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  A Rebel In The Roses

  Black Rebel Riders’ MC Book 8

  Glenna Maynard

  A Rebel In The Roses Glenna Maynard ©2016

  This is a work of fiction. Names characters, places and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or used fictitiously and any resemblance to actual people, alive or dead, business, establishments, locals or events is entirely coincidental. Any reference to real events, business, organizations or locals is intended only to give the fiction a sense of realism and authenticity. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means – electronic, mechanical, photographic (photocopying), recording, or otherwise – without prior permission in writing from the author.

  The author acknowledges the copyrighted or trademarked status and trademark owners of the word marks mentioned in this work of fiction.

  Black Rebel Riders’ MC Series Reading Order

  Grim The beginning

  Rumor

  Baby

  Striker

  Romeo

  Heart of A Rebel

  A Rebel Love

  A Rebel in the Roses

  Contents

  Series Reading Order

  Character Glossary

  Dedication

  Acknowledgments

  Chapter 1

  Chapter 2

  Chapter 3

  Chapter 4

  Chapter 5

  Chapter 6

  Chapter 7

  Chapter 8

  Chapter 9

  Chapter 10

  Chapter 11

  Chapter 12

  Chapter 13

  Chapter 14

  Chapter 15

  Chapter 16

  Chapter 17

  Chapter 18

  Chapter 19

  Chapter 20

  Chapter 21

  Chapter 22

  Chapter 23

  Chapter 24

  Chapter 25

  Author’s Note

  About the Author

  Available Now

  Unable to voice what his heart desires, Patrick ‘Mute’ Hanes suffers in silence. After facing the brutality of his father’s wrath he’s on the road to recovery. This is his story and how he found a rebel in the roses.

  Reunited with his mother, Mute has a chance at a new start, a new life with The Black Rebel Riders’ MC. Sounds easy enough until he meets his match. She’s everything he shouldn’t desire, but he craves her company.

  Dawn ‘Honey’ Wells is tainted by her mother’s addiction. Following in LL’s footsteps, she’s determined to live free or die trying. No man can tame her spirit or her wild heart. With two men vying to claim her, Dawn finds herself spinning out of control and digging her own grave.

  Jim Tom ‘JT’ Franklin is finding his way after being welcomed with open arms by his half-brother, Rebel and the rest of the club. Boy meets girl and falls in love. It should be simple, but life never is.

  Love is blind. Love is patient and kind. At least that’s what Christa ‘Buttercup’ Franklin tells herself, but doing and believing are two different things. Seeing her man behind bars proves more difficult than she ever imagined, especially when she is carrying his child.

  Determined to make peace with the past, Romeo goes on one final ride to settle an old score. When he comes face to face with the son he never wanted he is met by the one woman he never expected to see again.

  The Black Rebel Riders’ saga continues, are you ready to ride?

  Character Glossary

  A LIST OF CHARACTERS mentioned in this book or previous books in no particular order.

  Black Rebel Riders

  Jack ‘Grim’ Jones – President and founding brother of The Black Rebel Riders MC. Son of Hook, the founding member of the Devils Rejects. Two half-brothers, Benji and Rush. Father of Baby Jones, mothered by Gypsy Red. Step-father to Sarah ‘Rumor’ Johnson, mothered by Gypsy Red. One marriage, Sunshine.

  Christopher ‘Rebel’ Black – Club Vice President. Son of Foxie and Slim Black. First marriage, Rumor. Second marriage, Lil Bit. Three children, Axel, Harley, and Abel. One adopted daughter, Miracle, mothered by LL.

  Thomas ‘Striker’ Black – Alias, Nash Johnson. Son of Foxie Black and Romeo. One marriage, Baby Jones. Two children, Cole and Sara.

  Mike ‘Romeo’ Wells – Best friend of Grim. Moonshine extraordinaire and founding brother of The Black Rebel Riders MC, former club vice president. One marriage, LL AKA Luscious Laura. Two children, Dawn and Jamie.

  Marc ‘Tread’ Adams – Moonshine runner. One child, Kyler, mothered by Liberty.

  Grady ‘Truth’ Williams – Technological genius.

  Stone – Security detail.

  Skull – A founding brother of Black Rebel Rider’s MC. Deceased, died in prison.

  Kurt- Potential club member.

  One-off – Nomad.

  Jim ‘Slim’ Black – Fou
nding President of The Black Rebel Riders MC. One marriage, Foxie. One trueborn son, Rebel. A step-son, Striker, fathered by Romeo. A bastard born son, JT, mothered by Wild Cherry. Killed by Grim for betraying his brothers and the club.

  Colt ‘Trouble’ – Best friend of Baby. Killed by Rush, half-brother of Grim.

  Blaze- Deceased member. Killed by Trouble for betraying the club.

