YOU MUST READ: THE BROKEN BEGINNING - PART ONE PRIOR TO THIS BOOK! The Broken Beginning - Part Two (Aces High MC - Charleston - Book 9) This was a reader requested story for the characters Merc and Tiger Lily. It is written in two parts (books 8 & 9 of the series). They can be read as a stand-alone duology, apart from the rest of the series. Tiger Lily and Merc's Story continues... Tiger Lily: I was never meant to have an easy life. That much had become clear to me over after dealing with the unrequited love I felt for my sons’ father over the years. Just when everything seemed to finally fall into place, and happiness was within reach, tragedy struck and brought misery, confusion, and pain with it. There was a moment, when even I questioned whether Merc and I were ever truly supposed to be together. Merc: We were making it work and I had fallen in love with my wife and the mother of my two sons. That was something I never thought would happen, until I stopped fighting the inevitable and started fighting for what was right. We were right. Then we suffered losses. I stumbled. When I was ready to fight again, she lost all faith. Ours was never an easy love and time never changed that. It also never changed what I felt for y Tiger Lily, even when she wasn’t so sure. I let her keep her secrets so that we might know a few years of peace. That was how I loved my wife right up until the end. WARNINGS: THERE IS CHEATING BY MAIN CHARACTERS IN THIS BOOK! If that is not your thing, DO NOT READ IT! ACES HIGH MC - CHARLESTON (complete series) 1 - The Other Princess (Ever and Deck) 2 - A Love So Hard (Lucy and Double-D) 3 - The Princess and the Prospect (Anna and Joker) 4 - The Killing Ride (Christina and J-Bird) 5 - A Twist of Fate (Gretchen and Kane) 6 - Everlasting (Ever, Deck, Lucy, and Double-D) 7 - A Year and a Day (Toby's novella) 8 - The Broken Beginning - Part One (Tiger Lily and Merc) 9 - The Broken Beginning - Part Two (Tiger Lily and Merc)

For the readers who asked, and then asked again, and again! You guys are gluttons for punishment, and this is the book you wanted, so you got it! Welcome to Merc and Tiger Lily’s story. It starts where all stories should, in the beginning. This is the very broken beginning that won’t feel much at all like a romance, because it isn’t. Their road is bumpy, the ride is rough, and your heart might get a little bruised along the way. I hope you’re ready. You asked for this! xo, Christine Michelle BOOK DESCRIPTION: Tiger Lily When I was a little girl, I always dreamed of my wedding. I dreamed of my husband, my children, my future. When I developed a crush on the gorgeous boy who was my neighbor, he became the man in those dreams. When he took my virginity, those dreams were at the forefront of my mind, turning just another hook up - for him - into something more in my heart. Unrequited love feels like hell when you realize it’s unrequited. It feels worse when you see those two pink lines on the stick telling you that your one fantasy night turned into so much more. It’s unbearable when your love is forced to marry you, but never honors the vows he took. My heartbreak lasted for years. Eventually, things changed but our path to get there was never easy. Merc She was the girl I always overlooked until one stupid night, and the worst decision of my life, cost me my freedom. She was the girl who trapped me with a kid I never wanted. Slowly, as time moved on and another kid was brought about by another dumb decision on my part, I began to realize what I had been overlooking all along. She was fiercely loyal in the face of my betrayals. She loved harder than any person I knew. She was always there for me, even when I never gave her the same courtesy in return. Then, she decided enough was enough and I learned to fight for what’s important instead of taking what was easy. WARNINGS: This is book 8 in the Aces High MC - Charleston Series, but it can be read as a standalone. THERE IS CHEATING BY MAIN CHARACTERS IN THIS BOOK! If that is not your thing, DO NOT READ THIS BOOK! While this story has been broken into two parts, if you want a happy for now ending, stop at part one! ACES HIGH MC - CHARLESTON 1 - The Other Princess 2 - A Love So Hard 3 - The Princess and the Prospect 4 - The Killing Ride 5 - A Twist of Fate 6 - Everlasting 7 - A Year and a Day 8 - The Broken Beginning - Part One

