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Many of you have been asking for this list, and I am going to share it with the usual caveat that this is my PLAN and things sometimes go awry. You should EXPECT for some of these titles to be moved around a bit as life happens or my creative brain jumps in to finish up a different book earlier than expected.

I also want to note that the AHMC - Dakotas books were meant to go out in 2024, but due to life circumstances (I'm moving again in the next 30-days - this stop in between my last house and what's next was only meant to be temporary), so I had to shuffle some things around to accommodate the slight upheaval. That said, they were moved to early 2025 and there will be ARC opportunities for them now as a result.

Dates shown are month/day/year format or in some cases just month/year. If there is an asterisk before the title, the date is still VERY tentative and may change. If there is a preorder, it will say so and they will be linked. I only drop six preorders at a time just in case something unexpected happens and my preorders get canceled (happended when I was super sick before). As each preorder moves to live release, a new preorder will take its place.

2024, 2025, and 2026 (potential) RELEASES:

When the Last Petal Falls (Robeson Family Novel 2) by Christine Michelle (10-10-24) PREORDER AVAILABLE

Into the Grasslands (Mirage Island Mates 1) by Christine Michelle (10-22-24) PREORDER AVAILABLE

Resolving Rumors (Loved for the Holiday 3) by Anne Storm (12-02-24) PREORDER AVAILABLE

Trouble (AHMC - Sierra High 2) by Christine Michelle (12-17-24) PREORDER AVAILABLE

Star-Crossed Wolves (Mirage Island Mates 2) by Christine Michelle (01-02-25)

* Patch Me (Savage Vipers MC #5) by Anne Storm (01-23-25) END OF SERIES

Cherries and Cream (AHMC - Dakotas 4) by Christine Michelle (02-06-25)

Learning to Bend (AHMC - Dakotas 5) by Christine Michelle (02-27-25)

****The Wrong Fiancé (Robeson Family Novels 2.5) by Christine Michelle (Special Release in September 2025 - see note below)

A Different Husband (Robeson Family Novels 3) by Christine Michelle (03-06-25) END OF SERIES. PREORDER AVAILABLE

Property of Bigfoot (Kings of Anarchy MC: New Mexico 1) by Christine Michelle (03-26-25) PREORDER AVAILABLE

Promises We Make (AHMC - Dakotas 6) by Christine Michelle (04-10-25) END OF SERIES

*The Infinite Truth (TIE #3) by Christine Michelle (04-29-25)

Fall of the Hybrid (Mirage Island Mates 3) by Christine Michelle (05-08-25) END OF SERIES (maybe)

Echoes of Everything (AHMC - Tallahassee 2) by Christine Michelle (05-22-25)

The Faithless Husband (Cheating Hearts 3) by Anne Storm (June 2025)

Hollywood (AHMC - Sierra High 3) by Christine Michelle (June 2025)

Going Out With a Bang (Loved for the Holidays 4) by Anne Storm (07-01-25)

Court's Justice (AHMC - Tallahassee 3) by Christine Michelle (July 2025)

Evermore (AHMC - Cedar Falls 4) by Christine Michelle (August 2025)

Devoted (Valhalla Rising 2) by Christine Michelle (Aug. 2025)

The Infinite Everything (TIE 4) by Christine Michelle (Sept. 2025) END OF SERIES.

The Royal Affair (Cheating Hearts 4) by Anne Storm (Sept. 2025)

Midlife Crisis Maladies Like Love (standalone marriage/divorce) by Anne Storm (October 2025)

Kings of Anarchy MC: New Mexico Book 2 (can't reveal title yet) by Christine Michelle (11-14-25)

Saving Santa (Loved for the Holidays 5) by Anne Storm (12-02-25) END OF SERIES.

Kings of Anarchy MC: New Mexico Book 3 (can't reveal title yet) by Christine Michelle (1-23-26)

Spike's Break (AHMC - Sierra High 4) by Christine Michelle (Feb. 2026)

Tricky Ride (AHMC - Tallahassee 4) by Christine Michelle (Feb. 2026)

Kings of Anarchy MC: New Mexico Book 4 (can't reveal title yet) by Christine Michelle (03-27-26)

*Released (Valhalla Rising 3) by Christine Michelle (April 2026)

Snake's Bite (AHMC - Sierra High 5) by Christine Michelle (April 2026) END OF SERIES (maybe)

*Craved (Valhalla Rising 4) by Christine Michelle (May 2026)

The Desperate Wife (Cheating Hearts 5) by Anne Storm (May 2026)

Kings of Anarchy MC: New Mexico Book 5 (can't reveal title yet) by Christine Michelle (6-12-26)

*Vindicated (Valhalla Rising 5) by Christine Michelle (July 2026) END OF SERIES

Nothing Special (standalone marriage in trouble) by Anne Storm (July 2026)

Kings of Anarchy MC: New Mexico Book 6 (can't reveal title yet) by Christine Michelle (08-21-26)

Cage's Fury (AHMC - Tallahassee 5) by Christine Michelle (Sept. 2026)

Kings of Anarchy MC: New Mexico Book 7 (can't reveal title yet) by Christine Michelle (10-30-26)

Sunshine's Surprise (AHMC - Tallahassee 6) by Christine Michelle (November 2026) END OF SERIES (maybe)

Kings of Anarchy MC: New Mexico Book 8 (can't reveal title yet) by Christine Michelle (12-18-2026) END OF SERIES (maybe)

While this list is already long, there are some things not listed because they will be a surprise later on and have not been announced yet (paranormal projects). The books with an * in front of the titles are the most tentative and prone to be moved.

The only 100% will release on the date shown books are the ones with a preorder attached to them and the KOAMC: New Mexico books. You never know what life will throw at me, so I reiterate this is my TENTATIVE PLAN through the end 2026.

Some books have END OF SERIES and END OF SERIES (maybe) listed on what was the planned last book of that series. The "maybe" is because people have already asked for other characters to have a book in that series and I'm debating on adding them (or not). OR because I'm not sure if I will be done with the series as planned and might continue it beyond my original plans.

****The Wrong Fiancé by Christine Michelle is a novella from the Robeson Family Novels Series about Beckett, Courtney, and Flynn - how Beckett won Courtney first - and is a special edition that will be published first in a special reader group in February 2025 (before the release of A Different Husband - the final book in the Robeson Family Novels). That announcement will come at a later date. When A Different Husband releases publicly, it will include the novella The Wrong Fiancé with it (ebook) and will have its own paperback version (there won't be a hardback for the novella). The novella will also be available in the Robeson Family Ebook Box Set as part of the complete series.

FINAL NOTE: for people skeptical of me releasing this many books:

I know this is a lengthy release list. Many of these books have been in the works for YEARS. So, these books are not just being written last minute and shoved out the door. They are all (at least) partially written at this point in time. Some were put on hold because of computer crashes where I had to re-write a bunch of books based on early versions of manuscripts or outlines that I had on paper. Some have just been piddled with over time or they were partially completed and shuffled aside for something else that took priority. Others are newer projects that I only recently started and they're being written based on notes to meet my deadlines. While I am capable of writing a full first draft in about a week, only every fourth or fifth book is written that way (because I am compelled to keep writing from start to finish - hyper focus mode). The others are always written over time (I work on a lot of books at once when I'm not in hyper focus mode). Every single book mentioned in this post has been started at this point in time. PS - if you get this Blog Post in your email (as a newsletter), it is because at some point you signed up to receive notifications of new posts from my blog. If you no longer want to be signed up, reply back to the email you receive with "UNSUBSCRIBE BLOG POSTS" in the subject line!

There have been a lot of questions asked about specific books by both Christine Michelle and Anne Storm lately, so I want to address a few things.

Stolen Books

Legitimate Sources for Books

Informational Updates

Upcoming Releases

STOLEN BOOKS:

For the past couple years, I have been battling the pay-per-chapter apps who have stolen many of my books and illegally placed them on their apps and advertise them on social media. I DO NOT put my books on any pay-per-chapter apps. I am also listing the characters who tend to appear in ads and/or who are the main characters of the stories, so that you can recognize them if you see an ad.

