Cate C. Wells

We're from two different worlds, but in her arms, I'm home.PlumLife didn't give me a silver spoon. It gave me tetanus. When Adam Wade walks into my club, I know I'm in trouble. His money I can handle. But sweet words, gentle hands? I don't know what to do with that. Eventually, he's gonna wise up and walk away. If I let him in, what'll be left of me when he goes?AdamI'm the adopted son of the man who owns the city. I was born into nothing, and I've earned my seat at the table. But at night, when I can't sleep, I'm haunted by the pieces of myself I've disowned to make it this far.I don't know why Plum caught my eye, but I can't look away. Maybe it's her brave face, her fight, her quirks. I'm obsessed, all-in with my eyes screwed shut. Then life throws a harsh light on our choices. I'm forced to face the ugly truth of what she's done to survive--and what I'll have to sacrifice to be with her.Plum's a fighter, but would she fight for us? And if I give up everything for her, who will I be?Plum is a 68,000-word "opposites attract" romance set in the Steel Bones Motorcycle Club world. It takes place at the same time as Nickel's Story. This novel is intended for adult readers (18+) due to strong language, violence, triggers, and explicit intimate scenes.Standalone. HEA.

My high school bully is now my fake boyfriend. Cash Wall has been messing with me since junior high. Nuisance stuff, mostly. Name calling. Pranks. Honestly, he's nowhere near the worst of my problems. Back in school, I had bigger fish to fry, and now, I've got a "scarlet letter" situation going on. The whole town hates me. For some reason, Cash offers himself up as my knight in shining armor. So now my former bully is my fake boyfriend. What could possibly go wrong? Cash Glenna Dobbs thinks I'm an idiot, and she's mostly right. I hunt. Fish. Go mudding. I'm not a "brain" type. I'm not really a "thinker." But I ain't stupid. When I see that Glenna needs a rescue, I'm in. 'Cause what Glenna doesn't know? I've been in this whole time, and once I've got her, I'm not letting her go. Against a Wall is a small-town, enemies-to-lovers romance. It is the second book in the Stonecut County series, but it can be read as a standalone. Intended for adult readers. HEA guaranteed.

He rejected me, and then he realized I’m the center of his world. Bummer. Una I keep my head down. In this backwards pack, females rank low, and my bad leg makes me damaged goods. It doesn’t help that I’ve never shifted. I don’t mind the late twenties single life, though. No one’s paying any attention as I build an illicit farmer’s market empire. My roomies and I are doing it for ourselves, and if life under Killian Kelly is stifling, at least it’s predictable. We can deal. But when biology finally kicks in, I lose my mind. I claim our alpha as my mate. And he rejects me in front of the whole pack. It’s all good. It only hurts when I breathe. I’ll survive. That’s what I do. Who wants an arrogant jerk for a mate, anyway? I’ve got a business to run. Killian To lead this pack out of the dark ages, I’ve had to be hard. Merciless. I don’t flinch, and I don’t make mistakes. Una Hayes isn’t my mate. My wolf might have some kind of strange infatuation, but if she were mine, I’d know it. And I can walk away, can’t I? And if I keep coming back? If she starts living in my head? I’m the strongest male in five generations. My pack scrambles to do my bidding. I can bring one quiet female back in line. No one can possibly be as stubborn as I am. There’s no way I’ve ruined the best thing that’s ever happened to me. I’m the Quarry pack alpha. I don’t lose. The Tyrant Alpha’s Rejected Mate is a full-grown shifter romance. No cheating. HEA guaranteed. Intended for adult readers only.

shut up ring (noun) – a marriage proposal meant to get you off his back, intended to last indefinitelyI waited eight years to marry the father of my children.I worked at our relationship. I was patient. I forgave—the thoughtless remarks, the disappointments, the test results when I was expecting our youngest that proved he hadn’t been “working late.”Then, when we finally made it to the altar, he looked deep into my eyes, smiled, and cracked a fat joke.That wasn’t the worst of it.His vows weren’t a promise to love. They were a final test of exactly what I’d do to get his ring on my finger—what I’d take—in front of our family, friends, and their cell phones.Was I going to be internet famous? Another sad bride who must’ve known the kind of man she was marrying?My two little girls stared up at me with big, round eyes. Was I really going to laugh it off like I always did?In that moment, my house of cards came crashing down.When the moment was over, for some reason, my best friend’s older brother was on his feet with his chair knocked over like he was about to punch someone.This is the story of what happened next.Please check the author’s note for specific content notes. Standalone. No cheating. HEA guaranteed.

