The moment Ukiah Stone looked at me across his desk like I was a problem he couldn't afford to let himself have, I knew I was in trouble.

He's everything I should walk away from... my tattooed biker boss, fifteen years older and completely off-limits. When a rival MC puts a bounty on my head, he becomes something far more dangerous: my protector.

He's all leather, ink, and ghosts from a violent past. An outlaw who swore he'd never love again, running a Robin Hood-style criminal empire, stealing masterpieces from corrupt elites and replacing them with forgeries no one can detect. He needs my talent. He never planned to need anything else.

One forbidden night together was supposed to burn him out of my system.

It didn't.

Now there's a target on my back, and Ukiah's solution is to move me into his home. Forced proximity with a man I was never supposed to want -- twenty-four seven, no escape. Late nights painting together unravel into whispered confessions, and every wall between us crumbles a little more.

The MC alpha who forbade himself from feeling starts looking at me like I'm the reason he survived his past.

I know better than to fall for my forbidden protector. I fall anyway.

Our love was built on stolen paintings and borrowed time -- and we'd burn it all down before we'd let it go.

Steamy MC dark romance. HEA guaranteed.

? About this book: Forbidden Protector is a steamy dark MC romance featuring a forced proximity age-gap instant obsession love story between a tattooed biker mastermind and the younger woman who becomes his forger -- and his greatest weakness. Tropes include: forbidden romance, protector romance, age gap (15 years), forced proximity, boss/employee, one night stand to more, criminal hero, and found family. Heat level: ???????? 4/5. Series: The Forbidden Romance Series, Book 1. Part of the Serpent MC universe. HEA. Not standalone.

Book 1 of The Forbidden Romance Series. Start with the Serpent MC prequel (Forbidden MC Enforcer) for ideal reading order (recommended, not required). This series is not standalone. This series gets darker with each book.

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• RomanceContemporary
• RomanceAlpha Male

• Publication Date: October 31, 2025
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• Print Length: 271 Pages
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