Malachi by Nicole Abrams

She’s trying to escape. He’s everything she should run from. But sometimes the safest place… is the one that burns.

Candace Giles doesn’t need anyone. Not her father, not her past, and definitely not the tattooed biker president who won’t stop getting under her skin. All she wants is to save enough money to disappear from Willowridge for good. No attachments. No mistakes.

Malachi Hayes doesn’t do soft. He leads The Outsiders with fists, fury, and a code he carved into his soul after losing everything. But the second Candace storms into his world—all fire, secrets, and bite—he knows he’s already too deep.

When a brutal betrayal forces Candace into the arms of the very man she swore to hate, the line between enemies and lovers blurs into something fierce and feral. But the deeper she falls, the more the past claws its way back—and Malachi has secrets of his own. Ones that tie them together in ways neither of them are ready to face.

In a town built on silence and blood, loving him could be her salvation… or her undoing.