My mate called me weak and walked away.AnnieI try not to think about mating the wild wolf from the Last Pack. It happened. He left. The witch sorted me out and life kept going.I’m anxious all the time—every moment of every day—but I’m not worried about him. He hates me, and he’s not coming back. He made that perfectly clear.I should have worried.After all, everyone like me knows the first rule of anxiety—if you don’t worry about something, it will happen.And the mate who left me is now trespassing on my pack’s territory, and this time, when I run, he chases.JustusMy mate is damaged.She’s beautiful, but she smells wrong, and she’s messed up like all the other wolves who pretend to be human.Our mating was a disaster. I left her, but I couldn’t keep away.And now—things have changed. I can’t keep my distance anymore, but she’s still as skittish as a rabbit.She thinks I’m a monster, and catching her isn’t enough—I have to figure out how to make her stay.The Wild Wolf’s Rejected Mate is a shifter romance about fated mates finding their way back to each other. No cheating. HEA guaranteed. Intended for adult readers only.

I wanted him more than anything, but he wasn’t meant for me. Life in North Border is hard, but I don’t mind as long as I can steal a few moments alone with Clay Pulley at the end of the work day. He’s not my mate. If he were, our kisses would have triggered my heat by now. I know this can’t last, but it’s the sweetest thing I’ve ever had. I’m holding on tight to every single second. But then we’re caught together, and he declares in front of everyone that I don’t belong to him. I’m destroyed. As for him? Well, turns out—he’s wrong. And he’s in for the fight of his life. The Stone Wolf’s Rejected Mate is a companion novella set in The Five Packs world. It can be read as a standalone. No cheating. HEA guaranteed. Intended for adult readers only.

He can’t take his eyes off me. I remember Nicky Biancolli from school. Back then, he was always staring. My cousin warned him off, and after that, he faded into the background. Now, ten years later, he’s in my mother’s kitchen at two in the morning, and there’s a dead man in a pool of blood on the floor. Lucca Corso—the rat who killed my father—says that if I don’t marry Nicky to make peace between our families, the little brother I raised is next. I don’t have a choice. I have to go with the man who looks like he wants to eat me alive, and I have no idea whether this is about following orders or something much darker. All I know is that Nicky isn’t stalking me anymore. He owns me now, and no one is going to stop him from taking what he wants. Nicky the Driver is a dark mafia romance. It’s the second book in The Underboss Insurrection series, but it can be read as a standalone. Intended only for adult readers. HEA guaranteed. NOTE: This story contains scenes that may be difficult for some readers. Please check the Look Inside for details.

Hunger is the sweetest spice. Theo Mancini wants me. He touches me when he shouldn’t. Says things that make my face burn. He’s always there, and he always has my back. And even though I shouldn’t, I want him, too. But I’m thirty-one, and I’m about to lose everything. He’s twenty-two with his whole life ahead of him. It’s impossible. But Theo Mancini doesn’t let anything—or anyone—stop him from getting what he wants, and that’s me—heart, soul, and body. Roosevelt is a steamy, older woman/younger man age gap romance. This novella is a companion to Nickel’s Story, the second book in the Steel Bones Motorcycle series, but it can be read as a standalone. Intended only for adult readers. No cheating. HEA guaranteed.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall. Heavy Dina is off limits. She’s my brother Wall’s little sister. She’s wired different, and despite the malice aforethought, she’s innocent. She wants me to help her bury a body. I want to unravel her beautiful brain. I want to let her explore me—and watch the light in her eyes when she discovers what she needs and how badly she needs it. I want her. I’m the Steel Bones Motorcycle Club president and CEO of Steel Bones Construction. Around here, I’m the last word and the first in the line of fire. I’m Heavy Ruth. I don’t get to have what I want. Dina He’s ruthless, and he knows how to dispose of a body. That’s all I’m looking for in a man. I’m not catching feelings. I don’t do emotion. My frequency is sensation. So what if he’s too much in the most mind-blowing way? So what if I’m curious about him—and I’m not curious about anyone. This is just a conspiracy to commit murder. Not love. I might have said “I do,” but those are only words. Right? Heavy, the seventh book in the Steel Bones Motorcycle Club series, features Dina Wall, a crossover character from Hitting the Wall. The novel can be read as a standalone, but for maximum enjoyment, consider reading Hitting the Wall and the other books in the Steel Bones series first. Intended only for adult readers. HEA guaranteed.

