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Marisol lives in a world hidden away from light while Axe spends his time beneath the sun's rays working his farm. When Marisol's life is in danger after witnessing a crime, Axe and The Phantoms MC need to find a way to protect her without exposing her delicate skin to the outside world. But the people after her don't care about her medical condition. All they want is her silenced.

174 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 30, 2022

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Carol Dawn

42 books350 followers
Carol Dawn was born in Maysville, Kentucky, USA, under the name Carolyn Jacobs. Carol is a stay-at-home mom where she spends her days making pb&j sandwiches, picking up toys, and giving her kids more cuddles than they want.

At the young age of five, Carol received a reading medallion for reading over twenty-one books in an eight-week period. So, her literary journey began. She wrote poems, songs, short stories and read many books.

Carol has a slight (MASSIVE) obsession with alpha male/insta-love romance books. If she isn't reading about them, she's writing about them.

When she isn't writing, reading or playing mom, you will find her watching re-runs of Stargate SG1, Startrek Voyager, cooking, coloring mandalas or performing her favorite songs for her invisible audience.

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2,609 reviews68 followers
June 10, 2023
After the ending of the first book I knew that this was going to be good and it was fucking amazing. I can't wait to read the next book.
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4,298 reviews17 followers
June 25, 2025
Loved Axe's story. So good. This Author knows how to write an amazing
storyline. Her character's are just amazing and when they find their HEA'S just gets better. Hot, Steamy, and with so much excitement!!!!!
This series just keeps getting better and better.
📚✨🔥✨🔥❣️🔥🔥✨🔥✨🔥🔥❣️🔥🔥✨📚
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6,131 reviews57 followers
November 17, 2022
𝐹𝒾𝓇𝓈𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔𝓈 𝒻𝒾𝓇𝓈𝓉; 𝐼 𝓁𝒾𝓀𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒸𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒷𝑜𝑜𝓀!
𝒜𝓍𝑒 𝒾𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝑒𝒸𝑜𝓃𝒹 𝒷𝑜𝑜𝓀 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 ‘’𝓅𝒽𝒶𝓃𝓉𝑜𝓂𝓈 𝑀𝒞’’ 𝓈𝑒𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓈.
𝒯𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓇𝓎 𝒾𝓈 𝓈𝒽𝑜𝓇𝓉, 𝒻𝒶𝓈𝓉 𝓅𝒶𝒸𝑒𝒹 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒶𝓃 𝑒𝓃𝒿𝑜𝓎𝒶𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝒹. 𝐼 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒷𝑜𝑜𝓀 𝒾𝓃 𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝓈𝒾𝓉𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝓈𝒶𝓉𝒾𝓈𝒻𝒾𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝓇𝑜𝓊𝑔𝒽𝑜𝓊𝓉. 𝐼 𝒻𝑜𝓊𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝓇𝒾𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓈𝓉𝓎𝓁𝑒 𝑒𝒶𝓈𝓎 𝓉𝑜 𝒻𝑜𝓁𝓁𝑜𝓌, 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒸𝒽𝒶𝓇𝒶𝒸𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝓁𝒾𝓀𝑒𝒶𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓇𝓎𝓁𝒾𝓃𝑒 𝑒𝓃𝒿𝑜𝓎𝒶𝒷𝓁𝑒. 𝑀𝒶𝓇𝒾𝓈𝑜𝓁 𝒽𝒶𝓈 𝒽𝒶𝒹 𝒶 𝒻𝒶𝓇 𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝑒𝒶𝓈𝓎 𝓁𝒾𝒻𝑒. 𝒲𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓁𝒾𝒻𝑒 𝒾𝓈 𝓅𝓊𝓉 𝒾𝓃𝓉𝑜 𝒹𝒶𝓃𝑔𝑒𝓇 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝓉𝓊𝓇𝓃𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒷𝓇𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇. 𝒜𝓍𝑒 𝒾𝓈 𝒶 𝓂𝑒𝓂𝒷𝑒𝓇 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒫𝒽𝒶𝓃𝓉𝑜𝓂 𝓈𝒶𝒾𝓃𝓉𝓈 𝑀𝒞. 𝒲𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝒽𝑒 𝒾𝓈 𝓉𝒶𝓈𝓀𝑒𝒹 𝒷𝓎 𝑀𝒶𝓇𝒾𝓈𝑜𝓁’𝓈 𝒷𝓇𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓉𝑜 𝓅𝓇𝑜𝓉𝑒𝒸𝓉 𝒽𝑒𝓇, 𝒽𝑒 𝓉𝒶𝓀𝑒𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓉𝒶𝓈𝓀 𝓈𝑒𝓇𝒾𝑜𝓊𝓈𝓁𝓎. 𝒲𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒 𝒷𝓁𝑜𝓈𝓈𝑜𝓂 𝒷𝑒𝓉𝓌𝑒𝑒𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓅𝒶𝒾𝓇?
𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝒸𝒽𝑒𝓂𝒾𝓈𝓉𝓇𝓎 𝒷𝑒𝓉𝓌𝑒𝑒𝓃 𝒜𝓍𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝑀𝒶𝓇𝒾𝓈𝑜𝓁 𝒾𝓈 𝒸𝓁𝑒𝒶𝓇 𝓉𝑜 𝓈𝑒𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝐼 𝓁𝒾𝓀𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓂 𝓉𝑜𝑔𝑒𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇.
𝐼 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒻𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓃𝒹𝓈𝒽𝒾𝓅 𝒷𝑒𝓉𝓌𝑒𝑒𝓃 𝑀𝒶𝓇𝒾𝓈𝑜𝓁 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝑅𝑒𝒶𝓅𝑒𝓇. 𝐼 𝓁𝒾𝓀𝑒𝒹 𝓈𝑒𝑒𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒾𝓉 𝒷𝓁𝑜𝓈𝓈𝑜𝓂 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝑔𝓇𝑜𝓌.
𝐼 𝓁𝒾𝓀𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑒𝓃𝒹𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑒𝓅𝒾𝓁𝑜𝑔𝓊𝑒 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓇𝓎.
𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓇𝓎𝓁𝒾𝓃𝑒 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒷𝑜𝑜𝓀 𝒾𝓈 𝑒𝒶𝓈𝓎 𝓉𝑜 𝒻𝑜𝓁𝓁𝑜𝓌 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒾𝓉 𝒾𝓈 𝒶𝓃 𝑒𝓃𝒿𝑜𝓎𝒶𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝒹. 𝐼 𝒸𝒶𝓃𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝓌𝒶𝒾𝓉 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓂𝑜𝓇𝑒 𝒷𝑜𝑜𝓀𝓈 𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓈𝑒𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓈.

