Mike Dufrane fled a traumatic youth, hard years haunted by an abusive biker father, poverty and degradation, by escaping into the military. There he found only more savage violence. Then a chance encounter with an animal rescue group showed him another way. On an Indian reservation in the southwest, he finds a place to make a difference. Rez Dogs Rescue Shelter will be his route to build a positive life. Then a handsome Native American rides up on a Harley and throws Mike’s plans for a loop.<br><br>Adam was not there when his kid brother needed guidance and a firm hand. Back from two tours with Special Forces, he starts a youth center on the Rez to try to atone for his error but he cannot give up his Harley or his image as one bad ass biker. When an outsider starts a shelter for abused and neglected dogs, Adam initially finds it ludicrous but then recognizes a purpose similar to his own. However, the stranger seems to fear or hate bikers and is reluctant to begin a friendship. When crime and danger threaten both their projects, they have to join forces to prevail and suppressed attraction bursts into flame.

Rez Dogs and Scooter Trash

The only flea remaining on Mike’s hide was a growing worry about the future of his relationship with Adam. They had kept things on a strictly business basis while the arrests and related legal matters got sorted out. Now he began to think their one time together had been a fluke. Maybe Adam found him lacking or decided it was too risky for their connection to continue and perhaps be exposed.


He wasn’t sure how the Dineh reacted to gay tribal members, especially one who built a relationship with a stranger, an outsider. For all he knew, they held similar views to those of his father’s macho biker friends and some of his mother’s church-going kin. His spirits sank at that thought, despite the other successes surrounding him now.


Chapter 19