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Wild Rider (Bad Boy Bikers #2) by Lydia Pax-a review

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WILD RIDER (Bad Boy Bikers #2) by Lydia Pax-a review

Wild Rider

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date June 21, 2016

IF HE CAN’T HAVE HER, HE’LL TAKE HER.

HELEN

Beretta drives me insane for all the wrong reasons. It’s not just how his jaw-dropping warrior’s body makes me ache so right. He’s an apex alpha in a world of testerone-fueled badasses, and he makes me feel safe when I know I’m not. Safety with a badass outlaw like him is like strapping yourself to a mast in a hurricane, but that doesn’t stop me from holding on for dear life. We can’t ever be together; there’s too much pain in our history. Even so, I’ll be damned if my body doesn’t light on fire when he’s near. Maybe, even if he’s a killer and an outlaw…he’s just who I need.

BERETTA

My outlaw brothers and I were born bad. We fight, we ride, we steal, and we kill. There’s nothing else I know. Then I met Helen. Those hips that make my body quake. Those soul-stealing kisses. I need to have her as much as I need the next beat of my heart. But, danger surrounds me. The only way I can protect her is to make her my old lady. She doesn’t understand. I don’t give a damn. I’ll make her mine whether she likes it or not.

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REVIEW: WILD RIDER is the second installment in Lydia Pax’s contemporary, adult BAD BOY BIKERS erotic, romance, MC series. This is MC Wrecking Crew biker Beretta Hancock, and nurse Helen Kowalsky’s story line- a second chance of sorts for two people whose lives couldn’t be any more different. WILD RIDER can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. We were first introduced to Beretta in book one-Hard Rider where Beretta is shown from a different angle.

Told from dual third person perspectives (Beretta and Helen) WILD RIDER focuses on revenge, betrayal, power, control, and money owed. The Wrecking Crew MC borrowed and now owe the local Cartel $50,000 and with the recent attack against their club, all money had disappeared, and they had lost one of their own. But Stockland, Texas wasn’t Wrecking Crew territory and the Copperheads MC wasn’t in the mood for competition so the threat of a war was very real and in the near future. When Beretta takes matters into his own hands threatening the Copperheads MC, gunfire finds our ‘hero’ requiring the services of the local medical community. Enter Helen Kowalsky, a nurse and Beretta’s ex girlfriend, and the woman who, six months earlier, walked away without a backwards glance. What ensues is an attack against the MC that ignites a firestorm of revenge and retaliation as The Wrecking Crew prepares to take over Stockland, Texas.

Once again, there is a large ensemble cast of secondary and supporting players including several members of The Wrecking Crew MC-Ace, Locke, and Tank ; the Copperheads president Rattler; the Furnace MC leader Ivan, and several members of their respective crews. We are also introduced to Helen’s co-worker Georgetta, and Helen’s ex boyfriend Randall whose role in the story line is a bit of a red herring.

The world building looks at the gritty, underbelly of the motorcycle club: the guns, the drugs, the fight for control, and the violence that pervades every aspect of their lives. WILD RIDER is a graphically violent story line, with strong language, and scenes of potential torture and threats against rival MCs. The conflict follows several paths resulting in numerous shoot-outs, an amassing body count, and a multi-million dollar pay out with winner takes all. The $ex scenes are provocative and intense but I did struggle with the lack of palpable energy between our leading couple. $ex appears to be the only thing these two have in common.

WILD RIDER has action and suspense; retaliation and revenge; falling in love and letting go of the past. The premise is spirited and intense; the characters are impulsive and strong; the romance is spirited and fated. If you like your MC story lines with unabashed grit and high strung characters, then give Lydia Pax’s Bad Boy Bikers series a try.

Click HERE for Sandy’s review of HARD RIDER book one by Lydia Pax.

