Title: Ryker
Series: Steele Brothers #1
Author: Cheryl Douglas
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Published: September 10, 2015
Mackenzie Steele assumed she’d be with her husband forever. He's still her best friend and the father of her children. But when weeks turn into months without intimacy, she realizes she's too young to feel so old. She wants to feel desirable again, to find the woman Ryker fell in love with twenty years ago. And there's only one way to do that… by asking him to move out.
Ryker's blindsided when his wife tells him she wants to separate. He knew they’d hit a rough patch, but he’d never allowed himself to imagine his life without her. Now he has no choice. She seems happy without him, living life on her own terms, and he knows if he doesn’t find a place for himself in her new life, it will be too late to save his marriage.
Foxy Rating = Five stars
*ARC provided by the author in exchange for an honest review
WOW. This book was amazing and was something I had been
searching for but never able to find one but then this dropped onto my kindle
and from the first page I was like ’Yes, this is it!’.
This is the first book in new series Steele Brothers and is the
story of Ryker and Mackenzie Steele.
I often wonder when I have reached the end of a book and we
have that beautiful happy ever after, will they remain forever in love and as
they are? This is a story that delivers that. After twenty years Mackenzie is disillusioned
with her marriage, she still loves Ryker but is not sure if she is still in
love with him. Over the last six months they have grown apart. Ryker is all for
the business to provide for his wife and two teenage boys. Mackenzie has put on
a few pounds and feels she is no longer attractive to Ryker, well it must be as
he hasn’t even attempted to make love to her in all that time.
Through the trial separation Mackenzie finds herself again,
no longer ‘Mom’ or ‘Wife’ she find who she used to be, that girl with a zest
for life and taking a chance on things. One thing she did take a chance on was
Ryker.
Ryker was from the other side of the tracks, a biker running
with an MC. But since the first moment he set eyes on Mackenzie he just knew
his life was about to change. In order to prove to her Dad that he could
provide for her, he devoted his time to building up a business, making a home
and family. They had remained in love all these years but then something ran
out of sizzle all those months ago. Now seeing Mackenzie taking charge of herself,
with her new image and dating, Ryker knew no man was going to have the chance
to take his wife from him so he set off romancing her again.
I really loved this book about an older, established love
and seeing the sexy pair reignite the passion in their lives with each other. The
way their two boys, Zane and Cole, also stepped in to reunite their parents was
so sweet and lovely to read.
Ryker was an instant hit for me, still holding onto his fit
physique, his uber cool bike, and his sexy swagger. Oooh he just had me
drooling. I also loved Mackenzie and how she loved her new look and the effort
she took to be herself again. There was some angst and frustration on her part
though too, when she pondered over whether to take a chance with Ryker again or
let her marriage go. I was cheering when she finally saw the light and realised
what a good thing they both had.
I loved the intimacy and passion between these two and how
they rekindled their previous hot between the sheets moments. The believability
and realism was easy to feel and understand, after all this happens all the
time in real life, everyday nonsense getting in the way of feelings and giving
out misunderstandings. It shows that through life we all hit a bump in the road
but it’s taking the effort to work through that makes all the difference.
An absolutely wonderful romance of a man and woman as they
enter a new stage in their marriage. From the very first tentative chapter to
the emotive and magical ending, I devoured every page. I LOVED it and can’t wait
for the next book and finding out all about that sexy brother Nex. Five stars.
“This story sucked me in and didn’t let go. I was hooked from the first heartbreaking scene and after real life intervened, I was anxious to get back to this story. I had to see what happened. I needed to see Ryker and Mackenzie and their boys happy.” ~ A is for Alpha B is for Books
“This was so far up my street I could have been neighbours!!! Holy Moly what an absolute stonker… loved it! It took me just one chapter to fall head over heels for this book and one day to finish what is one of the most realistically pitched stories that I have engaged with for a while.” ~ Books Laid Bare
When one door closes, another one opens. I closed the door to my business for the last time in 2011, which left me with a decision. What now? Find another location and move my nutrition business, go to work for someone else, or take a chance on my dream? I chose the latter and I’ve never looked back!
I’ve always loved reading and writing, but it wasn’t until I jumped in with both feet and decided writing would be my career, instead of just a hobby, that my muse woke up from her deep slumber.
It was like someone flipped a switch inside my head and stories just came pouring out. At the end of the day, I would often look at the keyboard and wonder, ‘Who the heck wrote that? ‘Cause I’m pretty sure it wasn’t me!’
I don’t write books. I tell stories, or rather, I allow my characters to tell their stories through me. I’m not a plotter, never have been, never will be. Why? Because I have no idea how the story will evolve and it’s not my place to manipulate it. My job is to get to know these characters, figure out what makes them tick, then follow their journey wherever it takes me.
When I’m not writing, I’m daydreaming. Thankfully, I have an understanding husband and son who know I’ll re-join the land of the living just as soon as my muse decides it’s quitting time. I don’t work for myself. I work for her. She’s the boss. And I’m okay with that.
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