  Jailbait- Deceased potential. Killed by The Devils Rejects.

  JT - Potential club member. Son of Wild Cherry and Slim Black.

  Leading Ladies

  Gypsy Red – A wanderer and carrier of secrets. One marriage, Benji. A daughter, Rumor, fathered by Winston Rush, her foster brother. A daughter, Baby fathered by Grim. Murdered in Grim’s home, attacker unknown.

  Roxie ‘Foxie’ Black – A woman who speaks her mind. One marriage, Slim Black. A son, Rebel. A son, Striker, fathered by Romeo. Also raised Baby, daughter of Grim, as her own.

  Luscious Laura - AKA LL. Heroin addict who couldn’t get it together. One marriage, Romeo. A daughter, Dawn. A son, Jamie. A daughter, Miracle, father unknown. Deceased, killed by Romeo, her husband.

  Wild Cherry – Slim’s clubwhore. One marriage, Doug Franklin. One daughter, Christa. One son, JT, fathered by Slim.

  Baby Jones – Alias, Karly Johnson. Biker brat princess. Daughter of Grim and Gypsy Red. One marriage, Striker. One son, Colt, (Cole). One daughter, Sara.

  Sarah ‘Rumor’ Johnson – A tortured soul. Daughter of Gypsy Red and Winston Rush. Taken in by Grim. One marriage, Rebel. Deceased, murderer unknown, but affiliated with the Undead Bastards and Dry Ridge Sinners.

  Sunshine – Former clubwhore. Marriage one, Grim. Marriage two, Paul Craven. A son, Patrick, given up for adoption, but fathered by Paul.

  Christa ‘Buttercup’ Franklin – High school sweetheart to Tread. Daughter of Wild Cherry.

  Amy ‘Peaches’ Mathers – Clubwhore who can shake it like no other. Truth’s girlfriend.

  Blowjob Betty – Clubwhore with affiliations to Black Rebel Riders and Devils Rejects. Responsible for Rumor’s murder. Killed by Grim.

  Aspen – Ex-girlfriend of Striker. Whereabouts unknown.

  Liberty – Dirty girl who loves to get down. One marriage, John. One son, Kyler, fathered by Tread. Lil bit’s cousin.

  Diamond – Skankho Pocahontas wannabe bitch. Clubwhore. Nasty snatch bitch with a bedazzled pussy. Killed by Foxie.

  Smokey – Undercover agent posing as a clubwhore. Killed by the Dry Ridge Sinners.

  Dawn – Daughter of Romeo and LL.

  Michelle ‘Lil Bit’ – AKA Chelle Bell. Sister of Shred and Lasher. Cousin of Liberty. One marriage, Rebel. Three children. A son, Axel. A daughter, Harley. A son, Abel.

  Kimmie- JT’s childhood sweetheart.

  Devils Rejects

  Hook – President of the Devils Rejects. Father of Benji and Grim. Killed by Grim.

  Benji – Hook’s son. Husband of Gypsy Red. Step-father to Rumor. Killed by Grim.

  Lucky – Undercover detective.

  Squirrel – Brother of Foxie Black. Killed by Grim.

  Winston Rush – Half- brother of Grim. Longtime lover of Gypsy Red. One daughter, Rumor, mothered by Gypsy Red. Killed by Romeo.

  Dry Ridge Sinners

  Shred – Club President. Twin to Lasher. Brother of Lil Bit. Died in prison. Killed by Kurt.

  Lasher – Vice President. Twin to Shred. Brother of Lil Bit. Died in prison. Killed by Kurt.

  Pinky – Enforcer.

  Cowboy – Truck driver. Whereabouts unknown, assumed dead. Former lover of Foxie.

  White Militia

  Paul ‘Lick’ Craven – Leader of the racist group. One marriage, Sunshine. One son, Patrick.

  Lenny Craven – Owner of the strip club Pink Lips.

  Patrick ‘Mute’ Hanes – Son of Sunshine and Paul Craven.

  Dedication

  THIS SERIES IS DEDICATED to some people who have meant the world to me. Their love of Harley Davidson and rock 'n roll is something I will always carry with me. Foxy Roxie, Elmer Lee (Cowboy) and my parents Glen & Alice. Thank you for all of the wonderful influences you placed upon me. Roxie, Elmer and dad I hope you all are riding on that highway in the sky.

  To those who carry scars both inside and out, never stop believing you are worth it. Never give up. Never let anyone dull your sparkle. I believe in you.

  Acknowledgments

  TO MY REBELS I SERIOUSLY cannot say thank you enough for supporting me. You have shown me that dreams do come true.

  To Michelle Simm, my rock star, to whom this book would not have happened in the way that it did. I love you to bits woman. I can never say it enough, but thank you. We did it babe and all in a week. We might be mad but you are my kind of crazy.

