Manic (Raiders of Valhalla MC: New Blood 1) by Elizabeth Knox-review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date January 2, 2025

I swear I saw a ghost, but it turned out to be the woman I should’ve fought harder for.

Tor

Everyone makes mistakes in life, and mine was letting “the one” go. We wanted different things and neither one of us would sacrifice at the time. Our demise wasn’t for a lack of love. We loved each other so much. Unfortunately, life was pulling us in two different directions.

Then, fifteen years pass by and I’m putting in my coffee order like any other morning, and I see her.

She’s aged like fine wine and looks more beautiful than ever. Still the bada** bit** she was back then.

I knew life was giving me a second chance to make things right, to be with the woman I never stopped thinking about… and I wasn’t going to miss out on this opportunity.

There’s only one problem—she didn’t come alone.

Meghan came with a teenage girl. One with dark features and her mother’s light eyes… who damn well looked like the perfect combination between us.

I didn’t want to think this girl could be mine, but the mere sight of her proved it.

Why didn’t Meghan tell me we had a daughter? I knew there must have been a damn good reason, but soon enough I found out why she stayed away.

I was going to make them pay for what they did to her, and no one would ever touch my woman ever again.

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REVIEW: MANIC is the first instalment in Elizabeth Knox’s contemporary, adult RAIDERS OF VALHALLA MC: NEW BLOOD MC romance series, set in the Raiders of Valhalla MC world co-authored by Elizabeth Knox and EC Land. This is thirty-four year old Torsten ‘Tor’, son of RAV president Runes, and single mother/ coffee shop owner Meghan’s story line.

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

Told from dual first person perspectives (Tor and Meghan) MANIC follows the rebuilding relationship between Tor and Meghan. Approximately fifteen years earlier Meghan nearly lost her life, and in the aftermath walked away from the man that she loved. Fast forward to present day, Meghan’s past has returned, determined to lay claim to our story line heroin. Desperate, Meghan returns to the man that she loved, the man who fathered her child close to fifteen years earlier, a man who is unaware of the existence of his only daughter. Under the protection of the Raiders of Valhalla MC, Megan and her daughter Tindra find the family they had always wanted but the past refuses to let go, taking aim at everyone involved.

The world building focuses on the rekindling relationship between Tor and Meghan; the reintegration of Meghan into the Raiders of Valhalla MC; and the potential war on the horizon when a new drug and supplier is aimed at POC and those considered less than desirable.

The relationship between Meghan and Tor is one of second chance; a rekindling romance between two people destroyed by one man’s madness, obsession and betrayal but Meghan’s return comes with a secret from the past, a secret Tor knew nothing about. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

The energetic secondary and supporting characters include most of the story line couples and MC members first introduced in the original Raiders of Valhalla MC series. We are introduced to Tor and Meghan’s daughter Tindra, Rio and Flora, and the return of The Patriot.

MANIC is a story of secrets and lies, betrayal and vengeance; power and control, dysfunctional family dynamics, relationships, forgiveness and love. The premise is dramatic, gritty and tragic; the romance is fated; the characters are dynamic and determined.

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Reviewed by Sandy