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Monday, February 5, 2018

Book Review for Outlaw Ride by Sarah Hawthorne


 

Title: Outlaw Ride

Author: Sarah Hawthorne

Genre: Contemporary Romance

  • File Size: 2173 KB
  • Print Length: 180 pages
  • Publisher: Carina Press (February 1, 2018)
  • Publication Date: February 5, 2018
  • Sold by: Harlequin Digital Sales Corp.
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B076PMCPX3
  • Reviewed by Angels With Attitude Book Reviews
  • 2 Stars
  • Arc copy provided for an honest review

 About Outlaw Ride:

A recovering gambler Hard-living biker Clint Remmick is fiercely loyal to the boys of the Demon Horde motorcycle club. He’s worked hard to redeem himself, and there’s no risk he won’t take to help his brothers, even when rivals threaten their safety. When his grandmother’s health takes a turn for the worse, though, he moves out of the clubhouse to take care of her. With his duties for the MC, he knows he can’t do it alone, so he hires Jo, a live-in nurse. He didn’t expect her to heal him, as well. A dedicated nurse Jo Smith enjoys working for sweet old Anne Remmick, and she’s especially intrigued by her tattooed bad-boy grandson. Clint's tough exterior scares her a little, but she feels a pull toward the sexy biker. Soon she’s dying to close the distance between them. A losing bet When Clint and his brothers have to pull a dangerous job in Reno, Jo is the perfect cover. With enemies around every corner, Clint needs to focus on keeping her safe—not the lust simmering between them. But when Clint is trapped by a rival club, Jo will have to save him…and their relationship. One-click with confidence. This title is part of the Carina Press Romance Promise: all the romance you’re looking for with an HEA/HFN. It’s a promise! Carina Press acknowledges the editorial services of Mackenzie Walton.
Let's start off my saying and this a brand new author to us and we have to say this read was not our cup of tea.

For me the story did not keep my interest as I had to put it down several times and pick it up again.I found it to be really boring and lacking any real romance or hotness.I did not dislike the characters nor did I love them but, if I had to pick one character I liked most that would be Jo as she was so loving and independent. Clint's Grandma was another interesting character.I did like that fact that Clint as a single sexy biker loved his Grand-mother so much that he asked her to move in with him to take care of her as she needed to be near by for weekly medical treatments.He melted my heart right then and there.I will say that I thought that the story had some other interesting characters that added a bit humor to it.This story surrounds around a interracial couple and at the beginning of the story Jo was concerned that Clint a biker and loaded with a ton of tattoo's might have ties else wear other than his club.
(like neo nazi type stuff) 

 I understood her fears as she would be living with Clint dangerous and sexy and he was kind enough to put her fears at rest that she was not going to get murdered in her sleep.I thought it was sweet and kind of him to put her fears to rest the way he did.

Story wise the plot was different from anything that I had read before.

 When I sit down and read a book its suppose to be and escape and enjoyable from your daily life and grind and you should be able to leave behind your troubles and woes but, I was not able to do that with this story as it never put me at ease.

For me Jo's initial reaction with Clint was justifiable to an extent but, if either Clint or  Nana had a problem with her origin she would not have been hired in the first place.Then Jo worries about the clubhouse and their reaction of  his brothers seeing and meeting her.Really? Clint would not have invited her to a place where she would have been slighted or made uncomfortable or disrespected in anyway he wanted her to have fun and enjoy herself . The author has you showing Jo's reluctance in going in the first place because of her fears.The racial thing again. Really?

I am sorry but, I just can't believe we are talking about the same Jo.She said it herself she lived a hard life and on the streets sleep in the back of a car and learned to survive from the school of hard knocks as she puts it.The Jo we got to know was a loving and kind and caring person no matter how hard her life was before hand also she was confident and determined in what she wanted out of life and went for it.She also had a backbone and stood up for herself and yet, had all these insecurities about what people will think of her do to her skin color.  I just don't buy it.I would have understand her fears at entering a motorcycle club for the first time and meeting the old ladies and his other brothers that I could have understood  the fear of the unknown.I would have understood at the time if Clint and her were already in a relationship and she was worried at what people might think of them as a couple but, they were not.Here again Jo had already met three of the brothers prior to going to the clubhouse and they all got to know one another which they joked laughed and seemed at ease and already liked one another.So why was she so fearful of  meeting the other brothers and what they would think of her. She was already at ease with the ones she already met and at this point your only Clint's friend not his girlfriend.Why should the color of your skin matter?