HARD RIDER is FREE : Amazon.com / Amazon.ca / B&N /

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Reviewed by Sandy

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Hard Rider (Bad Boy Bikers #1) by Lydia Pax-a review

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HARD RIDER (Bad Boy Bikers #1) by Lydia Pax-a review

Hard Rider

FREE ebook: Amazon.com / Amazon.ca / B&N /

ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date March 17, 2016

RAM:

Nobody screws me. I take who I want, when I want, and I always leave them wanting more. I want more too. Hurt this deep doesn’t heal. After meeting June, I know she’s the fix I need for the pain.

Her family’s full of cops? So what? All I want is her. Those luscious curves, the lips that won’t quit, hips that make my heart pound like a drum. My outlaw brothers say me and her together will tear this whole town apart. I don’t give a damn.

JUNE:

I never wanted to come home. There’s nothing here but old wounds too bitter to heal. The day I returned, I met Ram. He’s an outlaw biker built like a god, but there’s nothing divine about his desires. When he tells me he needs an old lady to stay in his club, we start a dangerous charade.

He gets a woman and time. I get my sheriff dad off my back. Breathing room. But every breath around Ram is lightning hot and undeniable. I can’t be with him for real. He’s every kind of wrong there’s ever been. Unless we’re careful, we’ll rip our lives apart. But what’s happening between us feels too right to ignore, no matter the cost.

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REVIEW: HARD RIDER is the first installment in Lydia Pax’s contemporary, adult BAD BOY BIKERS MC erotic, romance series. This is twenty six year old Wrecking Crew MC member Reid ‘Ram’ Maddox, and June Colt’s story line. HARD RIDER is the story of fated lovers-warring families-‘Romeo and Juliet’ for the MC lifestyle.

Told from dual third person perspectives (Ram and June) HARD RIDER focuses on the ‘fake engagement’ between the Sheriff’s daughter June Colt, and the former Sargent at Arms for the Wrecking Crew MC Ram Maddox, and Sheriff Colt’s overwhelming need to destroy the Wrecking Crew MC. What ensues is the quick building relationship between Ram and June, and Sheriff Colt’s escalating attempts to ruin the Wrecking Crew MC and his daughter’s life.

The relationship between June and Ram begins when Ram tries to divert his father’s attention from the latest problems plaguing the MC, and finds himself making a deal with a woman he knows nothing about. Ram is a bad a$$, tattooed biker whose in trouble with his own MC; June is the Sheriff’s daughter whose problems with her own family find our heroine on the receiving end of her father’s hurtful and spiteful words. June’s return to Marlowe, Texas find her reluctantly visiting the family she hasn’t seen or heard from in a number of years, only to discover that her father’s need to crush the Wrecking Crew goes far deeper than duty or his job. The $ex scenes are provocative and intense-there is a definite insta lust/love vibe to the story line premise.

HARD RIDER has a large ensemble cast of secondary and supporting characters. We are introduced to Ram’s fellow Wrecking Crew bikers (Ace, Mikhail, Rowdy, Cattleprod, Nate, and Ram’s father and Club president Howitzer Maddox) -not all will survive to tell their own story; June’s dysfunctional family of law enforcement members (Sheriff John Colt, brother Kyle, and cousin Theo) who hold too much power over the small town of Marlowe, Texas; and Black Flags MC members Beretta and Acero.

The world building focuses on the impending war between two rival MCs-Wrecking Crew and Black Flags. As per many MC story lines, the language is graphic; there are a number of fight scenes; and the requisite death(s) at the hands of both MCs. Ram and his father ‘hate’ all police, with understandable reasons.

HARD RIDER is an interesting and intriguing MC story line: a secret relationship that isn’t so secret and a forbidden love that quickly escalates into something more. June’s father, for all intents and purposes, has too many issues with the MC, and his daughter, that have not been explained to fruition; and I was hoping for some more information regarding the death of Ram’s mother-years before. At some point, if the series is to continue, I hope that more will be revealed. The premise is fateful; the characters are colorful and animated; the romance passionate and energetic. I am looking forward to many more stories from Lydia Pax’s Bad Boy Bikers Series.

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Reviewed by Sandy

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