To my kids-You three are my world, and without you, it wouldn’t spin like it should. So thank you for being patient. Thank you for loving this crazy obsessed mom of yours. And thank you for being who you are. XO

Tea-Holy shit girl, you are . . . you are seriously my biggest cheerleader. If I could, I would rent a plane and run a banner in the sky to tell you how awesome you are, and how much I love and appreciate everything you’ve done to encourage me and inspire me along the way. It sucks big cojones (yep totally Googled how to spell that) that we live so damn far away. But I swear, one day we will meet. Well, we must meet if for no other reason than to plan to our kidnapping scheme. Marco (Mav), Joseph (Edge), and Julian (Dozer), I’m just going to apologize now and get it over with. Don’t worry people, we will let them go. Eventually. Hahaha . . . no really, in all honestly, I am so glad I stalked you and begged you to be my friend. Your images made me see that this thing I was devoting so much time to could be amazing. Even when those images were sometimes only for my inspiration you still sent them my way and lit up so many of my days. Who does that? You do! Because you’re the bees knees. You made me laugh and drool and kicked me in the butt when I needed it. You also gave me some wonderful ideas on how to torture my villains. And I’ll have to use some of those on Davis when the HOCs find him. From the bottom of my heart . . . I love your guts, woman. <3<3<3

Mom, Lesha, Kathie, Tracy, and Kristine-You all listened to me prattle on about my book endlessly. You have always shown me unwavering support. Thank you for all your kind words of encouragement. I know this is not really your thing, but you listened, laughed, and patted me on the back anyway. Thank you. <3<3

Briarpatch girls! Lena, Tea, Irish, CJ, Franci, Mary, Brandy, Kathie, Katie, Vanessa, Chris, and Andrea-My fellow HOC lovers and beta readers-I am so damn lucky to have you as friends and I appreciate all of the valuable feedback you gave me on this manuscript. Thank you so much for helping me make this book what it is. Thank you for sharing my posts, letting me bounce ideas off you, and for drooling with me over the hot pics Tea supplies for our little group.

Irish & CJ-You inspire me to no end. Irish, when I grow up I want to be like you, haha. No really, I do. I’m amazed by your dedication, and by how tenacious you are. CJ- I love your always positive, free spirit and your kind heart. I’m so happy to call you both my friends. Our little chats and retreats pushed me to finish, and I’m so thankful for those.<3

Nina-I think I asked you a million questions. I was terrified you (a successful and busy author) would turn me away or let my PM drift into internet space. But every time you responded and were more helpful than I could have imagined you’d be. Thank you for sharing what you know. I appreciate your help so much. I will definitely pay it forward.

URWA, and all the authors there that helped me along the way-Thank you.

Clancy, Joy, Lena, Tea, and Catherine-Thank you for making me dig deeper.

BOU, NT, CT, AST, CH, TD, AB, SR, and the rest of my CRAR friends-We live in a place where writing romance and talking about sexy things isn’t always acceptable, but I trusted you with the truth and you accepted me. That means the world to me. Thank you for your support, having an open mind(:

Tom, Christelle, Bryan, Jason, Kim, CJ, SW, and a few other’s that will remain anonymous-Thank you for sharing your stories with me and helping me learn about this wonderful biker world that I’m obsessed with. I learned so much and it helped make this book more real.

Mary, BTS, MC & Rocker groups admins, and all you wonderful romance book bloggers-Thank you from the bottom of my heart for taking a chance on my book. And for helping me promote it and get the word out. Mary-thank you for all your hard work on making the book release a success.

Perfectly Publishable, Alesha, Ashlee, Pat, Franci and Cathie-Thank you so much for your feedback and for proofreading this book at the eleventh hour.

Andrea Macedo-the HOC insignia you designed is stunning. I love it! You are so talented. I am so coming back for more(;

Letitia from Romance Book Affairs-You rocked the hell out of this book cover and my branding! Thank you for everything.

If I forgot to mention anyone, I’m truly sorry. But please know that I appreciate all of the help I received to make this book what it is.

Darby Briar is an American author who loves writing stories about men with broken souls and women who don’t know their own strength. She’s a lover of fiction whether it be a movie or book, but prefers stories with some romance, and ones that include a happy ending. She grew up in Utah and still lives in the northern part of the state. She’s married and her and her husband have three adorable kids.

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