Big Boys of Berenson Trucking Series by May Alder

A woman on the run. After my dad forgets to set the house alarm, I grab the duffel bag I’ve had packed and hidden for months and sprint into the night to the closest truck stop. My future and safety rely on finding a trucker willing to let me hitch a ride out of town before my dad discovers I’ve run away. Legally, he can’t drag me back home if he finds me now that I’m eighteen, but the law has never stopped him from doing what he wants before... moreA woman on the run. After my dad forgets to set the house alarm, I grab the duffel bag I’ve had packed and hidden for months and sprint into the night to the closest truck stop. My future and safety rely on finding a trucker willing to let me hitch a ride out of town before my dad discovers I’ve run away. Legally, he can’t drag me back home if he finds me now that I’m eighteen, but the law has never stopped him from doing what he wants before. Faced with one rejection after another, I become desperate…desperate enough to throw myself in front of an 18-wheeler pulling out of the lot, forcing the driver to slam on their brakes or run me over. Heart pounding and losing hope, I drop to my knees in front of the older mountain of a man who steps out of the truck. I’m willing to do anything he wants so long as he agrees to take me with him. At least, that’s what I tell myself…. A trucker who is her last hope. I’ve never been tempted to pick up a hitchhiker before, but when the young woman risks her life running in front of my truck, then kneels in the dirty parking lot and begs me for a ride, I give in against my better judgment. She doesn’t have to follow through on her promise to do anything I want since I won’t touch her with a ten-foot pole. At least, that’s what I tell myself…. When I find out why she’s so desperate to get out of town, I make a promise of my own. A promise to take care of her and protect her until we go our separate ways. Except, I can’t let her go. Not now. Not after my monumental mistake. Not after knowing she could be pregnant with my baby. Runaway Whirlwind is a standalone, full-length, fast-burn, spicy, age-gap romance. Please read the Author’s Note at the beginning of the book. Happily ever after guaranteed. less

A woman in need of safe passage. Hitchhiking from Nevada to Texas on my own at nineteen years old and nearly nine months pregnant to reunite with my dad is terrifying, especially after being attacked by a man who wants me to pay for my ride—and not with money. I barely manage to fight him off when he gets spooked after an eighteen-wheeler pulls into the truck stop parking lot, and he takes off with half of my luggage in the back seat... moreA woman in need of safe passage. Hitchhiking from Nevada to Texas on my own at nineteen years old and nearly nine months pregnant to reunite with my dad is terrifying, especially after being attacked by a man who wants me to pay for my ride—and not with money. I barely manage to fight him off when he gets spooked after an eighteen-wheeler pulls into the truck stop parking lot, and he takes off with half of my luggage in the back seat. Freezing cold, out of money, and scared of being attacked again, I watch and wait for the truck driver to go into the convenience store, then sneak inside his unlocked eighteen-wheeler. For the first time in a week, I feel a sliver of safety and curl up into a small ball, hoping the driver won’t find me hiding behind his seat when he comes back. A trucker who vows to help her. I confront the person who broke into my truck, and the burn that’s been building in my chest for the last few days finally eases when I realize it’s a young woman—a heavily pregnant young woman—who needs safe passage to my home state of Texas. Angry at her father for making his daughter hitchhike alone across four states in her condition, I vow to take care of her until they’re reunited. Except, as soon as we get to Texas, I find out she’s been hiding her labor contractions, and there’s no time to take her to her dad’s apartment. At the hospital, she begs me to stay, afraid of giving birth all alone, and neither of us corrects the staff who think I’m the baby’s father. After helping her throughout her labor and watching her give birth, it’s a battle to remind myself…. She is not my woman. Her daughter is not my baby. But if I have my way, they will be. Stowaway Whirlwind is the 2nd book in the Big Boys of Berenson Trucking series but can be read as a standalone. Stowaway Whirlwind is a full-length, spicy, age-gap romance. Please read the Author’s Note at the beginning of the book before proceeding. Happily ever after guaranteed. less

