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Burn (A Bayonet Scars Novel)
By JC Emery
BURN
Release
Day: July 23
Tragedy cuts
deep. Revenge burns deeper.
The blood of
their enemies coats the leather of their cuts and a trail of bodies lie in
their wake, but the Forsaken Motorcycle Club isn't done yet. Carlo Mancuso
still needs to pay for his sins. Nobody knows that more than Ian Buckley, the
Treasurer for Forsaken.
Ian prefers his
pleasure mixed with pain and he's only ever at peace when he's doling out
justice. Convinced that he's too unstable and sadistic to take an old lady, he
keeps his trysts, like all of his relationships, brief and anonymous. But with
his club at war, and the stakes being so personal, Ian's feeling the events
around him more deeply than he expects.
Mindy Mercer is
the sweet daughter of Fort Bragg’s most respectable cop. At least that’s how
the town sees her. Very few people know the Mindy who hides her tracks and
battles her cravings by lying to everyone around her. She thinks she has
control of her addiction until she suffers an attack that leaves her searching
for a way out of her own personal hell.
Mindy has never
been more desperately in need of a savior and Ian has never seen a more
beautifully destroyed creature in his life. Their attraction is intense, but
their damage is extreme. Some scars never heal, and some people never get
better.
Love is never
more painful than when it can kill you.
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As a child, JC was fascinated by things that went bump in
the night. As they say, some things never change. Now, as an adult, she divides
her time between the sexy law men, mythical creatures, and kick-ass heroines
that live inside her head and pursuing her bachelor's degree in English. JC is
a San Francisco Bay Area native, but has also called both Texas and Louisiana
home. These days she rocks her flip flops year round in Northern California and
can't imagine a climate more beautiful.
JC writes adult, new adult, and young adult fiction. She dabbles in many
different genres including science fiction, horror, chick lit, and murder
mysteries, yet she is most enthralled by supernatural stories-- and everything
has at least a splash of romance.
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EXCERPTS:
Excerpt
1:
“You ride?”
I shake my head.
He turns his face toward mine and waits as though I haven’t answered him. Maybe
he thinks I haven’t. I guess I’ve been silent too long because he squeezes my
hand and continues to stare at me with searching eyes. I shake my head again
and this time he sees it and nods his head in return. He drops my hand and
climbs on his bike. He nudges the kickstand up and holds the bike upright. He
has a helmet in his outstretched hand.
“Wear this, then
climb on like I did and place your feet here,” he says and points to a
cylindrical black peg that juts out of the bike. “Don’t drop your feet and let
your body lean into the turns.”
He’s patient with
me as I stand here and psych myself up. I’ve had maybe a fantasy or two about a
sexy man on a motorcycle, but until Ian it was just that—a passing fantasy that
went as quickly as it came.
With his pointer
finger, he summons me forward and sets the helmet on the tank between his legs.
His eyes aren’t kind exactly and they’re not dark and sexy. They’re something
else that I’m desperate to place, but can’t. I close the distance between us
and stand before him. Slowly, he reaches out and brushes a lock of hair from my
face and tucks it behind my ear.
“Tell me where
you’re at,” he says quietly. He tucks my hair behind my other ear as well. I
let out a soft, unintentional sigh. I barely hear the question—or order
rather—and instead have all my attention focused on his touch. Being able, and
even wanting, to be touched is such a wonder. “Tell me I help.”
There’s such a
vulnerability about him in this moment as his fingers lightly weave through my
messy hair and he’s asking for reassurance. My breath halts in my lungs. I both
loathe and love the sound of his plea. I didn’t even know he was capable of
this. Ian is always so strong for me that I think I sometimes forget that he’s
human.
“I need you.”
Excerpt
2:
“I like talking
to you. I want to get to know you.”
“What’s the point
in getting to know me when you’re just going to end up hating me eventually,
anyway?” This is why I don’t want to bond with her. I don’t want to let her in
and to love her the way Ma does, the way Michael does. Even Ryan loves her and
I’ll be damned if Pop doesn’t love her too. She’s squirrelly like that.
