TRICK ( Manchester Chapter: Untamed Sons MC 8) by Jessica Ames-review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date May 31, 2024

Trick

My life ended in the blink of an eye. Everything I held in my heart was shattered by one bullet. Bound in my anger, I did the only thing I could and took revenge. It took eight months for me to come out of that vengeance-fuelled rage and realise I was losing the most important thing in my life: my daughter, Sophia and my club family. Rebuilding bridges and making amends is the only thing that matters now. I have to focus on my kid, and on reclaiming my rightful place in the Sons. But grief is a savage beast and I find comfort in the one person I know understands how I feel. Heidi has also suffered, but I find she’s a puzzle I can’t solve.

Heidi

Every day it feels like I’m drowning in my grief and my pain, until Sophia comes into my life. She gives me purpose and reminds me that life is worth living. For too long the shadows of my past have pulled me into the darkness and it’s time to start existing again. The club was once my sanctuary, my safe haven, but it’s become a prison. I know what the brothers and old ladies think about me and what they whisper behind closed doors. They think I’m crazy, unhinged, disloyal, but everything I’ve done has been to protect the people I love.

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REVIEW: TRICK is the eight and final instalment in Jessica Ames’ contemporary, adult UNTAMED SON MC: MANCHESTER CHAPTER erotic, MC romance series. This is Trick and Heidi’s story line. TRICK can be read as a stand alone but I recommend reading the series in order, or at the very least books six and seven where Trick’s life begins to spiral out of control.

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

Told from dual first person perspectives (Trick and Heidi) TRICK follows the building relationship between Heidi and Trick. Approximately sixteen months earlier, Trick’s pregnant wife was murdered, leaving Trick a single father but a father in need of desperate revenge. Disobeying his club, Trick went on a rampage that would eventually target the Untamed Sons MC, leaving Trick struggling for a place with the family he once loved. Meanwhile, Heidi, having suffered her own losses a few years earlier, volunteers to look after Trick’s daughter Sophia, in the wake of her father’s disappearance . With Trick’s return, he and Heidi struggle to accept what happened and why, and the Untamed Sons MC want their piece of flesh, taking aim at our story line hero but the enemy is still free, and once again, Heidi and Trick will be targeted in a game of betrayal and revenge.

The world building focuses on love and loss; on betrayal and vengeance; on desperation and determination as Trick must make amends for the pain he caused even though his pain Is great if not greater than those who are demanding reparations. Heidi has struggled since the murder of her husband, and a loss of which she keeps close to her heart. Falling for Trick was never in the cards but raising his daughter gives Heidi purposes, going forward.

The relationship between Heidi and Trick begins out of necessity. Trick disappears for weeks at a time, seeking revenge for the loss of his wife but Trick forgot about the child he left behind, and in doing so, Heidi stepped forward to help raise a child that wasn’t her own. As Trick and Heidi’s life becomes entangled, secrets reveal a devastating loss for our story line heroine. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate.

There is a large ensemble cast of secondary and supporting characters many of whom take aim at our story line hero. Trick has lost the trust and friendships from the people he once called brother but grief and death take its’ toll on everyone differently.

TRICK is a story of loss and grief, struggle and purpose, secrets and lies, forgiveness, acceptance and love. The premise is dramatic and emotional; the romance is fated; the characters are broken but struggling to heal.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
Howler
Blackjack
Terror
Brewer
Hawk
Rage
Skye

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Reviewed by Sandy

Jessica Ames lives in a small market town in the Midlands, England. She lives with her dog and when she’s not writing, she’s playing with crochet hooks.

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