~ Books By Mara McBain ~
STRAYS ~ Broken doesn't always mean useless. Sometimes the pieces make a whole.
They were just strays ... lost souls no one wanted.
It can always get worse.
Ripped away from her addict mother at eight only to be thrust into a new hell, those words have become etched on Cali's soul. Life in the system has only reinforced them. Now, getting ready to step out on her own, she's making plans and hoping against hope to break the cycle. Running for her life in a thunderstorm isn't the way she'd expected to start.
Keep your head down and work hard.
It was the grown-up version of, out of sight, out of mind. It was how he had survived the hell of foster care. That and running, but Jarek is done running. Finally, he has a place to call his own. Working construction, he builds things for strangers all day. At night, he renovates his dream home one piece at a time. He never expected to find the most important piece hiding under a wet tarp.
Can Jarek show Cali that it can get better?
Can two damaged souls learn to love and trust enough to build a life together.
It can always get worse.
Ripped away from her addict mother at eight only to be thrust into a new hell, those words have become etched on Cali's soul. Life in the system has only reinforced them. Now, getting ready to step out on her own, she's making plans and hoping against hope to break the cycle. Running for her life in a thunderstorm isn't the way she'd expected to start.
Keep your head down and work hard.
It was the grown-up version of, out of sight, out of mind. It was how he had survived the hell of foster care. That and running, but Jarek is done running. Finally, he has a place to call his own. Working construction, he builds things for strangers all day. At night, he renovates his dream home one piece at a time. He never expected to find the most important piece hiding under a wet tarp.
Can Jarek show Cali that it can get better?
Can two damaged souls learn to love and trust enough to build a life together.
STEELE HORSE ~ Love Sexy, Dominant Alpha Males? Meet Beau Steele!
Joining Southern rock band Steele Horse on the road for a week would’ve been any fan’s dream, but for Summer it is so much more. She knew the first time she heard sexy front man, Beau Steele’s, growling lyrics about pleasure and pain that he understood her dirty little secret. After months of talks and texts, she now has seven days to convince Beau that she can be everything that he needs, and that while she may lust after the rocker, she’s in love with the man.
Beau’s life is in the spotlight, but he hides his heart away. The physical comes easy for him, but love and trust is a whole other thing. Coming off an ugly divorce, he meets Summer online. She’s easy to talk to and their life scars seem to crisscross in a way that makes him feel she gets him. Taking a chance, he invites her on the road for a game of sex and we’ll see.
Their kinks compliment and the sex is smoking hot, but can they put their doubts aside to find the bond they both crave?
McCade's Wish~The follow-up to McCade's Way is here!
From a childhood mired in the silent hell of abuse to a life alone on the stage, Adrienne has always shown the world a mask. When her one true friend leaves New York to be a mail-order bride, the story and adventure ignites a longing in Adri that she can’t extinguish.
Visiting Genevieve in Virginia, Adri meets Cole McCade. He’s different than the men she’s known. There is a strength and sincerity about him that makes her trust him and that scares her to death. She feels her mask slipping around this man. How can he make her want to be a better person and make her sinfully hot—all at the same time? Cole is the easy-going middle brother, the one who always fills whatever role the family needs. He’s never been passionate about anything or anyone, until the moment he looks into Adrienne’s shamrock eyes. His brain is telling him the raven-haired spitfire is out of his league, but his heart is putting up a fight. Adrienne is everything that he has ever wished for. Now, it’s just a matter of convincing her that he can be everything she needs. |
CLUB SCARS ~ Book 3 in The Trinity Falls Series
For years, Kat and Crux have found solace in each other. Neither had a happy childhood, and the scars from those experiences continue to haunt them. When their son, Cam, is born, their family is finally complete and they are determined to give their little boy the best life possible. This should be the happiest time of their lives and a fresh start for their Lords family. There is just one problem: In Trinity Falls, the past never stays buried long…
The bogeyman is real. It's been fifteen years since Kat fled her golden cage but John Merrick has decided it’s time she come back to heel. He’s determined to erase the shame Katrina has caused his prestigious family. Maybe even more than that, he wants an heir and sees that chance in Cam. Merrick is a man with wealth, power, and connections in high places, as well as ones filled with unspeakable nightmares and terror. He will stop at nothing to get what he wants.
