A warm welcome to author Nic Starr joining us to talk about new release “Lies & Deception”, book 1 in the brand new Soldiers of Fury mc series.
Welcome Nic 🙂
My latest release, Lies & Deception, is about a cop who goes undercover. Mitch infiltrates an outlaw bikie gang. He finds himself falling for Finn, the younger brother of the club president. Both Mitch and Finn fight their feelings for each other, unaware they both have the same goal – to bring down the club.
The book needed a lot of research to understand the bikie world, particularly in Australia where we have specific anti-bikie laws aimed at making it difficult for illegal gangs to survive. A lot of it was pretty rough stuff, but there were some fun sides.
Have you ever wondered how bikies get their names? Some nicknames are chosen by individual and some are given by other people. They can be based on appearance, personal characteristics or traits, or things related to riding.
Here are some of the names that make an appearance in Lies & Deception.
Blue – named for his red hair, obviously (or is that just an Aussie thing?)
Ginger – she’s Blue’s sister and shares his red hair
Stack – named for the number of times he’s crashed his bike
The Rabbit – named for his bunny-like teeth
Slider – for a epic skid on his bike
Rocky – tough and unstable
When I was checking out names on the web I came across an ‘outlaw biker name generator’ It said my biker name was Honey. That’s me – sweet all over. LOL. Another site named me Leather Lover. Not quite so true.
Here’s a link to one of the sites is you want to discover your biker name.
https://www.quizopolis.com/biker-name/name-generator/5625/
Here’s an excerpt from the story where Finn meets Lucky, a gang member, for the first time and finds out how he got his name.
“Finn. This is Lucky, and this here is Ron. Guys, this is Rocky’s brother.”
The tall one who’d been leaning on the bar crushed his cigarette into the ashtray and stood up straight. He gave Finn the once-over, not hiding his perusal or his subsequent summation of Finn. He obviously found him lacking in some way. Finn pulled his own spine straighter, as if adding half a centimeter would reduce the height difference between him and Lucky. Shit, the guy was tall. Lucky thrust out an arm, and Finn found himself gripping a hand that was missing the three fingers on the outside. All that remained was the thumb and pointer finger. Finn couldn’t keep the surprise from his face—it just wasn’t something he saw every day, plus the casual way Lucky shook his hand was a shock.
The other guy, Ron, laughed. “Now you know why he’s called Lucky.”
Finn raised a brow in Ron’s direction as he released Lucky’s hand.
“He’s lucky he didn’t lose the whole thing!” Ron’s face crumpled with laughter, and Lucky rolled his eyes.
I hope you enjoy Lies & Deception and meeting Finn and Mitch.
Happy reading,
Nic
Genre Contemporary m/m romance Mystery/thriller
Publisher Dreamspinner Press
Release Date 26th June 2018
Length ~67,000 words
Cover Artist Anna Sikorska
Blurb
Detective Mitch O’Neill is the ideal man to infiltrate the Soldiers of Fury Motorcycle Club. His ex-boyfriend, Peter, is pledged with the club, which provides Mitch with the perfect cover. Despite the relationship ending badly, he’s come to terms with Peter’s drug addiction and his inability to help. All Mitch wants now is to bring down the Soldiers and the club president, Rocky Cummings, once and for all.
Finn Cummings hates everything the motorcycle club stands for, but he’s unable to escape his brother’s clutches. When Mitch is assigned as Finn’s driver, they spend countless hours together, and the saying proves true—opposites do attract. Finn agonizes over his feelings for Mitch—the last thing he wants is to involve himself further with criminals, not when he wants to leave that world. Mitch tries to come to terms with falling for a member of the outlaw club he’s determined to destroy.
If they can survive the fallout from Rocky’s violence and the investigation, they might discover it’s not a case of opposites attract after all.
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Nic Starr lives in Australia where she tries to squeeze as much into her busy life as possible. Balancing the demands of a corporate career with raising a family and writing can be challenging but she wouldn’t give it up for the world.
Always a reader, the lure of m/m romance was strong and she devoured hundreds of wonderful m/m romance books before realising she had some stories of her own that needed to be told.
Nic loves to spend time with her family—an understanding husband, two beautiful daughters, and a cherished Cairn terrier. Nic is a foodie and wine lover who lives in the city but is a country girl at heart. When not writing or reading, she is often found indulging in her love of cooking and planning her dream home in the country.
You can find Nic on Facebook, Twitter and her blog. She’d love it if you stopped by to say hi.
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