COCKY (Spartan Riders MC #5) by JC Valentine-Review, Excerpt & Giveaway Tour
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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date July 30, 2018
The cosmically designed conclusion to the Spartan Riders series.
They’ve been through hell and back and have the scars to prove it.
Kade “Moose” Hunter doesn’t tolerate drama. He’s cocky, unapologetic, and all about the quiet side of life.
That’s why Mouse fits him so well.
Angel “Mouse” Grace isn’t like the other women hanging around the club. She’s sweet and gentle, and when Moose gets her engines revving, her passion burns bright. She’s the yin to his yang, and Moose is almost certain she’s the one, but life is never that easy for a Spartan.
The catch? Their town is falling apart. A cesspool of crime and addiction, the Spartans face yet another challenge: confront crime lord Manuel Contreras and risk war, or worse, death. When Angel’s kid sister rolls into town and takes a shine to the Spartan’s mortal enemy, Moose is torn between doing what’s best for his family…and what’s best for his love life.
Will he be able to strike a balance, or lose everyone he cares about in the process?
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REVIEW: COCKY is the fifth and final instalment in JC Valentine’s contemporary, adult SPARTAN RIDERS MC erotic, MC romance series focusing on the men and women of the Spartan Riders MC. This is Kade “Moose” Hunter, and Angel “Mouse” Grace’s story line but also focuses on several other relationships including Angel’s sister Rena, and her affair with crime lord Manuel Contreras.
Told from several third person perspectives including Kade and Angel, COCKY is an ensemble story line that follows the set up and take down of the Cruiz Cartel, currently headed by crime lord Manuel Contreras. While Club enforcer Kade Hunter battles his affections for Angel Grace, her sister Rena struggles with her past, a struggle that now involves the man with whom she is falling in love. As the Spartan Riders affect a deal with the Cruiz Cartel, the FBI sit in wait to take down the man ultimately in charge.
Kade ‘Moose’ Hunter never thought he would fall in love or settle for one woman but meeting Angel Grace, a night club waitress, found our hero making plans for the future including the possibility of claiming ownership of the woman he calls ‘Mouse. Angel Grace is a strong willed, independent heroine who knows a thing or two about struggling to survive. She is no-one’s property including the man with whom she is falling in love. The $ex scenes are intimate, erotic and intense, without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.
COCKY follows several intersecting paths that reveal the connections, relationships and blood lines between the Spartan Riders MC, the FBI and the Cruiz Cartel. Most of the previous story line couples and characters play secondary and supporting roles. The premise is revealing ; the romance is passionate and intense; the characters are colorful and engaging. My only issue is with the quick resolution to the conflict(s) where most of the intimate details are never revealed, behind the scenes, and left to the reader’s imagination. The SPARTAN RIDERS MC series is a lighter look at a fictional MC, an MC whose membership believes in love and a happily ever after.
Reading Order and Previous Reviews
Grit
Mettle
Vigor
Brash
Cocky
Copy supplied for review
Reviewed by Sandy
Moose curled his lip and shifted to reach his phone tucked in his butt pocket. “Ain’t no feels involved, unless you’re talkin’ about the physical kind.” He waggled his eyebrows. “Then I got a whole lotta ‘em, if you know what I mean.”
Country glanced around at the rest of the brothers, including them in the conversation. “Moose has been sporting some serious wood lately. I can’t even walk into a room without feeling violated.”
“Gotta be the girl, then,” Taco said, then tipped his head back to drink his beer, his playful gaze still set on Moose.
Moose raised his hand and slowly lifted his middle finger. “Ya’ll just mind your business. What I do or don’t do with my dick is private.”
“Not when it’s waving hello to everyone,” Quick chimed in, then plucked a ball into one of the plastic cups.
“No fuckin’ way!” Country shouted. “I swear, you’re cheating! No one drinks as much as you have tonight and keeps winning.”
Quick shrugged. “Don’t hate the player. Hate the game. Now shut your yap and drink up, brother.”
Grumbling, Country got down to it.
Moose checked the time on his phone. It was well after midnight, and he was remembering how he’d told Mouse he’d be by later. It was probably well past “later” in her book, but he was just getting the night started.
He considered shooting off a quick text, maybe calling her to tell her to get ready for him, but then he figured why bother? If she wanted him like he thought she did, then she should be ready for him any hour of the day or night.
“Any of you bastards feel like driving me somewhere?”
“Business or pleasure?” Taco asked.
“Definitely pleasure.”
Taco vacated his fold-out chair as Moose lumbered to his feet. Slinging on his leather jacket, Taco jerked his head to the side. “I gotta head home anyway. I’ll give ya a lift.”
“Aw, you guys are seriously ditching us? The night is still young!” Country shouted.
Moose ignored the uttered complaints and fell into step behind Taco as they headed for the side door. “You assholes can crash inside if you need to. But ya’ll better make sure to clean this shit up before you leave.”
“Yes, Mommy,” he heard as he stepped out into the night. He didn’t need to look back to know what jerk-off had said it. The southern accent tipped him off just fine.
J.C. Valentine is the USA Today and International bestselling author of the Night Calls and Wayward Fighters Series and the Forbidden Trilogy. Her vivid imagination and love of words and romance had her penning her own romance stories from an early age, which, despite being poorly edited and written longhand, she forced friends and family members to read. No, she isn’t sorry.
Living in the Northwest, she has three amazing children and far too many pets. Among the many hats she wears, J.C. is an entrepreneur. Having graduated with honors, she holds a Bachelor’s in English and when she isn’t writing, you can find her editing for fellow authors.
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Great review, Sandy. Looks like a good story line.
Thanks for the great review and excerpt
Very nice review and excerpt, thanks Sandy.
Wonderful review, great excerpt, thanks Sandy.
Thanks for the great review and excerpt.
Wonderful review and thanks for the excerpt.
Great review, Sandy. Looks very good.
Another fantastic review, thanks for the excerpt.
Terrific review, Sandy. Looks like a good one.