Review: Awesome backstory and intro to this series
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 9, 2014
This is a prequel, when Ryder meets Jade.  Jade is a 22yo rich society girl, working for her uncle in his property management firm during the summer, getting ready to start her law career.  Ryder is in his early 30s it seems (he states is "not even 10 years" older than her), VP of his motorcycle club.  He comes from an awful past, which this prequel lays out nicely.  Jade has something in her past that was traumatic and apparently has to do with bikers, and thus her brother and parents hate them.  In this 100 page or so intro, we really get to know each character some, but they don't come together as a couple until the last few pages really, thus setting up the dynamic for book 1.The first chapter or two I didn't think I would like it as well as I did.  I didn't instantly like either character, or the writing really, but it got better.  I liked the writing by the end of this one, and will definitely look into the next one, which is the full romance of Ryder and Jade apparently.Max, who is the half-brother of Ryder, has his own story going on apparently with this author, and he is the star of the Firebird trilogy by this same author.  We get some of Max's background in this one, and his relationship with his brother.  Based on that, I'm looking up that book as well.  Jani Kay, even from this sample, clearly does a good alpha male with a tough exterior and a weakness for his girl.