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UNDAUNTED (Knights in Black Leather #1)
UNRULY
Knights in Black Leather #2
Ronnie Douglas
Releasing February 23rd, 2016
William Morrow
The
second novel in Ronnie Douglas’ sexy Southern Wolves motorcycle club
series—reminiscent of Kristen Ashley and Jay Crownover—tells the story of an
aspiring fashion designer and a biker who discover a desire that knows no
limits.
When the daughter of one of the
Southern Wolves gets a flat in the middle of a thunderstorm, there’s only one
thing to do—strip down to her underwear and get a little muddy. But when Alamo,
the sexy biker shows up to rescue Ellen yet again, things are bound to get a
whole lot dirtier.
Between the trouble he left behind
and club rules, Alamo knows he needs to stay clear of Ellen. He’s not looking
for a woman or complications—even when that woman is everything a man could
want. Unfortunately, Ellen isn’t playing by anyone’s rules but her own these
days, and a Southern woman who’s been raised by Wolves is awfully hard to deny.
So when they give in to their raging
attraction, both get much more than they bargained for.
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Ronnie Douglas is the writing name for a multiple NYT
bestselling author. Drawing on a lifetime love of romance novels and a few
years running a biker bar, she decided to write what she knew--dangerous men
with Harleys and tattoos. Her debut “Ronnie book” was indie-published as part
of a series she created and wrote with friends in 2014. You can find Ronnie at:
http://www.ronniedouglas.com
Excerpt
Alamo stood in the
middle of a sea of boxes that filled his new house. He was no stranger to
moving. Growing up, he’d been rousted from his bed more times than he could
count to move to a new place in the middle of the night. His mother would let
the back rent build up as far as she could, and then they’d skip out. Mix in a
few turns in foster care over the years when she was arrested, and he’d become
something of a pro at traveling light and moving quickly. This time, though, he
was moving everything he’d accumulated over several years of stability. He had
absolutely no desire to put it to rights in a new place.
Truth
be told, this new house was the nicest place he’d ever lived. It wasn’t home, though. Home was a modest-sized apartment
in Durham, North Carolina. Home was having his sister Zoe in the house, badly
imitating his Spanish cusswords and singing like a cat in a surly mood—and he
missed it.
He’d
lost that right when he’d lost his temper. He knew it, but that didn’t make it
any less frustrating. He’d done the right thing, and there wasn’t a minute of
it that he regretted. The man deserved every punch, but that was neither here
nor there. Truth didn’t change facts, and the facts were that Alamo was a big
man, and his long-gone father wasn’t as white as his mama had been. Race
shouldn’t matter, but sometimes having darker skin still did, especially in a
city where drug traffic was as common as it was in Durham. The police tended to
blame it on one segment of the population, those with darker skin. He was a
large man with darker skin. To add to that, once the police saw the motorcycle
club patches on his jacket, Alamo was far too likely to end up in jail if he
stayed in North Carolina.
This
time they had a reason of sorts. He had put that pendejo in the hospital. And an uptown white boy in his expensive
clothes could afford the sort of lawyers who twisted truth until it looked
nothing like reality. Alamo knew it, had known it before he’d taken the first
swing. Sometimes, though, a man had to stand up for a woman regardless of the
cost. Zoe’s friend had no one else to stand up for her, so Alamo did what
needed doing. It was that simple.
“You can’t just do that!” Zoe snapped at him
when he’d walked into the little apartment they shared. “I might not be a kid,
but I still don’t need my brother in the lockup.”
“He hurt Ana.”
“You are not the law, Alejandro. You wear
that jacket”—she pointed at the vest with the Southern Wolves patches
prominently displayed—“and you forget that you’re not above the law.”
“Lobita,” he started.
“Don’t you ‘little wolf’ me, mister!” His
sister’s hands landed on their customary position on her hips. She was a tiny
little thing, but she had the attitude of a dozen girls. “If you end up in
jail, I’ll . . . I’ll find someone big enough to kick your ass. Then where will
you be, eh?”
Alamo bowed his head, as much to hide his
smile as to let her know he was listening to her chastisement.
“You call Nicky, you hear me? You find out
where you can move because you’re not staying here. That boy . . . he has
friends. I don’t want this to get worse.”
“Lobita . . .”
“No! You call your Wolves, and you move.
We talked about it for next year, anyhow. Clean start.” Zoe took a shaky
breath, let it out, and looked at him. “Ana says thank you and that she’s okay.
She’s . . . sorry.”
“Don’t need to be sorry. She did nothing
wrong, Zoe. You make sure she gets that.” His hands fisted despite his
intention to keep calm, and the already bloodied knuckles smarted.
