Big Bull Mechanics Books in Order
Part ofKM Neuhold Books in OrderFind all the Big Bull Mechanics books by KM Neuhold in order, with quick summaries, series overview, and where to start among these gruff mechanic romances.
Last updated: January 16, 2026
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Publication Order
3 books
Stick Shift
by KM Neuhold
2023
Red has loved his best friend Journey since they were teens, but Journey has always dated women. When a surprise inheritance brings Journey home to run a small farm, sharing a house and caring for a misfit menagerie nudges a believable bi awakening.
Stroker
by KM Neuhold
2022
Eight years after a drunken wedding that turned into a secret marriage, two mechanics end up as roommates again. Gates delights in tormenting his ex with pranks and broken "stroker rods," but every joke hides unfinished business and unresolved heat.
Crankshaft
by KM Neuhold
2022
Running Big Bull Mechanics leaves little time for dating, and the owner has sworn off boyfriends. Teaching a dorky vet to fix up his rusting car, sharing late night beers, and slipping into bed "just as friends" makes staying detached impossible.
Series background & context
Big Bull Mechanics spins out of the same universe as Four Bears Construction, trading job sites for a grease stained garage. The series centers on a tight knit crew of mechanics whose lives revolve around souped up trucks, classic bikes, and the customers who keep wandering into their orbit at exactly the right wrong time.
The first book follows the owner of the shop, a man who has sworn off relationships after one too many fizzled attempts. Between wrangling his younger brother and keeping the business running, the last thing he needs is a dorky local veterinarian turning up covered in oil smears and asking for help restoring an ancient car. Friends with benefits, of course, is much easier to justify than dating, at least until feelings refuse to stay in the trunk.
Later stories push deeper into the crew’s history. One book reunites a mechanic with the man he secretly married years ago in a whirlwind decision they both pretended to forget. Another traces a decades long best friendship between two middle aged men, one openly gay, one demisexual and late to understanding his own attraction, as an inherited farm and a herd of stubborn animals finally bring their lives back into the same place.
Throughout Big Bull Mechanics, Neuhold leans into some of the same strengths that make her construction books work so well: low angst, dirty jokes, and men who are emotionally available even when they are convinced they are not. The shop feels like a second home, a place where coworkers gossip, meddle, and quietly have each other’s backs when things go sideways.
The tone is playful and grounded. There is plenty of steam and more than a few ridiculous pranks, but there is also tenderness in how these men learn to ask for help, set boundaries, and imagine futures that do not look like the ones they grew up expecting. If you like your romances full of engines, oil, and big feelings under bigger bodies, Big Bull Mechanics is an easy series to sink into.
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