RIDE WILD (Raven Riders #3) by Laura Kaye-Review, Excerpt & Giveaway Tour
RIDE WILD
Raven Riders MC #3
by Laura Kaye
Release Date: October 31, 2017
Genre: adult, contemporary, erotic, MC , romance
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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date October 31, 2017
Brotherhood. Club. Family.
They live and ride by their own rules.
These are the Raven Riders…
Wild with grief over the death of his wife, Sam “Slider” Evans merely lives for his two sons. Nothing holds his interest anymore—not even riding his bike or his membership in the Raven Riders Motorcycle Club. But that all changes when he hires a new babysitter.
Recently freed from a bad situation by the Ravens, Cora Campbell is determined to bury the past. When Slider offers her a nanny position, she accepts, needing the security and time to figure out what she wants from life. Cora adores his sweet boys, but never expected the red-hot attraction to their brooding, sexy father. If only he would notice her…
Slider does see the beautiful, fun-loving woman he invited into his home. She makes him feel too much, and he both hates it and yearns for it. But when Cora witnesses something she shouldn’t have, the new lives they’ve only just discovered are threatened. Now Slider must claim—and protect—what’s his before it’s too late.
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REVIEW: RIDE WILD is the third instalment in Laura Kaye’s contemporary, adult RAVEN RIDERS MC romance series focusing on the men and women of the Raven Riders MC. This is thirty six year old club member/ widower and father of two Sam “Slider” Evans, and twenty four year old Cora Campbell’s story line. RIDE WILD can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary. Cora was first introduced to the reader in book one RIDE HARD as one of two women, including Cora’s BFF Haven Randall, rescued by the Raven Riders from an abusive and dangerous situation.
Told from dual third person perspectives (Cora and Slider) RIDE WILD follows the building relationship between Raven Riders’ member Sam “Slider” Evans, and Cora Campbell. Two years earlier Slider’s wife died leaving our hero a single father of two young boys, and ultimately Slider began pulling back from the MC lifestyle. Needing a babysitter Slider offers Cora a job but in return gets more than he could have ever imagined. What ensues is the building love and romance between Cora and Slider, and the potential fallout when Cora and the boys become collateral damage in an act of revenge.
Cora Campbell has finally found a home with Slider and his sons, and volunteering at the local animal shelter finds our heroine in the direct line of conflict when she is witness to a serious threat against everything she holds dear. Sam “Slider” Evans has struggled since the death of his wife but he battles between his heart and his mind knowing the truth is different than what he has only revealed. Cora Campbell is a blessing and a curse as our hero begins to fall in love with the woman who has already captured the hearts of his sons.
The relationship between Cora and Slider begins as a business arrangement when Cora begins sitting for Slider’s two sons- five year old Ben and ten year old Sam. Cora falls instantly in love with the two little boys, and hopes the love she feels is welcomed in return. Cora and Slider’s romance straddles the line of forbidden love but our heroine is willing to risk her heart for the family she has always wanted. The $ex scenes are intimate, passionate and intense without the use of sexually graphic, over the top language and text.
Most of the previous story line characters play secondary and supporting roles including Raven Riders president Dare Kenyon and Haven Randall (Ride Hard #1), vice president Maverick Rylan, and interior designer Alexa Harmon (Ride Rough #2), Slider’s sons Ben and Sam, as well as Raven Riders MC members-road captain Phoenix, Meat, Bear, Doc and Caine. Jagger still sits in jail accused on false charges aimed at destroying the Raven Riders MC. The requisite evil has many faces including several familiar faces to the Riders MC. And if you pay attention we get a little visit from the Hard Ink series.
The world building continues to look at the MC lifestyle but unlike some MC story lines Laura Kaye’s Raven Riders series is a little tamer; the men a little less threatening, abrasive or antagonistic; and the women not as aggressive or rough. The violence factor is more pervasive than in the previous story lines but the graphic descriptions are more subdued and manageable. I guess what I am trying to say is there is no ‘in your face’ or ‘over the top’ dark and gritty sexually abusive or violent MC scenarios.
RIDE WILD is a story of family, friendship, brotherhood and love; of one woman who struggles with memories of the past; and one man who battles between his heart and his head. The premise is dramatic and encouraging; the characters are colourful, energetic and compelling; the romance is captivating and seductive. RIDE WILD is a wonderful and entertaining addition to Laura Kaye’s RAVEN RIDERS MC series.
Reading Order and Previous Reviews
Hard as Steel (Novella)
Ride Hard
Ride Rough
Ride Wild
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Reviewed by Sandy
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NOTE: Excerpt intended for mature readers due to strong language and content
“Hey,” she said, tilting her head back to look him in the eye. She wondered if she should get off him, but didn’t really want to.
Not making any move to get up, Slider just looked down at her. “How you feeling?”
“A lot better,” she said, hyperaware that her hand was lying on his chest. His heartbeat faintly registered against her palm. “Still achy and a little off, but better.”
“Good. You should probably take it easy today, though. Whatever that was isn’t likely out of your system yet.”
She nodded. “I will.”
Talking like this, their faces so close, felt so damn intimate that Cora could almost imagine that nothing existed outside of Slider’s bed. She almost didn’t want it to. Especially when his arm squeezed a little tighter around her shoulders and brought them just a little closer. Cora shifted into his embrace, pressing her chest totally flush against his die, and sliding her thigh up until—
Oh, hell. Until she felt the part of him she’d accidentally seen. And it was hard.
He sucked in a breath, and his hand clamped around his thigh. “Shit, I’m sorry. I didn’t mean—”
She placed her fingers loosely over his mouth. She didn’t want him to apologize. Or explain it away. Or push her away.
Cora knew she shouldn’t wan the things she did, but that didn’t make her desires go away. It felt good to want Slider, it made her feel normal, even if she was a little nervous. After what her father had done, that seemed like a victory she didn’t want to relinquish.
And, oh, now that she was touching his face, she really didn’t want to stop. His lips were full and soft under her fingers, his stubble was more ticklish than prickly, and his cheekbone was prominent under his skin.
He licked his lips, and her gaze latched on to the movement.
“Cora,” he rasped, his cock getting even harder against her thigh.
His arousal fueled her own, her hips tilting with the need for friction. The movement had her grinding herself against the firm muscle of his thigh and made both of them suck in a breath. His grip tightened on her everywhere. His arm holding her tighter yet to him, his hand pulling her thigh wider across him.
Her fingers returned to his mouth again, and traced across his lower lip. His tongue flicked out and swiped at her pointer finger, and Cora was instantly wet. Trembling with need and adrenaline and the fear that at any second, he would cut this off, Cora shifted ever so slowly, ever so slightly, bringing her face closer to his. He watched her like she was a tigress about to strike, but just as her mouth almost reached his, he flipped them and pinned her to the bed.
And Cora realized she had it all wrong. He’d been the feral animal about to attack all along.
Laura is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of over thirty books in contemporary romance and romantic suspense, including the Hard Ink and Raven Riders series. Growing up, Laura’s large extended family believed in the supernatural, and family lore involving angels, ghosts, and evil-eye curses cemented in Laura a life-long fascination with storytelling and all things paranormal. She lives in Maryland with her husband, two daughters, and monster puppy, Schuyler, and appreciates her view of the Chesapeake Bay every day.
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