Preacher (Fury Vipers MC Dublin 1) by Brooke Summers-review tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date March 28, 204

She’s trying to work towards a better future. He’s drowning in his past. Preacher has had a rough go at life. His guilt is ever present—eating him alive. When he finally found his purpose, his son, its taken away from him. Preacher escapes his dark new reality the only way he knows how; running.

Now in Ireland, he’s trying to rebuild his fractured world. That’s when she comes along. Ailbhe Mangan.

Beautiful, smart, and sweet. She’s everything he wants but he’s unwilling to open up that side of himself. Not even for her.
She’s living pay check to pay check to support her family. Her life turned upside down the day her mom walked out. Leaving her to raise five siblings. Buried under a mountain of her father’s debt. Ailbhe’s working at a strip club owned by the Fury Vipers MC to make ends meet while paying off that debt.

The last thing she wanted was a man. She never planned for Preacher. Sometimes, the best laid plans don’t always work out. Now she’s pregnant and trying to figure out what happens next. But with Preacher pushing her away, and the debt she’s in slowly overwhelming her. She can’t see a way out.

Can she find a way to achieve that better future? With or without Preacher.

Can Preacher stop running long enough to protect his future?

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REVIEW: PREACHER is the first instalment in Brooke Summers’ contemporary, adult FURY VIPERS MC: DUBLIN erotic, MC, romance series-a spin off from the author’s FURY VIPERS MC. This is twenty-nine year old Kane ‘Preacher’, and eighteen year old Ailbhe Manghan’s story line. Some of the events of PREACHER run parallel to, and cross over with some of the events of REAPER (Fury Vipers MC 8).

NOTE: Due to the nature of the story line premise including graphic violence, there may be triggers for more sensitive readers. If you have not read REAPER, there may be spoilers in my review.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Preacher and Ailbhe) using present day and memories from the past, PREACHER follows in the wake of devastating news for our story line hero. Leaving everyone and everything behind in America, Preacher escaped to the Dublin Chapter of the Fury Vipers MC where he struggled to make sense of everything he lost. Meeting Ailbhe Manghan did nothing for Preacher but an unexpected pregnancy pushed Ailbhe out of his life. Knowing he screwed up, yet again, Preacher went back to America, only to realize the person he left behind is the woman he loves. What ensues is the building but tempestuous relationship between Ailbhe and Preacher, and the potential fall-out when our heroine is targeted for payment of a debt.

The world building focuses on Preacher’s past-the abuse and neglect, and the ultimate betrayal of a mother and father. We are up close and personal with the nightmare that has become Ailbhe’s life, and in this, our heroine finds a source of income ‘dancing’ for the Fury Vipers MC Dublin when she is forced to pay someone else’s debt.

The relationship between Preacher and Ailbhe is contemptuous at best. Preacher wants nothing to do with a permanent relationship, preferring to find his solace at the bottom of a bottle. Ailbhe quickly discovers that falling for Preacher means going it alone, especially as the father of her child prefers to run, and push away the people he loves the most. The $ex scenes are intimate and provocative.

The secondary and supporting characters are interesting yet questionable on many levels including several of the original Fury Vipers MC in New York, as well as the introduction of the Fury Vipers MC: Dublin. We are introduced to Ailbhe’s siblings: Mikey, Fiona, Hanna, Evie and Raurie who play a large role in Ailbhe’s life. The requisite evil has many faces.

PREACHER is a story of power and control, betrayal and vengeance, secrets and lies, heart break and loss, acceptance and love. The premise is dark, gritty, dramatic and intense; the romance struggles in the face of Preacher’s inability to let go; the characters are broken, desperate but struggling to survive.

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Reviewed by Sandy

USA Today Bestselling Author Brooke Summers is a Mafia Romance author and is best known for her Made Series.

Brooke was born and raised in South London.   She lives with her daughter and hubby. Brooke has been an avid reader for many years.She’s a huge fan of Colleen Hoover and Kristen Ashley.

Brooke has been dreaming of writing for such a long time. When she was little, she would make up stories just for fun. Seems as though she was destined to become an author.

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