Review: Well worth the wait!!! 5 awesome stars =)
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 26, 2014
<< I received an ARC from the author for an honest review >>"Movie star running from her life.Secret writer of erotic romance.Trusts only Layne O’Connor of the Heaven Hill MC.""Worth the Battle" was well worth the wait...I was SO lucky to be able to get an ARC of this long anticipated sequel! Author Laramie Briscoe's three sentence summary shown above is barely a whisper of what this book is about. I would safely say it is probably one of her most well-written and most mature work to date out of all 4 Heaven Hill books.I LOVED Liam and Denise, cried along with Tyler and Meredith, chuckled and enjoyed the cute couple of Bianca and Jagger...but wow, Layne and Jessica take trouble and deep emotional bonds to a whole new level.Layne is a war vet having gone from the horrors in Iraq to living a life skirting the edge of danger with the Heaven Hill boys, battling PTSD that he mostly keeps under control...that is until Jessica comes back into his life. She was his past, his one real love that he thought he lost while he was away at war, but now she needs him...needs the protection he can give her and as we learn, they both need each other for different reasons.I do not like to give away plot spoilers in my reviews but I will try to express how much I enjoyed this book without spilling any secrets.There is not a lot of graphic sex or excessive violence or wild parties or major battles that we come to expect in the majority of biker romance novels in this one...what you get is a very family centered tale of love lost, parental betrayal, blackmail, deception and learning to forgive and while not forget, move on to live your life at peace with oneself. When we do finally see the culmination of all the sexual frustration, it is rather sweet and satisfying =)Everyone struggles for something in this book...Liam and Denise to find a balance now that they have a child to raise, Tyler and Meredith to be content with having only each other while desperately trying to have more, Jagger and Bianca working out their differences as just a man and woman as well as the focus of the book, Layne and Jessica attempting to free themselves from the demons of both their past lives that are threatening their future.A beautifully written, deeply personal book that might give hope to those fighting similar battles in their everyday lives.There were also some funny surprises and twists near the end of the book and the door has been left open to another book about the nerdy tech man of the club and another member's sister.Highly recommend this one!!*****5***** "Learning to take it one day at a time" stars =)