Rose Clairborne works the circuit town to town, never setting down roots, all to keep her mother in an upscale nursing home in England. That is, until she came to Markham to work at Rebel Circus, a gentleman’s club run by the Red Rebels MC. This town seems to be setting its roots in her for some reason. Trevor Tank Williams is the Vice President of the Red Rebels MC, and an amiable flirtation with Rose Clairborne is one of the better aspects of life. The club is getting in deep with the Sachetti crime family, drawing the ire of rival outlaw factions. When they set their sights on Markham, looking to even the score for a million dollar contract the Red Rebels snatched out of their grasp, no one with a club affiliation is safe. Forging a new relationship, while protecting his club and town is a lot to take on, even for a bear of a man like Tank. And at this stage of Rose’s life, is she still willing to continue living out of her car trunk, or is it time to finally pick an address that’s entirely hers?

Gertrude Dénise is rootless, divorced and floating. Trying to decide if she wants adventure or a stable safe home life, “Gertie” has resolved to try a little bit of everything. Perhaps she missed out on something marrying young. Or maybe she’s never known what she wants. David “Buck” Buckingham is the recently-appointed Sergeant At Arms for the Red Rebels Motorcycle Club. Steadfast, steady and dependable, made to fulfil every duty that patch on his kutte requires. As much as he can be counted on, he has a soft spot for a certain hazel-eyed redhead who proves to be much more unpredictable. Buck is another new experience. Gertie is an entertaining contradiction. Buck knows he could be a danger to her, but his lifestyle might not be the biggest threat to the woman who is starting to mean more and more to him.

The girl woke underground, surrounded by women she did not know, telling her of a living nightmare that had been raging overhead. But she remembers none of it. Now she has been brought into the fold of the Gypsy Harts, a fierce group of women dedicated to survival after nuclear disaster, finding a new home as well as herself.**

Protect and serve, but always alone. That was life for Sheriff Sharon Downey. Mark “Fritter” Horton never looked too hard for a meaningful connection beyond the brothers of the Red Rebels. The longer they are undiscovered, the more heightened their worry over being found out. And with more time spent together, the closer they become to being something permanent as ink.