The Dust and the Roar

An outlaw biker and a free-spirited rock & roll singer collide and change their small town's destiny forever

A forgotten era
A forever love
Their untold story.

Screw the rules.

Army veteran Richie Tallin returns to South Dakota from a disastrous war with nothing to gain and nothing to lose. With no real home, his family in shambles, his dad’s old motorcycle becomes the key to a new life as Wreck, the Road Captain of an outlaw motorcycle club. Now he’s living the life he’s always craved—freedom, good times, loyalty, no regrets, and, hell yes, no rules.
But when he finally gets a chance with Isi, a feisty girl he’s had his eye on for years, everything shifts. As fiercely independent as Wreck, Isi is determined to restart her life and keep her family’s business afloat while she hides a wounded past. She and Wreck light a fire in each other that’s unexpected and wild, and what begins as a casual fling becomes passionate and serious real fast.

Life is good.

But when a war of revenge, payback, and power breaks out, everyone gets caught in the crossfire. Choices are made. Sacrifices that can never be undone. In a crazy 80’s world of drug dealers, rock and rollers, and rival outlaws, Wreck and Isi are determined to hold on come what may.

And come it does.

Few know how the One-Eyed Jacks MC of Meager came to be. And fewer still, how the love of one woman changed the destiny of a small town in the Black Hills of South Dakota forever.

"One of the greatest love stories ever written. This story spoke to my soul." - Goodreads review

"Wreck took me on a wild ride that I didn’t want to come back from. Raw, gritty, intense, & all-consuming. Wreck wrecked me in the best possible way." - Claire C. Riley USA Today Bestselling Author

“The Dust and the Roar” is the origin story novel of the Lock & Key Series, set in the late 1970s through the 1980s before the timeline of the series. This is a literary fiction love story of Isi and Wreck, an original member of the MC, as well as the story of the founding of the motorcycle club in Meager, South Dakota. A full length, complete novel, it can be read as a standalone before or after the series.

- This biker motorcycle club saga / suspense adventure / small town love story / coming of age / women's fiction / inspirational romance / family saga novel contains adult language, sex, violence, drug use and is intended for mature audiences only -


Genre: Romantic Suspense