RIO’S RELEASE (Saint’s Outlaws MC Las Cruces NM #1) by Nicole James-review tour
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ABOUT THE BOOK : Release Date February 24, 2025
The MC President and the innocent girl who brought him to his knees. A tale of obsession, revenge and redemption.
Las Cruces, New Mexico…
The sun rises over the rugged mountains to the east and sets over the muddy Rio Grande River to the west.
An hour from the Tex/Mex border, it was a quiet town until the rumble of our motorcycles rolled in and we took control.
Now the Saint’s Outlaws run this town and everything in it. No one does business without the MC’s okay. We take a cut of everything, and in exchange, we offer protection. If you need something, you come to us.
We own the law, we own the mayor, and if you come to our town, we’ll own you, too.
Rio—
As enforcer of the Saint’s Outlaws’ Mother Chapter, I was sent to Las Cruces, NM to set up a drug connection with the Mexican cartel. When the deal went south, and the drugs and money were stolen, I made sure our chapter got its money back. The personal cost to me was high, and I spent ten long years in prison for my MC.
Now I’m going back to the town that convicted me and sent me away.
With the blessing of our Saints Outlaws mother chapter and with those brothers brave enough to join me,I ’m going to set up my own chapter, take the town over and make it ours.
Revenge will be mine, and it will be sweet. Las Cruces, I’m coming for you. And them I’m coming for the sweet angel who testified against me.
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REVIEW: RIO’S RELEASE is the first instalment in Nicole James’ contemporary, adult SAINTS OUTLAWS MC: LAS CRUCES NM erotic, MC romance series, a part of the multi-authored / multi-chapter Saints Outlaws MC series. This is MC President Dalton ‘Rio’ McBride, and Shelby Lynch’s story line.
NOTE: Due to the nature of the story line premise, there may be triggers for more sensitive readers.
Told from dual first person perspectives (Rio and Shelby) following two time-lines, RIO’S RELEASE follows several paths including the relationship between Rio and Shelby, and the start up of the Las Cruces NM chapter of the Saint’s Outlaws MC. Approximately nine years earlier, Rio took the fall for a bank robbery that spiralled out of control but for the first several years of his incarceration, he would correspond by mail with the young woman who testified against him. Fast forward to present day, Rio is released, and starts a new chapter of the Saints Outlaws MC, in the town where he last saw the woman with whom he will fall in love but Shelby Lynch has moved, and the town is now controlled by corrupt law enforcement and a DA on the take. Having found the woman that controls his heart, Rio will discover not all is as it appears to be, and the MC has been targeted by a rival MC.
The world building follows several pathways including the establishment of the MC; the building romance and relationship between Rio and Shelby; the protection of a town controlled by corruption and power; and the creation of friendships including a local pecan farmer and his grateful family.
The relationship between Rio and Shelby begins by a chance meeting that will see immediate recognition in a bank robbery that goes all to h*ll.Rio feels a connection to the woman who testified against him, a woman whose secrets are heart breaking and dark. As Rio begins his seduction of Shelby, our heroine struggles with the demons from her past. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.
We are introduced to the Las Cruces NM chapter of the Saint’s Outlaws MC including treasurer and secretary Bandit; Road Captain Mauler; VP Zig, Road Captain Blue, and Enforcer Bagger, as well as Shelby’s best friend Jenny, Aunt Fanny, diner waitress Dolly, Deputy Carson, Sheriff Torres and the Sanchez family. Blue’s story line is next.
RIO’S RELEASE is a story of power and control, betrayal and vengeance, abuse and negligence, family and friendships, relationships and love. The premise is dramatic and edgy; the characters are determined, animated and dynamic.
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Reviewed by Sandy
Nicole James is a USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author who loves writing about hot alpha men who’ll do anything for the women they love! Her stories are filled with struggle, conflict and real human emotion. She is the author of the Evil Dead MC series, the Brothers Ink Tattoo series and more.
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