Secrets tore us apart... Nevaeh I burned my bridges a long time ago and headed for the big city. Life was fast, but I was making it--until I wasn't anymore. I want a do over. Confront my past. Starting with the man who swore he loved me and left anyway. The big, bad biker who broke my heart. Forty I never got over Nevaeh Ellis. Never could forgive her either. My brothers believe she's disloyal, and there's no making that right. But why is she back? And why is she so angry? The longer she's in town, the more I wonder what really happened back in the day. Is she the bad guy--or was I? There's no time to figure it out. The feud between my club and the Rebel Raiders is raging out of control, trouble is dogging Nevaeh's heels, and if I don't make the right call this time--she's not gone. She's dead. Forty is a steamy, second chance romance. It's the sixth book in the Steel Bones Motorcycle Club series, but it can be read as a standalone. It is intended for adult readers. HEA guaranteed.

What's more dangerous than a second chance? Wall I want my wife back, but I lost the right to go after her one drunken night four years ago. She's moved on, but I'm not going anywhere. I'm gonna be right here. And when she finally comes to me? I ain't letting her go again. Mona John Wall wrecked my life, but I've put myself together again. I'm not the broken woman whose husband betrayed her. I can fight my own battles. Then a favor for a friend backfires, and I run into more trouble than I can handle. I need backup, and John is still the biggest man I know. But he won't help me for free. He wants something in return. I thought I knew what tore us apart, but when I let John back in, I realize the past isn't always how you remember. And second chances? They can heal you--or break you forever. Wall is a 43,000-word novella set in the Steel Bones Motorcycle Club World. It takes place before the action of Charge and Nickel's Story, and it can be read as a standalone. Wall is a second chance, redemption romance that deals with infidelity and pregnancy loss. HEA guaranteed.

He rejected me for “reasons.” Too bad for him. No take backs. Rosie Fate made a huge mistake when she mated me to Cadoc Collins. He’s the heir apparent. I’m a scavenger. My people are so low in this pack, we don’t even rank. I should have known better, but for one night, I let myself forget the facts of life in Moon Lake. Cadoc Collins might be powerless to resist me, but he’s not going to claim me, either. A pink line on a stick makes it a much bigger problem than my bruised heart. I’m eighteen, knocked up, and publicly rejected by the future alpha. And this baby in my belly? It might as well be a target on my back. Lucky for me I’m a scavenger. My kind are good at finding things, but we’re great at getting lost. Cadoc The fate of Moon Lake rests on my shoulders. I can’t claim the scavenger female. The pack is on the verge of a revolt, and a mating so controversial could push our warring factions into open conflict. All I need is time. I’ll do what’s expected of me as our future leader, and when the politics are sorted, I’ll do right by the odd little scavenger. I’m the heir apparent. She’ll be there when I’m ready. Right? The Heir Apparent’s Rejected Mate is a wolf shifter romance. No cheating. HEA guaranteed. Intended for adult readers only.

She's not a secret. She's a second chance. Shay Six years ago, the good, upstanding men of Stonecut County ran me off. I took a secret with me. An inconvenient truth they wanted buried. Actions have consequences. Their perfect golden boy maybe wasn't so perfect after all. Then life hands me one too many lemons. I'm forced to go back, and in Stonecut, nothing ever changes. Kellum Wall is still golden. I'm still unwanted. And falling for his cocksure smile will most certainly ruin my life all over again. Kellum I believe there are still good men left in this world, and I strive to be one. I was raised to live by a code. God and country. Protect and serve. I always do the right thing, even when it's hard--and yet, somehow, I've made an unforgivable mistake. I want what I lost. The woman, the child, the white picket fence. But it's not gonna come easy. Shay's a survivor. She doesn't believe in happily ever after, and earning her trust might be the hardest thing I've ever done. She's got my heart in her hands, though, and this time--I'm not letting her slip through my fingers. Hitting the Wall is a steamy, small town romance featuring a secret baby and a second chance at love. It's the first book in the Stonecut County series. Intended only for adult readers. HEA guaranteed.

Sometimes a girl wants a man with a firm hand. Fay-Lee I'm a hundred miles from home, and my ride is gone. I'm broke. My phone's missing. And a wild-haired biker busts me sneaking a shower in the SBMC clubhouse. My punishment for trespassing is to be his house mouse. Cook. Clean. Take care of his needs. But he wants to punish me a different way. Do things I've never done before. Take care of my needs. And I want it, too. I want him. If only for this moment before life inevitably comes crashing down on me again. Dizzy She drives me to try things I've never tried before. And she loves every moment. She's perfect. And she's in deeper trouble than she knows. She stumbled into dangerous business, and my club sees her as a threat. Be that as it may, no one is gonna touch her. As soon as I saw her, dripping wet in that towel, I knew two things. Fay-Lee is my woman. And she's gonna turn my world upside down. She can run, but I'll catch her. I'm faster and stronger. And she belongs to me. Dizzy is a steamy, age-gap romance. It's a full-length prequel to the Steel Bones Motorcycle Club series, but it can be read as a standalone. Intended only for adult readers. No cheating. HEA guaranteed.