Wait for Me by Anne Storm (Main characters: Star and Jared/Bagger)

Devastate Me by Anne Storm (Main characters: Nova and Breakneck)

Surprise Me by Anne Storm (Main characters: Kim, Tripp, and June)

His Bittersweet Regret by Christine Michelle (Main characters: Opal and Marsh)

Letters to Lily by Christine Michelle (Main characters: Kade and Sasha)

The Fortunate Ones by Christine Michelle (Main Characters: Cori, Aiden, and Dash)

The Forgotten Wife by Christine Michelle (Main characters: Mina and Tucker)

Bad at Love by Christine Michelle (Main characters: Posie and Max)

Winter Wolves by Christine Michelle (Main characters: Sabine and Mitchell)

Redemption Weather by Christine Michelle (Main characters: Poppy, Walker, and Smoke)

Smoke and the Flame by Christine Michelle (Main characters: Poppy and Smoke)

Proven by Christine Michelle (Main characters: Gray/Surfer and Gillian)

Dancing with Danger by Christine Michelle (Main characters: Charlie/Showgirl and Rage)

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot by Christine Michelle (Main characters: Tango, Liza, Whiskey, Fox, and Amy)

The Restart and the Remedy by Christine Michelle (Main Characters: Myra, Michael/Blaze, Rabbit)

Crushed by Christine Michelle (Mica, Crusher, and Court)

The Homewrecker's Fate by Anne Storm (Aviva and Rich)

The Other Princess by Christine Michelle (Ever and Declan/Deck)

A Love so Hard by Christine Michell (Lucy and Double-D/Charles Brothers)

The Killing Ride by Christine Michelle (J-Bird and Christina)

Everlasting by Christine Michelle (Lucy, Double-D/Charles, Ever, Deck)

I'm probably missing some.

If you see ads for these or other books that I wrote running on any social media platform, or if you find them on pay-per-chapter apps, please send me a link (to the ad and/or book in the app) and if possible tag me. Also, if you know the title, you can identify the book and author in the comments.

THESE ARE THE LEGITIMATE SOURCES FOR MY BOOKS.

These books can all be found on the Moonlit Dreams Publications website, Amazon, iBooks, Kobo/Kobo Plus, Barnes & Noble, Google Play/Books, Everand subscription service, Public library apps: Hoopla and Libby/Overdrive. Audiobooks are available on Moonlit Dreams Publications website, Audible, Amazon, iTunes/iBooks, and Kobo/Kobo Plus.

Again, my books are NEVER available on PPC apps legally. If you see them there, they have been stolen.

INFORMATIONAL UPDATES

I have a few people asking about specific books, so I wanted to address them here:

Evermore (Aces High MC - Cedar Falls #4) by Christine Michelle This book is still in the works. It was one of the manuscripts I lost a while back when my computers crashed. I am hopeful that I will have it fully rewritten and published some time in the early part of 2025.

His Bittersweet Regret  by Christine Michelle - Will it become part of a series?I have many requests to write a book for each of Marsh's brothers. As I've had so many, I do plan to turn what was meant to be a standalone book into a series and give each of the brothers their own books. However, this will not happen until late 2025 at the earliest as there are too many books on my agenda prior to that.

Promises We Make (Aces High MC - Dakotas #6) by Christine Michelle There are three books still coming for the AHMC - Dakotas Series, including this final book. This is Iceman's book and I get a lot of questios about whether he is getting his own book. Yes, it is written and waiting for me to finish up the two that come before it so that it can be published. I am hoping to have all three of these books released before the end of 2024.

These are the top three books I've been asked about, but if you have questions about any others, please feel free to ask in the comments below or you can send a message privately via the website's chat feature.

UPCOMING RELEASES:

The top three books in the following list are on preorder, but that doesn't mean that there won't be releases between the preorders as well. The reason some books go up on preorder and others don't is literally down to which ones are finished first. They don't go up on preorder unless at least a first draft is finished for the books.

Baby Me (Savage Vipers MC #4) by Anne Storm.Release Date: July 25, 2024 - Preorder Available

Walker (Aces High MC - Sierra High #1) by Christine Michelle.Release Date: Sept. 3, 2024 Preorder Available

Trouble (Aces High MC - Sierra High #2) by Christine Michelle.Release Date: Dec. 17, 2024 Preorder Available

Cherries and Cream (Aces High MC - Dakotas #4 - Spinner's book) by Christine MichelleRelease Date: Not Available Yet - 2024

Learning to Bend (Aces High MC - Dakotas #5 - Whiskey and Fox's book) by Christine MichelleRelease Date: Not Available Yet - 2024

Promises We Make (Aces High MC - Dakotas #6 - Iceman's book) by Christine Michelle. Release Date: Not Available Yet - 2024

When the Last Petal Falls (Robeson Family Novel #2 - Bea's book) by Christine Michelle.Release Date: Not Available Yet - 2024

There are others that I won't mention here yet beacuse they or may not make the list for publication in 2024 due to the time I took off during my move. Some of the other upcoming books not mentioned are in the following series: TIE, Valhalla Rising, Aces High MC - Tallahassee, Aces High MC - Cedar Falls, The Cheating Hearts Series, and the Savage Vipers MC Series.

Again, if you have comments or questions you can leave them on the post or as a private message for me via the chat option on the website.

If you have not Poppy's Musings #1: The STI Revenge, you can click here to read it first!

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Poppy's Musings images shown (with exception of AHMC logo created by Christine Michelle) were made/licensed in Canva Pro and copyright remains with each artist responsible for the various pieces used to create the whole.

Redemption Weather Book Cover:

Design: Christine Michelle (images licensed via Adobe Stock 2021 & Canstock 2018)

Walker Book Cover:

Design: Christine Michelle

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Model: Gus Smyrnios

Other Images: licensed via Canstock 2018 and Adobe Stock 2020-2024

Reader Suggestion that inspired this one: Give Walker all the babies to take care of (girlfriend's kids, adopted kids, family member leaves him a kid, club girl gets pregnant with his kid). You guys wanted to see Walker saddled with a bunch of kids, so here you go! Thank you to the following readers for your suggestions: Autumn, Melissa, Tina, Peggy, and Angela.

"I know you're happy with Smoke, but does it ever hurt you think about Walker moving on or..."

"Or having kids with someone else when he couldn't give them to me?" I asked Jewel. She and I didn't really have the greatest relationship when we first me, but as she started to settle down and find her footing as Phoenix's old lady instead of a club girl, she began to grow on me.

"Yeah. Sorry, I know that isn't a very sensitive question. The thing is, I'm not sure if I can have kids and I don't know how to deal with what Phoenix might think about that. What if he wants to run out and get someone else pregnant?" Jewel shivered at the thought. "I don't think there's anyway I could have a surrogate involved, which means no biological children for us."

"That's a tough thing to think about, honey. It is something you're going to have to discuss with him, preferably with a doctor in the mix to tell you both exactly what is going on, your chances, and your options for the future."

"Yeah, I figured. So, out of curiosity..."

"Honestly, I had these horrible nightmares when Walker and I first split up. I don't have them anymore, because I am happy with Smoke and we've started our own family. Still, they were awful, heartbreaking, and a huge part of the reason I decided to leave Georgia and come to West Virginia. I knew it would be too much to see him in the same small town as me, possibly being a father to someone else's kids when he couldn't give me my own. It would have been the worst kind of pain I could imagine back then. So this is how the nightmare that made my decision to move away went...

Poppy's Nightmare

I stood there in the grocery store parking lot with my heart in my throat as I came to terms with what I was seeing. There had been rumors that reached my ears. There were rumors that I didn't exactly pay heed to when I should have. If I had taken them seriously, I might not have felt like someone had stabbed me with about twenty different blades all at once.

Walker stood there, in front a minivan of all things, helping to load three small children and a baby into the damn thing. His motorcycle was nowhere in sight, which was weird. There was no way my exhusband was driving around in a minivan. Absolutely, no...

Walker slid the door closed, leaned down to kiss the barely-clothed, perky blonde woman by his side and then moved around the van to go get into the driver's side.

"What the fuck?" I asked out loud. There shouldn't have been a response as I'd been shopping alone, but then a woman's snotty tone came from somewhere behind me.

"That bastard is out with Georgette again. She's such a whore."

I spun around to see another of the club girls standing there. "What does it matter to you?"

"One of those kids he just put in Whore Barbie's minivan is mine."

