If this is an example of "dark and gritty mc" than I am in!
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This is the third book in the Death Dwellers MC series.

As hinted at in the earlier books, there is a lot of history between the two lovers in Misbehavior - Val, a captain in the motorcycle club, and Zooann, whose brother is a club member. This story fills in the gaps on how Val came into the club, how his friendship with Christopher evolved and the backstory for both he and Zoann. It takes you from the beginning to the present and gives you an appreciation for the character's previous behavior. Understanding what went on before sets the framework and provides the setting for resolving their future.

I have to admit to being a bit lost when I started to read this book so I went back and read the first two books in the series. When I did I couldn't wait to get back to this one!

This story deals with many serious topics including drug use, infidelity and rape.  At the same time, however, it was a love story - Val and Zoann had struggled and gone through a lot to fight for their "ever after".  It is not a happy go lucky love story but was, at the end, still satisfying. Perhaps this book emphasized for me that there is no "perfect" ending. Life happens - it is not all hearts and flowers - but as long as there is love the struggles will be worth it.

If this is an example of "dark and gritty mc" than I am in!

I really enjoyed this book and look forward to more stories by this author.
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I really liked the writing, the MC was hard for me to like.  I just wanted to tell her to get over it.  All in all a good book with some twists.
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Review take 5...

I absolutely LOVE this series. It is so dark and so gritty. It is everything an MC book should be with the added bonus or romance and some oh so steamy sex. I love that this book feels genuine and everything is handled in the right way when it comes to the delicate characters who came for the other side of the wall.

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I absolutely fell in love with this MC family!! This series definitely isn't for the faint of heart but if you don't mind dark.... then this is definitely for you. So much action, surprises,  and hotness all in one!!
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I really enjoyed this book but I caution everyone that this is not for the faint of heart. Please do not buy this book if you do not enjoy violence because this book has it in spades. This was so different from any other MC book that I have ever read I was speech less when it ended. Well written, good editing, strong characters and a good ending but I do see more books about this club in the future. Even thought I was fascinated by Mae and Styx's story I highly recommend any one interested in this book to download a sample before you one click and buy. Now bring on Ky's story and Cain/Rider's!
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This was not, what I expected.  Especially, after loving songs like "Mama, On Bended knee, Come on, Doing just fine", and so many other smooth, soulful sexy tunes.  I wasn't ready for this.  This is definitely, a Collision!  Perhaps, this was an experiment changing up their style!  This CD would not have been so bad for me, if there were some mellow songs mixed in, that show off their smooth beautiful voices.  These men can truly SING for real!  Unfortunately, this CD did not enhance that aspect for me.  I know that change can be good ~ sometimes.  But, this wasn't it!
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This is my first book by this author and I love me some Irish Mafia!  Ye know!

Lachalan Crow and Mackenzie Wilder's book!  This has a lot of swooning dark themes, some humor, kidnapping, suspense, and lots of shooting and fighting!
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I love all the Back Down Devil MC books, this one was a little harder to follow at times but still a great read!
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I love a good MC book, but this author went beyond telling this dark, gritty, gut wrenching story about Hawke. This book sucked me in from the first page to the end. Hawke in the beginning was prez of the Warlords,  Tyler was the club brat who was smitten with Hawke, but to him she was  off limits, she was just a teenager at the time. Plus he had made a promise to her dying father that he would always protect her. This protection cost him his freedom when a cockroach cop stopped Tyler on the street and put his hands on her. All bets were off and he took care of the cockroach at the cost of his freedom and to prison for life he went. While he's gone Tyler grows into a very beautiful woman and the club men all vie for her attention, especially Jesse who just won't give up trying to get her in his bed, but she stands her ground with NO each time. After all she's in love with Hawke but won't admit it. Hector takes over as Prez and is doing a piss poor job of it, always drunk and getting laid by anything and everything. The story really heats up when enters Borden to break Hawke out of prison, so Hawke has to change his appearance and remain dead to the world, but to the few in his MC club. But Hawke was not prepared when he walked back into the club and set eyes on a very grown up Tyler, and Tyler was just as shocked over Hawke's long beard and hair, but she was still smitten. The magnetic pull was still there between them, now what to do. Don't want to give too much of this great story away, but once Hawke comes back, just let me say the action, suspense, secrets, sex just gets better escalating to dramatic events coming to life that'll have your jaw dropping to the floor. This is one of the best realistic MC books I've read in awhile. Hope this author writes one for Hector and Jesse, would be interesting.
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I like techno music, and I like very little gangster rap.  However, this CD offered some interesting compilations. Several years ago who would have thought that these two different genres could produce an interesting sound? Many of the songs I disliked because they failed to evoke the true mood and essence of the movie. The movie is dark, and most of the songs should reflect that darkness.  I had to ask myself: Did I see a Boys in the Hood movie or a movie about a superhero who fights vampires?
What were the producers thinking when they put the Eve & Fatboy Slim "Cowboy" song on this CD? In the movie theater while watching the closing credits from Blade 2, my friend and I both wanted to fast forward past this song.  Yikes! It ruins the whole mystique about Blade. Now Blade's a misogynistic superhero too? Please no more songs like this on future Blade soundtracks!
Favorite tracks?
Track 1 Blade (Theme from Blade)
Track 2 I Against I
Track 5 Tao of the Machine
Track 12 Raised in the Hood
Track 13 Gettin' Agressive (mowo! Mix)  Good job Moby and Mystikal! Please team up again.
Finally, a soundtrack should have ALL the songs from the movie, and the film was great.
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I tend to like the darker stories but this one just seemed a bit too much for me. The writing is good, the characters are pretty good, but I think the story as a whole didn't work for me. There was a bit too much going on at once with the tying in of several characters, the crazy ex of Robet's, and the issues both Robert and Miranda have separately.

