Cocky

Curtis Warren is an underworld legend, the Liverpool scally who took the methods of the street-corner drug pusher and elevated them to an art form. He forged direct links with the cocaine cartels of Colombia, the heroin godfathers of Turkey, the cannabis growers of Morocco and the ecstasy labs of Holland and Eastern Europe. His drugs went around the world, from the clubs of Manchester and Glasgow to the beaches of Sydney, Australia. His underlings called him the "Cocky Watchman". His pursuers called him "Target One". This best-selling autobiography uncovers his meteoric rise to become "the richest and most successful British criminal who has ever been caught".It relates how the Liverpool Mafia became the UK's foremost drug importers; tells how Warren corrupted top-level police officers; unveils the inside story of the biggest joint law enforcement investigation ever undertaken; and reveals the explosive contents of the covert wiretaps that brought his global empire crashing down. COCKY is a shocking insight into modern organised crime and a vivid account of the workings of the international drugs trade.

An unforgettable portrait of the emerging world's entrepreneurial dynamos Brilliant, Crazy, Cocky is the story about that top 1% of people who do more to change their worlds through greed and ambition than politicians, NGOs and nonprofits ever can. This new breed of self-starter is taking local turmoil and turning it into opportunities, making millions, creating thousands of jobs and changing the face of modern entrepreneurship at the same time. To tell this story, Lacy spent forty weeks traveling through Asia, South America and Africa hunting down the most impressive up-and-comers the developed world has never heard of....yet. The individuals profiled in Brilliant, Crazy, Cocky are distinct products of their own cultures, yet they share that same unmistakable cocktail of delusion, ambition, and brilliance that drove Bill Gates, Fred Smith, Donald Trump, and every other iconic American entrepreneur of the last few decades.

Some loves are worth fighting for. When Cocky sees something he wants he goes for it, consequences be damned. But when what he wants means crossing boundaries and blurring lines that could break more than hearts, he has to decide how far he's willing to go. Everything he has ever wanted is within his grasp, but life is unpredictable. There’s a new enemy in Webb Hollow, threatening to destroy the one he cherishes most. Search Terms: MC Romance, Biker Romance, Dark Romance, Action and Adventure, Suspense, Thriller, Mystery, Steamy Romance, Alpha Male, Dominant Hero, Romantic Thriller, Romantic Suspense, Saga, Interconnected Characters, family saga, crime, moonshine romance, dark fantasy, adult fantasy, women's action and adventure, contemporary romance, motorcycle club romance, bestselling biker series, motorcycle action and adventure, new adult romance, second chance romance, love triangle, May December Romance, older man younger woman

Faking a relationship with an injured hockey player had never been on Eliot's to-do list. When he's sent by his editor at Cocky to interview the newly-out hockey legend Danny Harper, though, he gets a little more than he bargained for.Eliot has been stuck writing a men's fashion and grooming column that no one reads since he started at Cocky--a men's lifestyle magazine--a year ago. Desperate to prove himself, he takes the assignment to interview Harper, even though he couldn't necessarily hold a hockey stick the right way up in an emergency. Danny turns out to be nothing like he expected--a lonely man who's missed out on a lot by being in the closet, rather than the overconfident jock Eliot expects him to be. As much as he doesn't want to be, Eliot finds himself drawn to the other man.When Danny proposes they fake a relationship to improve his image, Eliot jumps at the chance--not only does he need the money, but his curiosity about Danny demands to be satisfied.With Danny struggling to get through the season on a busted knee and Eliot digging up the story that could make his career, can the two of them admit their real feelings and find their happy ending?Cocky is a standalone gay romance with a HEA and no cliffhanger. It does, however, contain peppermint lip balm, platonic(ish) bed-sharing, explicit sex scenes, hockey-related injuries, and several five a.m. starts.

Follow Cocky around the campus of the University of South Carolina as he makes his way to Williams-Brice Stadium for a football game.

It was just a typical manic Monday until the blue and red lights flashed behind my Harley. The cop who pulled me over was good-looking, if you're into clean cut guys with expressive eyes. He was also cocky and gave me three tickets.One for speeding.Another for blowing a light.And the third for not producing an insurance card.Jerk.When he finally let me go, I realized I was more than an hour late for my first day as an intern for the infamous advice column, Ask Ida.So much for trying to be the only one in my family with a legit job.Lucky for me, my new boss, Soraya, didn't fire me on the spot. But that's where my luck ran out.A couple of weeks later, in between fetching coffee and finding the missing paperclips, I received a text message from my dad, the president of the Corrupt Hellraisers MC, ordering me to the compound.Yeah, try explaining that to your new boss.Hey, I've gotta go. Everyone in my family is a criminal and we're all on lockdown.You're fired.Sure enough when I arrived at the clubhouse, everyone was in cuffs and the jerk who pulled me over was the one ushering my father out of the clubhouse.They say you never see the bad guys coming.Well, I didn't see the cocky jerk coming either.

Four enterprising young people in Australia set out to renovate a hundred-year-old house known as "Cocky's Castle" for a Historic Homes contest with surprising results.