Profile Image for Sarah Marie.
106 reviews14 followers
October 4, 2022
You are always guaranteed an incredible alpha and heroine when it comes to Carol Dawn’s books. And she did no disappoint.

This book is incredibly intense from the get go. Mari makes my heart ache, but watching her evolution over time is amazing. I loved seeing her thrive and grow, and fall in love.

Axe is everything. He ticked me off at first. His savior complex was showing, but at the end his true colors shined through. His love and respect for Mari is palpable. He’s determined to love all of her - and almost loses his chance.

I was not prepared for the twists that come. My heart hurt. I winced and gasped. And hated every minute of the pain that Mari experiences. But there’s a pureness to the relationships that are formed that is absolutely incredible and such a special trademark for Carol and her books.
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1,456 reviews28 followers
March 10, 2023
Mari and Axe

Wow, and i mean wow. Many books have a wow factor, but this book nearly had me in tears, honestly with what Mari went through from the time she was handed off to her aunt to when she was kidnapped. Well lets just say it blew my mind. Even though it was hard to read it was a story that really was good to read. Carol Dawn really has outdone herself this time and im sure you all would agree when you read this story.
Axe took one look at Mari who was albino and knew she was his. Even Shadow, Maris brother raised his eyebrows... caveman much? lol . i loved that little part as well.
Theres so much in this story that im not going to do any more spoilers, im sure readers will find out themselves when they read this wonderful story. You definitely wont want to put this one down.
This really is worth five plus stars
Profile Image for Tamara Fruge.
509 reviews4 followers
August 5, 2024
I have feelings

