The books in the Death Dweller MC series are dark romances filled with violence, abuse, torture, rape, and murder. Misled sets the stage for the entire series when it tells the story of the newly installed president, who is still trying to find his footing as the leader of the Death Dwellers. A year after the death of his mentor’s—and former prez—the club remains divided. Suddenly, Big Joe Foy’s daughter arrives, supposedly in need of her father.
Older members are unhappy with the club’s integration, a fact that our new leader couldn’t care less about. Having been the target of his murderous grandfather’s vitriol after he sponsors African-American members, he has no time for bigots. Equipped with sharp instincts, little patience, no belief in true love, a deadly aim, and a foul mouth, the new club president will triumph over those in the club aiming for his downfall to become the most notorious motorcycle leader in Washington. The unexpected development of falling in love with the old prez’s daughter threatens his lifestyle and his heart. If she ever discovers he killed her father, he knows he will lose her forever, along with his freedom, if she turns him in. The Death Dweller MC Book Series by Kathryn C. Kelly explores the themes of brotherhood, betrayal, family, crime, and redemption. Though several books focus on other heroes and heroines, Outlaw and Meggie remain the central focus.
The clubhouse is located in Hortensia, WA, a fictional town that’s 30 minutes from Portland, OR. The officers live on premises, although most of the members live in either Hortensia or Camas. Law enforcement is well aware of the club, but the sheriff and a few officers are in the club’s back pocket.
Club History
The Death Dwellers Motorcycle Club was co-founded by the current president’s grandfather, Logan Donovan. Logan was an unforgiving, violent man, whom everyone knows to be racist but was in a tumultuous affair with Reverend Sharper Banks, a wealthy African-American preacher who is as violent, psychotic, and power-hungry as Logan. The club has been in existence for decades but it wasn’t until Big Joe Foy became president that it moved from local entity to regional, then national, and finally international, with several European chapters. Logan was the type of man who had his own son killed. He played favorites with his grandchildren. He once made a bet during a card game. If he lost, he’d hand his granddaughter over for sex. If he won, he’d have his grandson killed. When Logan felt Big Joe was becoming too powerful, he introduced him to drugs. Logan peddled women and girls, something the current president has no knowledge of. However, with the anniversary of Big Joe’s death looming, a war between factions is brewing. Everyone believes Logan is long dead, but when Big Joe’s daughter arrives at the club and ends up giving birth to Outlaw’s child, it sets in motion a chain of events that uncovers tragedy, betrayal, and heartache.
Club Colors
Club members wear sleeveless leather cuts. The top rocker reads DEATH DWELLERS MC. The middle has their logo. It is a badass Grim Reaper with glowing red eyes and holding a bloody scythe. The bottom rocker has HORTENSIA, WA.
The Motorcycles
Harleys. The club makes it known that they don’t accept guys who like to perform tricks on their rides. If they don’t have a Harley, they aren’t considered for membership.
The Clubhouse
The entrance to the clubhouse leads immediately to the main room, where the bar is located. To the left of the entrance are wooden railings and a raised floor that leads to the pool tables and the bathrooms. The two bathroom doors have signs that read CHICKS and DICKS. There are three pool tables and four round, wooden tables with four chairs each. On the wall leading in are the photos of Free Bird Members. The long-haired, blond Big Joe Foy’s photo is framed in the middle. The place is dimly lit. Ahead is a long scarred bar, surrounded by stools. Above the bar is a bank of monitors that show all angles of the clubhouse, both inside and out. Beneath the monitors are bottles of alcohol. There’s about ten tables in this part of the room, each with four chairs. In the back corner is the president’s table.
Not far away is the entrance to the hallway that leads to the bedrooms and other various rooms, as well as the conference room and the president’s office. On the wall, where the hallway begins and can be seen from the main room, is a huge mural of the Grim Reaper with glowing red eyes and holding its scythe dripping with blood. During church, a podium is dragged out.
In the hallway, when you go right, the conference room is reached. It has a big table in it, along with a corner table containing liquor. At the end of the hallway is the president’s office. The door has a sign that says president. Inside, there’s a desk, file cabinets, a safe with a combination lock on top of one of the file cabinets and an old, ratty sofa. There’s a window that overlooks the forest.
Along the main hallway, to the left, are the officers’ bedrooms. The first bedroom is the president’s and it has a private bathroom. Inside, the bedroom is a brick wall that one side of the bed is pushed against. On the other side is a nightstand. There’s also a small desk and shelves where a cd/radio/mp3 player and nice speakers are kept. It has a chest-of-drawers, and two additional doors, one leading to the bathroom and another leading to a closet.
The next occupied bedroom, two doors from the first one, isn’t as big and it has a smaller window. It also has a private bathroom.
At the end of the hallway, around the corner, leads to more bedrooms.
One of the occupied bedrooms has no windows but a lot of posters of naked girls on the walls.
There’s also a big kitchen on premises and a laundry room that has laundromat type washers and dryers minus the coin slots.
Club Grounds
The building is unmarked and huge, although everyone knows it is the Death Dwellers Clubhouse. It looks like a big warehouse. There are several paved trails on the property. One leads to a small outbuilding known to the bikers as the meatshack.
There’s a bigger building where hydrogrows are kept and drug shipments prepared. “Dro” is grown in the back part of the building, under special lighting. This takes place pre-legislation passing legalization of marijuana in Washington state.