"Why does Walker have one of your kids?"

"Because a DNA test confirmed that he's the daddy."

"What?" I yelped. That couldn't be right. My hand went to my heart as I clutched just above the damn thing to keep it from beating right out of my own chest. "That's not possible."

"Oh, it's possible all right. My four-year old girl is his."

"No. The doctors said he couldn't have kids."

"They must have lied to you then because all but one of those kids he just stuffed into that van are Walker's. The other one, the infant, was his sister's. When she overdosed, they brought the baby to Walker as her next of kin."

"Walker doesn't have a sister."

"Yeah, that's what he thought too. Turns out his dad was running around knocking women up outside of his marriage too. Like father, like son, right?" She laughed, but I didn't find a damn thing funny about any of it. "Anyway, he is now the proud Uncle-Daddy of his sister's baby, my daughter, Shanna's two-year-old son, and the twins with Tanya. The twins are newborns, and Tanya won't let him take them by himself yet. The other kid he stuffed in the van ain't his. That one belongs to Georgette - the blonde he has with him. I don't think he's Walker's kid though. Pretty sure he belongs to one of the other brothers who won't claim him."

"You're telling me that Walker fathered four children, is taking in his sister's infant child, and apparently a kid his current girlfriend has?"

"Yup. Wild isn't it?"

"You also just admitted to cheating and getting knocked up by a man who was my husband when you got pregnant with your kid," I screeched at her.

The woman held her hands up in her defence. "You know the deal. We don't ask questions at the club. If a brother wants to fuck, we fuck. We don't exactly get to say no just because he's married. He didn't treat you like his old lady, never brought you around the club, and you guys didn't wear one another's ink. If you had, maybe we could have refused on the grounds of not wanting to get our asses handed to us by his old lady, but you weren't his old lady."

"I was his old lady first and then his wife."

"Honey, I hate to tell you this, but no one at that clubhouse saw you as his old lady, at least not in the past five or six years. Maybe they did before I showed up, but not after." She shrugged her shoulders. "Anyway, be glad you got out of that situation when you did and that you never had kids with him. I can't even get him to pay me the $200 a month in child support he's supposed to cough up. That's why I left Shayna with him last week. He needs to know those kids aren't cheap."

"Wait, you left your daughter with my ex-husband because he won't pay child support and you thought it would teach him a lesson?" I asked, still stunned by everything I'd learned.

"Yep."

"When did you find out that Walker fathered your daughter?" My stomach knotted up as I wondered if he'd known all along and hid the fact that he was a father from me.

She shrugged. "I knew it was a possibility as soon as I found out I was pregnant. He kept saying he couldn't get you pregnant, and that it was impossible. After I had all the other assholes take a test, I finally grabbed some of his hair and took it in for testing against Shayna's DNA. He came back as 99.999% the daddy."

"When did you find out, and when did you tell him?"

The woman looked at me with pity in her eyes. "I found out when she was a little over a year old and I told Walker when she was two because I needed help financially."

"He knew, even when we were still married and supposedly trying for a baby, that he had fathered a child with you?" I asked, my voice dropping on the last word as disbelief settled deep into my bones.

"I really am sorry, honey. It's not right what he did to you. It's not right how he won't take responsibility financially for the kids he has. Then again, he's always so busy, he can't really get away to go on club runs because no one will watch the kids for him. I think that's why he hooked up with Georgette, so he can leave them all with her and go make some scratch. Too bad for Walker, Whore Barbie likes to snort his money away the minute he turns his head. No telling who is actually watching those kids when he's gone.

"Wow, I guess considering the situation you were in back then, that would have been one hell of a nightmare. Did it always just end like that?" Jewel asked when I pulled myself back out of the retelling.

I shook my head. "Sometimes, it ended with him and his club whore girlfriend going to jail for child negelct and endangerment. Sometimes, I would picture him with even more kids running him ragged and draining his bank account dry until he drank himself to death."

Jewel laughed.

"The one time I woke up after having dreamed that the children were all left with me after he adn his women were in a fire when the clubhouse burned down, I knew it was time to get the hell out of Sierra High before I went crazy."

"You poor thing. I know they were only dreams, but that is horrible to deal with."

I glanced around the clubhouse and noticed Smoke staring at me with a concerned look on his face. When I offered him a genuine smile, he went back to talking to Surfer while keeping Brantley occupied.

"It all worked out for the best for me," I managed to reassure myself and Jewel at the same time.

"I suppose it did," she agreed. "You know, I never slept with him when I was a club girl," I she insisted. "He had a girlfriend back then and he would never go there with me."

I turned to eye the woman and felt just as bad for her past as she probably did mine. Her own mother, knowing that her father was a club member, sent her to be a club whore for Aces High MC. Thankfully, she refused to hook up with the older men, but she worked at the club for quite a while before it was ever determined who fathered her.

"Do you think you can ever forgive him - your ex?"

"Going through it all sucked, but I'm glad it turned out the way it did. I'm happier now. I wouldn't trade those experiences for the world because it taught me to appreciate what I have and it set me up to be in the right place, at the right time to connect with the man I was meant to be with."

Jewel smiled at me. "That's how I look at it too. It sucked to know my own dad saw me do some pretty awful things when I was a club girl, but being here led me to Phoenix, and I'd never change that for anything. Still..." She hesitated on the last for a minute before continuing. "If you ever want to know what happened to Walker after you left, I could find out for you."

I shook my head. "Nope. Whatever happened to him isn't my business. I hope he finds happiness one day, and my vivid dreams of things that have happened to him are enough to keep me warm at night. Did I ever tell you the one about the sexually transmitted diseases?" I teased.

"Ew! I don't want to hear tht one again. You're a little bit warped, Poppy."

"Maybe so, but I'm a lot happy and that's all that really matters."

NOTE: These musings are not things that really happened to/with Walker. They're just fantasies conjured by Poppy in the aftermath of their relationship crumbling. Try not to hold them against Walker when his book comes out.

If you haven't read Redemption Weather, you can find it by clicking on the book cover below.

Walker (Aces High MC - Sierra High #1) by Christine Michelle will release this year: September 4, 2024. You can preorder it by clicking on the book cover below!

The next installment of Poppy's Musings will be available on June 12, 2024. It is titled: Unalived a Lot. See you then!

XO,

Christine Michelle

I love rockstar romances! It is one of my favorite sub-genres of Romance. So, when Dove Cavanaugh King asked if I wanted an early copy of her upcoming release, Songbird, I jumped at the chance. Honestly, I would have driven through midday Atlanta traffic, flown across the country, entered Canada illegally, and took my chances with the Mounties just to get to that book!

Thankfully, I just had to open an email and download it, instead.

Obviously, Dove cares about her readers' well-being! So, there I was in the middle of packing for an upcoming move, worrying over my own impending release (two days before Dove's) and I said - "What responsibilities?" and dove headfirst into a beautiful love story that was full of grit, turmoil, and a realness wrapped so tightly around the fiction that I became a part of that world while immersed in the pages.

Let's start with the tropes in this book.

First and foremost, because I know people will ask, the age gap was only seven years. So if huge age gaps bother you, this wasn't that. It was enough to be a no-go distance when Wren first contacts Hawk, but luckily, they don't actually meet until after she hits the age of majority.

The slow burn was delicious!

Secret baby - one of my favorite tropes - and this one was perfect because the female main character was not trying to hide it. Other factors kept Hawk from knowing.

The second chance romance felt like a continuation of what had already started because of how everything played out. It didn't feel like it's own new relationship, it felt akin to not speaking to a loved one for ages and then picking up the phone and picking up where you left off without all the awkward crap in the middle. There was drama in the mix, for sure, but the chemistry never dimmed for Hawk and Wren. You truly are left believing that if other factors hadn't kept them apart, they would have been happy together all along.

*Songbird releases on May 4, 2024! You can preorder your copy by clicking this link: RESERVE YOUR COPY !

I am going to try to review this without spoilers (since the book hasn't released yet)!

THINGS I LOVED:

ONE: The gritty realness of the characters was a chef's kiss.

Hawk is a musician who was thrown into the ugly underbelly of the business at a young age. He struggles with the vices readily available to him, a creeptastic label exec and his predatory daughter (the other woman issues from her will have OW drama lovers' tongues wagging). Hawk struggles with needing something real in his life - something or someone that isn't fake and after whatever he can do for/give to them. He is losing himself to the machine and, at some points, it shows in his music.

