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Autumn Rooney has a great idea.
Newly promoted to VP of Commercial Development at MidWest Growth & Progress, she’s convinced her twentieth-century relic of a boss to fund her new “Heartland Homesteads” project, bringing vibrant new businesses to small rural communities. So many such towns are dying, and she sees a way to bring them new life without compromising the local culture.
She’s identified Signal Bend, MO as the perfect site for her pilot development. It’s a quaint town that already draws regional tourists and just needs a bit more commercial infrastructure to support its full potential. And there’s a perfect lot for it—a building that has sat vacant for more than a decade. Her project will bring that dead space back to life.
But first she has to deal with the infuriating Night Horde MC.
Like all his Horde brothers, Daniel Cox hates the redheaded, big-city snake so hellbent on forcing a strip mall onto a town that doesn’t want one. Then again, he hates pretty much everybody and everything. He shut all his other emotions down twenty years ago.
When Autumn shows up in town and Cox is assigned to keep tabs on her, all he wants is to get the night over as quickly as he can, with as little pain in his ass as possible. And all Autumn wants is to shake the scowling biker off her heels.
By the end of that night, however, their feelings are a lot more complicated. And ‘hate’ is certainly no longer part of the mix.
She’s a fashionista, corporate go-getter from a big city hundreds of miles away. He’s a taciturn, misanthropic biker who’s never lived anywhere but Signal Bend. Their powerful attraction might not be enough to close the distance between them.
It’ll take something monumental.
Newly promoted to VP of Commercial Development at MidWest Growth & Progress, she’s convinced her twentieth-century relic of a boss to fund her new “Heartland Homesteads” project, bringing vibrant new businesses to small rural communities. So many such towns are dying, and she sees a way to bring them new life without compromising the local culture.
She’s identified Signal Bend, MO as the perfect site for her pilot development. It’s a quaint town that already draws regional tourists and just needs a bit more commercial infrastructure to support its full potential. And there’s a perfect lot for it—a building that has sat vacant for more than a decade. Her project will bring that dead space back to life.
But first she has to deal with the infuriating Night Horde MC.
Like all his Horde brothers, Daniel Cox hates the redheaded, big-city snake so hellbent on forcing a strip mall onto a town that doesn’t want one. Then again, he hates pretty much everybody and everything. He shut all his other emotions down twenty years ago.
When Autumn shows up in town and Cox is assigned to keep tabs on her, all he wants is to get the night over as quickly as he can, with as little pain in his ass as possible. And all Autumn wants is to shake the scowling biker off her heels.
By the end of that night, however, their feelings are a lot more complicated. And ‘hate’ is certainly no longer part of the mix.
She’s a fashionista, corporate go-getter from a big city hundreds of miles away. He’s a taciturn, misanthropic biker who’s never lived anywhere but Signal Bend. Their powerful attraction might not be enough to close the distance between them.
It’ll take something monumental.
499 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 6, 2024
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About the author
Susan Fanetti
84 books1,419 followersI was born and raised in the Midwest, but I was transplanted into the dusty soil of Northern California and have apparently taken root there. An inveterate geek and gamer, I am a fan of many things considered pop culture and maybe even lowbrow.
As a reader, my favorite genres are science fiction and fantasy, but as a writer, I've found my home in romance--or perhaps it's better to say simply "love stories." I have a yen to try other genres, too, at some point, but for now my muse wants to tell stories about lovers and families.
I write for the joy of it, and I write stories that I want to read. If others like them, too, that's just the cherry on top. I’m not interested in rules and formulae. I follow my muse and my characters and let them take me where they want to go, wherever that might be. I like big emotions, dark and light.
I like complicated characters with flaws and weaknesses as well as strengths, and I like each character’s strengths and weaknesses to be different from those of other characters. I’m much more concerned that my characters be interesting and diverse than that they be widely considered to be likable. I try to create people, not types.
Likewise, I want my stories each to be distinct from the others. Once I’ve told a story, I don’t want to tell it again. So even within a series, one of my books might be very different from the next. Some might be very dark, others equally mild.
That isn’t to say there aren’t trends and recurrences in my work. I’m drawn to certain themes and settings, and my muse has her favorite toys and tools. But I guard against those tendencies becoming a formula.
Find my blog at www.susanfanetti.com
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A note: I don't spend much time here on Goodreads. I try not to read any reviews of my own work. Besides, this is a site for readers, but since I write at a fairly manic pace, and read and edit for other writers, I don't have much time to read recreationally. Mainly, I log on to update my info. So if you message me here, it might be a while before I see it.
As a reader, my favorite genres are science fiction and fantasy, but as a writer, I've found my home in romance--or perhaps it's better to say simply "love stories." I have a yen to try other genres, too, at some point, but for now my muse wants to tell stories about lovers and families.
I write for the joy of it, and I write stories that I want to read. If others like them, too, that's just the cherry on top. I’m not interested in rules and formulae. I follow my muse and my characters and let them take me where they want to go, wherever that might be. I like big emotions, dark and light.
I like complicated characters with flaws and weaknesses as well as strengths, and I like each character’s strengths and weaknesses to be different from those of other characters. I’m much more concerned that my characters be interesting and diverse than that they be widely considered to be likable. I try to create people, not types.
