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One Step Too Close - Coffin Nails Mc Louisiana

Sex & Mayhem, Book 6

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One Step Too Close - Coffin Nails Mc Louisiana

By: K.A. Merikan
Narrated by: Nathan Kelly
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One love. One motorcycle club. Two stepbrothers.

Ryder. Controlling. Ambitious. Protective.

Jed. Self-destructive. Trapped. Lonely.

Their love? Forbidden. Taboo. All-consuming.

For Jed, the Coffin Nails Motorcycle Club is family. With them, he learned how to think, what to enjoy, and how to fight, but there is one thing he knows his friends can’t find about. They would never accept him as gay, and so his life is a constant struggle with desires that fill him with despair. Only there is a much darker secret lurking in Jed’s heart. His feelings for his stepbrother, Ryder, go far beyond brotherly. Trapped with a yearning that can never be fulfilled, Jed spirals out of control and unwillingly puts the love of his life in danger.

Ryder is climbing up the ranks. Recently promoted to sergeant-at-arms, he has it all: Drive, respect, and the love of his biker family. When his stepbrother gets into trouble with the law, Ryder decides to take the blame and save him from a long sentence. Deep inside, he knows there is nothing he wouldn’t do for Jed, but through a desperate attempt to suppress his own hidden desires, he might irreversibly break the man he secretly loves.

But finding out what they feel for each other will test their loyalty to the Coffin Nails MC and change their lives forever.

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  • Themes: Outlaw motorcycle club, criminal activity, forbidden love, stepbrothers, blackmail, homophobia, alpha male
  • Genre: M/M dark romance, suspense, drama (stand-alone novel)

Warning: Explicit content, strong language, violence. Discretion advised.

©2015, 2021 Acerbi & Villani Ltd. (P)2025 K.A. Merikan Romance Romantic Suspense Motorcycle Suspense Heartfelt
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I listened to this in one day. I could not and did not want to stop. There was so much happening and this one gave me so many emotions and feelings while listening. There were so many places where i was frustrated with almost everyone in this book but ultimately I loved it and know that it is a book that I will listen to again. This series is great as they are able to be listened to as a standalone but they certainly give you more if you listen to them together.

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I read this book when it first came out and loved it, so I jumped at the chance to revisit it in audio format. Ryder will do just about anything for his stepbrother, even a stint in jail. Jed has been keeping some big secrets, terrified that he will be kicked out of the club for being gay, not to mention the tiny detail that he has been in love with Ryder since they were teens. I loved this dark, taboo story

deliciously dark and taboo

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I really enjoyed this audiobook and it’s depiction of the forbidden love that develops between two stepbrothers who were raised as brothers in a motorcycle club. Ryder is the responsible older brother who is willing to do anything to protect Jed. He has strange feelings for Jed, which he steadfastly pushes away. Jed is the younger brother, who was abandoned by his mother and also bears the burden of being gay in the homophobic MC world. He also has strong (sexual) feelings for Ryder. After a near tragedy, both men confess their feelings to the other, and they must decide how to navigate their future with each other and the motorcycle club. Can they keep their feelings secret? What will happen if the other Club members find out? Complicating life are Jed’s horrible, blackmailing girlfriend who has compromising pictures of Jed, an important drug deal in the works, and lazy Club members in need of a shake-up. I really liked that this audiobook/book presents a realistic picture of gay members and motorcycle clubs. In the end, they DON’T all accept, cozy-up, and sing kumbaya. Much hate, prejudice, and rejection remains, but Ryder and Jed find a way through it.

WARNING: This audiobook is realistic and gritty in it’s portrayal of club life, including morally ambiguous characters, attempted non-consensual sex, drug and alcohol use, drug running, theft, sexual promiscuity, toxic masculinity, and homophobia. There are also some instances of “club justice” (including beatings and arson).

The narration is excellent and well-portrays the rough bikers, while also softening up for the gentler exchanges and hot, sexy times between Jed and Ryder.

I received a free copy of this audiobook and am voluntarily leaving this honest review.

Motorcycle club, stepbrothers, and forbidden love

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Another perfect shade of grey story by KA Merikan. Ryder and Jed have an unique story that kept me entranced throughout. Don’t know how KA Merikan get the perfect balance without copying stories, but all the stories are fresh. Wyatt Baker did an amazing job with the narration.
This book was given to me for free at my request and I provided this voluntary review.

Loving the series

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One Step Too Close is the sixth book in the Sex and Mayhem series, but it can easily be read as a standalone. The entire Sex and Mayhem series is wonderful, and I highly suggest reading all of them just because they are so darn good. However, this book is not for everyone – it’s dark and gritty with morally grey characters who don’t hold back on violence.

I LOVED this book. Usually I’m not a huge fan of forbidden love, but Jed and Ryder are such fascinating characters that I was utterly sucked into their relationship and immediately invested in their happiness. The plot was fresh and through me for a few loops – I was not expecting some of the outcomes and loved that K.A. Merikan can still surprise me. The audiobook was also well done—Wyatt Baker does a fantastic job narrating the book and really brings out the intensity of their personalities and relationship. The audiobook production was also well done and paired with the fantastic story it made for a wonderful experience.

Intense and Gripping

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