Maya, an innocent nurse, finds herself forced to accept protection from the Phantoms motorcycle gang, specifically the dangerous, irresistible biker, Jake Ford.
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Maya, a kind nurse, has a normal life and a normal boyfriend, Sebastian. But one day she drops off a letter to a prison for a patient under her care, and finds herself being watched over by a dangerous, handsome biker. It turns out Maya is under the protection of Jake Ford, and despite her feelings for Sebastian, she can't resist the pull of Jake's strong arms, dark looks and chequered past. Soon criminals are coming after her, and Jake is the only one who can keep her safe. Will Maya hide behind her good-girl reputation, or let go and lose herself in the passionate world of Jake Ford?
Content and/or trigger warning: This story contains scenes of violence and sexual activity, which may be triggering for some readers.
[[word count: 150,000-200,000 words]]
Cover designer: Ren T.
Photographer: Michelle Lancaster
Model: Jaxon Human
- jake the panty-ripper
- prologue
- one: in which she tries (and fails) to return to sender
- two: in which she emphasizes safety
- three: in which she is a wreck at the wreck
- four: in which she can't make her mind up
- five: in which she hears a ghost
- six: in which she skates on very thin ice
- seven: in which she isn't april's fool
- eight: in which she has a moment of clarity
- nine: in which she sleeps on it
- ten: in which she takes betsy for a ride (among other things)
- eleven: in which she gets a revelation
- twelve: in which she kind of just goes with it
- thirteen: in which she's not alone
- fourteen: in which she'd like to keep her fingers, thank you very much
- fifteen: in which she doesn't shoot the messenger
- sixteen: in which she labels it with an imaginary sticky tag
- seventeen: in which she saves face
- eighteen: in which she pokes a bear
- nineteen: in which she chokes on kindness
- twenty: in which she bed-hops
- twenty-one: in which she makes a new home
- twenty-two: in which she asks and receives
- twenty-three: in which she stops the violence
- twenty-four: in which she gets an unwelcome memory
- twenty-five: in which she plays nurse
- twenty-six: in which she almost thinks she's dreaming
- twenty-seven: in which she edges closer to the darkness
- twenty-eight: in which she finds the thin line between madness and sanity
- twenty-nine: in which she numbs the pain with pain
- thirty: in which HE sees ripper for what ripper is
- thirty-one: in which she wants to break the cycle
- thirty-two: in which she will wait, too
- thirty-three: in which she struggles with his conscience
- thirty-four: in which she rides the future (kind of hard)
- thirty-five: in which she meets the mcnallys
- thirty-six: in which THEY lose their crap
- thirty-seven: in which she gets the feels (or not)
- thirty-eight: in which she's dying to be saved
- thirty-nine: in which she gets a debt repaid
- forty: in which she asks the wrong questions
- forty-one: in which she has an eye-opener
- forty-two: in which she leaves
- forty-three: in which she can't go back the way she came
- forty-four: in which she makes peace with some truths
- forty-five: in which she closes a chapter
- epilogue
- ∞ bonus chapter: in which he claims one piece of silver ∞
- ∞ bonus chapter: in which he knocks her up ∞
- ∞ bonus chapter: in which he is let out of the cage ∞
- Get Ready...a New Cover is Coming (and my first official AMA!)