Grumpy: VDMC Book 14 (Via Daemonia Motorcycle Club 25)

Jesse "Grumpy" Bell is a member of the Via Daemonia Motorcycle Club. After a bomb tore through Demon on the Rocks, the Via Daemonia mechanic clawed his way back from the burn ward with a prosthetic eye, a face full of hardware, and the certainty that the woman he'd finally worked up the nerve to ask out doesn't want what is left of him. A man of few words and fewer expectations, Grumpy perseveres. Given his poor history with women, he doesn't need a broken heart on top of a broken body.
Kelly Doyle has spent years pouring coffee and trading easy banter with the quiet biker who makes her heart flutter like she's a teenager instead of almost forty. The night he finally asks her out, a bomb goes off before she can make their date. Maybe the universe is trying to tell her it wasn't meant to be. Six months later, she's still carrying the guilt of being late and the weight of a warning that paints Grumpy as a man who shouldn't be trusted. When he walks back into her diner asking for a second chance, she turns him down to protect them both.
But the story Kelly was told doesn't add up, and the truth runs deeper than a missed date or a mother's lies. There's a daughter Grumpy hasn't seen in ten years, a manipulation that's cost him every relationship he's ever had, and a road trip to Texas that's about to change what he thought his life could look like. Grumpy's been alone on principle. Kelly's about to give him a reason not to be.
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Perfect for readers who love a grumpy wounded hero who just needs the right sunshine to find his way back, a small town heroine with a heart big enough for everyone, and the fierce found family love of the VDMC series.
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This book contains references to bomb/explosion, graphic injury and burns, disfigurement, parental manipulation, estranged family relationships, and grief and loss. Please be aware. Your mental health matters.