist him no matter how hard he tries. As a freshly appointed president of a motorcycle club on the verge of ruin, Raja has a lot to live up to. Being gay doesn’t do him any favors in terms of commanding the respect of his men. He has his way of compensating though. Always first in a fight. Always bragging about his sexual conquests. Always up for a bet. Daring, tattooed, sexy, and unapologetic. After he boasts he can have any man he wants, he gets challenged to hook up with the preppy guy wallflowering at a party. Raja can’t wait to pop the innocent cutie’s cherry. But when he finds out the guy is his friend’s younger brother, life gets a whole lot messier. Why is the one guy who should be off-limits always the most tempting? POSSIBLE SPOILERS: Themes: Outlaw motorcycle club, organized crime, religion, homophobia, bet, good boy meets bad boy, coming out Genre: M/M romance, suspense Length: ~100,000 words WARNING: This book contains steamy sexual content and graphic violence.