This book goes a little dark. Now, I am sure if you have reached this point you know that some of the books go to the dark but still. I think this is the first book I have read in a while that I had to put down for a second and breathe before continuing. So heads up on that! I did enjoy getting a deeper dive into the characters that make up the Phantoms. I loved getting a better idea of Reaper and Shadow. The deep dive into Axe was great (even if at times I wanted to throw something. Marisol is such an interesting character and I loved who she was. Her personality just made me want to hug her. Not only for what she was dealing with but what she overcome and how she handled things. I feel like I want to be more like that. I am just excited to see what comes next for this group of amazing people.
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2,654 reviews76 followers
October 2, 2022
Marisol has grown up sheltered but not cared for. Innocent to a lot of what the world offers, she still needs to be protected. Her condition was handled so well, you couldn't help but feel like you knew her. Her strength was awe inspiring, she could give the toughest guys a run for their money. Axe was a sweetheart. He had a moment where he didn't think he was a good match for her. Fortunately, he didn't stick with it cause I would have hit him upside the head if it went longer. There are some other details that I won't go into here, you need to discover them for yourself. CD outdid herself on this one, it was so good!
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995 reviews4 followers
October 6, 2022
Strong

Marisol has been an outcast all her life. Her family gave her to an evil aunt because she was an albino. White skin, white hair and red eyes. She was living now with a brother she never knew and danger is chasing her. Axe fell in love with Marisol the moment he saw her .
Now Axe and her brother along with their brothers are out to protect her.
Marisol and Reaper are taken and what Reaper does to protect her is pure selfishness, they are bestie forever.
This book or series is such a joy to read.
Profile Image for Gretchen Calder.
459 reviews10 followers
October 8, 2022
Marisol and Axe’s story was amazing. Once again Carol Dawn has a book for us which had me hooked from the beginning. Marisol saw something she wasn’t suppose to. When she had to run to hide she knows she can turn to her brother. While they were not raised together Shadow will always be there for his sister. Shadow and Axe go and meet Marisol. While keeping her safe things are thrown in their way. I love the brotherhood and the protectiveness there is. This book is simply awesome. I highly recommend this book and can’t wait to see what comes next
701 reviews7 followers
July 20, 2023
Brotherhood

Better than the first, you get an incite into the characters of the MC and what they have withstood in the past. So far, two of them have fallen for girls as soon as they set eyes on them. I do wish though that there was more depth to their romance (if you can call it that.).

The first two books have been personal assignments with no real mention of paid work. Plus the fact that MC in the title gives the reader expectations of the normal biker romances out there. They are nothing like that.
736 reviews11 followers
September 27, 2022
I don’t think I can put into words how I felt while reading this book. I will start that Axe and Marisol’s story isn’t a happy go lucky story but it is so worth it. I will admit I might have cried a time or two but that’s because you become so invested in these amazing characters. I knew by the end I would find some sort of happiness because I always trust this author. I literally couldn’t put it down. A masterpiece on my mind.
788 reviews3 followers
September 30, 2022
Axe/Thomas and Marisol

Marisol was out on a walk and saw and heard something that she wasn't supposed to and she went and hid at her brother Shadows house before calling him. Axe was smitten with her from the beginning and only wanted to protect her. A few twist and turns throughout, but it was actually really good story.

I would give this five stars, but there were several grammatical errors throughout, but they didn't take away from the story.
1,017 reviews
October 3, 2022
I absolutely loved this latest book in the Phantoms MC series!!! Marisol is Shadow's sister and called her brother when she witnessed something she wasn't supposed to hear about. When Shadow and his MC brother Axe arrive. All it took was one glance and he fell and fell hard for Marisol. There are twists and turns and surprises that kept you on the edge of your seat. A very good story and one that I really enjoyed! I can't wait for the next book in this amazing series...well done!!1
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1,002 reviews13 followers
September 30, 2022
Axe by Carol Dawn was another great read by this very talented author. She stays true to her writing. Always instant love. Strong relationships. Not afraid to write characters that are not consider the norm. This book had some grit to it. Totally fell in love with Marisol and Axe. I really need Reaper's book. I just know Carol will deliver. Kudos!
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703 reviews5 followers
October 1, 2022
A life reborn

