Steel and Swagger, Marialisa Demora

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Steel and Swagger by Marialisa DeMora
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Cherry has survived war, violence, and the kind of loyalty that leaves scars. A Marine veteran turned enforcer for the Incoherent Motorcycle Club, he lives by a code forged in pain and discipline. Tattoos map his history. Silence keeps him alive. Desire is something he’s learned to bury.

Denis Chapin is everything Cherry is not. A sharp-witted lawyer with a stubborn sense of justice, Denis believes in rules, accountability, and fighting for people who can’t fight back. He’s polished, principled, and quietly restless, searching for something that feels real in a world that keeps asking him to behave.

When their paths cross in a Baton Rouge queer club, the attraction is instant and dangerous. What begins as heat quickly turns complicated as Denis learns who Cherry really is, and Cherry realizes Denis sees straight through the armor. As rival MC tensions rise and loyalties are tested, the cost of loving each other becomes terrifyingly clear.

Cherry is bound to a brotherhood that has saved his life more than once. Denis is bound to ethics he refuses to abandon. Together, they must decide whether love is worth risking everything they’ve built or whether survival means walking away.

Steel and Swagger is a gritty queer MC romance filled with raw desire, emotional vulnerability, and high-stakes danger. It’s a story about men shaped by violence who dare to imagine something softer, and stronger, on the other side.