“I can’t hate
you. If I can’t hate my father, then I can’t hate you either. I won’t ask you
not to hurt him, and I can’t tell you how I’ll feel when he dies because I
don’t know how I’ll feel. But I can tell you this— he stole you and my mother
from me. My father hurt you, and he hurt me in a different way. He hurt Michael
too, but he might be too proud to admit that just yet. Carlo Mancuso has his
family and I have mine.”
She takes a step
closer and reaches out, grabbing my arm. The tears she was holding back slide
down her cheeks as she stares up at me.
“I don’t like
violence and I hate to see people get hurt, but no matter who I am today, I was
a principessa, a Mancuso. I understand the need for justice and deep down I
know that this war goes back further than last year and that it was only a
matter of time for my father to get what’s coming to him.”
“I don’t want to
hurt you,” I find myself saying. My chest aches and my jaw is tight. I reject
the emotions that make me weak and force myself to think about anything but how
good it feels to get this gift from her. “Every year on your birthday, we have
a party. It used to be just me and Ma, and then when Pop and Ryan came around,
they’d join in. It was always just something we did. Ma never wanted to forget
either of you, and she made sure I never could. I don’t want to hurt you, but I
have to make this better for her.”
Ride
Blurb:
Death comes
in Armani. Salvation comes in leather.
Principessa to the Mancuso crime family, Alexandra knows a thing or two about
living outside the bounds of the law. Suffocated by the future her father has
laid out for her, she makes a choice she can't take back, changing the entire
trajectory of her life.
Thrust into the dark and dangerous world of the Forsaken Motorcycle Club for
her own protection, Alex finds herself faced with the last thing she needs
right now: the man of her dreams. He’s sex in leather, the devil incarnate, and
one hell of a kisser. But he’s also off-limits. Ryan Stone can be her friend,
but he’s forbidden to be her lover.
Third-generation Forsaken, Ryan knows nothing other than life on two wheels,
and he wouldn’t have it any other way. He enjoys the many privileges that come
with the patch, and the only laws he recognizes are the ones set-forth by his
club. That is, until who he wants more than anything isn’t allowed on the back
of his bike —or in his bed. Balancing his desire for her body, and need to keep
her safe, Ryan tries to keep Alex at a distance. Finally having made a choice
for herself, she’s done hearing the word “no” and will push boundaries even
Ryan himself doesn’t dare cross.
Love is never more tempting than when it’s forbidden.
Thrash Blurb:
Loneliness
suffocates the heart. Acceptance breaks down walls.
As a Lost Girl to the Forsaken Motorcycle Club, Nicole Whelan knows how to
party. She’s not cut-out for relationships and her life is way too complicated
for anything more than casual encounters. But one night when she falls into
Duke’s bed at the clubhouse, he sees something in her that he can’t let go
of—no matter how many times she tries to run.
Having been left to raise her teenage brother, Jeremy, she’s already got her
hands full and isn’t looking for anymore complications. But Duke’s just watched
his best friend fall for the only girl he couldn’t have, and then almost lose
her so shortly after, shaking him to his core. Faced with his own loneliness,
he’s more determined than ever to break down Nic’s walls and show her that he
can be good for her; but he’s got a bad track record and she’s got a bad
temper. Changing his ways isn’t easy when he’s not sure what he’s even changing
for.
The violence and turmoil are at an all-time high, and Forsaken is in a
vulnerable place when a twist of fate breathes new life into the club. It’s a
much-needed beacon of hope for the embattled biker family, even if everyone’s
not exactly on board. With Duke and Nic’s relationship already on shaky ground,
and something even more important at stake, the Forsaken Motorcycle Club will
fight like hell to keep their family together and whole.
Love is never more precious than when it’s new.
