8 Motorcycle Club Romance Books That'll Take You for a Wild Ride

These motorcycle club books are all gas, no breaks.

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Motorcycle gangs have long captured the public imagination, from tales of the Hell’s Angels and their exploits to the popular TV series Sons of Anarchy. It’s no surprise that the romance world has found such stories captivating. Think about it: uber-alpha males in leather with strong codes of honor and frequent turns to the dark side. Who doesn’t love that? Here are eight romance books with motorcycle clubs (MCs) at their heart. 

Motorcycle Man by Kristen Ashley

Motorcycle Man

By Kristen Ashley

Tyra Masters has had enough drama to last a lifetime. Now, she's back on track and looking forward to her new, quiet life, free from unnecessary drama. If only someone had told Kane "Tack" Allen. The biker is muscled, tattooed, and all trouble. A one-night stand with Tyra gives her the best sex of her life, but the magic is spoiled when she then discovers that Tack is her new boss. He doesn't employ people he's slept with, so Tyra gets fired. Yet when Tyra stands up to him and fights for her job, Tack is intrigued. He tells her she can keep her job on one condition: no more sex. Ever. Can they both keep to that promise, or are some rules made to be broken?

Motorcycle Man by Kristen Ashley
Hell's Knights by Bella Jewel

Hell's Knights

By Bella Jewel

Addison has had a hard life thanks to her negligent mother and absent father. After her mom dies, Addison inherits no money but a whole lot of family secrets and grudges. The only man who can take care of her is her dad, the President of a motorcycle club, but Addison doesn't quite realize just how much she will come to rely on that club just to stay alive. 

Cade, the club's vice president, is immediately smitten with Addison. He knows he should stay away from her. Not only is she the boss's kid but he's got his own issues to deal with. They're both broken people who could hurt one another, but maybe they can also figure out how to put each other back together.

Hell's Knights by Bella Jewel
Lock & Key by Cat Porter

Lock & Key

By Cat Porter

When her biker husband was murdered 16 years ago, Grace Quillen took off from her small hometown forever. Now, however, it's time for her to return to take care for her sister and little nephew. To blow off some steam one night, she indulges in a passionate night of pure pleasure with Lock, an attractive stranger she meets at a bar. But it turns out he's no stranger: He's an officer in her husband's bike club and a former close friend of her late love. 

They don't have much time to deal with this awkwardness before war breaks out in the MC. There's a traitor in their midst and now Grace and Lock are on opposite sides of the mayhem. With her nephew’s safety at risk and so many volatile secrets on the line, she must summon all her determination and grit to keep those she loves safe. Lock wants to do the right thing and protect Grace, whether she or his president wants him to or not.

Lock & Key by Cat Porter
twisted love, a brother's best friend romance

Under Locke

By Mariana Zapata

After moving to Austin following six months of unemployment back home, Iris "Ritz" Taylor knows she should be glad to have landed a job so quickly. Sure, the business is owned owned by a member of the same motorcycle club her estranged father used to belong to, but she can live with that. 

Unfortunately, working at the tattoo shop means working alongside Dex Locke. Ex-felon, widower, her brother's best friend, and now her boss, Dex is also a royal a-hole and playboy who grinds Iris's gears. They're polar opposites, destined to irritate one another, but Iris needs the job so she can't walk away any time soon. Soon, despite their differences, something starts to bubble between them. Dex tries to stay away from Ritz out of loyalty to her brother, but long can he manage that?

twisted love, a brother's best friend romance
Ravage Me by Ryan Michele

Ravage Me

By Ryan Michele

Harlow (a.k.a. Princess) has spent the last two years locked up behind bars for a crime she didn't commit. Revenge has consumed her thoughts for too long. She wants payback and has vowed to get vengeance on those who sent her to prison. Unfortunately, being the daughter to the Vice President of the Ravage Motorcycle Club cuts into her plans. 

Cruz, a former Marine and single father, found a new family among Ravage MC and doesn't want to risk losing them. He never planned for Princess, the headstrong prodigal daughter who ignites something fiery deep within him. The person who framed Princess is out for blood. He wants to destroy her and her entire family. Cruz can't let that happen. One wrong move from either of them means death in the Ravage MC family. Together they'll risk everything to save them all.

Ravage Me by Ryan Michele
Dragon's Lair by Chantal Fernando

Dragon's Lair

By Chantal Fernando

Faye has loved Dex since she was a little girl, but then, for some reason, she started dating his brother. Dex decided to heal his broken heart by running away and becoming the vice president of the most infamous motorcycle club in the state. He never expected to see Faye again, but after his dirtbag brother cheats on her, she decides to be a bad girl for the night and get her revenge with the brother she should have chosen in the first place. 

But their fling leads to unintended consequences. Faye gets pregnant, resulting in her parents throwing her out of their home. The good girl law student now has to figure out life with her ex's brother and the most notorious biker around. What (else) could go wrong?

Dragon's Lair by Chantal Fernando
Bare-Knuckle Love

Bare-Knuckle Love

By K.A. Merikan

Jason is back in his home town and trying to make money the only way he knows: fighting. He's a bare-knuckled menace who hates to lose, but he needs to take a dive if he wants to make money this time. The Rabid Mongrels Motorcycle Club bet against him, and they are set to make a killing. But then Jason spots his high school crush in the audience, and suddenly he can't bear to give up so easily. Not for Hyde. 

Alas, when he wins the fight, Hyde isn't pleased, because he's the president of the MC, and he wants his money. To survive, Jason will have to make a deal with the blond devil. No matter how manipulative and vicious Hyde can be, Jason can't stop thinking about him. Soon enough, the self-destructive lust he has for Hyde becomes a dangerous obsession that takes Jason to the most forgotten corners of his soul.

Bare-Knuckle Love
Nine Minutes by Beth Flynn

Nine Minutes

By Beth Flynn

On May 15, 1975, 15-year-old Ginny Lemon was abducted from a convenience store in Fort Lauderdale by a member of one of the most notorious and brutal motorcycle gangs in South Florida. They gave her a new name, a new identity, and a new life amid the chaos of motorcycle club gang life. It's a violent existence, one where survival is key and anyone could stab you in the back at a moment's notice. At the center of it all is the gang’s leader, Grizz. 

Grizz is terrifying, a leader you don't mess with, but when it comes to Ginny, he's remarkably tender. So begins a tale of emotional obsession and manipulation, the spiral of a young woman torn from her own life and thrown into one with a captor who she cannot help but cling to. Will she be rescued, or will the MC life take over entirely?

Nine Minutes by Beth Flynn

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