Badge (Ruthless King MC) by KL Savage-Review & Excerpt Tour
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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date September 10, 2021
Everyone has dreams when they are young.
And mine came to an abrupt halt.
I changed as a man, as a person, my soul was damaged beyond repair.
So I turned into someone everyone would hate.
Because I hate everyone and everything.
I’m furious at the world.
I don’t see that changing anytime soon.
But then it does change.
And if there is one thing I am not good at, it’s adapting.
Hope, Bullseye’s daughter, jump starts my soul again.
I hate it.
I love it.
I need her.
But I can’t have her.
She’s my friend’s daughter, for one.
For two, she’s way too damn young for the likes of me.
Three? She’s got a kid.
And everyone knows how I feel about kids.
Vermin. Loud. Annoying.
Wonderful. Beautiful. Precious.
The voice inside my head is stupid.
It wants and wants but I won’t allow myself to have it.
I don’t deserve to have it.
There’s no hope for me.
Even if hope is staring me in the face.
I have to focus on me. My business. I’m on a case.
Women are dying.
And it’s all because of me.
I have to protect what I care about for once in my life.
I failed once and I refuse to do it again.
How can I love her, when hate is all I’ve ever known?
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REVIEW:BADGE is the eighteenth instalment in KL Savage’s contemporary, adult RUTHLESS KINGS MC: LAS VEGAS erotic, MC, romance series focusing on the men and women of the Ruthless Kings MC. This is former police officer Forrest ‘Badge’ Walker, and eighteen year old Hope’s story line . BADGE can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary but for back story and cohesion, I recommend reading the series in order. Hope is the Ruthless King’s MC President Reaper’s daughter.
WARNING: Due to the nature of the story line premise, there may be triggers for more sensitive readers.
Told from dual first person perspectives (Badge and Hope) BADGE focuses on forbidden but building relationship between former police officer Forrest ‘Badge’ Walker, and the Ruthless Kings MC president’s eighteen year old, daughter Hope. Months earlier Hope arrived at the Ruthless Kings MC Las Vegas compound, and in the ensuing time gave birth to her daughter Faith but Hope’s attraction to former police officer turned MC member Badge is constantly rebuffed by our story line hero whose emotional stability is about to implode. Feeling restless, Badge opens up his own PI service, and his first case places him in the midst of a serial killing, a killing that hits too close to home. As the killer continues on their murderous spree, a familiar face is about to destroy all of the peace Badge has found since falling for our story line heroine. What ensues is the age-gap romance between Badge and Hope, as Badge struggles to contain a killer.
At eighteen years of age, Badge had his whole life ahead of him but in the blink of an eye, he lost everything that meant the world. Fast forward to present day, and the past is about to come full circle, drowning our hero in a whirlwind of memories and loss. Hope has never known love until she arrived at the Ruthless Kings MC. Discovering her real family meant finding the happiness and peace she so longed to have but falling for Badge meant falling for a man who continued to battle his own recurring nightmare.
The relationship between Badge and Hope is a forbidden love; an age-gap romance between the President’s daughter and a member of the MC. Reaper struggles to acknowledge his daughter’s attraction to a man who is struggling with his own demons but Hope is the perfect foil for a man who has lost so much. The $ex scenes are erotic, provocative and intense.
There is a large ensemble cast of secondary and supporting characters including several of the previous story line characters and couples; the return of Seer and Hex, as well as Boomer and the gang.
BADGE is an emotional story of heart break and loss; acceptance, love and moving forward. The premise is raw and twisted; the romance is edgy and dramatic; the characters are broken yet powerful and strong.
Reading Order and Previous Reviews
Reaper’s Rise
Reaper
Boomer
Tool
Poodle
Pirate
A Ruthless Halloween
Doc
Tongue
A Ruthless Christmas
Knives
Tongue’s Target
Bullseye
Orbiting Mars
Slingshot
Tongue’s Taste
RUTHLESS UNDERWORLD series
MATEO: Moretti-Ruthless Underworld
Copy supplied for review
Reviewed by Sandy
“Sure,” she chirps and begins to walk in front of me.
My eyes eat her up, watching her plump ass shake under that dress. Jesus, is she wearing anything under it? Her heels click against the hardwood floors and she opens her bedroom door to invite me in.
Bullseye gives me a curious glance but doesn’t think much of it when I keep the door open.
“Can this be quick?” Hope asks, staring at her phone. “Benji will be here any minute.”
I rub a hand over my mouth and take a deep breath. “What the hell are you doing? You can’t go out with… Benji.” I nearly spit his name as I say it. I don’t like the guy. I used to, but not anymore.
“Why not? He’s around my age. He is kind. He is interested in Faith—”
“—He asked about her?” I grind my teeth together at his audacity. “She is m—” I almost say ‘she’s my little girl’, but I catch myself. I’m so messed up in the head. I don’t know when I started thinking that. I’ve barely spent any time with her. “Why are you doing this to me?” I whisper, realizing how selfish I sound.
“Doing this to you? I’m not doing anything to you, Forrest. I told you I wasn’t going to wait around. You said you didn’t want me. You pushed me away.”
“He isn’t allowed to have you,” I growl, taking a step forward, readying myself to rip that dress off her and show her who she really belongs to.
Hope shoves me in the chest and points her finger at me. “You arrogant bastard. You don’t want me but no one else can have me? Fuck you, Forrest. You had your chance and guess what?”
“Hope! Benji is here!” Bullseye calls out from the kitchen.
Hope lowers her voice and shoves me again. “And you aren’t going to have another one. You’re going to watch me walk out of here looking fucking amazing and you’re going to wish you weren’t being a coward.” She thrusts her shoulders back and clutches her black billfold against her chest.
Hope goes to walk around and I wrap my hand around her to stop her, tugging her against me. I don’t give her time to think. I clutch the back of her neck with my hand and yank her to me, pressing my lips against hers.
My soul is righted as soon as our lips meet. All the pain disappears; all the burdens I’ve made myself carry melt away. I want to admit everything I am to her. No other man can have these lips of hers. No other man can make her gasp and clutch onto them like I can.
Maybe I am an arrogant man. I never considered myself one.
But I am when it comes to her.
No one else can have my slice of heaven, not when I’m finally accepting her light.
She rips her lips from mine and before I can blink, her palm meets my cheek. “How fucking dare you,” she hisses. “You kiss me before I meet with another man, why?”
I wrap my hand around her throat and shove her against the wall, pressing my body against hers. My cock is pressed against her thigh and her swollen lips part, her lipstick smeared and all fucked up from our kiss.
Good.
“So when you’re with him, all you can think about, all you can taste, is me.”
“You are out of your damn mind if you think I’m going to be thinking about you at all.”
“Hope!” Bullseye calls out again, and I take a step back.
“Yeah, better get away from me,” she sneers. “Or you’ll have to deal with Daddy.”
My heart plummets. I screwed up.
“You better hope you got everything you wanted out of that kiss because that’s the last time you ever touch me.” She cleans the outline of her lips with her thumb, fixing the evidence of our kiss. “God, you’re unbelievable,” she scoffs.
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Thanks for another wonderful review and excerpt.
Terrific review, Sandy. Looks like a great addition to this series.
Great review, Sandy. Looks like a good series.
Looks great, thanks for the excerpt.
Fantastic review and excerpt.
very nice review, sandy. thanks.
Great review, Sandy. Sounds very good.
Very nice review and excerpt, thanks
Thanks for the great review
Great review, Sandy. Looks very good. Thanks.