Deadly Paradise by Elise Gedicke

Tangaloa Ano lives by the laws of the islands and the Royal Bastards MC. As the Vice President of the O’ahu Chapter, he’s been forged by heat, loyalty, and violence in equal measure. When the club uncovers horrors in a trafficker’s basement, they also find two surprises within. One is a toddler; the other is a beauty named Caroline. It doesn’t matter if she’s almost legal, she’s far too young for the thirty-four-year-old arms dealer. Tangaloa brings them home to Hawai’i where he knows they’ll be untouchable, off-limits, and safe. One quiet morning, a moment meant for comfort becomes a devastating mistake. Certain he’s crossed an unforgivable line, Tangaloa runs straight into his past, where old betrayals remind him why he stopped believing in second chances.

Now Tangaloa stands at a crossroads shaped by lava rock and old sins: the life he already survived, or the dangerous future neither of them saw coming. Because in the Royal Bastards MC, love isn’t gentle. It’s claimed, it’s earned—and it always comes at a cost.