In Ride Trouble( Black Knights Inc. 2) by Julie Ann Walker

Hello to all,

 Summer hits us ell today and for a few days it will be hot and sunny ( before storms again of course) , the sun really help to make people happy and the fact that yesterday check up for my dog was promising i'm really relieved and i can start to smile again. Oh he got a new round of medecine but next check up in his 3 months because his mouth is finally nearly healed so i have reason to be happy (' aside book^^)

Now on book side, i think i will go back to read some that tempts me greatly to get some motivation because free time is nearly non existent so reading time is few right now .  I need something, some "sure love" after the disappointment  i felt. I was really interested in the Black Knights INC series and book 1 was good not a favourite but a promising debut and i hoped the rest would improve until becoming a favourite... i got the second book syndrome.

 Let see more about it! Happy reading

Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca

Publication: 2012

ISBN:  1402267169

Genre: romantic suspense
Violence: mild
Language: normal
sex: strong
Public: 18+

Source: bought

Short description from goodreads :

Rebel with a Cause

Becky "Rebel" Reichert never actually goes looking for trouble. It just has a tendency to find her. Like the day Frank Knight showed up at her door, wanting to use her motorcycle shop as a cover for his elite special ops team. But Becky prides herself on being able to hang with the big boys-she can weld, drive, and shoot just as well as any of them.

Man with a Mission


Munitions, missiles, and mayhem are Frank's way of life. The last thing the ex-SEAL wants is for one brash blonde to come within fifty feet of anything that goes boom. Yet it's just his rotten luck when she ends up in a hostage situation at sea. Come hell or high water, he will get her back-whether she says she needs him or not

My opinion:

          A complete change…I can’t explain better this book is totally different from the first one.  I enjoyed the first story from the Black Knights Inc series and I was impatient to  follow up but my love has been greatly tampered with by this one.. It’s not that “ In Ride Trouble” is badly written not at all but I wasn’t what I’ve come to expect and I was greatly disappointed.

“Hell on Wheels”, book 1, was an excellent suspense romance. The plot was built to keep us on edge, the romance was slow and linked to the investigation. The action was intense but the humour was also present just at the right doses.  Until the last page, I was surprised and I couldn’t stop turning the pages even if I couldn’t qualified it as a favourite read.

Since it’s a series I hope for the same minus the fact it would be another member of the Black Knights team…but this one is a complete turn over. Yes Frank and Becky knows each other ( it was the same in book 1 the main character weren’t complete strangers even if they didn’t work together like these ones) but  I don’t know some chemistry was missing….their relationship was better in book 1 in my opinion. However what disappointment me even more was the lack of suspense…this time the bigger part is the romance…Yes Becky is taken as hostage but that happen right at the beginning and she is saved nearly immediately…there isn’t any investigation about the culprit or the reason no it’s more a hit and reaction story. The bad guy kidnap, the good ones save, the bad threaten, the good punish….if you see what I mean…there isn’t any real question. Oh the villain has connection and it could become important, perhaps, but in this book the importance isn’t on that at all. We also learn that another villains is against the black Knights but it’s left to ponder later….

Also we hear about Nate ( Aka Ghost) but we don’t see him, same for the rest of the team like Ozzie we hear about where he is and what he is doing but that’s all. We focus only on Frank, Bill and the new one Angel. I don’t know but that chemistry was missing  for me, after having seen more of them interacting together and all…this time it was limit.. I don’t know boring.

I’m not saying I don’t want to give the author another chance because hey, book 1 was one of my favourite, but I can’t really recommend this one…or I would tell you to read this one first  to go from the lesser to the best and read book 1 in second. Objectively, some events in book 1 have an impact in this one since it takes place 3months after so reading them in order is recommended. However the consequences here aren’t showing yet really and the author do made a recapitulation sufficient enough so you wouldn’t feel lost if you start with book 2 . So you only have to see what you are really looking for if it’s a really good romantic suspense better past this one ( or start with it) because Wheels on Heels is more what you are looking for. If you simply want a contemporary romance with some action and a touch of military then book 2 could satisfy you

Score:  2,5/5

Disclaimer: All opinions are my own and no compensation was received in exchange for this review

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Hell on Wheels ( Black Knights Inc. 1) by Julie Ann Walker

Happy Sunday!

