Devil's Own by Megan Crane

From the bestselling author of Devil’s Honor and Devil’s Mark, this seductive novel of the Louisiana bayou kicks into high gear as a dangerously sexy biker takes a no-nonsense teacher on the ultimate thrill ride.

Lara Ashburn hates bikers. She watched a motorcycle club destroy her hometown, bringing her brother down with it. That’s a life she put far in her rearview. So the last person she wants to see walking into her classroom is the top enforcer of the Devil’s Keepers. Big, mean, and gorgeous, all tattoos and leather, Chaser is everything Lara should avoid. Yet the insane chemistry sparking between them tempts her to break all the rules.

Ryan “Chaser” Frey has his hands full with a teen daughter in need of tough love, and he doesn’t have time for prissy teachers who want to tell him how to raise his kid. But Chaser never could resist a chick who gives as good as she gets. Lara is sexy as hell, and she’s not afraid of him. Plus, her links to a California club could provide the Devils with leverage against their enemies. But that would mean mixing business with pleasure—and risking the one woman Chaser can’t afford to lose.

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Reviews by the Wicked Reads Review Team

Mary Jo – ☆☆☆☆
Lara Ashburn left the biker life long ago, after having been betrayed by a prospect to the club run by her uncle. It was the last straw in a long line of hurt and disappointment. As a child, her father had been killed while a member of an outlaw club, her mother abandoned her and her brother to the club life to live in the civilian world, and her uncle had no use for her unless she was useful to the club. Her only remaining tie to that part of her life is her brother, who is currently serving time in a federal clubhouse only hours away from her new home in Lagrange, LA.

Starting over in this humidity laden landscape, she's done her best to blend in, lay low, and stay out of trouble. Unfortunately for her, her current class misfit is also the daughter of the Devil’s Keepers MC enforcer, Chaser.

Chaser has enough problems without being called on the carpet because of his daughter's behavior at school. When the prissy school teacher called him seven times in the past 24 hours, he knew a little visit was in order to set the woman straight. What he didn't realize was that the uptight and tight-laced woman was going to turn his world upside down. Or that she was very familiar with the biker world.

Lara's inner turmoil at being thrust back into the MC word is palpable. She has to come to terms that her world is turning upside down again and she doesn't know where to go. The words of her brother come back to haunt her "You see what you want to see." and Lara must do a lot of soul searching to find her happily ever after.

Lots of drama and we find out a lot more about Digger and what's in store for the Devil’s Keepers MC and all its brethren.


Lee'Anne – ☆☆☆☆
MC romances have always been my favorite, but I have to say that adding in a teacher heroine really boost them in my book. This is a book you won’t want to put down once you’ve started – I loved every page.

Ryan, aka Chaser, has just returned from a long trip to a phone full of voicemails from his teenage daughter’s teacher requesting a meet. Chaser heads to the school and meets Lara, his daughter’s teacher. It doesn’t take much from the conversation between Chaser and Lara for Chaser to discern that Lara knows more about club life then she’s willing to admit, then a little bit longer and he has her bent over the desk… This is the start to one crazy rollercoaster ride of a relationship. Lara thinks she doesn’t want anything to do with the MC life after all she witnessed having grown up around her uncle’s MC, but Chaser is showing her what it really means to be a part of a Motorcycle Club and it’s nothing like Lara believed. Add in a war against a rival MC, a president who obviously isn’t trust worthy, and a threat against Lara, and this makes for an angst filled book you’ll not be able to quit.

I love the fast pace of Devil’s Own and that while you can read it as a standalone, it also manages to pick right up where book two left off. The author’s done a brilliant job with this series and I can’t wait for more.


Ruthie – ☆☆☆☆
This is the third in the series, and each one deals with a different member of the Devil’s Keepers MC finding out that love for the brotherhood can be trumped by the love of a good woman.

In this instance, the club enforcer, Chaser, finds the chemistry is explosive with his daughter's history teacher, who calls him in to talk about her behaviour. With such a dramatic and unexpectedly hot start to the book, we are catapulted right back into the heat of the bayou. Rest assured the temperature never decreases. By some wonderful quirk of fate, these two trip every last one of their issues and prove themselves to be utterly worthy of the other... it makes for compulsive reading. We also have the ongoing plot regarding the club itself and the fallout following Whale's 'disappearance.' The scene is set for a major showdown in future installments.

For a really gritty, sexy, and super hot love story, with ongoing politics and intrigue too, this makes for a truly good read.

Also Available in The Devil's Keepers Series

Book 1
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For reviews & more info, check out our Devil’s Honor post.

Book 2
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For reviews & more info, check out our Devil’s Mark post.

