Wounded Souls

Zachariah 'Doc' Keiffer was raised to go after his dreams.Successful career in the army-check.Beautiful girlfriend-check. Everything was going to plan-until it wasn't.Injured and medically discharged with a girlfriend unable to accept his injuries, Doc turned to the people and place he knew where he had a chance to be part of a brotherhood again.Finally, he once more had a purpose-with the Wounded Souls MC. Life was going well until she happened. His dream.Meagan Steel was born to be a princess. Growing up as the daughter of the Wounded Souls VP, she never doubted she was loved and adored. Her MC family was everything to her, she loved them beyond measure, but there was always something missing. Meagan wanted what her beloved parents had together, and she wanted it with the newly appointed president of the Wounded Souls Queenscliff chapter.Doc wanted her, that much Meagan knew. Transferring closer to the new compound, Meagan knew the risks she was taking. Doc had more troubles than just his new position, his life was complicated, to say the least. Not only that, she may not live long enough to get that first kiss she had been dreaming about, once her father finds out his firstborn is lusting after a biker.

RIVERMy life took an unexpected turn after an accident that left my hands damaged. Too damaged to continue my firefighting career. Lucky for me, a lifeline came in the form of a year prospecting for the Wounded Souls. My family was friends with the MC, so it took no time to say yes. Becoming a patch gave me more purpose. My injuries didn't matter anymore because I was useful again. Fast forward five years and I was one of five members of a new Souls chapter. Now the enforcer at a new compound, I was far enough away from the malicious gossip that stained my family and, Willow and I were free to be together. Away from the watchful eye of her biker dad, and far enough away that I could get away with living the best of both worlds. Willow was mine during the week, her arms around me at night and I still managed a safe distance between her and my family. Keeping everyone separated was the best option.How wrong I was.WILLOWGrowing up a MC princess wasn't as good as it sounded. Not if you called being wrapped in cotton wool and having a plethora of leather clad alpha's watching every move you made. So, when the opportunity to go help set up the new Souls chapter came my way, I jumped on it. I went to war with my dad and with some help from my mum, I found myself the new assistant to the Queenscliff chapter president. Life was finally mine to explore. River was finally mine to love. One problem though, River was hiding his true feelings from me. And, so much more. Why was he hiding me from his family? Why claim me and continue to find reasons to keep me away from the people most important to him? Add a disgruntled prospect to the mix and my life was suddenly a lot more complicated than cotton wool.If River couldn't see how much I loved him, what the fudge was I fighting for?

BATTLEI grew up knowing the man who fathered me walked away without waiting for the stick to turn pink. I even had to accept that I had a big brother I never knew, which was fine with me. My mum raised me the best way she knew, and it wasn't her fault life tossed crap at good people.Battling my way through a career in the Navy when the curveball hit-medical discharge. I ambled aimlessly into life in a 1% MC. For a few years, I enjoyed the lifestyle of booze and a different woman every night. Soon, I was rethinking decisions made when a call from my brother's former commanding officer changed my direction. Being a member of the Wounded Souls' new chapter gave me another direction and path in life. A path that led me straight to a blonde mini cyclone, full of sass and secrets.Thayer became everything. Every thought, every beat of my heart. If only I could get her to do as she was told. She was a hazard to herself and my sanity, but by God, she was going to be mine.THAYERMy place in my family was less than an afterthought. My parents hit the jackpot with their firstborn; I was just the unneeded spare child. Ignore me, and with any luck, I might go away. It took seventeen years, but I finally left the frigid confines of my family nightmare only to walk straight into another one. Had it not been for my best friend Oaklee insisting I stay with her I would have never laid eyes on the bossiest biker god ever created.Battle tested me every step of the way. He bossed me, barged into my life, and took care of me without asking me if I wanted him to do so. Ready-made sandwiches waiting for me in the fridge, with demanding texts barking out orders to eat. Vance 'Battle' Masters knew only one way to deal with me. Barge in and insist that I was His Reason for being born.Battle offered me everything I'd ever dreamed. Affection and love.Was it possible, my parents were wrong, and I wasn't the unlovable mistake they accused me of being? Could Battle love me when he finds out my shameful secret? Or will he be like everyone else in my life, leaving me wondering what was wrong with me?

KOJAKAt 10, my world was ripped out from beneath my feet. Nothing made sense anymore. Suddenly, I went from being a happy kid to just downright pissed off. I didn't need anything except my dad, sisters and the woman I considered my mother, Rainn. Despite the anger that boiled below the surface, I set out to achieve my goals-being accepted into the AFP and following my father's footsteps in wearing a Wounded Souls patch. Life was pretty good; I moved up the ranks to VP of the new Souls chapter and left behind the badge I'd worked so hard for previously.Then Nova happened, and life got a little complicated. And just like that … I wanted something so desperately, I was willing to put my heart and pride on the line.I wanted my wife to love me.NOVAMy life took a turn that sent my world careening in the wrong direction. After losing our parents in separate accidents, years apart. My sisters and I learned to lean on each other. Our father had checked out years before he was killed, so lost in his grief from losing his wife. Chevy, Shelby and I ploughed through life with only each other to depend on-well, we had James too. My father's former partner, James, offered us stability, support, and a way for me to keep my family together and thrive.With James's help, I achieved financial independence and a growing status in the small business world. Finally, life was getting back on track, then I went and did something so incredibly stupid.I thought it would be a good idea to go and fall in love with my husband.Now all I had to do was stay alive long enough to find out if he loved me too.Easier said than done when a dangerous, crazy loon put a target on my back.