Engaging Opal by M.J. Marino

Clint “Gauge” Roberts has been a biker since retiring as a Navy SEAL, cruising the States as Vice President of the Mercy Ravens MC. He loves the brotherhood, but he has an itch for something enduring to complement his lifestyle, and she’s swinging around a pole in a kinky schoolgirl costume.
Opal is as precious as the stone she’s named after, and sweeter than a southern peach. There was no way Gauge would leave that club without her clinging to his back on his hog. She’s too darling to waste away in the eyes of lecherous men. Gauge isn’t much better, but for her, he will try.
All is good until Opal confesses secrets from her past, secrets so disturbing it forces Gauge to step back. She is too ethereal, too innocent for the dirty things he wants. Opal deserves a decent man—a better man—and that’s not him.
But if Gauge isn’t good enough, why does Opal not agree? Why does she fight to remain with him when she deserves more than what he can offer?
Gauge needs to let her go for good—he should—before it’s too late for her to escape, cause once he commits, there ain’t no turning back.
Hearts will break and tears will flow as the past returns to haunt Opal. Will Gauge be the man Opal deserves, helping her heal from her past trauma? Or will her history prove too much, tearing them apart for good?