Iron Heart (Lords of Carnage Ironwood MC, Book 2)

Tori has lived a constrained life, settling for safety over her larger dreams. Her existence feels small and stifling until she meets Dante D'Agostino—a forbidden attraction who awakens in her a desire for a different kind of life. He teaches her to hope, want, and crave, though she fears what dreaming of happiness with him might mean. Dante operates in a world where only strength matters and love is weakness. He doesn't believe in miracles or fairy tales. When he meets Tori, a fighter and warrior he considers the strongest woman he knows, she transforms his life. She ignites something in him and breaks through his emotional defenses. Dante recognizes that Tori doesn't need saving or protection, yet he commits to protecting her with his life. Their connection is neither a fairy tale nor something he fully understands, but it has fundamentally changed him. He knows he will never return to who he was before.