Aces High – Charleston Book 1 I was eight years old when I found out I had a father. It was the same day I held my dead mother in my arms while praying her life wasn't really over. I was dropped into the middle of a new family not long after that. My dad, his wife, and their two kids to be exact. My new brother was ten years old and my sister was five. It doesn't take a genius to figure out I wasn’t supposed to be there. My family ended up bigger than that though. My dad was a member of the Aces High Motorcycle Club. From the very beginning I was ostracized because of who my mother had been. The daughters of club members were generally known as MC Princesses. My little sister was one. My title was a bit different, and proved that my mom's sins would always be held against me. I was The Other Princess. My family, both by blood and MC ties, did wrong by me so I walked away from them. That was until he came home from the Army. He tried to fix everything. He tried to win an unattainable heart that had shut down years earlier. I would know since it was my heart he was after. He didn't realize it would take a miracle. Secretly, I hoped I could still believe in miracles. *Note: The Aces High Charleston Series should be read in order.

My name is Amber Reynolds. There are three things you should know about me: 1. I’m in a coma. 2. My husband doesn’t love me anymore. 3. Sometimes I lie. Amber wakes up in a hospital. She can’t move. She can’t speak. She can’t open her eyes. She can hear everyone around her, but they have no idea. Amber doesn’t remember what happened, but she has a suspicion her husband had something to do with it. Alternating between her paralyzed present, the week before her accident, and a series of childhood diaries from twenty years ago, this brilliant psychological thriller asks: Is something really a lie if you believe it's the truth?

Savage Vipers MC Book 1 Star He was just a crush. That was the party line everyone used after I saw him with other women, breaking my young heart. When he stood there and carelessly asked me to marry him, two weeks after seeing him screwing my best friend, I knew it was time to go. My place in my family’s club be damned. I ran. Then, after everything had changed, I was called home. Bagger They ruined me. She was a club princess with a crush. My club tried to force a union to keep her safely ensconced in our world. I screwed it all up because I wasn’t ready. Then I fell for her as I was forced to watch from the shadows. If only they had given me the security detail the first time, maybe I would have chosen her instead of feeling like she’d been forced on me. She’s back now, and I need to decide if I’m finally ready. *This is a full-length, standalone book in the Savage Vipers MC Series. While these books can be read independently, you will get the most enjoyment from them if read in the proper order!

MYRA I was born lucky. I was born into a family of bikers that were closer than most normal families. My parents’ best friends had a boy two years before I was born. He became my best friend, my lover, and what I thought was my soul mate. Then I found out I wasn’t lucky. My entire family had been in on his lies. They backed him. They broke me. Once I escaped that life, I found myself in the center of a different kind of motorcycle club. This one appeared to actually function as a family, but I knew all about how appearances could be deceiving so when a beautiful man with a slightly battered soul offered a hand out to me, I wasn’t sure where accepting it would take me. RABBIT I stumbled into her life, half naked on the outside and half dead on the inside. I made her regret being nice to me. Then, I realized she wasn’t like the woman who had left me broken, and I vowed to make everything up to her. Then, I set out to convince her that I was just what she needed. ACES HIGH MC - DAKOTAS SERIES: Book 1: Dancing with Danger Book 2: Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Book 3: The Restart and the Remedy

The Infinite Beat (T.I.E. Book #2) Chelle I was a stowaway, on tour with a rock band, because my brother and I both lost our paying gigs when his band Seduction and Sacrifice imploded. David had been their bass player; and I'd been their merch girl and all-around gofer. Instead of going on tour as part of the opening act David ended up getting a spot with the road crew. He pulled me along since we no longer had a means to afford our crappy L.A. apartment. I pretended to be one of the guys and blend in. It worked until he saw me, saw through my disguise, and then changed my world. Evan That was no dude dropping stuff by my kit. Too slight. Too sweet. Too beautiful for anyone to mistake her as anything but the feminine perfection she was yet the morons on the road crew had referred to her as a dude named MJ. One look from her stopped me cold. One smile of hers skipped my heart. One laugh brought it all back into focus. Then, one test changed everything. Forever. The Infinite Everything (T.I.E. Series) Book 1: The Infinite Something Book 2: The Infinite Beat Coming Soon: Book 3: The Infinite Truth Book 4: The Infinite Triangle Book 5: The Infinite Everything The Infinite Beat was updated in Sept. 2022 (new book cover, more story content). It was originally published in March 2019.