When you can't go home again, sometimes you find yourself.Shirlene Grant served her country as an Army nurse in Vietnam, and now she's finally back in her slow, quiet hometown. She's living with her parents, working at the local hospital. Nothing's changed except her, and she's slowly, quietly falling to pieces.Twitch Robard has a hard time sleeping since he came back from the war, but he has his bike, his brothers, and a long shot plan. He's waiting on an angel, and when he finally finds her, he's not going to let anything--the past or the present--come between them.Twitch is a 18,000-word novella set in the Steel Bones Motorcycle Club world. It's a prequel to the series, but it can be read as a standalone. This short read is intended for adult readers (18+) due to strong language, violence, possible triggers, and explicit intimate scenes.Standalone. Safe. HEA.

He can’t stop watching. I’m tired of waiting. Which one of us is gonna break first? Story I’ve been in love with Nickel Kobald since I was fifteen. I know what he is—a biker with almost a decade on me and one hell of an anger management problem—but to me? He’s the one. Night after night, though, I’m dancing up on the stage alone. How much longer is he just gonna watch from the shadows? And how much longer can my heart stand to wait? Nickel I’ve turned down Story Jenkins a hundred times. She’s a happy hippy with eyes like an anime babe and curves for days. She’s perfect, but she ain’t for me. I can’t be trusted with nice things. I wreck ’em. Not by choice. It’s how I was made, and now, it’s what I am. When old enemies roar back into town—threatening my club and the girl I don’t dare claim—I’m in for the fight of my life. My fists are all I got, and I’m afraid that this time? Fists aren’t gonna be enough to stop the past from tearing apart everything I love. Nickel’s Story is a 68,000-word older man/younger woman motorcycle club romance. It’s the second book in the Steel Bones Motorcycle Club series, but it can be read out of order. This novel is intended for adult readers (18+) due to strong language, violence, triggers, and explicit intimate scenes. Standalone. Safe. HEA.

He did ten years for me. Now he's free. This is supposed to be happy ever after, so why does it feel like disaster?CristaScrap Allenbach is a living legend to the Steel Bones MC. A vigilante hero. Ten years ago, he gave up his freedom for me. I never asked him to. Now he's back, with some idea about how it's gonna be. He's wrong. Things are different now. I'm not the same girl he knew. After what happened, I'll never be that person again. Not with the baggage I carry and the secrets I keep.ScrapI've waited ten years to make Crista Holt mine. I came back expecting to claim the girl I fell in love with, but that girl is gone. I hardly recognize the woman in front of me now. She thinks I'll give up, walk away, but I'm not that kind of man. She's been mine since the moment I laid eyes on her, and I don't give up what's mine. All I need is time, and she'll see how it is.But when the past rises up and old enemies ride again, we're out of time, and it might not be ghosts from the past that destroy our future. It might be the secrets between us.Scrap is a 58,000-word motorcycle club romance. It's the third book in the Steel Bones Motorcycle Club series, but it takes place at the same time as Nickel's Story, and it can be read out of order. This novel is intended for adult readers (18+) due to violence, triggers, strong language, and explicit intimate scenes.WARNING: This novel contains graphic details of a violent crime.Standalone. Safe. HEA.

She'd better run... Posy When I fell for Dario Volpe, I thought he was Prince Charming, and I was the luckiest girl alive. He didn't care about my past. The talk. The stain on my family's reputation. Then he saw something I never wanted anyone to see. He cares now. This isn't a breakup, it's a warning shot, and if I want to get out of this bad romance alive, I have to run and never look back. Dario Volpe is no storybook hero. He's a psychopath, and he can't decide--kiss me? Or kill me? Dario I'm the man behind the curtain, the power behind the throne. I could have killed her, and no one would have blinked an eye. Posy Santoro isn't exactly a mafia princess. No one sees her as clearly as I can--the perfect mind hidden by that knockout body in the tight dress. I made a mistake, running her off, but now I get to play one of my favorite games. Posy can run, but she isn't made to be free. She's made for me. And when I catch her? Game over. Run Posy Run is a standalone mafia romance with dark elements. Intended for adult readers. HEA guaranteed.

