Reaper (Fury Vipers MC 8) by Brooke Summers-review tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date January 25, 2024

She’s regaining her independence… he’s starting over…

Esme is finally free after spending years in a toxic relationship, and she is ready to start her life again. On her terms.

Crossing paths with Reaper again wasn’t on her to-do list. After all, the last time they met, he left a lasting impression… and not in a good way.

Reaper knows that Esme’s the one for him. But Esme isn’t so sure about their connection.

Can she trust her judgment after years of second-guessing herself?

He’s determined to show her just how beautiful she is…

When her ex and his family start their deadly game, Reaper will do whatever it takes to keep her safe.

Can Esme love again, or will the past be too much for them to overcome?

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REVIEW: REAPER is the eighth (and final?) instalment in Brooke Summers’ contemporary, adult FURY VIPERS MC dark, erotic, MC romance series. This is MC members/mechanic Grayson ‘Reaper’ Duggan, and primary school teacher Esme Greene’s story line. REAPER can be read as a stand alone but for back story and cohesion I recommend reading the series in orders as there is an ongoing premise throughout that will culminate in this instalment.

NOTE: Due to the nature of the story line premise, there WILL BE triggers for more sensitive readers.

The events of REAPER cross over with, and run parallel to the events of several of the previous instalments.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Esme Reaper) covering several years, REAPER follows the building relationship between our story line couple. Esme Greene briefly met Reaper years earlier but Esme was engaged to another man, and Reaper wanted nothing to do with our story line heroine. Fast forward approximately four years, Reaper and Esme’s own lives imploded, and both wanted a new start but not necessarily with one another. Esme was now friends/close with the Fury Vipers MC, and Reaper was hoping for something more but he did not recognize our story line heroine, and in this, her cold attitude struck him hard but once again, their lives were about to implode, and Reaper would become guardian and protector of the woman with whom he would fall in love. Esme’s past refuses to let go, and Reaper is about to say good bye to a brother he considers more than a friend, a brother who is continuing to struggle with the demons from the past. What ensues is the building relationship between Esme and Reaper, and the potential fall-out as Esme’s past refuses to walk away, taking aim at our story line heroine.

The world building continues to focus on the betrayal by a couple of former club wh*%es, a betrayal that will directly affect Reaper, and his best friend Preacher. Preacher’s life continues to spiral such that he is no longer the man Reaper once knew. When Esme’s past demands her return, the Fury Vipers MC get help from the Italian Mafia and the Irish mob but more specifically, the woman in charge, Makenna Gallagher-Bianchi.

The relationship between Reaper and Esme begins acrimoniously approximately four years earlier. Reaper does not remember our story line heroine, and Esme wants nothing to do with the man who pushed her aside but when Reaper discovers the who, how and why, he wants to claim Esme as his own but his own life is about to change, and he will take Esme along for the ride. The $ex scenes are erotic and intense.

There is a large ensemble cast of colorful, familiar and charismatic secondary and supporting characters from the Fury Vipers MC and the Made Series who will play a significant role in the lives of our story line couple. The requisite evil has many faces.

REAPER is a story of betrayal and vengeance, secrets and lies, power and control, obsession and madness, family, friendships, relationships and love. The fast paced premise is gritty, dark and dramatic; the romance is seductive and provocative; the characters are desperate, determined, and dynamic. REAPER ends on a cliff hanger-you have been warned

Previous Reviews and Reading Order

Stag
Mayhem
Digger
Ace
Pyro
Shadow
Wrath

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Reviewed by Sandy

USA Today Bestselling Author Brooke Summers is a Mafia Romance author and is best known for her Made Series.

Brooke was born and raised in South London.   She lives with her daughter and hubby. Brooke has been an avid reader for many years.She’s a huge fan of Colleen Hoover and Kristen Ashley.

Brooke has been dreaming of writing for such a long time. When she was little, she would make up stories just for fun. Seems as though she was destined to become an author.

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