Review: Unusual contemporary romance
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 08 5, 2013
This is the first time I've read anything by this author and her writing is good, with memorable characters that are out of the norm for romantic heros. There were just a few typos, otherwise the editing was very professional. The choice of a motorcycle club as a setting (think "Sons of Anarchy"), allowed the author to have heros that are involved in illegal activity such as drug smuggling and gun running, while still trying to make them honorable men. This is difficult for me as a reader to swallow. It also made me question a bit Denise's decision making and parenting. However, I know parents will do almost anything to provide for their children, and people who are stuck in bad families or situations aren't necessarily evil people. So, grain of salt, just my thoughts....Our hero, Liam (William Jr), is the VP of the Heaven Hill Motorcycle Club, and raised by his father, William Sr, to take over some day. He doesn't agree with everything that the club does, but he backs up his brothers. His father rules with an iron fist and likes to use it. So even though he's got reservations about involving her, he still pulls his sister's desperate friend into doing some well paid "favors" of drug deliveries for the club. He swears a lot, has to be bailed out regularly, but has a heart of gold and doesn't believe in hitting women, even though his father does.On her birthday, laid off factory worker Denise, is served with foreclosure process papers for her house. The crappy, minimum wage, part-time job she managed to get can't pay the bills and feed her 13 yr old twins. When her friend asks her to pick up an extra shift, she gladly does so, just to put food on the table. Her friend needed the shift off to bail her brother, Liam out of jail, and he meets Denise in the parking lot after the shift with some extra cash for helping them out. That's how her desperate situation came to the notice of the president of the club, who can always use "desperate" people. When Denise pays off some of her bills, her neighbor, a reporter, gets suspicious. She's after the motorcycle club for a TV news investigative story on illegal activity and wants to use Denise. But Denise won't talk, she's no fool.Suddenly, though, her home is vandalized and she's threatened by a rival motorcycle gang. Liam promises her and her children his protection and moves them into his own, very lovely, home. Worried that she's trusting Liam too much, but following her instincts that he's a good man, Denise gets drawn deeper into the club and into a relationship with Liam. How can she put her faith in such a new friendship? Who will be standing when the clubs' turf battle ends?Heat factor hot.