Megan Crane is a New Jersey native who had great plans to star on Broadway, preferably in Evita, just like Patti LuPone. Sadly, her inability to wow audiences with her singing voice required a back-up plan. Accordingly, she graduated from Vassar College and got her MA and PhD in literature from the University of York in England. She wrote her doctoral dissertation on AIDS literature, mostly so she could wallow in her obsession with the remarkable multimedia artist David Wojnarowicz and her idol, the bitter and hilarious David Feinberg. After many years in the rain and subject to the whim of seasons, she followed the sun to Los Angeles, where she lives with too many pets and an artist named Jeff. She is still plotting her Broadway debut.

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Reviewers on the Wicked Reads Review Team were provided a free copy of Devil's Own (The Devil's Keepers #3) by Megan Crane to read and review.

Devil's Mark by Megan Crane

The bestselling author of Devil’s Honor returns with a deliciously sinful novel about a good girl who goes bad—and the notorious Louisiana biker who can’t resist the lure of forbidden fruit.

Holly Chambless is tired of being the squeaky clean daughter of Lagrange’s holier-than-thou mayor. When her father is charged with corruption, she realizes that her whole life’s been a lie. Now’s her chance to do all the things she never dared, like scoring a job at a bar where reputations go to die, or reconnecting with the biker who sparked a secret hunger in her all those years ago. Holly isn’t a wide-eyed girl anymore—and this time she wants a taste of what has always been denied.

Killian “Uptown” Chenier has no time for stuck-up princesses. He likes fast bikes and wild sex. Sure, he remembers Holly. He sent her running with a wicked smile and a lesson about prying eyes. And sure, she’s grown up smoking-hot, with a body he’d like to personally desecrate. But Devil’s Keepers business is real and intense. Her daddy stole from the club, leaving his pretty blonde daughter a walking target. And when Uptown takes aim at what he wants, he never misses.

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Reviews by the Wicked Reads Review Team

Mary Jo – ☆☆☆☆
Little Holly Chambless's world is falling apart. With her father in jail on corruption charges, her mother hidden in her bedroom with all of her pills, she has no choice but to try to find her way in life. She's going to start by getting rid of the nice girl image she's had to portray all of her life. Gone are the reasons she had let her father mold her into the perfect trophy wife.

Watching Holly walk into Dumb Gators was something that Killian aka "Uptown" thought he'd never see. She was still as beautiful as the day she surprised him and a groupie getting it on the cemetery and just as innocent. Letting her actually work there might be the stupidest thing he ever did.

This installment in the Devil's Keeper series moves the entire story forward, but it seemed like there was a few scenes missing at times. I would have loved to know more about how/why her father was initially jailed, how he go out, more about what Whale is/was up to, etc.

Overall a good read, one that I stayed up late to finish.


Ruthie – ☆☆☆☆
This is the second in the series – and I would recommend that you read book one first as there is an ongoing plot running through the story, even though this is another DKMC brother finding unexpected romance.

Holly has been living her life to please her father, as her mother lives in a fog of prescription drugs. However, he has now been arrested and his shine has come off. Sadly, as the story progresses it comes off even more, as Holly makes some very unwelcome discoveries. As a 23 year old who has led a 'perfect, pure' life, all these revelations throw her ordered world into chaos. When she decides to go for a job in the biker bar, she is definitely pushing on boundaries!

Uptown still remembers being seen by Holly when she was just 16, and even though he hates her father, she gets his protection. As the reader, we get to experience the confusion and uncertainty that both these people feel as their feelings get in the way of good sense and expectation. I loved her innocent sassiness, his indulgent anger, their inability to resist each other’s charms. No need for the Bayou to heat up the pages, these two do the job themselves.

Add in the danger of the biker club which has some serious problems brewing, and this makes for a really good read. I am looking forward to a third installment.


Lee’Anne – ☆☆☆☆
This was a pretty good MC romance, it can definitely be read as a standalone.

Holly Chambless’s entire life has been spent being perfect for her mayor father. When it comes out that her father is corrupt and going to prison, Holly decides to take life by the horns by getting a job at the local biker bar. Uptown is an enforcer for the MC and has always had a little thing for Holly but knows she’s always been off limits. Now that she’s decided to immerse herself with the MC, Uptown decides she’s his to protect and the two start off a rollercoaster relationship. Holly’s father messed with the MC and Uptown knows that a way to get back at him would be to ruin his perfect daughter, the catch being that Uptown’s feelings quickly become involved.

I really enjoyed the sparks that fly between Holly and Uptown. For the most part, the story was fast-paced, but there were a few parts that I found myself skimming, especially towards the middle. The sexy scenes are well written with lots of dirty talk, so if that’s your thing, this is definitely a read for you.

Also Available in The Devil's Keepers Series

Book 1
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For reviews & more info, check out our Devil’s Honor post.

Megan Crane is a New Jersey native who had great plans to star on Broadway, preferably in Evita, just like Patti LuPone. Sadly, her inability to wow audiences with her singing voice required a back-up plan. Accordingly, she graduated from Vassar College and got her MA and PhD in literature from the University of York in England. She wrote her doctoral dissertation on AIDS literature, mostly so she could wallow in her obsession with the remarkable multimedia artist David Wojnarowicz and her idol, the bitter and hilarious David Feinberg. After many years in the rain and subject to the whim of seasons, she followed the sun to Los Angeles, where she lives with too many pets and an artist named Jeff. She is still plotting her Broadway debut.

