REDEMPTION ROAD
by Katie Ashley
Paperback, 336 pages
Published October 6th 2015
by NAL Trade
Looking for a walk on the wild side, Annabel Percy, the daughter of a powerful politician, gives in to an attraction to a sexy biker she meets one night. But she finds herself living a nightmare when she’s kidnapped and transported into a hell on earth she never could have imagined.
Born and bred into the Hells Raiders MC, Nathaniel “Reverend” Malloy lives and dies for his brothers. But when he becomes the unexpected savior of a rival club’s captive, Rev makes it his personal mission to nurse Annabel back to health—and to shelter her from the nightmares that torment her.
Once Annabel heals, she’s stunned to realize she is falling for the seductive man who saved her. Faced with their impossible attraction, can she accept the life he leads, or will Rev walk away from the only life he’s ever known for the woman he was never supposed to love?
EXCERPT
I
came awake to find someone shaking the hell out of me. Flipping open my eyelids
to escape my tormented unconsciousness, I stared up into the concerned blue
eyes of my brother Bishop. His hands gripped my shoulders so tightly I figured
there would be marks. “What the fuck, man?” I questioned, slinging him away.
He
tumbled back on the mattress. “You were having one hell of a nightmare.”
I
sighed and rubbed my shoulders where his hands had been. “Yeah, well, that
doesn’t mean I want to wake up to your ugly mug with morning breath in my
face,” I replied, trying to ease the palpable tension in the air.
Bishop
didn’t laugh. He didn’t make a move to get off the bed, either. He continued
staring at me like he hoped he could some- how will me into talking. He’d been
giving me the same stare for the past few days while we’d been on the road.
Whenever we’d stop for food or to gas up our bikes, I would find him staring at
me, chewing his bottom lip like he wanted to say something. He had been
desperate since three nights ago a personal tragedy within our club allowed him
a tiny glimpse at my long-buried secret.
Breaking
the silence between us, I asked, “What time is our meeting with the El Paso
Raiders?”
“Seven.”
I
glanced over my shoulder at the glowing digital clock on the nightstand. “That
doesn’t give us much time to make it across the state. Better get crackin’ and
hit the road. You want the shower first?”
“Nah,
you can have it.” As I rose off the mattress, Bishop said, “I’ll go grab us a
quick breakfast.”
“Thanks,
brother.”
When
I started across the threadbare carpet to the bathroom, Bishop’s words froze
me. “Rev . . . you know it doesn’t matter to me what the fuck happened to
you—it ain’t gonna change a damn thing about the way I feel about you. No
matter what, you’re my big brother and my prez.”
Since
I was both too emotionally conflicted and too stubborn to respond, I ignored
him and pushed on into the bathroom. After locking the door behind me, I gazed at
my reflection in the mirror. Two days of driving across Georgia, Alabama,
Mississippi, and Louisiana with minimal sleep had taken its physical toll.
That, coupled with emotional stress, had left dark circles under my eyes. We’d
packed up to leave so abruptly, I hadn’t bothered with a razor, so my beard was
growing in. I looked like the hell that raged inside me.
Turning
on the water full blast, I stepped into the shower. I placed my palms flat on
the tile and stood with my head under the stream. Rolling my shoulders, I tried
to ease my tense muscles.
Two
days ago felt like two years and another world ago. It was hard to imagine just
forty-eight hours ago I’d been dancing and drinking at my brother Deacon and
sister-in-law Alexandra’s wed- ding. Then one phone call from the Raiders’
unofficial doctor, Bob “Breakneck” Edgeway, had changed everything.
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ABOUT KATIE ASHLEY
Katie Ashley is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Proposition Series, Runaway Train series, and several New Adult and Young Adult titles. She spent the last eleven years teaching both middle and high school English, but is now a full-time writer and currently lives outside of Atlanta.
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