Book: Without Consequence
Author: Victoria L. James and LJ Stock
Genre: Contemporary M/C Romance
Synopsis
There are two kinds of prison sentence that try to break us: the ones served behind iron bars and the ones served through a lifetime of guilt. Some people are handed just one. The unfortunate are given both.
Drew Tucker, despite his formidable reputation, was a man shrouded in darkness who had been dealt every kind of sentence known to man. His only path of survival was to fight and conquer. After five years of solitude, with nothing to keep him company but old ghosts and relentless demons, Drew was finally out, and he had a plan in mind to reign supreme once more.
But everything had changed since he’d left the small town of Babylon, Texas, and where he once fit into the world around him, he now felt misguided, misplaced and misunderstood. Freedom wasn’t free anymore and it sure as hell didn’t come cheap.
That only got worse when he crossed paths with Ayda Hanagan. Legal guardian of her teenage brother, over worked, underpaid and clinging onto sanity by the skin of her teeth, Ayda should have been easier for Drew to beat down and manipulate. She should have been easier to keep quiet. But, as with everything in his life since he got released, nothing seemed to make any damn sense, and the walls were caving in on Drew now more than ever before.
Determined to stay on the road he was born to travel, he was willing to fight whoever got in his way or blocked his path to the top. Even the blue-eyed blonde who seemed to have more mouth than sense. His actions were about to shake up the whole town again, and Drew didn’t care whether that came with or without consequences, or what the hell that meant for the likes of Ayda Hanagan.
Review
Foxy Rating = Four Stars
ARC kindly provided by the authors in exchange for an honest review
This is a story set in an MC although it is not a typical MC
read as others in this genre.
Drew Tucker is released from prison after five years and
returns to his brothers in the Hounds of Babylon MC of which he was president and
looking to take on that responsibility again. But life on the outside is taking
some adjusting to seeing as how the club has changed over the years. Drew has a
formidable reputation that is downright scary but when he meets Ayda Hanagan,
she gradually influences his dark side.
Ayda has been bringing up her young teenage brother Tate
since their parents died. She has struggled and is working three separate jobs
to keep a roof over their heads. It’s when Tate steps up to help with the
financial burden that he makes a big mistake by trying to steal from the local
MC. Little does he realise what he has come to the attention of big badass Drew
Tucker.
Drew orders penance from Ayda and she must work off her
brother’s debt. Ayda finds she has not alternative and finds herself in daily
contact with the infamous Drew Tucker.
This was a slow burner of a read but I liked the
relationship of Ayda and her brother Tate. It was cute to read, especially the
banter they had between them. But it was the gradual build-up of trust between
Ayda and Drew that was interesting to see develop. Drew was a scary son of a beep but he was enigmatic to read about. The romance again was a slow start up
but I liked that it was gritty yet sweet at the same time (if that’s possible!)
Some of the descriptive narrative was a little bewildering
in parts and it took some time for me to grasp the style of writing. I guess
with two authors this can be difficult to execute. However the more I read the
more involved and captivated I became with the storyline.
Overall a good story with lots of romance, angst and grit to
deliver a page turner. Four stars.
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Author Bio
L.J. Stock on Victoria L. James ~ What can I say about Victoria L. James? Loads actually, she’s an amazingly talented author and I had the absolute distinct pleasure of writing with her. I also call her a friend. When we first met, we bonded instantly over our love of music, Victoria tends to be as eclectic as I am with her tastes. She finds stories in lyrics and feels the moods in the melodies.
When we first started writing together, I’ll admit I was intimidated. Here is this woman with a huge passion for putting words onto paper and painting pictures so clearly that you are completely immersed in them. How was I going to keep up with that? I’m not sure I ever did, but over time we’ve built up a repertoire. We bounce off one another and bring our characters to the forefront and hope that the interactions are as real as they appear for us.
On a more personal note, Victoria is bright, smart, kind, intelligent, funny, caring and witty. She can see so much in the world around her and always has time for anyone. Victoria lives in sunny ole Yorkshire with her family and her cats - had to mention them - and can normally be found in the playground of her imagination, listening to the Foo Fighters.
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Victoria L. James on L.J. Stock ~ There aren’t many people you bump into in life that you want to both work and spend your free time with. From meeting L.J. through the wonder that is the internet, we soon came to realise that we had a hell of a lot in common. Music was where our friendship truly began, but our writing partnership flourished not too far behind. I always felt like my writing was missing something, and it was only when I read L.J.’s work that I realised what exactly that was. It was missing her influence!
After spending over a year working together, day in, day out, not a moment goes by where I don’t thank the Twitter Gods for bringing this amazingly strong and talented woman into my life. She’s an inspiration, a positive force in every situation and one hell of a talented writer. To say I’m honoured that she wanted to create a new world with me is a gross understatement. I’m blown away. One day, I hope I get lucky enough to visit her in Texas, where she lives with her family and her zoo of animals, so we can write by her pool and take part in our other dream… The great Taylor Kitsch Road (stalking) Trip. Who needs a yacht in the Caribbean when we have that to look forward to, right?
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