Wren is a teenager when we are first introduced to her, and she is burdened with helping her family survive and being an outcast because of the actions of her father. Wren is repeatedly let down by the people in her life and the one thing that gets her through is her passion for music and the unwillingness to compromise who she is simply to fit in. I absolutely adored Wren. The way she stuck to her convictions, her strength of character, and even watching as she struggled after a lifetime of being beaten down by everyone... It was an amazing journey to take as Wren grew into adulthood and heading up close to middle-age.

TWO: The lifetime coverage. The best stories, for me, are the ones that cover a lot of ground in the characters' lives. When I can watch a story play out over the span of 20-30 years or more, I never want to come out of it - even knowing that it has to end at some point.

THREE: The character growth - you see changes in the characters over time as they age, and their development feels real, genuine, and even has lapses into past behaviors that are true to real life struggles. I am not a fan of overnight/sudden changes of personality in characters because of X event that made them instantly reform. I like to be a part of the change, to feel it happen in the little moments along the way. Dove takes these characters there. Hawk's journey s ongoing until the end and you believe it because he does have lapses and he does question himself and try to figure out where he went wrong so it can be fixed. You get to see the real version of him versus the stage mask he wears for the industry.

FOUR: The Other woman drama - I think readers who love this in their books will absolutely adore where this book goes and how it is handled. For the record: THERE IS NO CHEATING BY MAIN CHARACTERS IN THIS BOOK! I won't go into detail about who, what, where, when, why, and how with the women this applies to, because I'm not doing spoilers, but the Karma dropped on those who deserve is brilliant!

FIVE: I left the book feeling at peace with the ending while simultaneously wanting to dive right back in for an instant re-read.

SIX: The steam - There was just the right mix of sexy times to steam things up on page while not feeling overdone and unnecessary.

THINGS I DID NOT LIKE:

I don't have a single complaint about this story. It ticked all my boxes for everything I want to read from the slow burn, to the intrigue, the drama, the growth, and the happy ever after.

My recommendation:

This is a must read, even if rockstar romance isn't your go-to subgenera of romance, I think the beautiful story, the character growth, and how they come into one another's lives again are all worth diving into this book and hanging out with Hawk, Wren, Cooper, and the rest of the gang for awhile. You won't regret it!FIVE BRILLIANTLY GLOWING STARS for Songbird by Dove Cavanaugh King.

Find her here on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dovecavanaugh.king

And when you're done with Songbird (or while you wait for May 4th), you need to check out Dove's other books as well. They are all fantastic reads!

(*note - I do not get a commission from the link posted above - it is a direct to Amazon link. I am doing this purely out of the kindness of my heart because Dove wrote an amazing book and I think EVERYONE needs to read it!)

I'm going to start out with a legal disclaimer here that I am using fake names for everyone involved (except me).

Important player fake names (I'm putting this here so I can remember what I called everyone as I write this):

Douchebag Ex - Dan

The other woman - Shelly

Previous OW - Daria

Next-cycle other woman - Beth

Back in late 2011, early 2012 (just after the holidays, I had a man message me on a dating app (Plenty of Freaks - I mean Fish - which was popular back then). He sounded mostly normal, was in the military (I'm prior service and grew up a military brat - so I'm comfortable around military people). So, I agreed to meet him at a local coffee shop for an introduction. That meet up spot was picked by each of us because it was convenient to where we lived. It turned out to be the midway point between us.

Anyway, the initial meeting went well, we had a lot to talk about, and ended up setting up a date. We started to date casually for a few months. I was a single mom of four kids (had been legally separated from my soon-to-be ex-husband for a little over a year). When I say separated, I mean I moved to a different state to get away from him and there was no hope in the world we would ever get back together (on my end at least). It took five years to get a divorce, so we're going to ignore the part where I was still married but legally separated, except to note that I was sole caretaker of my children and had them 99.9 percent of the time and during the 0.1 percent when their dad was around, I was there as well. I was also a newbie author then and working furiously on my third and fourth books to get them out into the world. I put my third book out the same month I started seeing Dan.

So, I was busy. I am also not a clingy person. It's important to note those things because it explains why extended periods of not seeing each other (days at a time, sometimes weeks) in the first few months was not out of the norm. Plus, he traveled a good bit on temporary duty assignments for his job.

There were, however, times when things didn't add up, seemed somewhat sketchy or whatever and I thought I caught him lying if not cheating. I started to investigate and stumbled on a website that used to exist where you could call your cheating spouses/significant others out for their behavior and possibly find the people they were cheating on you with. I found this site when I did a search of Dan's full name.

I saw where two years prior he had been involved with several women at one time. Dan had already laid the groundwork, in case I found that site, and had told me that he had a bitter ex that hadn't taken the breakup well. That specific bitter ex was Daria. Daria and Dan retained a weird friendship even though she was mad enough to make those posts, but more about that later.

So, about the time I found that post, we cooled off our dating anyway, and I didn't think anything of it. I went out with a couple other dudes, but ended up talking to Dan again because of an outing with mutual friends. There's no killing suspicions once they're stuck in your brain. So, we were seeing one another again for a while. He was always present (had something to prove), and I had no intentions of making a long-term relationship out of it, just having fun. He kept bringing up marriage and moving in together.

I mentioned earlier, that I am was a newbie author then. Well, my books took off for the first time and I started bringing in really good money. I ended up finding a house to rent on the other side of town (I had been staying with my family since my separation from my husband because my ex took all the money out of our joint account (including my last paycheck and I moved to another state to get away from him, so it took time to start from scratch. Anyway, I found a house that was affordable and in a cute, quiet little neighborhood and convenient to shopping and schools. Dan helped me move my things. I was on his side of town, literally one road away (not on purpose - just worked out that way since the other house for rent on my side of town had been about $300 more per month.

Dan helped me move in over there. He also gifted me new beds for the kids (that he apparently pilfered from the Air Force barracks (and yes they were informed). Little did I know, but he had also taken Shelly bedroom furniture down for her kids (I'll get to that in a bit). We lived in Sumter, S C at the time and Shelly lived in Augusta, GA. So, he was only seeing her when I had other plans and couldn't hook up with him.

So, eventually, I started getting weird texts where he would send me a picture of him in front of a clock at work. And I say weird because I had another friend who worked in the same area he did and one time when he sent his "proof of where I am" text that I didn't ask for - I knew he wasn't there because my other friend Bob was there. Bob was a neighbor where I lived before and we talked on and off. He knew that I was seeing Dan, though, so I think he made sure to let me know that Dan wasn't at work on purpose.

Well, Dan was supposed to go on a fishing trip with his teenaged son, and unfortunately for Dan, his son didn't stay in the house while he was away that weekend. We only lived one cross street away from one another, so I saw his son in a few places that weekend, put two-and-two together and went back to that website I mentioned earlier. I saw a post there from Shelly claiming she had been dating him since almost the same time I started dating him originally. So, I sat down and typed out our history in a response to her.

Apparently, she had given up on seeing on it because I never heard back. What I did do was plan, though. I started a deep dive, grabbed information, found other women he had been seeing (mostly one-night stands) during that time (some casual flings from other parts of the country where he went TDY for work). I collected names and had a chat with all of them. Some of them were TWATS about it even though they would have been "the other woman" considering how long we'd been seeing one another and how often. But a few of them thought I was to blame for why he didn't stick around. Not a single one of them could answer my question: "Why would you want him to or be mad that he didn't after finding this out?"

Anyway, while doing this, I found that he had a pattern of serial cheating behavior and it played out in cycles. He would pick two main women to string along and then have a slew of extras on the side and it would usually play out for about 6 months to a year before the women got wise to what he was up to. Then he would start fresh and repeat the same cycle all over again. Shelly and I were in cycle 3 (that I could track down, which explained why he had ready-made excuse photos saved on his phone).

So, I started recording all of our conversations, keeping all the gifts, letters, and emails, and screen recording all the snapchats. HAHAHA

He was deployed right around this time. He left his son with Shelly in Georgia (and the son knew about me). Shelly only had two kids. I had four at the house with me, so I guess he chose well in that respect. I kept recordings of all the video messages he sent to me and Shelly posted a pic of her and Dan that was taken just before he deployed (on Facebook). She tagged him in it after he took off, so there was a lapse in time before he could untag himself.

