4 stars for “Cartel – 03 – Empire” by Lili St Germain

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empireIn the first 2 books I didn’t really knew if I should hate or love Dornan but now … I really hate him and it hurts because more than once he showed that he can be good, he has a conscience, …

Love and hate … there is such a thin line between them!  Poor Marianna!  How much can a woman suffer…  She is such a strong woman and deserved happiness

What I did like about this book but what is often too much in other books is the multiple POV … For this book it worked because it really helped to find out what all main characters were thinking.

I loved this dark conclusion of the Cartel series and would love to read more from this author.  I loved her Gypsy Brothers series.  I still have to read the last book in that series and am really looking forward to it.  This author knows how to write dark, captivating books!

Be warned this book doesn’t have a real HEA and even though I knew what was going to happen I was crying so much…  Heartbreaking!!

 

3 stars for “The Last Riders – 07 – Lucky’s Choice”

luckys-choiceI didn’t read this one but listened to the Audible. So I didn’t make notes and therefor this is a shorter review…

I have read 8 of her books and loved them all!! But now this one… I’m a little bit disappointed. I really did love Lucky. Any woman would be happy to have him. Even if I don’t believe myself I wanted him! All of him… I wouldn’t want him to change for me and I felt in this book that he had to change to much for Willa. And as for Willa… There is almost nothing I like about her 😦 She acts childish at moments. Her church means so much for her but she does often does name calling and lying. Lucky is a saint for putting up with her.

But Besides all that it was written very well. Just like her previous books. So even if I really didn’t like Willa and I’m not a big fan of religion in books I’m giving this one 3 stars. I also loved reading about the other couples…

4 stars for “Jericho Brotherhood – 03 – Deny” by Jade Chandler

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denyDeny is the third book in the Jericho Brotherhood series by Jade Chandler. I really love MC series and this a good one combining hot sexy bikers and a bit of kink.  Well in this book more than a bit 😉  Marr is a Domme who has had enough of men and Jericho is a Dom or at least, he used to be one until he made a mistake in the past.  Determined not to love anymore and keep his dominant side hidden he thinks he can have fun with Marr without getting attached but we all know how that goes huh?  You can deny as much as you want but what’s meant to be, will happen!  Anyway this was a great MC romance with lots of kink and some suspense.  I loved reading them and look forward to read more in this series or from this author.

3,5 stars for “Jericho Brotherhood – 02 – Release” by Jade Chandler

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release-jade-chandlerThis is a sweet romance with a kinky side about a hot, tattooing biker with a need for pain and his sweet girl finding it difficult to become his property when she doesn’t have a good history with her abusive father. Will Avery’s love for Rock be strong enough to become a part of the MC. Can she handle his need for pain?

I prefer my MC books a little bit darker and hotter but this still was a wonderful well written read. What I missed was an epilogue. The story ends rather abrupt. What happened to her father? I hope we’ll read more about Rock and his Almita in the next book. Deny, Book 3 of the Jericho Brotherhood is planned for December 2016. Looking forward to this one. Will it be Jericho’s book? Or Marc?

4,5 stars for “Chaos – 04 – Walk Through Fire” by Kristen Ashley

Walk through fireWhat can I say?? I don’t think there has been a book yet from Kristen Ashley which I didn’t like. Love them all. My favorit biker in her books will always be Tack but Logan is great too! He’s a wonderful man and dad. Possessive and protective. I admire Millie and can see why she did what she did when they were younger. I listened to the Audible for this book and usually it takes me longer to finish an Audible since I only listen while ironing or when I’m taking a walk alone but I couldn’t put this one down yesterday so I finished it earlier 😉 I did like the voice for Millie but not so much the ‘male’ voices.

4 stars for “Jericho Broterhood – 01 – Enough” by Jade Chandler

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Enough by Jade ChandlerThere are a few types of book I prefer : MC, tattoo shops, kinky, … And guess what? This book is about a sexy, kinky, tattoo-artist biker! Yay!

Enough is the first book in the ‘Jericho Brotherhood’ series by Jade Chandler and I would love to read more

In this Erotic MC Romance we get the story of Lila ‘Red’ Braham & Darren ‘Dare’ Forrester. Dare is a hot biker and boss in the tattoo shop ‘Marked Man’. Lila has escaped her abusive past and starts to work for Dare. Both have their own baggage and are done with relationships but the chemistry between them and their need makes them give it a try for as long at it lasts and someone says ENOUGH. .Lila loves her job and Dare assured her she would keep her job, no matter what happened between them. Will that work?

I liked hot, sexy Dare but I really admired strong Lila and loved how she expresses what she wants sexually

It took some time before they got their HEA so I would have liked an epilogue but I guess we’ll hear about them again in the next books in this series. Next book will be the story of Rock and Avery.