I'm a bit shocked this story is compared to Sylvia Day's Crossfire series when this is much more screwed up and dark than it, not to mention heavy on BDSM. I found myself asking, "What the actual heck is going on?!" more than once. I forced myself to finish the book simply because I was given book two in exchange for an honest review. This book didn't hit it for me, I really wanted to like it but neither of the main characters were easy to relate to or fall in love with.

I do have to give it to Wendy Leigh for having the courage to write such a dark and twisted story. I also have to give her credit for her writing ability. Is say her storytelling ability is pretty good but she lacks the ability to have the reader relate to the characters. Overall, I didn't hate the story but I didn't love it. I'm left feeling confused.
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A writer moves to a small town, where unbeknownst to her, all females are assigned men to see over and protect them.  And, just lucky enough to her, instead of a stranger, she knows the sheriff from college and he must now spank her because she broke rules she didn't even know about.  Please, I would have broken lease contract and left so quickly, the sheriff would still be looking for the tornado that ripped through there.  I like spanking books but this is just beyond plausibility to me.  Should Mae just be thankful it wasn't the strangers dictating to her and accept a punishment?  Sorry, but I would never be subject to this BS and let someone punish me for infractions before I was notified and once I learned about the possibility, I would just leave.  There are other small towns I can write in.  And, the whole village in on it, waiting to see if he is going to "do his job", or assign a stranger....sick and twisted.  Not what she wants at all
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This one is tough to review, as I've been a long time fan who loves the series. I want to give them all 5 stars. That said, the overall story arc of the curse from the previous book moves along, but the couple's story isn't what I'd hoped for. A few things bothered me, foremost was the very basic storyline for the MC. It was quite similar in a number of aspects to Exiled, which was not a favorite of mine. The main characters really left me a bit cold, even with the tons of sexy time. She was more than a tiny bit annoying, he was quite the alpha, but just didn't do anything for me. I found myself skimming some of the sex scenes to get to the story because I just couldn't get into either of them.
THE scene, the one spoken about by readers, where he is ready to make a huge personal sacrifice for her, really bothers me. Not in what makes it a sacrifice (more on that in a minute) , but that there wasn't a real fight about it being made. Not enough, "I'll do it.", "No, I will." Just what seems a token protest and she agrees to let him make the sacrifice. Only discovery of his past stops her, even though it was clearly a very painful idea to him before she knew.  It seemed to me that the willingness to sacrifice for another they care about wasn't equal. Through out, the emotional components of the relationship came across as uneven.

**TRIGGER WARNING**
Now, the sacrifice. I won't give exact details, but I will say that it  involved past, long term sexual abuse and rape. Parts are described in some detail, which, obviously, could be disturbing to some readers. While it doesn't occur in the time frame current to the book, it's there with enough detail to know just what happened. I understand not having such a detail in the blurb, both as a spoiler of sorts and to not turn off readers, however, I'm sure some form of a heads up to those who may find that aspect of the story to be a trigger could be given. And would be appreciated.