That was how I was able to get in contact with Shelly again, since she hadn't seen my response.

I contacted her and we both met up to talk in person. We did not let him know that we were wise to what was going on while he was deployed. But it gave us a chance to record evidence, so anything we said online about him couldn't come back and be construed as slander. ;)

So, we swapped videos messages that he sent to each of us, and they were IDENTICAL! Even when talking about the kids, he kept it so vague that it could have applied to either of our situations. When we received a Christmas package from him - we compared contents. SAME EXACT GIFTS. At least he was smart enough to know he couldn't keep up. Funny thing was, he had logged into email on my computer before he left, and I never logged him out (and he obviously forgot), so I was able to see that he also bought a necklace for someone - we did find out who that was). He was getting ready to start the cycle over because we had both been distant and he knew what was coming. So, We both had Christmas cards and letters and the video messages that all said he couldn't wait to get back to make combine our family... and all the shit he thought was working to string each of us along.

So, when he got back from deployment (his deployment was only a few months)... This dipshit learned really quick that Shelly and I had moved all his stuff that he left at her house and mine out (I won't say to wear)... His son knew when everything was blowing up because he overheard Shelly crying about it. The son left her house and went to stay with friends (so obviously word got back to Dan that we knew and the jig was up).

Then... he started doing drivebys on my house at all hours of the day and night. My cat, who was an outdoor boy I took care of (along with his sister) went missing. When I asked around, my neighbor told me my boyfriend with the loud truck grabbed him. We don't know if he harmed the cat or if he gave him away to one of his other women. He tried to give me a dog that he "found" while we were dating. I declined but helped clean the boy up. Shelly ended up taking the dog in. I often wondered if there was another woman out there missing a dog.

So, then phone calls, drivebys, emails, and ongoing harassment forced me to go have a conversation with his command. Shelly came up and we both went to the base and filed a report about his behavior. I was issued a no contact order (again, I had video of him doing the drivebys and all the messages saved.

So, Shelly and I became friends and bonded through this whole debacle. We hung out quite a bit and I think it helped to make things easier to move past because we had someone else there who knew exactly what we were going through.

Dan was infatuated with me because I was an author. I don't know why that tripped his trigger, but it did. So, after a couple more months, I moved back in with my parents for a bit because things were still very weird and I felt safer knowing there was someone else there (especially with a gun) when I couldn't be. in 2014, I moved to North Carolina (about 4 hours away). When I moved there, someone kept breaking into my backyard and trying to get into the storage area that was attached to the house. I was also getting weird emails. I got a message Facebook from two women in one day about three months after I moved. Both of them were part of Dan's new cycle. One just wanted to hear the history from me and she cried the whole time I told her about what Shelly and I went through. I also told her about Daria and the other batch of women before us went through (as I had also spoken to Daria - she and I were friends for a while after until I realized she still had a weird "friend" relationship with Dan). I cut Daria out because of what I learned next.

The second woman who contacted me in from the new cycle, Beth, lived close to Sumter in SC. So, she would go to see Dan at his place sometimes and other times he would come to her. One of the times she went to his place, he took her on a weird date. THIS was why she started searching about him and stumbled on that same website where everyone was now reporting more and more instances of being with him during time periods when he was supposedly in relationships. She found my info, and I was very open about who I was at the time and posted about the experience on social media too (especially because of the stalking issues - I wanted as many people to know about him and what he was doing as possible).

So, Beth tells me about the weird date, in which Dan proceeded to take her on a tour of places we used to go together. He told her all about me and showed her my old house (as in took her to it while telling her about me). She was so freaked out for my sake that she contacted me to let me know. I put her in contact with the second woman from their cycle who got in touch with me as well. Needless to say, those women left him quickly and didn't look back. Beth is a super happy, married woman, and a fantastic mother. She's doing well and I'm so glad she found happiness. And I am so thankful for her seeking me out. My yard was broken into again (while we were home) and I called the police. When they got there, I was able to give them my no-contact information, the history with Dan and the messages that Beth sent about his behavior.

I moved to the mountains after that. And the jerk tracked me down here. Not only did he do that, but he also moved less three hours away. He showed up in my reader group in 2019-2020 and had his new wife's Facebook account logged into my reader group as well. When I first moved away from SC in 2014, he would set up fake up Facebook accounts and try to pretend to be a reader or book world person. He would start up conversations, but the way he spoke was always a giveaway and then he'd end up saying something that definitely gave it away. I kept everything for a really long time (evidence). I still have some of it (just in case there is ever an issue again), but most of it I threw out.

So, that is the gist of what happened with the douchebag serial cheating ex. Obviously, I'm skimming the details here, but I was asked for the story after posting about how it inspired the friendship between the mistress and wife in The Homewrecker's Fate by Anne Storm.

Hello, everybody!

This is a quick introduction before we get started on a new, monthly short serial titled: Poppy's Musings. There will be four short stories from Poppy's point of view as she reflects on what her ex-husband Walker put her through and the karma she wishes him to face as a result. There will also be one special short that is Walker's memory of what happened during the opening chapters of Redemption Weather. One will be released each month on the following dates: April 17, May 15, June 12, July 17, and Walker's Memories will debut on August 14th, 2024.

First up, you need to be 18 or older to read this. If you're not a whole adult yet, go away! While these short stories fall under the realm of "romance" not "erotica", as their originating novels do, they're still meant for mature audiences.

If you have not read Redemption Weather yet, you should do so before going any further!

For those of you who have read Redemption Weather (Aces High MC - Cedar Falls #1) by Christine Michelle, you know that Poppy was the main female character. She was originally an ol' lady in the Aces High MC - Sierra High Chapter in Georgia. Then, her husband cheated on her and she moved to the Cedar Falls, West Virginia area to be near her only remaining family - her brother, Chief. He is also a member of the AHMC.

I never set out with the intent to write a story for Poppy's cheating ex-husband, Walker. I thought he might become a footnote or cautionary tale in one of the other MC member's stories eventually, but then everyone asked me to write a redemption story for him. It was more of a challenge to an author than interest in wanting to see Walker end up with a happily ever after. Still, I accepted the challenge! It took me a while to get to his story, as I had a lot of other projects underway, but now that Walker (Aces High MC - Sierra High #1) is available for preorder (set to publish on Sept. 3, 2024), it is time to revisit Poppy, Smoke, and Walker as we count down to the big day!

I am taking ideas that readers in my private Facebook group have suggested and turning them into bonus short stories that involve all the ways Poppy has fantasized about Walker coming face-to-face with karma for what he put her through.

The first one up was from Leslie Staffey, who wanted to see him end up with some nasty sexually transmitted diseases!

Poppy's Musings #1

The STI Revenge

by Christine Michelle

For those of you who need trigger warnings: descriptions of sex acts, gross infections, health issues, revenge fantasies, strong language, substance use/abuse, and probably more.

Portions of the text are written in first person from Poppy's POV. Her fantasies are written in third person, as if Poppy is the narrator in her revenge fantasy.

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I took a sip of the fruity concoction, marveling over being able to drink alcohol for the first time in far too long. "Is it just me or is does this Daiquiri have a little extra kick?"

The women surrounding me giggled as I took another long gulp.

"You might want to slow down there, Poppy. I put an extra shot of 151 Rum in them."

"Damn, Leanne, are you trying to kill the poor girl?"

"No, but seriously, after the past couple years, I thought she needed to be able to cut loose and really enjoy our girls' night."

My beautiful friends were right. I needed this, even if I couldn't tell which Leanne was the real one, since I was seeing doubles already.

"Do you ever think about your ex and what's happened to him?" Gillie asked. Even though there were two of her, I didn't miss the way Leanne turned away to hide from that question. She knew better than anyone what had become of my ex. Her man was Ghost, the National President of the Aces High Motorcycle Club. I heard rumors that he had been kicked out of the club, but in the same breath, I'd heard that he was still there and up to no good as usual. Leanne would never confirm anything, but that was mostly because I wouldn't put her in the position to have to answer me and choose between the confidence Ghost placed in her or our friendship.

"I don't know anything for sure, and I think that's for the best. He's in my past."

