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Of course Mercy knew that Linc was sneaking out and heading to Bertha’s. It was probably the worst kept secret ever, but hell, Linc seemed to be enjoying himself for the first time in a long time.

It worried Mercy that Linc was out and about—vulnerable—but he’d let that go, assuming that Linc would grow tired of going out on a nightly basis.

After four nights, he still hadn’t.

And each and every one of those nights, Mercy wanted nothing more than to go to Bertha’s in order to haul Linc’s ass home and chain him someplace safe . . . like his bed.

But that would be ridiculous. Instead, he did his patrols and then he went to the lake house.

Tonight, the fifth night of Linc’s merry evade and escape, Mercy had gotten the text that Linc was home, safe and sound, around two in the morning. Mercy arrived soon after, parked outside the gate of the lake house and headed to the porch—as usual. When he was maybe fifteen feet away, he saw Linc just standing on the porch. Mercy froze in place, although he was certain Linc knew he was out here.

Linc was already shirtless in the moonlight, sitting on the couch that Mercy slept on. Then he stood, lowered his sweats enough to free his cock and began to jerk himself off and damn, the boy looked fine. Gorgeous.

“You little son of a bitch,” Mercy murmured with a smile. Because whatever Linc had gotten into tonight at Bertha’s obviously hadn’t tamped down his want of Mercy . . . and Mercy was grateful for that.

Mercy wanted to finish the job for him, push him down under that beautiful spill of moonlight and take him, fast, then slow, until they were both spent. Instead, he watched, his own cock a hard throb in his jeans as Linc spilled over this hand, shot up his chest and cried out loud enough so Mercy could hear it. And then Linc leveled his gaze up, as if meeting Mercy’s eyes, and it literally took everything Mercy had not to go to him, to answer the call of the gorgeous taunt. To take him down in the soft moonlight.

But neither man was ready for that, as evidenced by the fact that, after several long moments, Linc stood and went inside, closing the door behind him. Linc’s show would have to be enough for now.

Linc was crying out for his attention. Mercy was giving it to him, in the best way he could right now. Because it was too soon—much too soon—or so he thought. He hadn’t known how to reach Linc, exactly, and the walls between them were so much more than symbolic.

It was time for Mercy to bring the walls down between them, to find out who the man visiting Linc was . . . and why Linc had known Jethro was undercover before Bram had. It might be as simple as Rush telling him so, but Mercy had other suspicions. There were missing pieces he was struggling to put together, on top of the soul-crushing guilt he bore at knowing another man in his life had gotten hurt because of him . . . and his association with the Heathens.

Yes, tomorrow, things were changing.

About Running on Empty

After years of running wild, Linc might’ve finally run out of road.

After a brutal capture at the hands of the Heathens Motorcycle Club, Linc is just trying to heal, mentally and physically. But he’s got men in his life who are complicating everything. There’s Mercy—a Havoc MC biker and the man he is falling fast for—plus an undercover ATF agent and a rogue Havoc member.

But Mercy’s keeping him at arm’s length, and Linc is spinning. In an attempt to regain his equilibrium, he heads to the bar where he first met Mercy. Night after night, he escapes Havoc bonds and continues down his merry path of mayhem . . . mainly in the hopes that Mercy will give chase.

Since Linc’s capture by his old MC, Mercy’s been dealing with the fallout of his guilt. He’s trying to give Linc space and still watch over him—all without Linc’s knowledge. But with Linc’s old job calling and a threat to Havoc MC heating up, can they make their way back together?

Now available from Riptide Publishing.

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About the Havoc Series

Welcome to Shades Run, where the notorious Havoc Motorcycle Club runs wild and free. Havoc’s got a long reach and strong community ties, and is always on the lookout for infiltrators like ATF agents, car thieves, and others who might harm their enterprises. Havoc’s community is tough to penetrate, but once these hard-living motorcycle men have taken you in, saved your life (maybe after threatening it a few times), or even fallen in love with you, you’re Havoc MC forever. Unless you’re one of their enemies, in which case you’re completely out of luck.

Check out Havoc today.

 

SE Jakes writes m/m romance. She believes in happy endings and fighting for what you want in both fiction and real life. She lives in New York with her family, and most days, she can be found happily writing (in bed). No really…

SE Jakes is the alter ego of New York Times bestselling paranormal and romantic suspense author Stephanie Tyler.

Connect with SE:

• Website: sejakes.com
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• Twitter: @authorsejakes
• Facebook: Facebook.com/SEJakes
• Email: authorsejakes@gmail.com
• Goodreads author page: goodreads.com/S_E_Jakes
• Goodreads author group: Ask SE Jakes 

To celebrate this release, one lucky person will win an ecopy of Running Wild, the first book in the Havoc series! Leave a comment with your contact info to enter the contest. Entries close at midnight, Eastern time, on May 4, 2019. Contest is NOT restricted to U.S. entries. Thanks for following along, and don’t forget to leave your contact info!