All together, as my title says: I didn't love it. Didn't hate it, either. I'll say that it won't be one I re-read , as I do with most of the other books in the BotK series.
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This was a good debut novel about a woman who is in an extremely abusive relationship with a sadistic and cruel husband...and has to run away for protection to her brother who is VP of an MC. She tries to re-invent herself and with the help of her brother's SAA in the club, she starts to feel like a normal woman again and takes matters into her own hands, by learning self-defense. Of course nobody is prepared for her psycho hubby to show up and the story ends abruptly with a cliffhanger.
Dark, gritty and graphic with the sexuality and violence, this novella is a promising start to a new biker series.
Looking forward to part 2 but I am afraid the heroine is in for a whole lot of hurt.

**** 3.5 **** "stand up and protect your family" stars
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3.5 "Taphy" Stars!

After reading Lash, I was super excited to find out that Tate and Murphy's story was next. As you all know, Tate had thought that Murphy had left The Skulls MC and joined their archenemy, The Lions. Still reeling from that betrayal and the after math of him breaking her heart, she puts up a wall around all those around her and develops a tough, bitch facade.

But, in true book fashion, this does not faze Murphy (a.k.a "Dillion" in private to Tate) as he knows her true Tate lurking behind that false exterior front she exudes.

Determined to win her back, Murphy sets out against all odds to convince Tate of his everlasting love for her.

Only...with danger in the air, daddy bossman to deal with, and a feisty to convince...how will it all end for these two estranged lovers?

My verdict: I really liked this book a lot!! Although Tate could be a royal bitch at times I did get where she was coming from. A lot of it stemmed from always feeling second best and repeatedly put behind the club by her own father and love. If I were her, I too, would act out after that. I mean, Tate was initially a really sweet girl but after the whole Murphy debacle went down she hardened. I think that reaction is only natural.

As for Murphy, well, he IS a hot biker man. What more can I say?! LOL

Anyways, it looks like Nash (Lash's bro) and Sophie's story will be up next. And then I'm hoping for TinyxEva and KillerxKelsey(a.k.a "Cherry").

Until then biker fans!

*And yes, I realize that I did not add pics of Tate! Oh well! ;)
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The summary of this book really intrigued me. I have read Captive in the Dark so I have read a dark contemporary book before. This book isn't as dark as Captive in the Dark. But it was dark and it was an mindfuck . I really questioned Q actions. He said he didn't want to hurt Tess but he did anyway. He said he didn't want to be her master, or doesn't want Tess calling him master but he wants tess to obey his every word. So that was a bit confusing for me. After I read this I was like what do you want Q danm it.

This book really kept me on the tip of my chair the whole time. There were some really messed up stuff in this book that gave me chills all over my body. Thank god nobody in my family saw that or they might question my sanity. Other than it was messed up, some of the stuff was really hot. I'm not into the BDSM and stuff like that but I can see why other people like it, to some content. I seriously wouldn't want to get wiped or gagged or something like that. Or be put on display, hanging on the ceiling in a skimpy dress for dirty men to see.

Tess really has it rough. Her parents always told her she was unwanted, that she was never good enough. That all they cared for was her older brother. She has a loving and caring boyfriend Brax. He is everything for her. Except he only likes plain old vanilla sex. Tess wants more kinky sex and Brax doesn't want to. Tess got more than she bargained for.

She and brax were going on a surprise holiday to Mexico. She and Brax stopped for drinks in a bar. Tess really has a bad feeling about this and she was right. The result. She was kidnapped, drugged, humiliated, raped, and sold as a slave.
Q, her new found master, isn't what Tess expected of him. He is an handsome, and rich man with blond hair. He is dominating, that's for sure but he doesn't seen keen on hurting her, To much that is. He is rather turned on by her stubborn and fighting nature. Tess is far from the broken slaves he has had in the past. But besides his dominating nature, there is more than meets the eye.

In the beginning I didn't like Q. At least I tried to, there was something about him. And by the end of the book I loved him. What a noble thing to do. I can't wait to read more.

I can't wait to meet Pepper in Edinburgh. I'm happy that there is more books with Q and Tess. I loved to see how there story develops. I wouldn't have mind it this was just one book but of course I won't say know to a series.
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DNF

Ugh, I don't know why I keep doing this to myself. I've already decided this dark romance stuff isn't for me. I love the captive/captor trope, but it seems so forced in contemporary stories.

The "hero" in this story goes through "toys" - women he finds, uses for six months, and then kills.

The heroine is a heroin junky/prostitute he picks up off the street. And she's as crass as you could be. She was just kind of...gross.

I just don't like the whole sex slave/BDSM thing. And the hero wasn't likable. Not because he was a twisted perv, but because his personality was so one-dimensional and boring.

Dark romance - you and me are breaking up.

NOTE: If you like the idea and dark romance, then definitely give this one a try. This might be a case of "it's me, not you."