  Andrea, thank you for keeping me straight on so many things, your input really saved my ass, and saved my timeline.

  To my peeps, my SOA bitches, my shield maidens you know who you are and I love the fuck outta you. You make my days so much brighter.

  My author besties, ya’ll know who ya are. You’ve stuck by me and guided me so many times through this crazy writer life. I adore you.

  To my family, thank you for not complaining during the week I ignored you. Thanks for letting me do what I love.

  1

  Daytona, Florida

  Romeo

  THE HEAT BEATS DOWN on my back, my sweat soaking through my t-shirt. At least I blame the Florida sun. I’m sitting in the back of a dive bar waiting for my oldest child, my son—Striker. I guess that’s no longer his name though, he goes by some bullshit name, Nash.

  Taking a hard swig of my longneck bottle of Bud, I scan the room. Meeting him isn’t wise, but Grim promised me if I did this, he’d allow me to walk away from the club for good. Only problem is, I don’t know if I want to.

  The MC is in my blood; it courses through my veins. That isn’t the reason why I’m here though. Closing my eyes, I wipe the sweat beading across my forehead with a napkin. I’ve never been a fearing man, but I don’t know the man I’m about to meet. I knew the boy he once was, but not the man he is today. There’s a lot of bad blood between us, but he’s my blood, whether I wanted him or not. More than that, he’s alive and well, taking care of the woman I’ve always loved, Baby.

  I think back on all the mistakes I made with her, with my life. If I knew then what I know now, I’d do so many things differently. I’d be a Goddamned liar if I said knowing she’s alive doesn’t change the way I feel, but I’ll never act on my feelings.

  No matter how deep they run.

  I owe her and my boy more than that.

  I’m a bastard and I know it, but I can’t change what’s come to pass.

  I think Grim told me about her, brought me here just to fuck with me harder.

  Somehow he knows just how fucking much I care about his daughter.

  Right, wrong...it doesn’t matter.

  I’m here today to bury that shit deep.

  I’m here to forget that I know how it feels when I bury my tongue deep inside her, touching her in places a man could only ever dream of reaching.

  Damn, if she wasn’t too good for a man like me.

  I can see her now, her red hair fanning out on my pillow, her naked chest rising and falling next to me after we’ve touched and tasted every inch of one another skin to skin in carnal sin.

  I swallow hard knowing I won’t think of Baby in this way again, until I’m dying, maybe not even then. A smile forms on my lips. I can hear her in my mind calling me a damned fucking liar. A bad one at that. Her cheeks would bloom matching the color of a pink rose, her favorite color.

  It’s been years, and still...I long to feel her, to touch her...God to be inside her.

  I inhale deeply trying to remember the way she smelled, and I wonder if she ever misses me in the way I miss her.

  Does she ever roll over at night and clutch her chest wishing I was next to her?

  Does she have any regrets like I do?

>   It would be so much easier had I not known the Goddamn truth—that she’s truly alive. It was so much damn easier to let Sunshine in, to allow myself to feel for her, but how do you go on once you know the truth?

  Do you continue living the lie?

  I don’t have much of a choice.

  I don’t deserve to remember her.

  To want her.

  To love her.

  To crave everything about her.

  Sunshine has done damn fucking good to close the gaping hole in my heart where my love for Baby used to be. Fuck, that’s a lie too. Baby is still buried deep within me; I’ll never be rid of her. I’d be a damn fool to pretend otherwise, but to everyone else I’ll hide that shit away. Tuck it away and pretend she isn’t a part of me, so much so when I close my eyes all I see is her honey whiskey eyes burning with such desire. God did her eyes burn for me.

  When I open my eyes, the son I never wanted is sitting across from me, wearing a murderous expression on his face. I don’t know if he realizes it, but he favors me with the way he’s got his hair cut and the style of his beard.

  Staring at him is like looking through a mirror and seeing the motherfucking past. He’s me inside and out. He can deny it all he wants, but I see it, and I’m sure Baby does too. I smile at her name as it hangs on the edge of my mind. Does she ever think of me when she fucks him?

  I’m so fucked in the head.

  “What do you want?” He snarls curling his top lip.

  “You look good son.”

  “Don’t.” He shakes his head with a dark laugh. “Don’t come here doing that shit. I’ve never been your son. Never will be.”

  “You sure about that? Christ! I think ye hate me because when you look at me—when you think about me—you see yourself, and that shit...that shit scares you. I couldn’t tame Baby and hold onto her. And ye wonder when the day will come when ye will fuck up again, and she will leave for good. You’re scared that one day she will find her way back to me. But you can rest easy boy, that’s the past, this is the now. You won. Gloat, bask in her pussy and treat her like a Goddamned queen.”