I'm a no-filter, use fists first kind of man who's suspicious of everyone and everything. As the president of the Vicious Vipers MC, it's my duty to protect my brothers, and I take pleasure in doing so.

When a sassy woman who heats my blood moves in next door, I tell myself I don't want the baggage she brings, even if he is a respectful kid who weasels his way into my heart. She's jaded. A stubborn, lying wildcat I can't resist, and I'm determined to find the truth of her identity and make her mine.

But I've got secrets of my own, long buried in the woods of Maine, that unearthed would define me as the brutal beast she fears me to be.

It's in my nature to protect them from their past—even if mine is brought to light, destroying any hope for our future.