Knox Unleashed by Scarlett Cole
Iron Outlaws MC: Florida #1
Contemporary MC Romance
Release: June 4, 2026
🏍️ Motorcycle Club Romance
🖤 Morally Gray Old School President
🎨 Bait Shop Artist Heroine
⚡ Enemies-to-Lovers
🥵 … in front of his brothers!
🚫 Forbidden Love
🌀 Hurricane-Forced Proximity
🫦 Primal Energy
🌴 Small Town / Swamp Setting
💥 High-Stakes Suspense
USA Today bestselling author Scarlett Cole, writing as S. Cole, delivers an electrifying small-town, enemies-to-lovers, age-gap romance set deep in the Florida Everglades.
MAREN
Everyone in Gator Flats knows Knox.
They know the sound of his bike rolling through the swamp. The way men step aside when he walks into a room. And they know my father shot his brother and somehow kept his badge.
I should hate Knox.
Instead, every time he looks at me, I feel like he sees the parts of me I’ve spent my whole life trying to hide while working at the Magnolia Bait and Marine Supply.
Wanting him is dangerous.
But maybe staying exactly who I’ve always been is worse.
KNOX
I rule Gator Flats.
Seventeen years wearing the president’s patch, and every man in this swamp answers to me. So when someone gives up a club member’s location to an enemy, I take it personal.
What I don’t need is Maren Caldwell driving past my compound like her father didn’t change both our lives forever.
She’s too young. Too tied to things that never washed clean. And every time I look at her, I forget that wanting something and taking it are two different things.
I rule this town.
But one mistake is all it takes to lose it.
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Knox Unleashed by Scarlett Cole
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
***Review copy requested and reviewed on behalf of OMGReads Blog***
Knox Unleashed is book one in the Iron Outlaws MC: Florida series. This is an enemies to lovers, age-gap, small town, forbidden, forced proximity romance. This story focused on main characters Knox and Maren.
Knox is the Presidnt of the Florida Iron Outlaws chapter. He’s only 44 but apparently is the longest running President of the Iron Outlaws? He was a strong leader, and his brothers respected him. He was patient, observant, and stable. I wouldn’t really classify him as an Alpha though.
Maren didn’t have any relationships in her life other than her employee/employer ones. She was lonely and just going through the daily motions. She was independent while often being sassy and stubborn, except when it came to dealing with her father. At first I felt bad for her but as the story progressed she started to irritate me. She put herself in vulnerable situations and often didn’t listen to safety concerns which made no sense to me considering the events that occurred prior.
Their story blended violence, angst, drama, and spice. The spice included some breeding kinks and primal play. The big show down was a bit anticlimactic and the ending was predictable. The pacing was off, as the whole story takes place within about 4- 6 weeks, making it over the top insta-love. I felt a lot of things were missing in their story therefore it was overall just OK, I give it 3.5 stars.
MEET THE AUTHOR:
Scarlett Cole is a contemporary romance and romantic suspense author who 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!). 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 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 any time.
Connect with S. Cole: https://www.instagram.com/scarlettcole/
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