Alamo might not have had a father most of
his life, but he knew what a man was supposed to be like just the same. Growing
up, he’d just studied what his mother’s long list of lovers did. Whatever they
did, he did the opposite. That was all the guidance he’d needed. That
was why Alamo went after the buttoned-up man-boy who’d gotten Ana drunk and
taken what wasn’t his right to take.
“Call Nicky,” Zoe said, and then she turned
away. “And put ointment on those cuts.”
She
was right. Being the stand-in parent for Zoe had always been harder because she
was right more often than not. Her
excesses of common sense made her awfully hard to handle. Of course it also
meant that it was less worrisome to leave her behind with Ana. She’d be okay;
he knew that. Both of the Díaz siblings were survivors.
So
far there hadn’t been any charges filed, and the jackass who hurt Ana claimed
never to have seen Alamo’s face. He did see
Alamo’s jacket, though, and it was best for everyone if there was no reason for
the police to be looking too closely at the Wolves. The local chapter
president, Nicky, agreed with Zoe, so he’d made a call to another chapter.
Within forty-eight hours, Alamo’s things had been boxed, and he was in
Tennessee. Between a move and a stay in jail, moving was a better choice—but
that still didn’t mean Alamo was happy with it.
He
looked around the cluttered house. Boxes and furniture sat in a jumble, but he
needed to get out. Being here, being alone with his thoughts, wasn’t going to
do anything but make him think about the mess he’d gotten mixed up in. He
didn’t regret it. He didn’t think he was wrong to defend Ana. That didn’t mean
the consequences were easy to take.
He
walked outside, pulled the door shut behind him, and headed to the bar that the
Tennessee chapter frequented. Getting to know his new brothers was the best
thing he could do now. The Southern Wolves were the only family he had other than Zoe, and while Zoe would
visit, she was still in North Carolina while she finished up her college
degree.
By
the time he pulled his Harley into the parking lot of Whiskey & Wolves, he
felt more like himself. All he needed was to stay focused. No distractions. No
trouble. No fights unless they were ordered by the club. He had to focus on his
job, the Wolves, and not let himself get invested in anyone else’s life. He
could keep his distance from everyone. That was the one surefire way to keep
his temper under control.
No
more bad habits. No more mistakes—regardless of how good the reason for them
was. Tennessee was going to be the beginning of a new lifestyle, one that would
keep him out of trouble and able to build a stable home for his sister once she
finished college.
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Part 2 in an ongoing series
My Unruly Review ...
Sometimes I think I'm a bit of a masochist when it comes to reading series. I didn't love Undaunted but for some reason I signed up to read this book. I guess I was invested enough to continue. Now that I read it I'm glad I carried forward, as I was pleasantly surprised with this story. Maybe it was because I had no expectations or maybe because it was a good story.
Alamo is now in Tennessee after losing his temper in North Carolina. The last thing he wanted to do was leave his sister but it was smarter to leave to a new chapter of the Southern Wolves MC then bring trouble to his family.
Ellen by default is a wolf but will never wear the colors being a female. For years she's been best friends with Killer and Dash and from time to time those friendships had benefits especially where Dash is concerned. For years Dash and Ellen had a semi-relationship but Dash always wanted to keep it a secret. Finally having enough she walks away from Dash right on to the back of Alamo's bike.
Instantly they both have an attraction but Dash has thrown in causing a kink into Ellen's freedom and the potential of Alamo and Ellen. This story is happening during the same time frame as Aubrey's and Killer's story, which helped ease some of my frustration from Undaunted. As it gave a bit more insight to why Killer made some of the decisions he did.
Now that Ellen's becoming her own woman she starts to move forward by facing her past. First with singing, then repairing her friendships with Killer and Dash and keeping them in the 'friends only' category, but she also is determined to make Alamo see her.
Alamo's tied up with Dash's protection on Ellen, which isn't making it easy for him as Ellen is everything he wants in a girl. A woman who understands this life and excepts it as well as thrives within in it. Alamo's also the biggest, sweetest gentlemen within the MC world while looking dark & delicious, and being able to step in whatever capacity is needed within his MC.
"There's nowhere I'd rather be, Ellen . . . Now go sing. Your voice is like to calm even the most savage beast."
Now that Ellen is completely free of Dash they can finally move forward only to have Alamo's past come rear its ugly head.
This was a very decent story. Sure it is still on the MC lite scale but it was definitely better than Undaunted. My hope is each story will get better and better as the series continues. I have a feeling that sparks are going to fly between Dash and Zoe (Alamo's sister), so my fingers are crossed that their story is next. The reason I didn't fall in love with this book is that everything is just too clean and smooth. Sure there is hardship and angst but with the MC genre I expect more rawness and grit which was lacking in this story.
3. 5 MC Lite Thumbs up!
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