REAPER’S FIRE ( Reaper’s MC #6) by Joanna Wylde-Review, Book Tour & Giveaway
REAPER’S FIRE
Reapers MC #6
by Joanna Wylde
Release Date: August 9, 2016
Genre: adult, contemporary, MC, romance
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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date August 9, 2016
The club comes first.
I’ve lived by those words my whole life—assumed I’d die by them, too, and I never had a problem with that. My Reaper brothers took my back and I took theirs and it was enough. Then I met her. Tinker Garrett. She’s beautiful, she’s loyal, and she works so damned hard it scares me sometimes . . . She deserves a good man—one better than me. I can’t take her yet because the club still needs me. There’s another woman, another job, another fight just ahead.
Now she’ll learn I’ve been lying to her all along. None of it’s real. Not my name, not my job, not even the clothes I wear. She thinks I’m nice. She pretends we’re just friends, that I’ve still got a soul . . . Mine’s been dead for years. Now I’m on fire for this woman, and a man can only burn for so long before he destroys everything around him.
I’m coming for you, Tinker.
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REVIEW: REAPER’S FIRE is the sixth full length installment in Joanna Wylde’s contemporary, adult REAPER’S MC romance series focusing on the men and women of the Reaper’s Motorcycle Club. This is Reaper’s MC member / strip club manager Gage Leon (aka Cooper Romero), and chocolatier Tinker Garrett’s story line. REAPER’S FIRE can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information is revealed where necessary.
Told from dual first person points of view (Gage and Tinker) REAPER’S FIRE follows Gage Leon on assignment for the Reaper’s MC as he infiltrates the local chapter of the Nighthawk Raiders. Since the incarceration of the Nighthawk’s ruling members, the MC has fallen in disgrace and got themselves involved in a number of illegal activities. Gage’s need for answers finds our hero undercover with one of the Nighthawk’s ‘b*tches’-a vile woman named Talia Jackson and Nighthawk’s interim leader Marsh’s sister- who intends to destroy Gage’s life when she discovers his lies and his affection for his newest landlord. Enter Tinker Garrett, a young woman who returned home to Hallies Falls to look after her ailing father, and a woman who has caught the eye of our story line hero. What ensues is the slow build of a relationship between Gage-who is now a resident of Tinker’s small rooming house-and Tinker whose last relationship is currently in the hands of a couple of lawyers.
The relationship between Gage and Tinker is one of immediate attraction but Gage’s undercover work has him ‘involved’ with Talia, and Tinker is aware of his sexual relationship with the town’s MC wh*re. Throughout most of the book Gage tries to develop a friendship with Tinker but our heroine is having a difficult time with Gage’s connection to Talia and the Nighthhawk MC. Once the truth is revealed, Tinker and Gage’s relationships struggles with the lies, and the information Tinker’s ex continues to relay about the new man in her life. The $ex scenes are intimate and intense .
There is a large ensemble cast of secondary and supporting players including many members of the Reapers MC and the Nighthawk Raiders. We are introduced to Tinker’s best friends Darren and Carrie, as well as Tinker’s neighbor Mary Webbly and Tinker’s father Tom Garrett.
The epilogue advances the story line twenty two years but for all intents and purposes there were too many unanswered questions including the threats by the Nighthawk MC, the wild fire that all but destroyed the town, and the business with Tinker’s ex. Perhaps there will be some resolution in the next installment. If you are a fan of Wylde’s Reaper’s MC, the timeline is also a bit confusing with reference to previous events etc but the author’s note at the end of the story explains her reasoning-I wish the explanation was part of the introductory notes.
REAPER’S FIRE is awash in graphic language and text but most of the violence remains behind the scenes. Some readers may take issue with Gage’s sexual relationship with Talia as he flirts and develops feelings for our story line heroine. The premise is entertaining and energetic; the characters are colorful, animated and passionate; the romance is a slow build to a happily ever after. Joanna Wylde adds another imaginative story line to her Reaper’s MC series.
Copy supplied by the publisher through Netgalley
Reviewed by Sandy
The Excerpt is suitable for ages 18+
“I can’t believe how late it is,” Tinker said, yawning, and I realized the movie had ended. Now she stretched upward, the blanket falling to her waist as her boobs pushed forward.
