Royally Chosen Christmas (Royal Sons MC 7) by Elle Boon-Review Tour

 

 

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date December 10, 2020

He wasn’t supposed to Want her. She wasn’t supposed to Love him. When Heart and Loyalty Collide. Rules don’t apply.

Brotherhood. Family. Club.

They live and die by their own rules.

These are the men of the Royal Bastards and they’ll ride through Hell for each other.

Hollywood Haven never apologizes for who he is or where he came from… The Royal Bastards don’t know everything there is to know about him, and that’s how he likes it. He’s a man who’s dedicated to his brothers and will protect those he loves, especially Talena. She’s the one woman who’s held his heart since the day she came into his life, and he’ll destroy anyone who dares harm one hair on her gorgeous head.

Talena Haven has always had everything she’s wanted except… The life of Hollywood Royalty sounds great, but it isn’t all it’s cracked up to be when the one thing you want, you can’t have. As dreams shatter, becoming nightmares, she turns to the only man who has always protected her.

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REVIEW:ROYALLY CHOSEN CHRISTMAS is the seventh instalment in Elle Boon’s contemporary, adult ROYAL SONS MC erotic, MC romance series focusing on the members of the Royal Bastards MC. This is billionaire Scott ‘Hollywood’ Haven, and Talena Haven’s story line. ROYALLY CHOSEN CHRISTMAS can be read as a stand alone but for back story and cohesion I recommend reading the series in order.

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

Told from third person perspective, following two timelines, ROYALLY CHOSEN CHRISTMAS follows the forbidden relationship between billionaire Scott ‘Hollywood’ Haven and his adopted sister Talena Haven. Approximately ten years earlier Scott Haven lost his step sister to a suicide following the revelations of sexual abuse at the hands of her father. Fast forward to present days wherein Scott, along with the members of the Royal Bastards MC come to the rescue of Scott’s remaining adopted sister Talena, a young woman whose penchant for street racing and trash talk has made her a target of a crazy man. Claiming Talena as his own, Scott Haven will ‘teach’ our heroine to behave and obey by introducing Talena to the Dom/sub lifestyle. As Talena and Scott’s relationship develops, a threat from the recent past demands retribution and payment for embarrassment and denial. What ensues is the building romance and relationship between Scott and Talena, and the potential fall-out as Scott’s mother Tara finds herself facing a past long thought dead and gone, and Talena faces off against another man’s murderous rage.

The relationship between Talena and Scott begins as adopted brother and sister but secrets within the family lie dangerous and deep. Scott has always been protective of our story line heroine but as Talena grew into a mature young woman Scott’s feelings for Talena were anything but brotherly. The $ex scenes are intimate, erotic and intense with some scenes of spanking and light bondage.

There is a large ensemble cast of colorful and energetic secondary and supporting characters including most of the previous story line heroes, as well as Scott’s mother Tara, his step-sister Angela, her father Gary, and Lennox’ father Doc. The return of Roq, Axl, Ridley and Cannon from Royally F@*cked #6 prepares the readers for the author’s spin off DEMON SECURITY series.

ROYALLY CHOSEN CHRISTMAS is a story of family, betrayal, vengeance and love. The premise is engaging and entertaining; the romance is spicy and hot; the characters are charismatic and captivating but saying that I did have a few issues. Firstly, as this is my first Royal Sons/Royal B*stards story line I felt a little lost having gone in unaware of the history or backstory of the members of the MC, including our story line hero therefore I strongly recommend reading the series in order. Secondly, the story felt disjointed in parts, jumping between scenes without build up. Thirdly, as this is promoted and titled a ‘Christmas’ story line, the holiday was never referenced until the very end-if it hadn’t been for the final chapter or two, I would have never known it was a Christmas story.

Copy supplied by Netgalley

Reviewed by Sandy

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Elle Boon is a reader first and foremost…and of course if you know her, she’s the crazy lady with purple hair. She’s also a USA Today Bestselling Author who lives in Middle-Merica as she likes to say…with her husband and Kally Kay her black lab who also thinks she’s her writing partner (She happens to sit next to her begging for treats and so takes a lot of credit). She has two amazing kids Jazz and Goob and is a MiMi to one adorable little nugget named Romy or RomyGirl (greatest job EVER) who has totally won over everyone who sees hers (If anyone says a hair bow is too big, they’re crazy). She’s known for saying “Bless Your Heart” and dropping lots of F-bombs (I mean lots of F-BOMBS but who is keeping track?).

 She loves where this new journey has taken her and has no plans on stopping. She writes what she loves to read, and that’s romance, whether it’s about Navy SEALs, HOT as F**K MC heroes, or paranormal alphas. #dontlookdown is a thing you will need to google. “wink” With all her stories you’re guaranteed a happily ever after, no matter what twisted thing her mind has come up with. Her biggest hope is that after readers have read one of her stories, they fall in love with her characters as much as she does. She loves creating new worlds, and has more stories just waiting to be written. Elle believes in happily ever after and can guarantee you will always get one within the pages of her books.