Thorn & Crown

Nova Vance spent years building a structured, independent life as a civil litigation attorney in Austin, deliberately distancing herself from the chaotic and violent world of the Copperheads Motorcycle Club led by her father, Roman Vance. But when a ghost from the club's past launches a devastating legal attack funded by a rival cartel, Nova is called back to the gritty, male-dominated compound in the West Texas desert to defend her family's empire. Upon her return, she crosses paths with Ace, a fiercely loyal twenty-two-year-old former runaway who has just earned his patch as the club's newest member. Unfiltered, observant, and undeniably drawn to her, Ace refuses to look away, even though the president's daughter is strictly off-limits to everyone in the club. A deadly line is drawn, enforced by the club's most dangerous men, but the magnetic connection between the sharp, composed lawyer and the young, fearless biker becomes impossible to ignore. As Nova dismantles the club's enemies in the courtroom and Ace runs surveillance in the shadows to protect her, they find themselves fighting a two-front war. Together, they must navigate explosive cartel secrets, hidden family betrayals, and the heavy burden of legacy, proving that the most dangerous risk of all isn't the enemy outside the gates, but the forbidden bond forming within them.