Hustle's Heart

She runs a daycare full of children. He runs out of mercy the moment someone threatens them. Now a casino king is about to learn what happens when a Marauder finds something worth protecting.

Gracie Halloran built her daycare from nothing — eighteen kids, two assistants, and a sliding scale because she knows what it's like to need help that never comes. When a gambling kingpin decides her corner lot belongs to him, she tells his enforcers exactly where to put their offer.

Wrong answer.

When the threats turn to a brick through her window at three in the morning, the man standing between her and the dark isn't a cop. He's Hustle, the Memphis Marauders' silver-tongued negotiator, and he's been watching this daycare teacher for weeks — cataloguing her warmth, her backbone, the way she makes the world feel safe.

Hustle talks his way through every fight. But the morning he sees a man grab Gracie's arm in front of children, the charm goes silent and something colder takes over. Damon Vickers wants her property. He's about to discover the one thing standing in his way is a brotherhood that handles problems permanently.

In Memphis, the river keeps secrets and the Marauders keep their own.

Some men are built from charm. Some are built from iron. The best ones are both.