                         Since i took yesterday off, today you get not one but 2 reviews... so let's start with a romantic suspense book that was highly recommended to me it's the first book of the series "Black Knights Inc" so if you love bikers, suspense, action and romance this book could be for you at least for me it was a good change from books including demons^^;;

happy reading!

Publisher: Sourcebook Casablanca

Publication: 2012

ISBN:  0373277210

Genre: romantic suspense, contemporary
Violence: strong (torture described in detail)
Language: mild
sex: strong
Public: 18+

Source: bought

Short description from goodreads :

 Black Knights Inc.--Behind the facade of their tricked-out motorcycle shop is an elite special ops team assigned the jobs too hot for anyone else to handle.

Hold On Tight...

Ex-Marine Nate "Ghost" Weller is an expert at keeping his cool--and his distance--which makes him one hell of a sniper. It's also how he keeps his feelings for Ali Morgan in check. Sweet, sexy Ali has always revved his engine, but she's his best friend's baby sister...and totally off limits.

Rough Road Ahead

Ali's never seen anything sexier than Nate Weller straddling his custom Harley--or the flash of danger in his eyes when she tells him she's in trouble. First something happened to her brother, and now she's become the target of a nasty international organization. With Nate, her life is in the most capable hands possible--but her heart is another story altogether

My opinion:

           I’m so glad I trusted those who recommended this series to me because this first book is really promising and I do want more already. Julie Ann Walker manages to keep the tension high and a fast packed action without forgetting some touch of romance and humor which were quite important to counterbalance the vivid and gruesome description of tortures the hero and his teammate, the brother of the heroine, suffered.  The author writes those so well that you can imagine them and the state Griggs was in… perhaps a little hard for emotional people who will  get a little ill imagining the scene..; a good way for the readers to understand better why Ali tends to throw up a lot. (Sensitive stomach against rude times… rude times won)

The way Nate, alias Ghost, react in front of Ali since the beginning show us how heated it will become because you can really count on steamy scenes, you have to wait a little for them because he does try to keep his promise to Griggs and consider Ali out of limits even if he is attracted to her for years. The only way for him to do it is to keep his distance and to become stony when she is near but with her life on the line Nate show how protective he can be.

Ali is a quiet girl but having growing up with an older brother who was in military she also learned some tips…her brother didn’t want to left her unprotected so he become her teacher in a sense and trained her. She accepted that because she was really close to him, more than to their parents. Ali always knew her brothers was doing more than what he let on but never asked, waiting for him to decide to share those secrets with her. Unfortunately, Griggs dies in an accident or so it said.. devastated Ali  doesn’t notice that Nate is hurt or hiding something….but when months later she is nearly mugged, followed she decide to impose on him for security because Griggs trusted this man with his life and she is sure they didn’t work in a simple mechanic shop.

The team didn’t expect to receive a visit of their late mate baby sister…even less bugged as she is…but they couldn’t let her down so they decide to act not sure who is behind it. When they discover that Griggs had taken a solo mission without telling anyone is hard on them but it’s a leads they must follow even if it means revealing who they are and what they do to Ali. We don’t see all the black knights as of yet because a large part of them are on mission  but I did love the one we met. Ozzie is really funny with his geek attitude but he is really talented in his speciality. Becky is determined to join the black knights who train her in secret but their boss, secretly in love with her, won’t accept that idea just to protect her. It’s amusing to see how both of them see what it’s between Ali and Nate but can see what the other is feeling despite their numerous banters.  Dan is the only one married but we don’t see that much interactions betweens the two, which you will understand when you read the book.

I appreciate to see Dagan staying “honest”… he does have a deep sense of justice and I wouldn’t been surprised to see him join the rank of the knight… though I do want to know his story.

 The only thing that bothered me a little is the way the knights seem a little indifferent to the suffering of their own….yes grief can be done differently but  I would have thought they would show ore solidarity even if they are military and knows the risks.

If you want a  good romantic suspense with bikers full of themselves, big alpha but also women who knows and fight for what they wants…. This is the right book for you and I wish I had the next book on hand already!

Score:  4/5

Disclaimer: All opinions are my own and no compensation was received in exchange for this review

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