"Still, you spent what? A decade with the man?"

"Ten years together, eight of those married, yeah."

"That's a lot to just not care what happened to him. I know what he did was shitty, but don't you ever worry about the man you once fell in love with, even if you don't care about the cheater he became?" Gillie persisted.

I understood where she was coming from. Her oldest child, her son, was the product of her first relationship with a man. She had been in love with him once upon a time, too. Then everything had gone to shit and he'd been responsible for kidnapping their son and a whole slew of other heinous events that played out before she found her happily ever after with another member of the club, Surfer.

"Well, I sometimes have these fantasies," I admitted to immediate shocked gasps and disapproval. I rolled my eyes at the women. "If you think I'd fantasize about anything sexual with Walker's dirty dick, when I have my amazing man to go home to, you've lost the plot, ladies."

At that, some of their shoulders came back down and a few of them released a sigh of relief or a nervous giggle. "I have Karma fantasies," I explained,

"Ohh! I want in on those!" Leanne chimed in. "I've had a few myself, but considering my situation, they're always accompanied by guilt. I don't have to feel guilty for wishing bad things on Walker, though. Share with us!"

"Yeah, my ex is dead now, so there's no use in having Karma fantasies anymore. I want in, too." Gillie clapped and managed to miss her own hands more than she hit them. Obviously, I wasn't the only one with alcohol-induced vision problems.

"Okay, there's the one where he gets all the sexually transmitted diseases his dirty dick can collect..."

I had to wait for everyone to stop laughing and offering commentary before I could dive in and tell my story as if it was happening in real time. Once everyone quieted, I closed my eyes and pulled up the number one fantasy I used whenever there was a moment that I forgot to be angry with Walker for what he did to us. I was better off now with Smoke, for sure, but that didn't mean I couldn't still harbor resentment for my original life's plan going to shit because my ex-husband couldn't keep his dick in his pants.

"Jenn, what are you doing?" Walker looked at the woman as if she'd lost her mind. It wasn't the first time she had blatantly come on to him and it most likely wouldn't be the last.

"You look sad." Jenn glanced up at him through her long, fake lashes that were caked with a smidge too much mascara to appear attractive. Instead, they reminded Walker a bit too much of spindly spider legs which caused an involuntary shiver. "Have you been fighting with Poppy again?"

Walker huffed out a sigh that offered more truth to Jenn than he seemed willing to verbalize. "What's it to you?"

"I hate seeing you so down. I just want to help, and you deserve to have someone who sees you as more than a breeding stud."

Anger flared hot and deep in the pit of Walker's stomach at that. He wondered how in the hell Jenn knew anything at all. Then again, he was certain that everyone was talking about how Poppy still wasn't pregnant yet, despite them having tried for years to make it happen. Walker picked up his beer and downed the entire bottle in one go.

"What the fuck do you know about my personal life, Jenn?" He asked after tossing the bottle into the nearby can.

"I know that you choose wrong back in the day. It should have been us together and I'm woman enough to prove that to you now. You don't need to be miserable with Poppy anymore. Let me show you how good it can be."

Walker's eyes roamed around the room, taking in the debauchery the single men of the club got up to with the women who hung around to be used in any capacity they saw fit. For a brief second, guilt formed a knot in the pit of his stomach, but then he refocused his attention on Jenn. Spider eyes aside, she had gone above and beyond in dolling herself up. What she lacked years ago, when she attempted to steal him from Poppy the first time, she had made up for with age and, from the looks of it, some plastic surgery. Her tits were far larger than they'd been a decade ago. Her ass was larger, too, but that seemed indicative of eating well and aging rather than surgery.

Jenn wasn't bad to look at. She was no Poppy, but she would do to take his mind off his troubles. "You have to keep your mouth shut."

"Of course." The grin was a bit too much for Walker. He almost turned away and went to find one of the club girls. It was the better option. If Poppy ever found out he stepped out on her, there would be hell to pay, but if she ever found out it was with Jenn, his wife might simply start digging two graves.

"Let's go to my room," Walker announced. He didn't touch Jenn as he passed by her, though she reached for his hand. He shook it off and turned back to her in a flash. "Not here!" The words were a warning growled out in a whisper. She got the point and let him walk a few paces away before she followed behind him. No one stopped him on his way to the back hallway. No one stopped Jenn either. Just before Walker disappeared down the hallway, he glanced back to the bar and noticed his best friend there at the bar shaking his head. Their eyes locked and Walker could have sworn he could hear Snake ask what the hell he was doing.

Walker broke the stare and disappeared down the hallway while fighting that knot that grew larger in his stomach with every step. He shouldn't be headed to a bedroom with Jenn. He shouldn't be headed there with anyone else, but least of all Jenn.

"Hey, baby. Wait for me," Jenn giggled as she caught up to Walker just outside of the last room on the right. "I'm about to rock your world and there's no way I'll let you start without me."

Walker didn't say a word as he unlocked and opened the door. He allowed Jenn to enter before him because he didn't want to see the room. It held memories of being with women who were not his wife and he wasn't drunk enough to block out everything he'd done.

He shouldn't have been drunk enough to bring Jenn back, but he had reached his limit with his wife when she demanded they talk about spending all their savings on IVF treatments or adopting someone else's kids.

"Fuck that," Walker muttered.

"What was that?" Jenn asked as she turned and kneeled in front of Walker as he closed the door.

"Nothing. How about you get busy rocking my world? If you can get me hard enough, I'll fuck you into a damn coma."

Jenn ripped at his belt and then tore at the button and zipper on his jeans. It didn't take her long at all to have his floppy cock out of his pants. She frowned in obvious disappointment. "You don't even have a semi?" She questioned. "I thought this was a long time coming between us."

"You thought wrong. Now either suck my cock or get the fuck out. I didn't bring you back here for conversation."

"Wow. You don't have to be a dick about it," Jenn hissed. When Walker stepped to the side and started to pull his pants back up his thighs, Jenn stopped him. "Now, don't be so hasty. I've always wanted to know what it was like to be fucked into a coma, so we're going to give this a try."

Walker snickered at her and then grabbed hold of her blonde locks and pulled her face to his crotch.

Jenn should have demanded the light be turned on. Then, she might have seen what awaited her. She might have avoided a messy situation. Then again, she had knowingly propositioned a married man, so she deserved everything she was about to get.

Walker slipped his other hand down between Jenn's face and scratched at his pubes.

"Jesus, Walker. My face is right here." The woman protested before Walker used that same hand to grab his still flaccid dick and shove it in Jenn's mouth.

"Suck it good, baby." Walker called to her as he used her hair to push and pull her on and off his cock. As it grew, Jenn had more and more of a reaction to him pumping her head up and down his cock. The gurgling noises soon turned to full-on gagging, but Walker knew enough to stop just before things got messy. "That's good enough. Get on the bed, ass in the air."

Jenn obliged. When Walker moved behind her and rubbed the head of his unprotected cock up and down her slit, Jenn whined. "Aren't you going to return the favor and lick me?" She asked.

If only Walker had been in a giving mood. He might have realized there was something not quite right with what Jenn had going on her own nether regions. Instead, he smacked her ass and slammed his cock into her as hard as he could. Walker damn near fucked the woman into a coma, just as he promised, but he fell short by a couple strokes and Jenn didn't reach completion before he did. Walker pulled out and jacked his dick until he spotted all over Jenn's ass.

Coming seems to bring him back to reality as he tripped backward over the shoes that had fallen off Jenn's feet as he had roughly fucked her moments ago.

"Wait, what are you doing?" Jenn screeched. "I didn't finish."

"What the fuck did I just do?" Walker asked himself. Jenn flopped around and reached over to turn on the bedside lamp.

"What the fuck is going on there?" Walker asked as he pointed down at Jenn's ravaged pussy.

"What do you mean? The part where you just gave me a fucking of a lifetime and then left me hanging right at the end or the mess you left behind on my ass?"

Walker pointed between Jenn's legs and then glanced down at his still-wet dick. His nose scrunched up in displeasure as he brought his hand up to his nose and sniffed. It was Walker's turn to gag. "What the fuck?" He yelled at the blonde who looked absolutely horrified by his sniff test.

"You have a rotten fucking pussy, bitch!" Walker yelled.