Just none of this made any sense and that's my problem with this story for me.If  perhaps there were more insight into Jo's past and growing up and the hardships she encountered perhaps with her mixed heritage and her insecurities of where she belonged I could understand her fears better and get behind them but, the women who stood in a room full of bikers and dressed down Clint all in doing so in front of his brothers was not the girl portrayed with all these fears and insecurities she seem to have.Not only that she was a knife throwing bad-ass.

This was not your typical MC romance for me it read more like a contemporary romance I just felt this story was to tame for the MC gene.Where was the heat between the couple,the sparks,the chemistry?I did not feel any of that between this couple.Make me feel it ! Believe it! I just was not feeling the love nor the chemistry between this couple.

I hate leaving reviews like this but, this was an arc so I am expressing my feelings on how I felt about the story.I could go on about so many other things that annoyed me about the story but, we are just going to chalk it up to that this story was just not for me.


Would I read this author again? I am really not sure but, after seeing what Skeeter is going to be up against in the next book in the series I might just have to try this author again.

2 stars from us




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“What’s going to go bad?” I rinsed the soapy pan. “I can’t tell you,” he said. Clint put his index finger on my shoulder and ran it down my arm. Tingles began to fire all over my body, and I shivered. Was this some sort of seduction? If it was, would I allow myself to fall into his trap? Yes. “Oh.” I couldn’t think of anything else to say. His finger was running back up the length of my arm now. “Is this the first time you’ve ever had to do something like this?” “No,” he whispered against the back of my neck. He was standing behind me now, and I could feel his body heat. “I’m just more scared this time around.” He was scared? I tried to catch his gaze in the window behind the sink, but he ducked his head behind me. He placed both hands on my lower back and began to knead. This was bad, so bad. I wanted him too much and he was confessing his fears to me. Just like you would do if you loved someone. “Tell me what you’re afraid of.” I whispered, leaning back against him. He felt dangerously good. “I’m afraid of not coming home,” he murmured. He slid his hands over my belly and pressed me against him. Through my thin cotton panties, I could feel him, hard inside his jeans. I started to grind against him. “I’m afraid of not seeing you again.” “You don’t see me now,” I whispered. I meant for it to come out as a bitter condemnation, but his hands slid up over my breasts and I could barely breathe. He took one of my nipples between his fingers and pinched it. I gasped. “I need you, Jo,” he growled. I tried to turn, but he held me in place. “I know I don’t deserve it.” His voice was rough, as though he dragged it across gravel. His other hand slid down, between my legs. “Come to bed with me. Just this, tonight.” I was already wet. I wanted him, he knew I wanted him. There was no point in denying it. But he was so raw, I had to find some way to distance myself and try not to fall in love with him. If I went back to his bedroom, the intimacy would doom me. “Here,” I demanded, rubbing my ass against his dick. “Here in the kitchen. Do you have a condom?” “Yes, but I want to taste you first.” He began sliding my cotton panties down my legs. “Why don’t you sit up on the counter?” “No.” I squeezed my eyes shut, picturing it. It had been one of our favorite things. Clint’s face would be buried in me and he’d look up. We’d share my orgasm together. Just like our last time together. My breath started to come in short bursts. I couldn’t do it. I couldn’t let him be that close. “No, from behind. Right now.” He froze. I knew he was hurting and this wasn’t exactly what he wanted. He wanted that connection, those emotions that we used to share, but I couldn’t leave myself open to his hurt again. I waited for him to tell me no. Would he choose all or nothing? Or just take what I was offering?         About the Author:
 
 Sarah Hawthorne lives in the Pacific Northwest where she drinks too much coffee, plans a lot of vacations and writes romance novels. Her native habitats include her garden and the local library. Please visit her website, www.sarahhawthorne.com, for upcoming books, contests, freebies, and more!  

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