Sunday, February 18, 2018

Review & Excerpt :Rough Ride (A Chaos Novella) by Kristen Ashley

    

From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Kristen Ashley comes a new story in her Chaos series…


About ROUGH RIDE:

Rosalie Holloway put it all on the line for the Chaos Motorcycle Club.

Informing to Chaos on their rival club—her man’s club, Bounty—Rosalie knows the stakes. And she pays them when her man, who she was hoping to scare straight, finds out she’s betrayed him and he delivers her to his brothers to mete out their form of justice.

But really, Rosie has long been denying that, as she drifted away from her Bounty, she’s been falling in love with Everett “Snapper” Kavanagh, a Chaos brother. Snap is the biker-boy-next door with the snowy blue eyes, quiet confidence and sweet disposition who was supposed to keep her safe…and fell down on that job.

For Snapper, it’s always been Rosalie, from the first time he saw her at the Chaos Compound. He’s just been waiting for a clear shot. But he didn’t want to get it after his Rosie was left bleeding, beat down and broken by Bounty on a cement warehouse floor.

With Rosalie a casualty of an ongoing war, Snapper has to guide her to trust him, take a shot with him, build a them…

And fold his woman firmly in the family that is Chaos.

**Every 1001 Dark Nights novella is a standalone story. For new readers, it’s an introduction to an author’s world. And for fans, it’s a bonus book in the author’s series. We hope you'll enjoy each one as much as we do.**
   

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 Excerpt

An old-style flip phone.

A burner.

We’d joked about it, Snap and me. He’d called me Scully. He had a burner too, so there’d be no caller ID when he phoned me. So I’d called him Mulder.

I was going to call him.

Not because I was working for Chaos anymore. I wasn’t. That officially ended on that cement. Definitely not because I was protecting Bounty. I’d tell the police. Absolutely, I’d tell the police my boyfriend’s motorcycle club beat the snot out of me. It didn’t matter that I broke the code, and knew it. It didn’t matter that I’d betrayed my man, and done it deliberately.

I was trying to save him. Save his brothers. Save his club. Save everyone.

I closed my eyes tight, my thumb moving over the phone from memory, knowing the way on its own, I called him so often. That was why I was calling him now rather than 911. I knew how to get to him. To Snapper. And the effort would be less. I could dial the digits to get him up on speed dial in my sleep, so I could do it lying on a cement floor, beat to hell and practically unable to move.

I couldn’t lift the phone to my ear so I just shoved it across the floor closer to my face, listening to it ring.

“Rosie?” Snap answered.

I closed my eyes tighter as understanding hit me with a blow almost as brutal as every strike I’d just taken.

God.

I hadn’t done it to save Beck. To save his brothers, his club…everybody.

At first, I’d done it to make Beck into Shy.

And then I’d done it to make him be Snapper.

And last, I’d done it to make his club Chaos.

“Rosie?” Snap’s Eddie Vedder baritone got sharper.

Oh no.

No.

The black was creeping in again.

“Sss…” was all I could get out.

“Rosalie,” he bit out, curt, alert, alarmed.

“Hurt,” I whispered.

And then, again, I blacked out.

  

         

 What I thought about Rough Ride

Chaos MC is one of my first and one of my favorite MC romance series so this was a one-click no-brainer for me.  It's been a while since we've had new Chaos material and I dug into this one the day the arc rolled into my e-reader.

Rosalie pays a very high price for working with Chaos to spy on a rival MC. Broken and beaten, she swears off all MC's and their alpha men who remind her of her father.  Especially Snapper, who has been watching over her. I liked that the story didn't sugar coat the brutality of what Rosalie goes through and it was a good reminder of the violence that exists just below the surface of the MC. 

Snapper is determined to make Rosalie his, finally.  He fell for her way back when we first met her in the very first book in the series. Rough Ride is very focused on how he woos her back, with the usual Chaos heart-of-gold alpha male routine.  There were times that I thought Snapper sounded just like Tack and the other boys, as their language was so very similar and familiar.

I did get some insight into Rosalie, which changed my opinion of her just a little, although I didn't really see her as being part of the main group of characters here. I did think that Rosalie and Snapper worked well together (although the history...ugh) , and I really liked Rosalie's mom. I wanted to know more about her!

The best part of the novella is the incredible foreshadowing of what's to come for Chaos.  Looks like all of my favorite characters are in for a bumpy ride ahead and I can't wait for more.

Overall, Rough Ride is a must for all Chaos fans, and a nice standalone MC romance if you haven't read the series yet. It's perfectly sized for a weekend read, and there's a good bit of sexy times once Rosalie and Snapper get on the same page. 



 
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About Kristen Ashley: Kristen Ashley was born in Gary, Indiana, USA and nearly killed her mother and herself making it into the world, seeing as she had the umbilical cord wrapped around her neck (already attempting to accessorize and she hadn't taken her first breath!). Her mother said they took Kristen away, put her Mom back in her room, her mother looked out the window, and Gary was on fire (Dr. King had been assassinated four days before). Kristen's Mom remembered thinking it was the end of the world. Quite the dramatic beginning. Nothing's changed. 

Kristen grew up in Brownsburg, Indiana and has lived in Denver, Colorado and the West Country of England. Thus, she's blessed to have friends and family around the globe. Her family was (is) loopy (to say the least) but loopy is good when you want to write. They all lived together on a very small farm in a small farm town in the heartland. 

She grew up with Glenn Miller, The Everly Brothers, REO Speedwagon and Whitesnake (and the wardrobes that matched). Needless to say, growing up in a house full of music, clothes and love was a good way to grow up. And as she keeps growing, it keeps getting better. 

 



    
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