REV Blurb
With the looming threat from the Mancuso Crime Family, the
Forsaken Motorcycle Club is preparing for a war that could destroy them. Grady,
the club’s Sergeant-at-Arms, knows that love makes you weak, and he has zero
interest in adding to his liabilities– especially now. He’s already got his
teenage daughter who keeps him on his toes and a beef within the club that
could fracture his relationship with a fellow brother for good.
For Holly Mercer, her life is finally getting on track and the last thing she
wants is trouble from her hometown’s resident outlaws. Keeping her nose clean
is easier said than done, when suddenly she finds herself embroiled in club
business. Holly might like the idea of being with a real-life bad boy, but even
being in the same room with tough-as-nails Grady flusters her.
When Holly inadvertently finds herself on Mancuso’s radar, she has two choices:
trust that Grady will protect her, or continue to refuse the club’s help. Both
roads are dangerous, but only one has the chance to damage her beyond repair.
Love is never more dangerous than when it can destroy you.
CRUSH BLURB
Young love is always perfect. Until it's not.
Cheyenne Grady is a total daddy's girl to her bad-ass
father, the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Forsaken Motorcycle Club. She's funny, and
kind, and she just wants that deep, earth-shattering love like her dad has with
her school secretary, Holly. But Cheyenne's been looking in the wrong
direction, because the only good that can come from the way she looks at Jeremy
Whelan is a lesson in heartbreak.
Jeremy always wanted to prospect for the Forsaken Motorcycle
Club and wear the same patch as his father. When a life-long dream becomes
reality, Jeremy realizes that the outlaw lifestyle is not for the faint of
heart. Nor is it easy on relationships. He wants to be a good man, but
temptation is everywhere.
Cheyenne is beautiful, and strong, and exactly what Jeremy
could have forever. As long as he doesn't screw it up.
Love is never more powerful than the first time.
ALPHA BOOK CLUB REVIEW
“The pain in my chest gets so bad that it feels like my bike got dropped on my f@cking ribs. I didn’t know it could hurt this bad, had no f@cking clue how painful it is to realize how much you love someone knowing you’re not good for them.”
5 huge stars!! This was such a great book in the series!! I loved this series before this book and I love it even more now!!!
Tragedy cuts deep. Revenge burns deeper.
The blood of their enemies coats the leather of their cuts and a trail of bodies lie in their wake, but the Forsaken Motorcycle Club isn't done yet. Carlo Mancuso still needs to pay for his sins. Nobody knows that more than Ian Buckley, the Treasurer for Forsaken.
Ian prefers his pleasure mixed with pain and he's only ever at peace when he's doling out justice. Convinced that he's too unstable and sadistic to take an old lady, he keeps his trysts, like all of his relationships, brief and anonymous. But with his club at war, and the stakes being so personal, Ian's feeling the events around him more deeply than he expects.
Mindy Mercer is the sweet daughter of Fort Bragg’s most respectable cop. At least that’s how the town sees her. Very few people know the Mindy who hides her tracks and battles her cravings by lying to everyone around her. She thinks she has control of her addiction until she suffers an attack that leaves her searching for a way out of her own personal hell.
Mindy has never been more desperately in need of a savior and Ian has never seen a more beautifully destroyed creature in his life. Their attraction is intense, but their damage is extreme. Some scars never heal, and some people never get better.
Love is never more painful than when it can kill you.
Mindy is the sweet, innocent daughter of Fort Bragg’s most well known cop, that’s what she wants everyone to believe. But little does anyone know, she’s battling an addiction that she hides from everyone. She thinks she can control it until she has an attack. Ian like danger and he’s not happy unless he’s in pain. He doesn’t think he’s well enough to take on a girlfriend, so he runs through girls like a girl runs through underwear. Then he meets Mindy and she can’t believe he’s come into her life at the right time. But will love be enough to save them both??
**Received a copy in exchange for an honest review. Read and reviewed by Melissa for Alpha Book Club**
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