There are millions of new motorcyclists hitting the blacktop every year. But being part of the American motorcycle culture takes more than just wanting to be cool. It takes a passion for the open road, freedom, and a lifestyle that even the best financing cant buy. This book, by someone who knows motorcycles as few do, provides a road map to biker culture for anyone new to the experience. Jay Barbieri explains everything a new rider needs to know to become a real biker. He begins with a brief history of motorcycles, and draws on his twenty-five years of riding experience for examples of what works and doesn't in this heady world. Most of all, he aims to spare new bikers the bad decisions neophytes typically make. With hundreds of motorcycle trips under his belt, there is not a mistake Barbieri hasn't made or a situation he hasn't encountered. By sharing the sometimes comical outcomes, he gives the new biker a head start to become more comfortable, credible, and knowledgeable about joining a community that is as much a part of American culture as baseball, hotdogs and apple pie.

What could one little drink hurt? That one thought pushes Sasha Green into meeting the local motorcycle club leader Kieran Hanson. Life as an office drone has been wearing Sasha down and that particular night she's looking for a little spark to reignite her life. That spark comes in the form of Kieran, a rugged and rough around the edges biker riding with the Wild Vipers MC. From the moment that Sasha walks into the bar, Kieran knows he wants to stir her up and see what happened. One crazy night together has Sasha doubting her choices in life and temptation is oh so easy to give into. Will Sasha keep to the straight and narrow, or will she choose to live free and party hard?

Bianca hated those Merrick boys. She wasn’t alone. They were nothing but trouble, but no one dared stand up to them. Look at one Merrick cross-eyed and before you knew it you were at war with the whole clan. She kept to herself and bit her tongue when they wrecked her diner on a regular schedule. It was a small price to pay to stay on Merricks’ good side. Braden Foster never was much good at keeping his opinions to himself. The leader of a nomadic band of bikers, Braden was accustomed to facing trouble head on, usually with fists. Occasionally with a crowbar. This policy didn’t win him many friends, but it rarely mattered. He never stuck in one place long enough to weather the consequences. That was before he came to the aid of a pretty lady restaurateur. He figured he’d at least earned a cup of coffee for his trouble, but when he stepped between the Merrick boys and Bianca’s diner, he lit a spark that threatened to burn the whole town to ashes. It was up to him to put it out. Bianca knew a gathering storm when she saw one. But which was more frightening: the storm between Braden and the Merricks, or the one brewing in her heart for a man arguably more dangerous than the Merricks themselves?

Kirra Roberts was desperate for peace. Running away from her abusive, alcoholic father, 20-year-old Kirra has finally found a home in a small biker town out west. After getting a job at a sleazy bar to keep herself fed, she’s ecstatic to start a new life, and is determined to keep herself, no matter what. Brennen Donnely has only ever known how to fight. Clawing his way to the top of one of the biggest, most-feared motorcycle clubs in the Midwest isn’t easy work, and Brennen had the scars to prove it. But staying on top isn’t easy either, and Brennen doesn’t have time for any distractions. Even one as sexy as the new bartender at Denny’s Bar. Suddenly, all the wrong decisions seem so right. Kirra can make lists and lists of reasons why she shouldn’t get involved with a big, scary biker like Brennen. Yet every time he gets close, all inhibitions fly right out the window. As they spend more time together, she begins to see another side to the dangerous man. And Brennen knows he’s walking on thin ice. Kirra could destroy everything he’s worked and fought for. But even the way she walks drives him crazy, and he just can’t stay away. Kirra thinks Brennen can bring her the peace she craves, but will he choose to fight for her?

They stopped looking for Shane Perry fifteen years ago. They did all they could do; filed reports, dragged the lake, and finally presumed him dead. The high school football field lit up with candlelight at his memorial, and mourners gathered to gaze at his glossy image: youthful and tall with a heart melting grin. Bikes and bikers are all Maggie Rice has ever known. She was riding before she could walk and switching out clutch plates by junior high. She was a quirky, fiery haired tomboy and it was her dream to ride with the 417s. Formerly her father’s crew, they all had a hand in raising her after his passing. Now that she ran her own garage, it seemed her chance had arrived at last. When the ghost of Shane Perry rides into town, he threatens to spoil it all. The day of her initiation into the 417s, Shane waltzed back into town as if he’d only been gone the weekend, and his first order of business was to crush her chance at happiness. No woman was going to ride in Shane Perry’s gang, not ever, and certainly not his closest childhood friend. Maggie doesn’t believe for one second his arrival is coincidental. Is it possible to hate and love a man at the same time? Where has Shane been all those years and why is he back? And when the hell did he get so damned gorgeous?

Only the baddest of the bad enter the Viking's Biker Bar and Helen Hall has just stepped up to the mike… Known as 'Hell' to her friends, Helen is the lead singer of the Harpies, a local rock outfit known for their aggressive shows and no bullshit attitude. With no one daring to book the out of control rockers, Hell takes a gig at the renowned biker bar, even against the misgivings of her fellow band members. But when she meets the devastatingly sexy owner of the bar, Lee Evans, she thinks her band mates may have been right. Smooth, quick and with an alarming ability to disarm the usually unflappable rock chick, Lee manages to make her feel things she swore she would never let anyone make her feel. The music was all she cared about, it was everything to her and she had no room for anything else in her heart, she told herself, not even for the smirking face behind the bar. At least, that's what she keeps telling herself.

Dreams either come true or come crashing down around you. Delilah Carson has been working her whole life to become the next big country singer and she won’t let anything get in her way. She only needs a starting point to launch her career. Micah Harris is the Vice President of the Blood Brothers Motorcycle Club and is a man who doesn't take no for an answer no matter who it is. When Delilah sets up a gig at the local bar the last thing she has on her mind is dating, but that is the first thing on Micah’s mind when he sees her. An unstoppable force is on a collision course with an immovable object and neither knows just how much their worlds are about to change.