Marisol’s life is not what you would call normal. She wasn’t raised like any other child because of her differences. But those differences are what makes her unique and perfect for Axe. The silent and always put together Reaper becomes a true best friend and manages to smile a time or two.
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54 reviews
October 4, 2022
She is one of my favorite authors. So of course the book was excellent as I expected. The main characters are very intricate and entertaining. I absolutely love Marisol. She’s very different than any other character. She’s overcome so many challenges. And of course Axe is your typical alpha caveman. LOL. I love this couple. You will enjoy this book.
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17 reviews1 follower
October 8, 2022
I love Mar and Axes story. I also love how Reaper became Mars best friend.I really forgot it was Axes and Mars story. It felt more like Reaper and Mars friendship story then Axes and Mars romance story. It was quite lovely. Though. I love the non drama between couples. I can't wait for the next book in this series.
1,777 reviews34 followers
October 11, 2022
Axe (Phantoms MC book 2)

Such a wonderful story, loved Axe and Marisol’s tale ❤️❤️❤️ such a painful but for filling, happy life she leads. A debilitating condition that doesn’t hold her back. Reaper her new best friend is such a hero for her. 100% recommend this book to everyone ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
35 reviews
October 24, 2022
Disappointed

I've read all of Carol Dawns books and have enjoyed them immensely! Although I read and enjoyed this one it wasn't up to her normal standards. There seemed to be alot of errors in grammar. Normally I just read over those but this time it was too the point my brain couldn't accept! Plan on continuing to read just hoping this was a one off!
35 reviews2 followers
January 2, 2023
Another great book from Carol Dawn

I love this new series. The men of the Phantoms MC are definitely alpha males. They fall in love fast & hard & will do anything to protect their women. I love how Axe is with Marisol. But even more I love the relationship between Marisol & Reaper. You need to read this book.
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721 reviews
March 5, 2023
Book number doesn’t disappoint

This book was as good if not better than first one! These men have some mad skills. The author did such a great job with this storyline and all the characters. They are a true family by choice, and some by blood. But together they are so much stronger.
143 reviews1 follower
March 11, 2023
His Heart!

Helping his brother Shadow go get his sister after she witnessed a murder, the last thing Axe expected to find was the most beautiful woman he's ever seen Marisol. First he claimed her then he tried to push her away, but fate intervened the heart wants what the heart wants and his wanted her.Cute Couple!!😍😍
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Author 7 books56 followers
February 28, 2025
instalove

If you’re into instalove and obsessive, possessive men, you might enjoy this. I found the chemistry lacking. They had nothing in common and bonded in a way I couldn’t feel. The plot was hectic and at times perplexing. Not much growth from either character.

It’s pretty vengeful and violent and angsty, so if that’s your thing, this might be a good fit.
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86 reviews
September 28, 2022
Words can’t even describe how I felt reading about Marisol’s life… there were times I wanted to cry. Then Axe comes in and the cowboy heart has been snatched

This book was filled with so much action , suspense and a whole lot of heat between the two characters

Carol Dawn never disappoints
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
865 reviews3 followers
September 30, 2022
This was a great book, a bit darker than some by the author, but it was fantastic. Axe and Marisol find each other after she has been through a horrible upbringing. She is one of his brother's sister and he falls for her hard and fast. This book had me on the edge of my seat.. it was fast paced and had a great plot! I highly recommend this book!
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526 reviews6 followers
September 30, 2022
Wow!!!!

Holy smoly! Talk about an awesome book. Marisol is amazeballs. Axe is of course cavemany. Reaper is *gasp* human???!!!! Awesome next book now I must wait for next book..... Sigh!
152 reviews
September 30, 2022
Great series

I found this series while reading Infernal Sons MC. I love that you as a reader can get pulled into the story with the characters. The Alpha men and strong women are amazing. Can't wait for the next in the series to be released.
125 reviews2 followers
October 3, 2022
Loved it

Omg I loved this one just like I figured I would. This author is great and her writing makes you think you are in the book. I love all of her books and she is one of my favorites.
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Author 5 books5 followers
October 6, 2022
great book

I love the worlds Carol Dawn creates! There’s always a twist or turn there that I don’t really see coming and I really enjoy diving into each of her books to see what’s coming.
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411 reviews1 follower
October 16, 2022
Another stinker

I hated the first book in this series but I've got KU so I borrowed this book to see if Cap was just bad or if it was an author thing.

It's an author thing.

Terrible writing. Weak heroine. In need of editing. Desperately.
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