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Friday, September 15, 2017

Blog Tour & Giveaway for Vigor, a Spartan Riders Novel by J.C. Valentine


VIGOR, A Spartan Riders Novel

by J.C. Valentine Spartan Riders, #3 Cover Designer: Sara Eirew
Publication Date: August 29, 2017 
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance, MC Romance, Bikers, Standalone

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USA Today and International bestselling author J.C. Valentine is back with the latest in her electrifying, dangerous, and provocative world of the Spartan Riders MC…
After escaping an abusive marriage, Spartan Riders bartender Ginger “Red” Mercury is determined to live life on her own terms. When the club’s VP declares her untouchable and stakes his own claim on her, she finds herself ready to wage war.
A year after inoculating the threat from notorious cartel leader Ricky Cruiz, Garrick “Repo” Stone, the last-standing original member of the Spartan Riders MC, has his focus on something else: monogamy. Having decided to settle down and take an ol’ lady, he has his sights set on Red…and he has his work cut out for him if he hopes to win her.
When a new threat makes itself known, threatening everything the brothers stand for and care about, they’re left scrambling to find out who’s behind it before it’s too late. With the high-stakes game of war looming over them, will Red be able to open her heart to love before outside forces pull her and Repo apart?
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This is my first story by this author and I have to say that is was not my favorite.I would however give this author another look at.For me if I don't connect with the authors character from the onset of the story I know I am not going to enjoy it.I really struggled to finish this one.I don't think that I am a harsh reviewer .For me if you have a great cast of characters and an interesting plot and that it makes you laugh, cry or both and add chemistry between the two main characters I am going to enjoy the story and the story has to make sense and be plausible.For me I did not get these things out of the story at least for me.

First I hate writing negative reviews so I am just going to list the reasons that I myself did not enjoy the story.Although the story was not a complete loss or terrible it was just not to my liking.
The first reason that set the tone for my dislike
and I am going to use the characters nicknames so Ginger is called Red and Garrick is called Repo.

For me the first distaste for the story started with Red's and Repo's first meeting.Red had been at a club party with a friend and got separated.A bunch of rowdy bikers got out of hand and decided to take something from Red that was not freely given.Yes,I am talking rape they were going to gang rape her. Repo intervened and saved her.The next thing you know there having hot and heavy sex up in his room.

From the onset of the story you saw that they were interested in one another with their heated looks and so forth.But, not five minutes later Red and Repo end up in bed having hot heated dirty sex.

What the heck??????

You were just about to be gang raped buy a bunch of bikers and your looking to jump in bed with the next available one ?For that matter even having a man near you any sane person would be traumatized right?The story turned me off right there.Just to unbelievable for me to grasp something like that happening.I understood the attraction and I could see this couple acting on it but not in this time and place and after its all said and done he used her and dumped her.

What the heck yet again....?

Next were was all the emotion that comes from almost being raped? Not one came from Red other than saying thank you ,No tears were shed,no hysterics,shaking fear nothing.

For me the next scene of them jumping into bed is not plausible unless Ginger was a cold heart bitch with no emotions.

Second reason is Repo decided after timed passed and how her treated her over the years to make her his old lady without even asking.Claiming her when they weren't even in a current relationship.

What the heck ? Yet,again.

Yes, they had messed around over the years but, it meant nothing they were just scratching and itch as they say at least for Repo but , from their first meeting all those years ago she felt something for this loser.

I got tired of the chase to make her his it was just way to much denial on her part and the next moment she keeps ending up in bed with the guy.The constant protestations got to me had me saying "Enough already"Even though I understood a lot of her reasoning behind it.

On the positive note and what made me decide between a 2 star and 3 star read for me is Repo.I have to give credit where credit is due in his persistence of the chase and getting his girl.For as cold as he was he really had feelings for her (once he realized he had them )and I admired him for the lengths he went to make her his.This was a feat in itself that he stayed determined and did not walk away from the challenge before him.

Repo was what she needed and she needed to be pushed or she was going to end up not being and mother and wife something she always wanted for herself.A man to love her and a family of her own.They really needed each other as there were perfect for one another in their own way.

Although the story was not to my liking I am still willing to give this series another chance and see if the other characters are more to my liking.We can't like them all but, that doesn't mean I will give up on the series just after one book.

This story was not for me but of others it just might be and its up for you to decide.

3 stars from us




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Gabby Morgan isn’t looking for love. Not even a little romance. Following a rocky past that she’d just as soon forget, she’s determined to focus on the future. One that most certainly doesn’t involve the tough-as-nails, short-on-words, hot-as-hell biker…or his kid. Blake Mahone may not be done with women, but he’s finished with relationships. Then Gabby Morgan enters the picture. She’s flawless, refined, and as his kid’s teacher, way out of his league. She acts like she hates him, but her eyes tell a different story. Before he knows it, Blake finds himself hot for teacher, and he’s more than ready to learn all her secrets. Now all he has to do is convince her to give him a shot…without getting them both killed in the process.

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Talia McKinnon said goodbye to love the day she signed the divorce papers and moved across the country looking for a fresh start. With work occupying her days and nights, a relationship is the last thing on her mind, until a run-in with a hot-as-Hades, leather clad biker changes her mind. He’s everything she shouldn’t want but has to have. The problem is, he’s not that easy to catch. Tucker “Country” Abrams believes in two things: brotherhood and women. He takes his job seriously and his women hard, but at the end of the day, the only loyalty he has is to his club. So when a night with a beautiful stranger threatens to change everything, he’s quick to apply the brakes. But when a little detective work reveals that Talia may be much more than a one-night stand, Tucker is tasked with an impossible decision. Will he push her away, or go against every instinct he has and pull her closer?

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ABOUT J.C. VALENTINE

J.C. Valentine is the USA Today and International bestselling author of the Night Calls and Wayward Fighters Series and the Forbidden Trilogy. Her vivid imagination and love of words and romance had her penning her own romance stories from an early age, which, despite being poorly edited and written longhand, she forced friends and family members to read. No, she isn’t sorry.
Living in the Northwest, she has three amazing children and far too many pets. Among the many hats she wears, J.C. is an entrepreneur. Having graduated with honors, she holds a Bachelor’s in English and when she isn’t writing, you can find her editing for fellow authors.
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