Throttle's Fire

When bartender Addison Hill serves drinks to three Crimson Devils at The Anchor roadhouse, she thinks it's just another Friday night shift—until she witnesses the execution of nineteen-year-old Tommy Jenkins in the parking lot and becomes the only person who can identify cop killers. Six months of keeping dangerous men at arm's length is about to explode into warfare when she crosses paths with Savage Tide's Road Captain during his mission to eliminate threats against their territory.But the tactical genius offering protection isn't looking for a helpless civilian to hide—he's looking for a partner smart enough to turn witness testimony into weapons against enemies who torture innocents. And Addison isn't asking to be rescued—she's demanding the right to fight for the community she's served and the family that's claimed her as their own.Throttle doesn't believe in letting anyone threaten his woman. The former Coast Guard coordinator has perfected the art of eliminating superior numbers through tactical precision and brotherhood violence, but the fierce bartender with backbone and strategic intelligence presents a different kind of challenge. She's not running from the danger—she's determined to stand and fight beside the man who's made her safety his personal mission.She's got the local knowledge that makes his operations surgical. He's got the protective instincts to keep her alive while she proves herself. But Rex Stone has paramilitary resources and systematic plans for criminal empire expansion, and the price of Savage Tide's territorial defense might be everything they're building together.Some wars can only be won through superior coordination. Some claiming is worth any amount of violence. And some love stories can only be written in blood and brotherhood by a woman brave enough to earn her place and a man willing to make her protection his life's work.