A woman running on fumes. Kicked out of my mom’s house at fifteen years old after my dad died, I’m no stranger to hard work, picking up extra waitressing shifts at the diner and every odd job I can find on the side for the last ten years. Yet, no matter how hard I work, I can never seem to get ahead—not when I have endless car repairs, doctor’s appointments, and student loans to repay... moreA woman running on fumes. Kicked out of my mom’s house at fifteen years old after my dad died, I’m no stranger to hard work, picking up extra waitressing shifts at the diner and every odd job I can find on the side for the last ten years. Yet, no matter how hard I work, I can never seem to get ahead—not when I have endless car repairs, doctor’s appointments, and student loans to repay. My fiancé abruptly ending our engagement after a nasty fight and kicking me out as well is just the icing on the cake, and I’m running on fumes…. That is until one of my regulars at the diner starts leaving me outrageous tips that I haven’t earned simply by refilling his coffee. Considering all the reasons a handsome and successful older man like him should never have looked twice at me, I’m not sure why he’s taken such a bizarre interest in my well-being…or why he follows me, showing up whenever I need help long before I have the chance to call anyone. A trucker caught up in her whirlwind. As the largest employer in the region and owner of Berenson Trucking, I have the means to take care of the sweet, exhausted waitress whose whirlwind I’ve been inappropriately caught up in since the moment I laid eyes on her. Yet, no matter how much cash I tip her, she refuses to slow down and simply let me take care of her, and it’s not only because I’m over twice her age. Knowing my darlin’ will never truly be mine, I keep my distance, watching her night after night from my truck discreetly parked outside her apartment, never letting on how obsessed I am with her. That is until someone starts targeting us, vandalizing our vehicles and my home, and we find out I’m not the only one watching her from the shadows. No one can protect her better than me. Which I will. Even if I end up going to prison for it. Castaway Whirlwind is the 3rd book in the Big Boys of Berenson Trucking series but can be read as a standalone. Castaway Whirlwind is a full-length, spicy, age-gap romance. Please read the Author’s Note at the beginning of the book before proceeding. Happily ever after guaranteed. less

A woman in need of hiding. I thought my kids and I would be safe once we escaped the cult’s compound in the desert and started a new life in Las Vegas, but I couldn’t have been more wrong. Four years later, the stakes are even higher, and I need another escape plan. Knowing I might not see the light of another day if I’m discovered, I risk everything to call an ex-coworker who had already left Nevada for a better life: “Did you mean it? Can you get us out? ”... moreA woman in need of hiding. I thought my kids and I would be safe once we escaped the cult’s compound in the desert and started a new life in Las Vegas, but I couldn’t have been more wrong. Four years later, the stakes are even higher, and I need another escape plan. Knowing I might not see the light of another day if I’m discovered, I risk everything to call an ex-coworker who had already left Nevada for a better life: “Did you mean it? Can you get us out? ”. When she promises to send her friend, a long-haul truck driver on route nearby, to safely smuggle us out of state, all I have to do is pack and wait, hoping I’ll find the freedom I’ve been searching for since I was ten years old. In twelve hours, my kids and I will be safe and hidden away. My hand drifts to my lower stomach. And so will this one. A trucker sent to help her. I’m on my last long-haul job before my worsening eyesight takes me off the road for good when I get a call, asking for a favor: smuggle a woman and her kids out of Nevada. It’s supposed to be a two-day trip, and at the end, I’m to drop them off at a mutual friend’s house. Except when a massive storm system sweeps the lower half of the country, the trip takes twice as long. It’s both a blessing and a curse that when we eventually make it to Texas, the freak-freeze causes the state’s power grid to fail, and I have to take them home to my cabin. The more time I spend with them, playing house as we wait for the power to be restored, the clearer it becomes that our small town’s infamous whirlwind has sunk its talons into me. How am I supposed to let her and the kids go when the storm passes? When we already feel like a family? When the dangers she left behind in Las Vegas follow her all the way to her new home? Put simply, I can’t. Because the bigger they are, the harder they fall. And I’m the biggest, most dangerous of them all. Hideaway Whirlwind is the 4th book in the Big Boys of Berenson Trucking series but can be read as a standalone. Hideaway Whirlwind is a full-length, spicy, age-gap romance. Please read the Author’s Note at the beginning of the book before proceeding. Happily ever after guaranteed. less