Steel and Steam

By Tokenn Hill

Terence Ryder lives by one rule: trust the road, not people. A respected member of a motorcycle club based just outside Dallas, Texas, he's spent years outrunning a past that left him with scars no one sees beneath his leather cut. His days are filled with roaring engines, loyalty to his brothers, and long rides across Texas backroads-until one ordinary morning changes everything.

Emma Brooks owns a cozy coffee shop tucked away in the Bishop Arts District, where she believes every stranger has a story worth hearing. Independent, sharp-witted, and recovering from heartbreak, she's sworn off men who thrive on chaos. Then a tattooed biker with storm-gray eyes walks through her door and orders a black coffee.

What begins as stolen glances and playful banter quickly becomes an undeniable attraction neither of them expected. As their worlds collide, Emma discovers there's far more beneath Terence's hardened exterior than rumors and leather. And Terence finds himself risking the one thing he's always protected-his heart.

But Dallas has a way of keeping old ghosts alive. Rivalries, secrets, and dangerous loyalties threaten to pull them apart before they ever have a chance at forever. Together they'll have to decide if love is worth fighting for... or if some roads are destined to end in heartbreak.

Steel & Steam is a slow-burn biker romance filled with sizzling chemistry, emotional vulnerability, found family, suspense, and the kind of love that proves even the roughest roads can lead home.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HC3P33N6
• ISBN13: 9798189300271
• Release Date: July 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"