"Fuck you, Walker! Maybe's it's your dick that's rotten?" She reached down and absently scratched at her pubic mound.

"Bitch, you have snot coming out your pussy. I know it ain't my cum because that all landed on your ass and my shit doesn't look green."

"Green?" Jenn shrieked as she jumped up and moved to the mirror hanging on the closet door. She threw a leg up on the wall and spread her freshly used, puffy lips apart to have a look just as Walker threw on the brighter overhead light. Jenn started to hyperventilate as she noticed what Walker had just moments ago. He was right. Something was very wrong with Jenn. She reached down and wiped some of the discharge up and then looked up at Walker with wide, -filled eyes. "What did you do to me?"

"I didn't do anything. Clearly, you had something brewing in that pussy of yours before you got to me. Shit don't work that fast for it to have come from me." While Walker was talking to her, he absent-mindedly reached down and scratched at his crotch again. It had been itching like crazy all week. It started the weekend before when he had come to the clubhouse to get some relief that was for the pure joy of sex and not his wife demanding a baby from his body that couldn't give her one.

"You're the one scratching your nuts like they personally offended you!" Jenn finally snapped at him. He glanced down and noticed little red dots on his fingertips.

"What the fuck?" Walker asked no one in particular.

Jenn started to scratch at her mound again. "Oh my God! Did you give me crabs?"

"Well, it's better than whatever nasty puss-filled shit came crawling out of your twat. What the fuck, Jenn? You didn't notice your snatch was nasty before now?"

"Fuck you!" Jenn yelled again. "I'm sending you my doctor bill."

"Bitch, I'm sending you to an early grave if you don't get out of my sight."

Jenn reached down and pulled her shoes back on. It only just dawned on her that Walker hadn't even taken the time to get her clothes off. He had simply ripped her panties, left her skirt in place, and fucked her without any foreplay.

"No wonder your wife doesn't want you anymore. You dirty -dick bastard." Jenn threw out the insult as she ran to the door.

"Your pussy is dipping smelly green slime, bitch. It doesn't seem like I'm the dirty one here."

Jenn growled in frustration before launching herself out the door. Walker plopped onto the end of the bed and put his head in hands for all of half a second before the smell made him gag again. He then headed toward the bathroom and jumped into the shower only to come out to the bed still stinking of what had just gone down between him and Jenn.

"Ew! Poppy, that's nasty!" Gillian gagged a little as she said that.

"It might not be a revenge fantasy. I can see that happening," Leanne stated as she nodded her head and laughed at me.

I shrugged my shoulders and ended up listing a bit too far to the left before my brother's woman caught me and pushed me back up straight. "It probably happened at some point. I doubt he was very careful, since he didn't have to worry about knocking anyone up."

"I hope you got yourself checked the minute you found out," Gillian said just before hiccuping.

"I did. I think that's where the revenge fantasy came from because I had to wait for a few days before I could get in to see the doctor and have myself tested. We were trying for a baby, so obviously we weren't using protection. It made me ill for a really long time thinking about all the crap he could have brought home to me."

"You poor thing," Leanne chimed in. "Is that all of the fantasy?"

"That's the main gist of it. Sometimes, I have longer versions of it that accompany my nightmares from that time. I don't think about it often anymore, but after we first split, I would imagine him dying from Syphilis while he also had Herpes, crabs, and Gonorrhea to contend with."

The women all laughed as each took a sip of their drinks. "He deserves no less," Leanne said as everyone else grew quiet. "I remember how worried Chief was about you when word got to us about what had been going down." She grinned at me then. "I thought for sure that Snake was going to demand a transfer and fight to make you his old lady."

"Oh, there was no way that would have happened. Snake was a good friend to me, sort of. There's no changing the fact that he knew Walker was stepping out on me and fucking other women, though. He knew and didn't tell me immediately."

"Stupid brotherhood," Gillian muttered.

"Yeah, for all the good the club does, there's the brother hood. The code." I rolled my eyes as I thought about that. "We don't matter."

"Not true. At least, not here. I know for a fact that Smoke would put you before his brothers if it came down to it," Leanne said with so much conviction, I didn't dare disagreed with her. "I think Ghost might be the same with me. He learned a really big lesson with what happened to his daughter after his wife passed away. I think it put a lot of things into perspective for him."

"Yeah, I supposed there are some that would put their women and children first, but Snake chose the brotherhood. I understand I wasn't his woman, but if he ever thought about making me his, then he should have proven he was worthy of me." I shrugged my shoulders again. "Smoke did that. We had our bumps in the road, but it was nothing compared to what I went through with Walker."

"At least that asshole is in your past," Gillian mumbled into her drink.

"Yep, and if there's a vengeful god out there, he has an incredibly itchy crotch too." We all giggled at that and then the door burst open and my beautiful man walked in with a wide grin on his face aimed right at me.

"Come on Poppy, time to go home before you end up hating your friends tomorrow when the hangover kicks in."

"Take me! I'm yours!" My words were probably slurred all to hell, but it didn't matter. Smoke bent down and picked me up in a bridal carry and walked us right outside to my car. "What about your bike?"

"Can't have you on the back all sloppy like this, Pops. I'll get someone to bring me by to pick it up tomorrow. Gettin you home safe is more important."

"That's why I love you so much. You take care of me."

"Always."

There are a few things people need to know today (April 9, 2024), so we're adding them to the blog! 1) Gift Cards are now available to purchase on the website! They can be redeemed for any ebooks or signed paperbacks (when they're available) on the Moonlit Dreams Publications website. Gift cards are available in $5, $10, $25, $50, and $100 denominations (USD).

2) For those of you who purchased The Homewrecker's Fate on April 8th and before noon EDT on April 9th, and paid full price for the book - you were sent a coupon code for 50% off your next ebook purchase on the website, as we forgot to toggle on the 25% sale for new releases (the first two weeks of release, the ebook is supposed to be available on this website for 25% off). The coupon code you received is stackable with other discounts. So, if you wait for the next release (which will be 25% off and use your 50% coupon code, you will receive that ebook for 75% off retail price!). 3) The Homewrecker's Fate by Anne Storm is now available to purchase!

You can get the ebook on this website for a discounted price of $2.99 by clicking HERE!You can get it from your favorite retailer for $3.99 (normal retail price) by clicking HERE!

You can check it out using your Kobo Plus subscription by clicking HERE!

The paperback version can be found by clicking the links below for Amazon in your country:Amazon - US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D11G7NYW

Amazon - UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0D11G7NYW

Amazon - CA: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0D11G7NYW

Amazon - AU: https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0D11G7NYW

Amazon - DE: https://www.amazon.de/dp/B0D11G7NYW

A frequent question asked about Christine Michelle and Anne Storm books is which ones have cheating, other woman drama, and which ones are safe for sensitive readers?We'll start with the easiest answer first: If you are a sensitive reader who has issues with violence, strong language, sexual situations, death, other woman drama, cheating, or any other topic that might tend more toward the dark/angsty side of the romance book world, then none of my books will be for you! If cheating in books is your big trigger, then follow along to see which books to avoid and which might still be okay (depending on how bad your sensitivity).,BOOKS WITH CHEATING, BETRAYAL, and/or LOVE TRIANGLES:AT LEAST ONE OF THE MAIN CHARACTERS CHEATED (original couple reconciles)The Broken Beginning - Part 1 by Christine Michelle

The Broken Beginning - Part 2 by Christine Michelle Devastate Me by Anne Storm

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ONE OF THE MAIN CHARACTERS CHEATED BUT THEY REALLY WEREN'T A COUPLE WHEN IT HAPPENED (GRAY AREA CHEATING - arranged marriage (or broken up) where couple aren't really a "romantic couple" just a couple on paper when the "cheating" happens - original couple reconciles)The Princess and the Prospect by Christine MichelleThe Forgotten Wife by Christine MichelleGhosted by Texas by Anne Storm

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BOTH OF THE MAIN CHARACTERS ARE CHEATED ON BY SOMEONE ELSE FIRST & MOVE ON TO NEW LOVE INTEREST (HEA WITH ONE ANOTHER) The Restart and the Remedy by Christine Michelle Proven by Christine Michelle The Infinite Something by Christine Michelle

