LOVIN’ OPRY (RBMC: Nashville TN 9) by Morgan Jane Mitchell -review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date January 30, 2024

I’m Leo, just nineteen. I ain’t got nobody or nothin’, except for the skin I’m in and the moves I make on the pole at the Royal Bastards MC clubhouse, Royal Road. My life’s all about neon lights, body glitter, and dreams that spin ’round fast. But everything gets twisted when I start catchin’ feelings for Opry, my boss – the tatted up, cowboy-hat-wearing biker twice my age.Me and Opry? We ain’t your typical couple. It’s a “situationship”, like twerking to a steel guitar- seems all wrong but feels so right. A dom with a taste for a world of kink, the biker’s as tough and tantalizing as an unsolved mystery. And boy, has he got commitment issues.

Lovin’ Opry’s a tough ride, but this gal right here is all about the thrill.The catch? He doesn’t vibe with me outside our shared bedroom. Our convos are like tryna blend country twang with a hip-hop beat. When he starts acting all distant, like he’s losin’ interest, I hit the road. I thought I could just peace out, leave the cowboy in my rearview. Thought I could ghost the biker who’s little bark and all bite.I should have known better.

Name’s Opry. Got this young firecracker, Leo, lightin’ up our stage, movin’ like a wild storm under the club lights. The little filly gets under my skin, makes a home there, and just when I think I got a handle on things, it all goes to hell. I’ve been around, seen things that’d make most men quake, and it’s hardened me. I’ve ridden with the reaper, stared down danger more times than I can count, but the depth of my feelings for Leo? Terrifying.She senses me pullin’ away, and just like that, she’s gone. Thought I could let her go, let her become a memory, drowned out by the rumble of this fast life. But once her laughter stops echoing through my clubhouse, I’m punched with a hurt worse than a busted rib – I miss the hell out of my little dancer.Come New Year’s Eve, I know I gotta get her back. Don’t matter what it takes, I gotta make it right, bring her back into my world, our world. Whether she likes it or not.

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REVIEW: LOVIN’ OPRY is the ninth instalment in Morgan Jane Mitchell’s contemporary, adult RBMC: NASHVILLE TN dark, erotic, MC romance series, a part of the multi-authored RBMC series. This is nineteen year old, dancer Leonora ‘Leo’ Wynburn, and forty year old, biker/ club manager Tripp ‘Opry’ Tanner. LOVIN’ OPRY can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary.

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

Some of the event cross over with and run parallel to the events of the previous five instalment.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Opry and Leo) LOVIN’ OPRY focuses on the relationship between our story line couple. Leo is in debt to the mob but in an effort to break free, she finds herself working at a dance club owned by the RBMC: Nashville. Finding herself under the protection of MC member Opry was nothing like Leo could have ever imagined when Opry demanded her complete submission, and letting her know he didn’t do hearts and flowers. Opry doesn’t do relationships, and our heroine had been warned many times but Leo was about to lose her heart to a man who wanted nothing more. Watching everyone else move on with their lives, Leo knew it was only a matter of time before she would have to move on, alone. What ensues is the building but acrimonious relationship between Opry and Leo, and the potential fall-out as Leo finds herself wondering where everything went wrong.

The world building focuses on the unconventional relationship between our story line couple. Opry only wants a Dom/sub relationship as well as Leo’s complete submission both inside and outside of the house, and he will offer his protection but nothing more. Leo deserves to be loved but Opry refuses to accept anything beyond the present, and a despondent and desperate Leo believes it is her time to move on. The $ex scenes are intimate, erotic and provocative with scenes of BDSM. Opry’s need to remain in control, and his struggle with their differences in age, leaves our heroine broken, looking for something more.

There is a large ensemble cast of colorful and charismatic secondary and supporting characters including Leo’s cousin Sky (Royal Surprise 4), MC president Kingpin, as well as several other members of the RBMC: Nashville, their significant others, dancers and the mob.

LOVIN’ OPRY is a story of power and control, secrets and lies, family, relationships and friendships. The premise is heart breaking and emotional; the romance is limited as Opry struggles to feel anything but domination; the characters are desperate and dynamic.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
Hallow’s Eve
Kissing Irish
Royal Road
Royal Surprise
Catchin’ Levi
Pagan’s Xmas
Valentine’s Eve
Royal Pain

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Reviewed by Sandy