Blog Tour & Review for Fighting a Riot by Karen Renee

Title: Fighting a Riot

Series: Riot MC

Author: Karen Renee

Published: October 30, 2023

Genre: MC Romance (can be standalone)

Cover Model: Jay Savage

Photographer: Emma Jane Photography

Cover Designer: 100 Covers

The Riot MC is facing a storm of problems. The worst being a traitor amongst them.

Nora Ellis never met a biker, until the night Noah “Yak” Spencer came to her rescue after her disastrous bachelorette party. It doesn’t take long for her to see the heart of gold beneath his tough-guy exterior. When Nora finds out her ex-fiancé was cheating, Yak is there. When a dire health crisis threatens to tear her life apart, Yak helps her keep it together. Even though the timing is truly lousy, Nora quickly finds herself longing for more than friendship with the sexy biker…

For Nora’s sake, Yak needs to keep his distance. Sure, she’s everything he has ever wanted—gorgeous, smart, and tough as nails. But with the problems she’s facing, Yak decides she's untouchable. Until Nora hints she wants more.

Nora doesn’t belong in his world. Her involvement could get her killed. Still, Yak can’t stay away. As matters with the club become deadly, how far will he go to protect the woman he has grown to love?

From the moment Nora & Yak meet Yak is mesmerized by a bachelorette he calls princess. Meeting under the worst-case scenario doesn't stop Yak from feeling overprotective of a woman he just met. There is so much drama and suspense with this one and the club trying to figure out who is toying with them.

Nora and Yak have something in common when it comes to dealing with the medical condition Nora now finds herself in. We loved Nora she was a fierce little independent warrior and even at her worst she amazed us with the strength and courage she faced every day. We loved how easily she fit in with the old ladies especially Trixie as she is one of my all-time favorite old ladies.

Yak was kind and compassionate and was possessive and protective of a woman who had now entered his life. He finds himself teetering back and forth when it comes to his feelings when it comes to this woman. Like most men in this MC they never feel worthy for the woman they fall for. His dilemma has nothing to do with her illness it has more to do with him letting his past dictate his future. Nora is the perfect woman for Yak they made such a cute couple and they were so cute together they made you smile. From the outside looking in they looked like complete opposites who would not fit but, the easiness of their relationship is something that Yak craves as well as needs.

Overall we enjoyed this installment a lot. Loved that we saw a lot of the MC members and a lot of the old ladies this time around especially Trixie and her match-making ways she is not afraid to give a brother a kick in the pants when she feels he needs it. Nora quickly won the hearts of the men of the club and will have her back with or without being Yak's woman. We loved it and we are loving the series as well.

Half-way through my bowl of soup, Yak announced, “I’m givin’ you space for a reason.”

I turned my head to him. “Because I’m ill?”

His head tipped to the side a touch. “More because you’re dealing with major life issues – more than one, when you think about it.”

I swallowed a spoonful of soup. “If by more than one, you’re referring to Destin, I’m over it.”

He gave me a skeptical look. “No, you’re not. And if you are, I have to wonder why you’d get engaged to him in the first place.”

My brows shot up. “If he’d only cast me aside because of my health diagnosis, that would have been one thing. It happens to a fair number of people facing dire health issues. The spouse can’t handle the upcoming changes, bills, whatever. Not that I think that’s any more forgivable, but, Yak. He was cheating –maybe not physically, but there’s no reason Mia should have been able to dive right into his bed like she did. Not unless there was open communication happening between them already.”

“She was at your bachelorette party… Wasn’t she going to be in your wedding? Wouldn’t that force the two of them to be on talking terms? And what I want to know is why did she insist on taking you bitches to Platinum’s? That is such an odd choice, though your party wasn’t the first batch of women to come through our doors.”

After a single deep nod, I smiled. “Exactly. She dragged us to Platinum’s because she met up with Destin while we were there. At a minimum, Destin had to have been flirting or giving Mia some sort of signal that things could go there because that’s awful fast for things to progress –even if they did date before I came along.”

He shook his head. “We’re off the subject. I’m giving you space because you need a different kind of man in your life.”

A mirthless laugh bubbled out of me. “Oh, we’re back to this except, instead of it being what I deserve, you’re going to tell me what I need.” I shook my head. “Yak, I like you… as a person. Am I also attracted to you? Yes. But, what little I know of you, I like you. That shouldn’t mean you have to give me space.”

He stared at me for a long moment. “I won’t be around while you’re having your treatments.”

I set my bowl on the coffee table, then threw my hands up in the air. “For heaven’s sake, why? That sounds like you’re scared and you don’t strike me as a coward, Noah.”

“Stop using my real name,” he grumbled.

I chuckled. “Not a chance, Noah. If that bothers you, then good. It bothers me that you’re treating me like a fragile piece of art.”

He stood, grabbed my bowl, and took it to the sink along with his. “Not my first time dealing with someone I care about who has cancer.”

Now we were getting somewhere.

The biggest smile stretched across my face. 

From the kitchen sink, he aimed an assessing look at me. “What the hell are you smiling about?”

“I’m someone you care about.”

He opened his mouth and then closed it, his eyes sliding to the side like he hated that I’d caught him.

Karen Renee is the author of the Riot Motorcycle Club, Beta, and O-Town series of books. She once crunched Nielsen ratings data but these days she brings her imagination to life by writing books. She has wanted to be a writer since she was very young, but it's taken the last twenty plus years for her to amass enough courage and overall life experience to bring that dream to life. Some of those life experiences came from the wonderful world of advertising, banking, and local television media research. She is a proud wife and mother, and a Jacksonville native. When she's not at the soccer field or cooking, you can find her at her local library, the grocery store, in her car jamming out to some tunes, or hibernating while she writes and/or reads books.

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