Riding Hard
Hell Ryders MC, #4
by J.L. Sheppard
Date of Publication: August 19th 2019
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Cover Artist: Diana Carlile
Tagline: What's luck got to do with it?
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Biker Dave "Dodge" Roth has never cared about his bad luck with women. He has other things to worry about—paying off debt his ex accumulated and most importantly, raising his three-year-old son, Cullen. When a new neighbor moves in, his boy makes it impossible to ignore her. Hard to miss, she's beautiful, smart, sexy, perfect.
Biker Dave "Dodge" Roth has never cared about his bad luck with women. He has other things to worry about—paying off debt his ex accumulated and most importantly, raising his three-year-old son, Cullen. When a new neighbor moves in, his boy makes it impossible to ignore her. Hard to miss, she's beautiful, smart, sexy, perfect.
After her last failed relationship, kindergarten teacher Alexa "Lex" Millen has decided to do without men. She's bought her first home in a small town in California and remodeled it to her liking. Naturally, she's managed to move across the street from the world's biggest jerk. His son's adorable, but he won't mind his own business. If only her engines didn't rev every time he came around.
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Excerpt
“Fine. I’ll go with you.”
Going was her best option. When he took her home, she’d tell him why she’d avoided him and why the two of them getting together was a bad idea. Of course, that’d only work if he didn’t kiss her. So her plan—she had to keep him away.
He hesitated for a moment then released her.
“I have to say bye.”
She spun and made it half way around when his fingers gripped her wrist. He tugged, turning her to him again.
“You hear what I said before, Lex, or are you deaf?”
She clenched her jaw and fisted her free hand. Then the anger burning inside her spilled. “For an entire month, I sat in my beautiful house alone. That is, in between the times I got house visits from you being a jerk. I’m very angry with you for ruining the first fun night I’ve had since moving here.”
Her face flushed with each word. That heat crept down her neck and chest. “I’ve agreed to leave with you, but I’m not happy about it. I’m not anyone you can boss or control. I were you, I’d tread very carefully because quite frankly, I’ve had it with your insults, your cursing, your caveman tactics. Bottom line…”
She shoved a pointed finger in his face. “I’ve had it with you.”
A muscle in his jaw twitched. He grabbed her wrist, pulled her hand away from his face, and squeezed. “I could control you, babe, you’d be sitting on my face.”
Author Info
J.L. Sheppard was born and raised in South Florida where she still lives with her husband and sons.
As a child, her greatest aspiration was to become a writer. She read often, kept a journal, and wrote countless poems. She attended Florida International University and graduated in 2008 with a Bachelors in Communications. During her senior year, she interned at NBC Miami, WTVJ. Following the internship, she was hired and worked in the News Department for three years.
It wasn’t until 2011 that she set her heart and mind into writing her first completed novel, Demon King’s Desire, which was first published in January 2013.
The Book Junkie Reads . . . Interview with J.L. Sheppard . . .
How would you describe your style of writing to someone that has never read your work?
I write in third person though throughout my books, in different scenes, I write in different point-of-views, either the hero or the heroine.
What mindset or routine do you feel the need to set when preparing to write (in general whether you are working on a project or just free writing)? I have no routine! As the mom of two boys—one is four, the other is one—I write when I can spare a minute. When I get an idea, I write it immediately, else I risk forgetting.
Do you take your character prep to heart? Do you nurture the growth of each character all the way through to the page? Do you people watch to help with development? Or do you build upon your character during story creation? Often, I have an idea about who the character is, but I develop him or her as I write. When I edit, I not only edit for content but make sure that there’s the proper character development.
Have you found yourself bonding with any particular character? If so which one(s)?
I bond with all my heroes and heroines. It’s hard not to when I spend so much time dreaming them up.
Do you have a character that you have been working on that you can't wait to put to paper?
I have a story that I can’t wait to put to paper. The character has made cameos in the Hell Ryders Series, so the character is alive in my fictional world, but his story isn’t yet.
Have you ever felt that there was something inside of you that you couldn't control? If so what? If no what spurs you to reach for the unexperienced? My need to write is hard to control. I swear every time I get a bad review, every time I find a typo in one of my published novels, I ask myself, “Why do I do this?” As I’ve continued to write and release books, I’ve also become anxious about the whole process. Yes, even when all the work is done and I’m just promoting while waiting around for release day. This is due to the fact that I know not everyone is going to like this book that I spent hours upon hours writing, re-reading, editing, and I know I can’t catch every mistake. My editor can’t either. We are human after all. I tell myself repeatedly, “Every book has typos,” and “Even multimillion-dollar films have errors.” But I can’t control that anxiety, like I can’t control the fact that I can’t stop the story ideas, the characters that pop into my head, and so I write.
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