Not all scars can be seen. The monster’s return casts Kat back into the nightmares of her past and threatens a sometimes fragile hold on sanity. Can her man and the unwavering love of her club sisters help her hold it together?
Another day, another skeleton. Welcome to life in Trinity Falls…
The bogeyman is real. It's been fifteen years since Kat fled her golden cage but John Merrick has decided it’s time she come back to heel. He’s determined to erase the shame Katrina has caused his prestigious family. Maybe even more than that, he wants an heir and sees that chance in Cam. Merrick is a man with wealth, power, and connections in high places, as well as ones filled with unspeakable nightmares and terror. He will stop at nothing to get what he wants.
Not all scars can be seen. The monster’s return casts Kat back into the nightmares of her past and threatens a sometimes fragile hold on sanity. Can her man and the unwavering love of her club sisters help her hold it together?
Another day, another skeleton. Welcome to life in Trinity Falls…
Southern Eden ~ A tale of a good-hearted country boy and the supermodel who strolls into his life and turns it upside down.
Tyler O’Grady can’t believe his eyes when the woman steps out of the willows. Her sudden appearance on a private lake and ethereal beauty make him question his belief in mermaids and his sanity. When he greets her on the beach, his vision proves to be real and just as mesmerizing up close. There’s no doubt the package is perfect, but it’s something in her eyes that calls to him. He knows that guys like him don’t get girls like Eden, but Grady’s never been afraid of hard work. Can he convince her to give up the glitz and glamour for country life?
The lake cottage has always been Eden’s secret refuge when fashion and flashbulbs become too much. She is dismayed when she discovers the oft absent owners have sold the private lake just when she needs it most. The new owner is a study in contradictions. The hulking ex-jock that strolls down the beach isn’t the arrogant ladies man she anticipates. Grady’s humor and humility take her off guard and she finds herself intrigued with the gentle giant. When he invites her to stay, curiosity and a desire to hide from the spotlight make her agree, but it isn’t long before it’s the man himself making her dream of never leaving.
McCade's Way~ A 1930's Mail-Order Bride Romance
Trey McCade's never been the cuddly sort, but losing both parents and his wife in eighteen months, nearly rips his heart out. Bitter, he immerses himself in the family farm until practicality demands he look for a new wife. But Trey is understandably gun-shy and the local ladies are leery of the gruff giant.
On her own in depression-ravaged New York City, Genevieve Kelly has run out of options. Irish luck has graced her with ungainly height and bright copper hair, neither of which has potential suitors beating down her door. When the local priest says he knows a man in Virginia who is looking for a wife, she's skeptical. Yet a few letters later, Genevieve's on her way to wed a man she's never met. With the promise of a solid roof over her head and warm food in her belly, does she really need love too?
*Author's Note: Trey McCade is not your typical romance hero. He is a gruff man with insecurities and faults. The book is set in the 1930s in a time when gender roles and relationships were different. If you're looking for Happily Ever After... you'll get there, but it's a bumpy ride in McCade's Way.
CLUB TIES ~ Book 2 in The Trinity Falls Series
Mox is now a Brawer by blood, but he has never felt more like an outsider. His new place in the family comes at a high cost to the woman who raised him. Teamed with the blood on his hands, secrets and guilt build a wall between them that he doesn’t know how to tear down. Escaping the tension at home, he ventures out in an ice storm only to find his future huddled beside a dumpster.
Running for her life, Eva ironically, only wants to die. Slipping the chains of her relationship with playboy mobster, Rocco Soriano, she has nowhere to turn. An offer of safe harbor by Mox and his motorcycle brethren buys her time, but she knows the danger they’re putting themselves in.
She’s no stranger to the game between a man and a woman, but somewhere along the line, the rules get blurred. Neither Mox, nor Eva, believe love is in the cards for them, but fate disagrees. But then, just when she finds something worth living for, she has to make a choice between his life and hers.
CLUB JUSTICE ~ Book 1 in The Trinity Falls Series
Frustrated by a system that binds his hands yet frees those that prey on the innocent, Detective Zeke Brawer pushes the law to the letter and beyond.
His shooting of a serial rapist brings him under Internal Affairs investigation, and makes him the target of a personal vendetta that threatens his career, family, and the motorcycle club he loves.
“CLUB JUSTICE” is a tale of justice, brotherhood, and family, and one man's struggle to stay true to each.