The Trust We Broke (Iron Outlaws MC:Colorado 5) by S. Cole-review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date October 14, 2025

Lucy
With my law degree and a life in New York, I convinced myself I’d moved on.
But the second I saw Grudge again, all rough edges and rage, I couldn’t breathe.
He’s now a biker forged in fury, and looks at me like I’m responsible.
Maybe I am.
After all, I divorced him the day he went to prison for protecting me.
I thought I came back for my family’s sake.
But I forgot how it felt to be wanted—to be his.
And now I’m caught between the life I built…
and the man who still makes me ache.

Grudge
Nothing prepared me for her walking back into my world.My ex-wife. My weakness.
The woman with secrets in her eyes and that mouth I still dream about.
She says she’s not mine anymore.
But I see the way she trembles when I get too close.She can lie to herself all she wants—
I’ve waited eight years for a second chance…at love or revenge, I’m not sure.
Because the lies run deep between us, and the trouble coming for us both is about to blow everything wide open.

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REVIEW:THE TRUST WE BROKE is the sixth instalment in S. Cole’s contemporary, adult IRON OUTLAWS MC: COLORADO erotic, MC romance series, a spin off set in the author’s IRON OUTLAWS world. This is club president Zach ‘Grudge’ Williams, and attorney Lucy DeBose’s story line. THE TRSUT WE BROKE can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary.

NOTE: Due to the nature of the story line premise, there may be triggers for more sensitive readers.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Grudge and Lucy) THE TRUST WE BROKE follows in the wake of the return of Lucy De Bose. Following her father’s heart attack and stroke, Lucy was asked to take over some of her father’s cases but Lucy never expected to come face to face with the ex-husband, the man she still loves, but a man whose heart break and anger threaten any hopes for a second chance. Approximately ten years earlier, Zach ‘Grudge’ Williams was sentenced to prison for a crime he did not commit, and on the day of her sentencing, his wife Lucy filed for divorce. Fast forward to present day, Lucy De Bose’s return to Colorado brings with it memories from the past but as Lucy begins an investigation into her father’s life, not everything is as it appears to be. Working together with the man she still loves, Lucy will discover the lies, secret and deceit that will change the future for our story line couple, and the Iron Outlaws MC.

The world building follows several paths as the Iron Outlaws MC desperately try to avoid a war with the Midtown Rebels but at every opportunity the Rebels are taking aim at our story line heroine. Digging deeper into her father’s files, Lucy comes to the realization that her father’s life is more than she could ever imagined.

The relationship between Lucy and Grudge is one of second chances. Destroyed by an act of revenge, Lucy and Grudge must come to terms with what happened and why, in the hopes of rekindling and reconnecting for everything they lost. The $ex scenes are provocative and intense including some ‘daddy kink’.

The secondary and supporting characters are numerous, familiar and determined. We are reintroduced to the Iron Outlaws MC: Colorado, as well as several member of the mother club. We are introduced to both Lucy and Grudge’s parents, as well as the introduction of genius hacker Wren. The requisite evil has many faces.

THE TRUST WE BROKE is a story of betrayal and vengeance, power and control, secrets and lies, blackmail and corruption, family and relationships, forgiveness and love. The character driven premise is dramatic, edgy and gritty; the rekindling romance is fated and seductive;the characters are desperate, charismatic and dynamic.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
The Grief We Hold
The Oath We Take 2
The Fire We Crave
The Heart We Guard

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Reviewed by Sandy

Scarlett Cole is a contemporary romance author that calls both Toronto, Canada and Manchester, England home. A born city dweller, she periodically quashes the urge to live in the country by hiking up a mountain to remind herself that living away from people would terrify the pants off her.
She believes everybody deserves their love story to be told and loves her heroes on the rough and rugged side…and usually tall (because she married one of those 6ft 6” men you read about in romance books!). She’s an A-type personality and Scorpio star sign, so good luck getting her to do anything she doesn’t want to.
When she isn’t writing, she’s happy to talk about hot men and expensive shoes while drinking a cold gin and tonic. Don’t bring up olives. As far as Scarlett is concerned, they are the devil’s food. As long as you don’t bring up olives, she’s happy to hear from you any time.
She is represented by Louise Fury at The Fury Agency.

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