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Reviewers on the Wicked Reads Review Team were provided a free copy of Devil's Mark (The Devil's Keepers #2) by Megan Crane to read and review.

Devil's Honor by Megan Crane

In the start of a sizzling new series, bestselling author Megan Crane takes readers deep into bayou country, where the sultry swamp has nothing on the heat of Louisiana’s fiercest bikers: the Devil’s Keepers.

Merritt Broussard grew up knowing she had two choices if she stayed in Lagrange: run with the outlaws or get left in their dust. So she got the hell out, leaving behind a bad-boy biker and scorching memories of their summer fling. Now Merritt’s back, with trouble on her tail, and the sergeant-at-arms of the Devil’s Keepers is the one person she can still trust. But Greeley isn’t the boy she remembers. He’s harder now, more dangerous—and even more alluring.

Joseph “Greeley” Shaw loves two things: his bike and his club. At eighteen, he escaped a rough life, found the Devil’s Keepers on the wrong side of a bad weekend, and never looked back. Greeley swore to live and die by their code: Devil’s Keepers first, Devil’s Keepers forever. No one comes between him and his brothers—except for the tantalizing woman who touched his soul. Greeley’s the kind of man who honors his commitments... and Merritt is one promise he’s determined to keep.

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Reviews by the Wicked Reads Review Team

Ruthie – ☆☆☆☆
Biker series can take many routes, and I really like where this one is going. A strong start with plenty of interesting characters who will hopeful feature in future books. In addition to the issues of family, love, and outlaw behaviour, we get to see that there are bigger, darker forces afoot. I always enjoy there being many levels to a story which will last throughout a series.

Merritt is a woman who has written her history as she saw it, and when she returns to the place that she last felt safe, she has a lot of lessons to learn and some growing up to do. Guiding her – or maybe forcing her to see what is real – is the man that she left behind many summers ago. Now that they stand on opposite sides of the tracks, it is a fabulous ride watching their story unfold. There is a good level of drama, plenty of hot and dirty, tied up in bad and dreamy! I was glad that I started reading it in the afternoon, as I did not stop until I turned the last page.

Really good read, thank you Ms. Crane.


Lee’Anne – ☆☆☆☆
I really loved this story but I’m giving a 3.5 star rating because I didn’t like Merritt, she’s so indecisive and unsure! It was ridiculous and I wanted to reach into my Kindle and throttle her. Other than Merritt’s… indecisiveness, this was a great book and I’m really looking forward to whoever’s story comes next!

Greely is the enforcer for the Devil’s Keepers MC, five years ago he met and fell in love with Merritt Broussard only to have her choose her law career over him. When Merritt leaves, Greely leaves her with one warning, “if you come back I will either kill you or keep you.” Now five years later, Merritt has a boyfriend in New York who is cray-cray so she heads home (to a place she despises) to Lagrange. As soon as Greely gets Merritt’s back he heads to her and the book steams right up – the sexy scenes are off the charts hot. Will he keep her?

One of my least favorite parts about this book was that once Greely finds out about why Merritt is really back in town and Greely moves her into his place it’s like “months go by” and there is very little detail. I find it quite odd that Merritt was cool with living with Greely for months then all of a sudden was ready to run again. It seemed off to me. My favorite part of this book was definitely the MC brothers, I’m so excited to read their stories and I’m especially excited to see what happens with the club president.


Dawn – ☆☆☆
2.5 stars

This book really just didn't do it for me. The plot was interesting, however I just really didn't like the main character, Merritt, she annoyed me from start to finish.

I also felt the book took forever to get started even though the main characters were both in the book from the beginning. There was far too much description for me and I found myself getting bored.

The sex scenes were hot, so that's a bonus, and I quite liked Greeley, he was very alpha male so he fit his character.

Sadly, I can't see myself reading any further in the series.

Megan Crane is a New Jersey native who had great plans to star on Broadway, preferably in Evita, just like Patti LuPone. Sadly, her inability to wow audiences with her singing voice required a back-up plan. Accordingly, she graduated from Vassar College and got her MA and PhD in literature from the University of York in England. She wrote her doctoral dissertation on AIDS literature, mostly so she could wallow in her obsession with the remarkable multimedia artist David Wojnarowicz and her idol, the bitter and hilarious David Feinberg. After many years in the rain and subject to the whim of seasons, she followed the sun to Los Angeles, where she lives with too many pets and an artist named Jeff. She is still plotting her Broadway debut.

Connect with Megan

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Reviewers on the Wicked Reads Review Team were provided a free copy of Devil's Honor (The Devil's Keepers #1) by Megan Crane to read and review.