Synopsis
Welcome to Northern Nevada. The scenery is idyllic, the people are friendly and three Motorcycle Clubs rule the tri-city area between Reno, Carson City, and Lake Tahoe with an iron fist. Gisela wasn’t introduced to the thug life, she was born into it. The daughter of an American gangster, her life has been carefully orchestrated with private education, a law degree and now a respectable law firm she co-founded with Kyra Hughes, her best friend. Life is good until her high school sweetheart walks through the door of Jackson & Hughes and decides to turn her world upside down. Cillian is not an average criminal, he was brought up in the Lucifer’s Saints MC and is now V.P. of a powerful criminal enterprise. He’s no stranger to mayhem yet only one woman has ever made him feel worthy of redemption. He’s a survivor and luck has always been on his side until he is arrested and charged with the murder of an undercover ATF agent. His complicated life becomes more than he can handle when he is forced to face the only woman who has ever turned him inside out. An unconventional love story, unfinished business between these two passionate people—physical, emotional and professional—will spark a fuse that will leave a path of death and destruction in its wake.
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Excerpt
Now, I found myself in the same position with Cillian, and I couldn’t do it again. Not only because of Brianna but because I was in love with the fucking guy.
“Leave Brianna and we’ll pick up this conversation at another time. Until that happens…I don’t think I can do this.” My voice was small but firm.
He crawled over my body so he could face me. “Now you’re not playing fair. I told you I would leave her and I will. You can’t deny me—I won’t be able to do this without knowing you’re by my side.”
“And I will be when that Irish bitch is out of your life.” I gritted my teeth together. “You left me in a foreign country for her, and drop kicked my ass outta your life. Now, I’m supposed to drop everything because you give me a few empty promises after mind blowing sex? I want to believe you but we’ve got too damn much history between us, babe. I need to see some actions before I commit to anything.”
Cillian smiled wryly. “Always the fucking attorney. Fine, I’ll show you actions but you better keep up your end of the bargain.”
I turned over onto my side away from him. “Don’t worry about me. Unlike you, I don’t make promises I can’t keep.”
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Meet Selene
Selene Chardou is a world traveler and the alter-ego of Elle Chardou.
Ms. Chardou’s writing is all about hot romance and exciting times with the wild, damaged, out of control and/or rich and famous set in the New Adult realm.
She is currently working on The Will to Love, the second novel in the Scarlet Fever Series, which chronicles the relationship of Will Cullen and Laurel Munsen. She is also working on Deadly Seduction, the first novel in The Rough Riders series, which chronicles the issues between three Motorcycle Clubs, and various criminal elements in the tri-city area of Reno, Lake Tahoe and Carson City in Northern Nevada.
Ms. Chardou has lived abroad in Stockholm (Sweden), Manchester (England), Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay Area and Portland. She currently resides in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Our 3 Star Review
Cillian is the VP for his motorcycle gang. His father runs it and he does the dirty work, but it's wearing him thin. Cillian is almost 30 married to a woman who cheats on him and doesn't really even take care of their kids. He only got together with her and married her because his parents wouldn't allow him to be with the girl he loved when he was 16, she got pregnant and was part of a "rival" gang. Now 13 years down the line he's miserable and his father is about to make him do his biggest job yet. Killing a fed, he's killed before, plenty, but this time everyone knows the heat will come down on him. The only person who can help him? His childhood love, Gisela who is now an attorney who helps get off every criminal in the northern Nevada area.
Gisela is a hard core kinda girl, she doesn't take any crap from anyone, except her now reunited long lost first love Cillian who needs her help. They get together and face their troubles together, but can they overcome all the obstacles?
Okay, so I wanted to like this story, but it was just way too confusing. The first two chapters, apart from the fact that it just dove right in without any real understanding of the back story, you were told so many names and given so much random info you have a very small chance of keeping up. Then you have the alternating POV's, which I love except you can never keep up with the constant changing between 1st and 3rd person. Gisela's POV was pretty set as a 1st person, but Cillian was constantly changed up. This story also showed all the characters using drugs and doing plenty of other illegal activities. This is my personal preference here but I don't enjoy a story that showcases drug use as acceptable behavior. Weed yea ok fine but coke and meth no not so much.
Cillian knows what he's unhappy with, but he does next to nothing to change his ways and go after what makes him happy unless he's directed to by someone else. I saw him as a very weak male lead and his only redeeming quality was taking the rap for someone else. Once he finally got the girl of his dreams he can't even stay faithful to her!!!
Gisela is tough and intelligent and a great woman except when it comes to Cillian. She tries to steer him the right way but it's a constant uphill battle and he does next to nothing to help her. Yea I understand she loves him but allowing him to walk all over her gets old, even when she pushes back and lets him know she's not his dim-witted ex and won't tolerate his b/s behavior.
If you stand back and just remember the basics of the story it allows you to enjoy it so much better. As long as you don't let the dozens of names and random bits of information to overwhelm you. My favorite part was the ending, and no that's not a dig at the story being over, I enjoyed the last couple of chapters the most because I finally was able to understand the story and what happened in their pasts to bring them where they were when the story started.
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