I would also like to read Kylie ‘Bear’ & Ollie’s story and of course Jericho’s, Thorn’s, Zero’s …

4 stars for “Iron Horse MC – 01 – Exquisite Trouble by Ann Mayburn”

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Exquisite Trouble by Ann MayburnI have already read the third book in this series ‘Exquisite Redemption’ and loved it.  That book is about Beach (the MC’s president) & Sarah (Swan’s sister).  I loved that book so when this first book in the series popped up on NetGalley I just had to request it!!  And it didn’t disappoint…

It’s the story of Swan.  She’s a little bit socially awkward and can’t handle being touched by people she doesn’t trust.  She doesn’t know it yet but her life is in danger.  When hot, alpha Smoke (Master at Arms of the Iron Horse MC) comes to her rescue she immediately feels safe and doesn’t mind his touch.  Because of her thrust and touch issues she’s still a virgin but being near Smoke makes her want to wanton.  Her sister is missing.  Sarah’s trying to find their mom who is the cause for both Sarah and Swan’s lives being in danger.  Swan and Smoke now want to find Sarah.

I loved both Smoke and Swan.  Especially Swan … just like her sister Sarah she’s a kicka$$ woman!  I loved how strong and smart she is!  Mini spoiler : There is even a mini scene where she takes out her father and I loved it. 

I totally love Smoke.  He can be arrogant and scary but like the author describes him in the book he is a romantic biker in a pornographic way 😀  I loved his patience and his Fortune Cookie worthy quotes!

Besides Smoke and Swan there are so many great characters in this book … Vance, Hustler, Mr Sokolov, her stepmom Mimi.  I crave a book about Hustler!  I want him ;D

I’m looking forward to read more from this series and give this book 4 stars!  This book ends in an HFN and continues in book 2 : Exquisite Danger

3 stars for “Twisted Up In You by Dawn Martens”

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Twisted Up In You by Dawn MartensAfter being left by their mother and landing in foster care Corinne and her sister Melissa get saved from a horrible home by the Angels Warriors MC. Melissa is finishing school and Cori is working for Blake. She has secretly had a crush on her boss but he treats her like a little sister. Blake has been wanting her for years but she is too shy and sweet for him until … Cori accidentally flirts with him. Now he’s starting to see her sassy side he goes after her. This is where I’ll stop telling the story.

This one was a difficult one to rate because I really loved the idea for this story and I liked both main characters but also lots of side characters. I loved Angel and have already pre-ordered the box set for the “Angels Warriors MC” which is published on February 15th 2016 for a great price!! Also lately I read too many books with insta-love which doesn’t work for me and that’s not the case in this book!

There were also some things that I didn’t really like… There are a few small spoilers in here so don’t read if you don’t want to know!!

– Cori knows Blake has had many women in the past because she had to take care of booking tables and sending flowers. When they first have sex he’s inside her before he mentions a condom.
– There are too many coincidences… Her boss and lover Blake was in the same foster home at the same time as Cori and they don’t remember. Resulting into something else revealed later in the book but I won’t tell here 😉 Both Melissa and Corinne don’t know their fathers and it gets revealed later on in the book who they are and again who their fathers are is a too big coincidence…
– Both Cori and Blake go behind each other’s backs to get information knowing they will hurt the other one if he/she finds out
– I also love groveling when someone in a book does something wrong but in this book they forgave too easily but that is my personal opinion ;D

The next book in this series will be Melissa’s story. We already get to read a lot about her and Dray in this book and I do look forward to read their story…

3 stars for “Wind Dragons MC – 03,5 – Dirty Ride by Chantal Fernando”

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Dirty Ride by Chantal FernandoValentina finally manages to escape her abusive husband. When she reaches a place she wants to try for a new start, she meets hot, alpha, bad-boy Ardan (aka Irish). She isn’t ready for a new man yet but will she be able to resist his charms? Will the past catch up? I won’t tell more because this is a really short book. A little to short to really connect with the characters. It was definitely a fun read. MC books is one of my favorite genres and I really loved Ardan. I’m not too fond of insta-love so the love declarations went a little too fast for me…

I definitely want to read the previous books in this series!

4.5 stars for “Cartel – 02 – Kingpin by Lili St. Germain”

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Kingpin by Lili St GermainDamn you Dornan! You made me like you a little bit after book 1. I know what happened in the ‘Gypsy Brothers’ series but putting that into the very back of my mind, I did see your better side but now I hate you again …

Poor Mariana, what more do you have to go through before you finally get ‘rest’! I admire her strength! This author really knows how to create strong female characters!!

In this second book ‘Kingpin’ we are 9 years ahead and Mariana is still is a privileged captive who still loves Dornan even though he’s still living with his wife. Some things happen which make her see/feel the evil man he is, more often. Her lover slowly turns into the monster hidden deep inside him. She feels more and more attracted to compassionate, kind, thoughtful John, prez of the Gypsy Brothers and Dornan’s friend. John is married and even though his wife isn’t worth the title wife and mother he remained loyal to her all those years. But now he’s having difficulties fighting his attraction towards Mariana. Can he keep fighting his attraction? Which man will she choose? Can they have a future?

Again a wonderful, well written, captivating, emotional, twisted story. Even though I’m dreading what is going to happen I’m really looking forward to the conclusion in this series … ‘EMPIRE’, the irresistible conclusion to the Cartel trilogy will be published on June 1, 2016 according to GoodReads… OMG I don’t know if I can wait that long!

Available for pre-order on Amazon US : http://amzn.com/B00KHHF02E