Cupid Broke my Heart by Anne Storm

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ONE OF THE MAIN CHARACTERS IS CHEATED ON AND MOVES ON TO NEW LOVE INTEREST (NO CHEATING BY MAIN CHARACTERS): Redemption Weather by Christine Michelle The Homewrecker's Fate by Anne Storm (publishing on April 9, 2024)

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ONE OF THE MAIN CHARACTERS IS THE CHEATER AND GETS THEIR HEA WITH THE AFFAIR PARTNER: Surprise Me by Anne Storm

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AT LEAST ONE OF THE MAIN CHARACTERS IS BETRAYED & IT COSTS TIME WITH THE MAIN LOVE INTEREST (NO CHEATING):

Letters to Lily by Christine Michelle His Bittersweet Regret by Christine Michelle Winter Wolves by Christine Michelle

The Killing Ride by Christine Michelle

The Other Princess by Christine Michelle The Restart and the Remedy by Christine Michelle

Keys by Christine Michelle

Dancing with Danger by Christine Michelle

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LOVE TRIANGLE (NO CHEATING)Shadows of the Ancients and Falling into the White (The Ancients Series books 1 and 2) by Christine MichelleGhosted by Texas by Anne StormThe Awakening Trilogy by Christine Michelle

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PERCEIVED CHEATING (It looks like someone cheated, but they didn't - NO CHEATING):A Love so Hard by Christine MichelleAngel Girl by Christine Michelle

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BOOKS WITH OTHER WOMAN DRAMA AND NO CHEATING BY MAIN CHARACTERS:

The Infinite Something by Christine Michelle

Dancing with Danger by Christine Michelle

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot by Christine Michelle

The Restart and the Remedy by Christine Michelle

Angel Girl by Christine Michelle

JoJo by Christine Michelle

Keys by Christine Michelle

Redemption Weather by Christine Michelle

Proven by Christine Michelle

Crushed by Christine Michelle

Cupid Broke my Heart by Anne Storm

Ghosted by Texas by Anne Storm (gray area for high sensitivity people with cheating)

Winter Wolves by Christine Michelle

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BOOKS WITH OTHER MAN DRAMA AND NO CHEATING BY MAIN CHARACTERS:

The Ancients Series by Christine Michelle (4 books)

Redemption Weather by Christine Michelle

Proven by Christine Michelle

Cupid Broke my Heart by Anne Storm

The Infinite Something by Christine Michelle

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THE HOMEWRECKER'S FATE BY ANNE STORM

The Homewrecker's Fate is getting some good news, bad news, good news today!

Good News: It's coming soon!

Bad News: It won't release on March 26th.

Good News: I have a preorder up for April 9, 2024 and y'all know I hate preorders!More Good News: As with Winter Wolves, The Homewrecker's Fate ebook will be discounted 25% if you purchase it from my website during the first two weeks of release!

Why the delay?

There are several reasons and they're all my fault.

It's been awhile since I published (over a year) and I forgot how much energy it took during release week to get a book out, promote, and clean my house after a last minute full-tilt deadline run! So, I wasn't quite ready to do this back-to-back for two books in ONE WEEK, even if I thought I'd be able to in my head. (Kind of like that "your eyes were bigger than your stomach" mentality only with publishing overconfidence.) I need to run this book through two editors instead of one, which required a little more time than originally planned as well. I have a book signing coming up that I have to travel for, and that's taking up a bit of my time to get things ready as well. Honestly, I suck at planning. I am very much a do it at the last minute person (thank you ADHD)! So, without an assistant who is local with me to help out, things go a little sideways when I finally notice how little time I have left to do all the things!

Again, it just boils down to me planning a little more advantageously than I had time for. It is coming. A date and preorder have been set up. Some of the links (iBooks, B&N, Smashwords, etc.) are still in process. As soon as they pull through, I will come back and edit to add them to this blog post. For now, I do have Amazon preorder links for you!

AMAZON PREORDER LINKS FOR THE HOMEWRECKER'S FATE BY ANNE STORM:

Amazon - US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CYWD7MR3

Amazon - UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CYWD7MR3

Amazon - CA: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0CYWD7MR3

Amazon - AU: https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0CYWD7MR3

Amazon - DE: https://www.amazon.de/dp/B0CYWD7MR3

Amazon - ES: https://www.amazon.es/dp/B0CYWD7MR3

Amazon - FR: https://www.amazon.fr/dp/B0CYWD7MR3

Amazon - IT: https://www.amazon.it/dp/B0CYWD7MR3

Amazon - NL: https://www.amazon.nl/dp/B0CYWD7MR3

Amazon - JP: https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B0CYWD7MR3

Amazon - BR: https://www.amazon.com.br/dp/B0CYWD7MR3

Amazon - IN: https://www.amazon.in/dp/B0CYWD7MR3

Amazon MX: https://www.amazon.com.mx/dp/B0CYWD7MR3

BAD AT LOVE BY CHRISTINE MICHELLE

Bad at Love - a standalone unrequited love romance by Christine Michelle will be available April 30, 2024. Preorder links will be available some time next week! I will edit to add them as soon as they become available!

HIGH OCTANE AUTHOR EXPERIENCE 2024

IN VENICE, FLORIDA

I will be attending the event as Christine Michelle and Anne Storm

April 11-14, 2024!

I hope to see you there!

Grab your tickets HERE if you don't them have yet!

The two new release books from Christine Michelle and Anne Storm for March 2024 are:

Winter Wolves and The Homewrecker's Fate!

Winter Wolves - a rejected mate, wolf-shifter romance by Christine Michelle will be released on March 21, 2024!

,Sabine

The dreams came.

I knew what they meant, even though disbelief rode me hard. I was so far at the bottom of my pack’s ranking that there wasn’t a hope to even be acknowledged to speak with our pack master, let alone convince him of the fact that we were mates.

Fated.

Moon-blessed.

The winter wolves didn’t believe in fated mates. They believed in rank, earning your spot in the pack, and the ability to hold it at all costs.

My mate denied my claim, destroyed my livelihood, nearly cost me my life, and then in the final hour when I was leaving for good, he came around to beg for my forgiveness.

Too bad he couldn’t answer one simple question…

After tearing my life apart, my mate still didn’t even know my name.

,Mitchell

I knew her name a moment too late to make up for the things I’d done. By the time it was all over, I had more to make up to her as well. First, I had to fix my pack and become the alpha that I should have been all along, the one who could earn her respect. Then, I’d have to hunt her down and make her understand that she was mine.

Find out how it all works out on March 21st!

Get the book at a discount during the first two weeks of release when you purchase direct from this website!

The Homewrecker's Fate (a Cheating Hearts Series Novel) by Anne Storm - available March 26, 2024!

I thought I was the only woman in his life.

We made promises, spoke of love, and I trusted him with everything.

Our hopes and dreams of a beautiful future together were flourishing and we talked about which one of us should transfer the 600 miles, so we wouldn’t have to carry on the long-distance relationship anymore. Seeing one another for only two weeks per month was daunting.

We were never a secret.

My friends knew and loved him. Our coworkers at my branch of our office did as well.

Imagine my shock when he didn’t come alone after transferring to my branch.

He brought his wife.

The one I never knew existed.

Everyone who knew we were together started turning a cold shoulder my way, because suddenly I was the homewrecker who put his marriage on the rocks.

No one cared that he devastated my life, ruined my work environment, killed some of my friendships, and broke my heart.

Shattered my trust.

Nobody cared about any of it - except his wife.

She was determined to make everything right, and that started with an introduction to her best friend!

The Homewrecker's Fate is the first book in the Cheating Hearts Series by Anne Storm. Each book in this series is a standalone story and they are not interconnected in any way.

It will be available on March 26, 2024! Get the book at a discount during the first two weeks of release when you purchase direct from this website!

Links will be available on the website at 12:01am EDT (eastern daylight time) on the day that each book goes live!

The books will also be available via subscription reading with ,Kobo Plus and ,Everand .

They will also be available for purchase via these book stores:

Kobo, iBooks, Google Play, Barnes & Noble, Amazon, and Smashwords! *NOTE: If you see this book listed in any other online book store, app, or anywhere else, please let us know by sending a message here , as it is NOT a legal listing.,

Winter Wolves © 2024 Christine Michelle

The Homewrecker's Fate ©2024 Anne Storm

All rights reserved!