Review: An interesting story - but I didn't believe in the HEA
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 29, 2014
The PremiseBen Lawson is the enforcer for the Mountain Skulls Motorcycle Club, the one who does the dirty work.  He's just had to deal with a HUGE betrayal, when he meets Eva Sinclair.  Eva left Tippitt a long time ago, but she comes back after her father dies, determined to set up a new business and a home.  She runs into Ben on a dark road one night, and from then on it seems fate is determined to throw her together with this big tough biker.  Eva has to decide - to be with Ben, she has to take on the club. Is she ready to?My ThoughtsI was in the mood for an MC book, and I'd heard split reviews of it, as well as some very passionate opinions regarding Ben and his actions.  Having read it, I now understand why.  I thought it was a well thought out book, and the writing was pretty good (notwithstanding typos and a need for a bit of editing which, as a self-pub I'm much more forgiving of).  Although I'll admit there were times at the beginning where there were typos that were distracting - it took me awhile to determine whether the one last name was supposed to be Santagio or Santiago, since it was written both ways - and the story meandered a bit. But eventually it found its groove and it went by pretty quick.Anyway, I thought there was chemistry between Ben and Eva, and that kept me turning the pages.  However, I'm not sure I bought into a HEA for these two.  Ben and Eva's story is hard to get behind, and most of that is due to choices made by Ben for his club.  Intellectually I understand why he made them and that it was likely a more realistic reaction for a biker who puts his club first.  On an emotional level, I'm not so much into the realism - I wanted a romance and I gravitate to protective alphas who can be complete a-holes, as long as they don't mess with the heroine.  I couldn't believe that he would ever love Eva over everything else, and that was a big hindrance for me in accepting their relationship.  Eva wasn't exactly into it either in my opinion, and it just felt doomed.The Bottom LineA hard to rate MC romance - I didn't dislike it and I thought the story was interesting, but I had no belief in the actual love between the H/h and that hindered my enjoyment.