After one night, he walked away. He’s going to live to regret it. Mari Growing up alone in Quarry Pack, I always dreamed of a mate who’d sweep me off my feet and carry me away to our very own cottage that we’d fill with pups and love and laughter. A real family. What I got? Wham, bam, thank you ma’am. The pack sees Darragh Ryan as a tortured hero with a dark past, protecting the pack from afar. I know better. He’s a jerk who can’t deal with people so he’s chosen to live in the wilderness and—I don’t know—brood. One thing I do know is that he doesn’t get to reject me. I reject him. Darragh Mari doesn’t understand what she doesn’t know. She’s naïve, soft, and way too young and sweet for a life of self-imposed exile. She’s a grown female who sits in trees, reading books, and wears party dresses to garden. Everything she owns is pink. Her wolf is probably pink. She can’t handle the real world, and she sure can’t handle my wolf. No one can. One day, she’ll understand why I won’t claim her, and she might not thank me, but she should. Because my wolf? Given half a chance, he’d tear her apart. The Lone Wolf’s Rejected Mate is the third novel in The Five Packs series, but it can be read as a standalone. No cheating. HEA guaranteed. Intended for adult readers only.

Sometimes the things you shouldn’t want are exactly what you need.KaylaLife hasn’t been easy. I had my son Jimmy too young, and I want the world for him. But the world? It’s not cooperating. I’m fighting to stay afloat, and my family is waiting for me to fail. I don’t need to be crushing on the criminally hot biker next door. He’s a little too old for me, and he makes me want to take risks I can’t afford.ChargeI used to be the fall guy. I took the heat for my club, and with my charm, my pretty face, and my ex—the MC’s lawyer—I mostly got away with it. But now the club’s gone legit—more or less—and I’m sittin’ on a porch, drinkin’ beers. And then a sweet little mama moves in next door.She ain’t my type, and I don’t need to be messin’ with a single mom, but there’s something about Kayla and Jimmy. They’re both tough as hell, but on their own, this world will eat them alive.And once they’re mine, I’m gonna have to figure out how to be a different kind of man…or Kayla and I both are gonna lose it all. Charge is a 70,000-word motorcycle club romance. It’s the first book in the Steel Bones Motorcycle Club series, but it can be read as a standalone. This novel is intended for adult readers (18+) due to strong language, violence, possible triggers, and explicit intimate scenes.No cheating. HEA guaranteed.

He had his chance. He blew it, and I’m out of here. Flora I’m at the bottom of the pack. I’m female, I have no family left, and everywhere a shifter is supposed to be hard, I’m soft and round. There’s one bright spot in my days—Alec Cameron. He’s hard in every way—so distant that he’s ice cold—but once in a while, he gives me a nod, and we sneak off to the woods. He’s not cold then. Not at all. I used to dream that Fate would make it official, but after so many years, I’ve given up hope. Then, at a pack run, heat strikes. Alec Cameron is my mate. In front of everyone, he turns his back on me. I didn’t know how cold he could be, but I do now, and I’ve got a choice to make. Do I hang around and deal with this messed up pack like I always do? Or do I take my new wolf, break free, and forge a new path of our own? Alec This pack is falling apart. Literally. I spend my days patching together buildings that are inches from sliding down the mountain. In my free time, I have to compete with the other two males vying for Salt Mountain alpha, the world’s worst job. I’m constantly holding everything together, and until the night of the last full moon run, there was at least one bright spot in my days. Then Flora Ritchie goes into heat at the worst possible time and place, and in all the chaos and revelations, I lose my grip. And my temper. In the blink of an eye, my mate is gone. I know how to fix things, not feelings, but if I don’t figure it out, and quickly, I’m going to lose it all. His Curvy Rejected Mate is the fourth novel in The Five Packs series, but it can be read as a standalone. No cheating. HEA guaranteed. Intended for adult readers only.

A runaway wife, a surprise baby, and a dark secret. MONTE CARLO, 1982 The odds of a man like Marco de Noli falling for a girl like me were a million to one. He’s old money, classic European jet set, a master of the universe. When we met, I was a shy girl from Oklahoma, pretty enough, but nowhere near his league. One year later, after he stands me up on our first anniversary, I have to face facts. Our marriage was a mistake. My in-laws think I’m a gold digger, Marco lives at the office, and nights of passion aren’t enough. There’s nothing keeping me in Monte Carlo. But when I run, I don’t realize that I’m taking the de Noli heir with me— Or that our love wasn’t what I thought it was at all.