Likewise, I want my stories each to be distinct from the others. Once I’ve told a story, I don’t want to tell it again. So even within a series, one of my books might be very different from the next. Some might be very dark, others equally mild.
That isn’t to say there aren’t trends and recurrences in my work. I’m drawn to certain themes and settings, and my muse has her favorite toys and tools. But I guard against those tendencies becoming a formula.
Find my blog at www.susanfanetti.com
Find my FB author page: https://www.facebook.com/authorsusanf...
A note: I don't spend much time here on Goodreads. I try not to read any reviews of my own work. Besides, this is a site for readers, but since I write at a fairly manic pace, and read and edit for other writers, I don't have much time to read recreationally. Mainly, I log on to update my info. So if you message me here, it might be a while before I see it.
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July 8, 2024
At the very beginning I thought I don't care much for those characters. Boy was I wrong. They sucked me in and changed my opinion of them completely. Deep, heartbreaking, transformative, S. Fanetti does it again, another great not-to-miss book.
July 8, 2024
Just okay
I absolutely adore Ms Fanetti's books, but this one just didn't connect with me. The Horde is one of my favorite MCs, and I am always happy to see another addition to their lineup, but Cox did not deliver. The connection between Cox and Autumn fell flat, and I was not invested in their story. I guess it just wasn't my favorite, but I know Susan Fanetti can and will write more great books, so I will just wait for the next one.
I absolutely adore Ms Fanetti's books, but this one just didn't connect with me. The Horde is one of my favorite MCs, and I am always happy to see another addition to their lineup, but Cox did not deliver. The connection between Cox and Autumn fell flat, and I was not invested in their story. I guess it just wasn't my favorite, but I know Susan Fanetti can and will write more great books, so I will just wait for the next one.
July 8, 2024
My new favorite from Fanetti! Cox and Autumn were an unexpected, lovely surprise in the Signal Bend Heritage series. There's just something about these "lost boy" type heroes that always deliver for me and Cox has all the qualities that make me love these heroes. The whole story is tragically beautiful, honest and vulnerable and raw; all qualities in stories Fanetti consistently gives to her readers. I love Heritage series because instead of the in-your-face, action packed plot lines of the predecessor series, this one gives a more simmering-at-the-surface tension that is just as compelling. Fans of this author will be excited about the next generation and new yet different sets of circumstances that drive each couple and the over arcing plots forward.
July 11, 2024
Signal Bend
I love this author. I love this series. And now I love Cox. Ms. Fanetti has the great ability to weave a story so nuanced that time and time again, I've fallen in love with the hero. Yes, you are supposed to. I get it. But that doesn't always happen. Some heroes just aren't for me. The truly wondrous part to me is that Ms. Fanetti does it frequently with characters from the sidelines.
I went back through other books, trying to see what I missed about Cox. I didn't miss anything. He was there cause it wasn't his story. But man, was his story great. And Autumn was just what his story needed. Each ending has me anxiously awaiting the next installment.
Bravo.
PS: I finally got closure for Havoc cause Cox seems like Havoc 2024, and I'm here for it.
I love this author. I love this series. And now I love Cox. Ms. Fanetti has the great ability to weave a story so nuanced that time and time again, I've fallen in love with the hero. Yes, you are supposed to. I get it. But that doesn't always happen. Some heroes just aren't for me. The truly wondrous part to me is that Ms. Fanetti does it frequently with characters from the sidelines.
I went back through other books, trying to see what I missed about Cox. I didn't miss anything. He was there cause it wasn't his story. But man, was his story great. And Autumn was just what his story needed. Each ending has me anxiously awaiting the next installment.
Bravo.
PS: I finally got closure for Havoc cause Cox seems like Havoc 2024, and I'm here for it.
November 23, 2024
I enjoy this author writing and going back to Signal Bend is always bitter sweet for many different reasons.
I like Cox and Autumn as characters individually and as a couple but I think there was more to both that I wished was put on the page.
I get the monosyllabic Cox wouldn't grovel or explain himself more than he did and I'm ok with that still... I feel these two went into a full fledged relationship almost blindly for how little they actually know each other (probably no more than 5 days of being in the same place in a year of being aware of each other's existence)
Beautiful ending of their beginning though😍
⭐3.5 stars⭐ (not rounded up)
I like Cox and Autumn as characters individually and as a couple but I think there was more to both that I wished was put on the page.
I get the monosyllabic Cox wouldn't grovel or explain himself more than he did and I'm ok with that still... I feel these two went into a full fledged relationship almost blindly for how little they actually know each other (probably no more than 5 days of being in the same place in a year of being aware of each other's existence)
Beautiful ending of their beginning though😍
⭐3.5 stars⭐ (not rounded up)
August 27, 2024
This one just didn’t work for me, which really surprised me because SF is one of my few remaining auto buy authors.
Cox won me over, but not the other new characters.
However, I will be jumping on the next book in this series as Ms Fanetti has an almost perfect streak of delivering the bookbuzz I crave!
Cox won me over, but not the other new characters.
However, I will be jumping on the next book in this series as Ms Fanetti has an almost perfect streak of delivering the bookbuzz I crave!
September 17, 2025
I wish this character were more likable. It’s a bit sad that after all this time we’re getting such an unpleasant, unlikable person.
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