Review: Can I give it 8 stars?
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 6, 2014
THE FOLLOWING REVIEW MAY CONTAIN SPOILERSI must say upfront this book was a solid 5 star read for me.  If I could I would give it more.  It was a first time read by a new author for me and when I one clicked the book, my expectations were not that high based on so many sub-par MC books released recently.  This new author made me really feel the characters, their emotions and I was on a continuous emotional roller coaster while reading this book.  Once I started reading, I absolutely could not put the book down.  I really liked that the story is around mature characters and not young adults.  The main characters have lived life and experienced joys and heartaches.  They both come together dragging tons of emotional baggage with them.  I never once thought Oh this is so OTT.  No, my heart hurt for them because I could see the turmoil they both experience with some of the bad choices they made.This is a second chance at love for Grace, the h.  This is the first story I have read where the book actually tells a love story that breaks your heart during the description of the love she had for her first husband (now deceased).  It was a real, true love but then the author writes the H, Miller, in such a good way.  He is no doubt the bad ass, alpha male and there is never any doubt of his love for Grace but he never is jealous of her first husband and never competes with his memory.I liked the characters and the story line. If your trigger is cheating then I wouldn't recommend this book for you. Many readers would have problems with Lock for letting Grace do the things she did for the club. The author made me believe the love Grace had for both her first husband and then Locke. The twists and turns leading up to the ending was a surprise for me. Usually in most of these books, I have the ending already figured out before I got there. Not in this one. IMO it was a 4.5 read for me.I have problems with responding to these spoilers because there is so much in the whole context of the story. I agree 100%. There's no doubt of the love for the deceased husband and I loved the way the H was never jealous and never competed for the love she felt for her husband. But you're in for a little surprise at the end of the book. Not bad just something that you don't expect.The basic story line covers Grace's return to the club after 15 years absence. She was the ole lady of the former VP and it was a true love. She hooks up with Miller, a member of the club, her first night in town with no knowledge he is a member of the club.  There is an immediate connection, which they both try to fight.  Grace becomes a pawn in the game the club president, Jump, is playing with an enemy club.  Both she and Miller make some really bad decisions all in the name of the club, but finally admit they made mistakes and build the relationship into a strong, meaningful love.If your trigger is the H/h having sex with someone else (cheating?) during the relationship development, this may not be the book for you.  There have been discussions on different threads about this issue for this book.  Yes both the H/h has sex with another person but there has been no hard commitment.  The term "cheating" takes on different contexts to me. In this book I felt the turmoil both the H and h felt. They knew they had a connection and they were not comfortable with the sex with others. If they had been married or really committed before the sex I might have felt different. They were mature characters who had previous life experiences and they admitted their mistakes and built a strong, loving relationship.The OM is a friend from the old days and the h was attracted to him in the old days. The sex with him is part of the club plan to find out if he is loyal, etc. but she admits she enjoyed the first time they had sex as part of this plan. The H has sex with a club whore but doesn't enjoy it. The h knows he is smexing with the club whore because she sees him making out with the whore while she's making out with the other man. This is one of those stories where if cheating is a big trigger, this book may not be a good one to read. IMO the H and h redeemed themselves in the end, accepted that they each had made mistakes and realized the depth of the love between them. I guess out of this scenario I had the most problems with the club prez who came up with this plan and basically threw the h under the bus. The H followed along (for a while) based on that old "club loyalty - all for the club" and always planned to go back to her after the plan was executed. He admits later it was a bad decision.I loved the journey Grace and Miller traveled in this book and would say this book is in the top 5 MC books for me this year.  The reason that stands out is because the other books are by established, well known authors who have released many books.  I will definitely be following this author and cannot wait until the next book is released.  I hope that this will be an ongoing series.  Kudos to Cat Porter for exceeding expectations and raising the bar for all of the new wannabe MC romance authors.  The book has a HEA and has no editing/formatting issues.