God, how much should a man be expected to take?
I should’ve stayed away from her completely—that’d been the plan—but something had snapped when I’d seen her out in the courtyard. Couldn’t remember the last time I’d met a woman like Tinker. She was smart and sexy and funny, and she worked damned hard to take care of her family and business. Sure, I wanted to fuck her—you’d have to be gay not to—but I respected her, too.
“I should probably get going,” she said, offering me a smile so sweet I wanted to bite her lips. “I like to check on Dad before going to sleep, and I’ve got to be up early in the morning. I’ve got to package orders for the courier tomorrow—if they aren’t ready by two p.m., I’m screwed.”
I considered rolling over on top of her. Pushing her down into the couch cushions, shoving my leg between hers, and showing her what a real man feels like.
“Cooper?” she asked, looking confused. I blinked a couple times, forcing myself to focus on her face.
“I’m going to watch another one,” I told her, because I’m a goddamn masochist. “You sure you’re ready to head out?”
She frowned, and I could almost read her thoughts. Yes, she should leave. But she wanted me as much as I wanted her. And yeah, I realize that makes me sound like an egotistical ass, but this wasn’t my first rodeo. I saw the lust in her eyes, and the way she licked her lips and stared at my mouth. This wasn’t a one-way street, not even close.
“I guess I could stay a little longer,” she whispered. Christ, she was so sweet and soft. I wanted to bite her even more now. Suck that pouty lower lip into my mouth and shove a finger up her ass.
Break her.
You’re one sick fuck.
Why yes. Yes, I am. Thanks for noticing.
I managed to control the urge, catching her hand instead, giving it a friendly squeeze like some kind of pathetic tool. Her fingers tightened on mine, then she pulled away and snuggled back down under the blanket, raising her feet to rest on the coffee table. I grabbed the remote and clicked through the menu.
Tomorrow I’d do my job. I’d fuck Talia and spy on Marsh and look for any kind of weakness that might end this situation, the faster the better. Tonight, though . . . Tonight I’d pretend this wasn’t a waste of time.
Goddamn, but my dick hurt.
The next hour was torture.
Tinker sat next to me, all cute and classy and absolutely refusing to make any kind of eye contact. I don’t know how she felt, but to me the sexual tension hanging in the air was thick and heavy. I kept thinking about her hand in mine—small, but strong. The hand of someone who knew how to work hard. So far as I knew, Talia had never held down a job, let alone supported herself.
The couch shifted, and I glanced over to find Tinker sliding deeper into the cushions, drawing the blanket up to her chin. Our legs were maybe six inches apart. She shifted again, and then her hand bumped mine under the blanket. She jerked it back quickly, and I caught the hint of a flush on her cheeks. That was another thing I liked about her—her skin was so pale that I could see every hint of arousal.
Grabbing her hand, I pulled it over to rest on my thigh. This was a really bad idea, so I pointedly refused to think it through. Her hand tensed at first, then relaxed into my strength. My cock swelled against the fabric of my jeans, just inches from her fingers—it’d be so easy to push her hand toward it, wrap it around my painfully swollen dick, and just go to town.
Tinker’s fingers gave a quick squeeze—almost more of a spasm—and I bit back a groan.
Yeah, okay. Really, really bad idea. I should get off the couch and shut this shit down right now, because I couldn’t afford to blow things with Talia just yet. Instead I found myself leaning toward Tinker, bumping shoulders.
God.
I’d grown a pussy. No other explanation, because I couldn’t figure out why the hell else an adult man would sit holding hands under a damned blanket like a kid.
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Joanna Wylde started her writing career in journalism, working in two daily newspapers as both a reporter and editor. Her career has included many different jobs, from managing a homeless shelter to running her own freelance writing business, where she took on projects ranging from fundraising to ghostwriting for academics. During 2012 she got her first Kindle reader as a gift and discovered the indie writing revolution taking place online. Not long afterward she started cutting back her client list to work on Reaper’s Property, her breakout book. It was published in January 2013, marking the beginning of a new career writing fiction.
Joanna lives in the mountains of northern Idaho with her family.
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