Legacy of Smoke (Skilletsville Destroyers MC novella )by Calia Wilde-review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: June 19, 2025

Smoke (Austin “Smoke’em” Vaughn) is back and trying to adjust to the “new” Skilletsville where the evil mayor is dead, his best friend is not only RICH, but married, and he’s THIS CLOSE to getting his dream of being a full-fledged Destroyer.

But he didn’t count on Poppy Hikialania (Albert) or the entire CRAZY Albert clan. That family doesn’t just have skeletons in their closet, but brutally dismembered corpses.

And for good reason. NO ONE touches Pinner Albert’s daughters. Especially not an ex-con Destroyer prospect.

Smoke has some ‘splaining to do…

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REVIEW:LEGACY OF SMOKE is a contemporary, adult novella found in Calia Wilde’s SKILLLETSVILLE DESTROYERS MC dark, MC romance series, a spin-off set in the author’s DESTROYERS MC world. This is Austin’ Smoke’ Vaughn, and twenty-seven year old Poppy Hikialani Albert’s story line. LEGACY OF SMOKE can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story line is revealed where necessary.

I am not sure where in the timeline of the interconnected series LEGACY OF SMOKE takes place. GR, the ZON and the author’s website do not show or suggest a reading order. When I checked several other sites, I am more confused than before.

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

Told from dual first person perspectives (Smoke and Poppy) LEGACY OF SMOKE follows in the wake of the return of Austin ‘Smoke’ Vaughn, after serving a ten year prison sentence. His cell mate was Destroyers’ MC OG Jeffrey ‘Pinner’ Albert, and Smoke knew he had to stay away from the woman that would call to his heart but demoted to prospect, and desperate for a job, Smoke finds himself working construction, where he will come face to face with our story line heroine, a woman off limits in more ways than one. Poppy Hikialani Albert does most of the official office jobs for the MC owned construction company, and will quickly discover there is more than one woman pining after the man with whom she will fall in love but all is not as is appears to be, and Smoke will discover his past isn’t too far behind.

The world building follows Smoke’s re-acclimation into the world of the MC, as he struggles to find a place to live work and love. Poppy battles between head and heart, falling for a man whose past is dark but when Poppy’s younger sister Lily begins to spiral, it is all hands on deck to find a young woman who is lost in her own world.

The relationship between Poppy and Smoke begins as friends. There is mutual attraction is tempered by Smoke’s need to keep his distance but the heart wants something it cannot have. The $ex scenes are intimate.

There is a large ensemble cast of colorful and energetic secondary and supporting players including the return of owner of the construction company and MC member Sprout and Daniella, Wolf and Tits, Griz, Sketch, Poke, Jackson, as well as Poppy’s father Pinner, her half sister Lily, and Lily’s mother Jewel.

LEGACY OF SMOKE is a story of secrets and lies, betrayal and vengeance, power and control, drug abuse and neglect, family and dysfunction, acceptance and love. The fast paced premise is dramatic, edgy and twisted; the characters are flawed but determined; the romance is spicy.

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Reviewed by Sandy