Wrench's Reckoning

He's a carnival drifter desperate to prove he's more than trash. She's a teacher terrorized by the stalker ex-husband the law won't stop. When her survival depends on outlaw protection, their alliance ignites into fierce claiming that defies every rule.

Lauren Castille has spent eighteen months documenting her ex-husband's stalking—dead animals on her doorstep, slashed tires, ignored police reports. Deputy Brad Melancon uses his badge to terrorize her while his fellow officers look the other way. When Brad's harassment escalates to breaking into her apartment, she's forced to accept protection from the most dangerous men in Louisiana.

Danny "Wrench" Trosclair is six months into prospecting for the Bayou Serpents MC—former carnival worker with rough hands and survival skills, desperate to prove he's worth more than how people have always dismissed him. The last thing he expects is a second grade teacher with backbone like steel who's been failed by every system designed to protect her—and who's brave enough to kill when threatened.

From their first meeting at the compound's crawfish boil, Wrench and Lauren are drawn together by shared damage and impossible attraction. She's everything he shouldn't claim—a civilian fighting her own battle who deserves better than an outlaw prospect. He's everything she should fear—a man who solves problems through violence instead of legal procedure.

But when Brad's obsession escalates to armed assault on the compound and taking Lauren hostage in her own classroom, Wrench and Lauren must choose between fighting alone and standing together. Their battle will take them from documented stalking to brutal elimination, testing both their courage and their explosive connection.

In the sultry darkness of Louisiana bayou country, two survivors will risk everything for safety—and each other.