MISERY (Raiders of Valhalla MC:New Blood 7) by Elizabeth Knox-review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date October 13, 2025

I’ve been watching her for seven months.

Oskar
Every coffee run. Every art class. Every time she steps outside that fortress Emil built.

My brother gave me one job: protect Elfe. The girl who almost died on her kitchen floor because of Los Coyotes. The virgin who paints her nightmares and still flinches when someone moves too fast.

She doesn’t know I exist. Doesn’t know I’m the one who’s been annihilating every threat before they reach her. Doesn’t know I’ve already taken care of the men who got too close.

I should keep it that way. She’s innocent. Fragile. Everything the son of Fenrir shouldn’t want.

But when Los Coyotes take her father—when they demand her in exchange—everything changes.

She thinks she needs to sacrifice herself. Thinks she’s still that broken girl who barely survived their first message.

She has no idea she’s been mine since the moment I saw her blood stained on the kitchen floor. No idea that I’ve been at war with myself every single day since.

Now Los Coyotes are about to learn why the Raiders of Valhalla call me their Executioner.

Because good girls might not fall for monsters, but this monster will paint the streets red to keep his girl breathing.

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REVIEW: MISERY is the seventh instalment in Elizabeth Knox’s contemporary, adult RAIDERS OF VALHALLA MC: NEW BLOOD dark, erotic, MC romance series. This is thirty-one year old, MC member Oskar, son of VP Fenrir, and twenty-three year old Elfe’s, daughter of Road Captain Ivar, story line. MISERY can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty but I recommend reading SACRIFICE number six for back story and cohesion as there is an ongoing premise throughout.

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

Told from dual first person perspectives (Oskar and Elfe) MISERY follows in the wake of an attack, seven months earlier, against our story line heroine. Like Oskar, Elfe is a second generation member, a club princess who is struggling since an attack that left her feeling vulnerable and lost but Elfe is unaware of the darkness that continues to focus on our heroine, or the man who has declared himself guardian and protector of the woman with whom he is falling in love. As the threats against Elfe become more personal, Oskar makes it his mission to destroy anyone taking aim at our story line heroine; and Elfe will confront her family focusing on the spiralling family dynamics.

The world building continues to focus on the threats aimed at the Raiders of Valhalla MC by the group known as Los Coyotes. An obsession and personal vendetta are targeting our story line couple but the people closest to Elfe will pay the price.

The relationship between Elfe and Oskar begins as a ‘secret assignment’ when Oskar is tasked with protecting the woman with whom he will fall in love. Elfe is struggling in the weeks and months following the attack, and often feels threatened by the people around her. Oskar never thought he would fall in love with our story line heroine but seven months of watching and protecting pull Oskar towards the woman that calls to his heart. The $ex scenes are limited but passionate.

There is a large ensemble cast of energetic and determined secondary and supporting characters including several generational members of the Raiders of Valhalla MC including Elfe’s parents Ivar and Starla, and her sister Helle; Oskar’s parents Fenrir and Charm; and a ghost from the past that refuses to stay down.

MISERY is a story of betrayal and vengeance, obsession and madness, power and control, dysfunctional family dynamics and heart break, forgiveness and love. The fast paced premise is dramatic, dark and edgy; the romance is limited ; the characters are desperate, charismatic and dynamic.

Reading order and Previous Reviews
Manic
Scornful
Mercy
Mortify
Monstrosity
Sacrifice

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Reviewed by Sandy