Love, Loyalty & Mayhem: A Motorcycle Club Romance Anthology

NOTE: my review covers 6 of the novellas and short stories offered but I am only able to post 4 here 4.25 stars-- RIDE DEEP by Laura Kaye RIDE DEEP by Laura Kaye is a novella length story line in the author’s Raven Riders MC series, found in the multi-authored Love, Loyalty and Mayhem: Motorcycle Club Romance anthology. This is MC member Jagger Locke, and teacher Miranda Everly’s story line. Told from dual third person perspectives (Jagger and Miranda) RIDE DEEP is a quick read that follows MC member Jagger Locke, and teacher Miranda Everly, and their introduction to the Raven Riders series. Jagger Locke spent seven months in prison for a crime he did not commit. On his way to the clubhouse, Jagger will come across an accident involving his prison English teacher, a woman who stirs something deep within our story line hero. What ensues is the quick building/lust filled relationship between Jagger and Miranda, as the MC discover that Miranda has been targeted by an unknown source. RIDE DEEP is a fast paced, erotic short story that establishes some of the background, and sets up the outline for Jagger and Miranda’s continuing tale. The premise will captivate your attention as the couple traverses a minefield of what if and why. The character development is absent; the world building is limited due to the five chapter reveal which I liken to a serial instalment. Jagger and Miranda’s story will continue in a future instalment. ••••••••••••• SICKO by Amo Jones WARNING: Due to the story line content, there may be multiple triggers for more sensitive readers. Told from dual first person perspectives (Jade and Sicko) SICKO by Amo Jones is a five chapter introduction to first year college student Jade Kane, a young woman, who at the age of six was fostered into the Kane family. Fast forward to present day wherein Jade’s life is a living h*ll. Not only was she abandoned by her foster brother Travis, six years earlier when he left without saying a word, but our heroine has suffered more than anyone could have imagined. A dark, gritty and emotionally alarming opening segue into the author’s 2020 SICKO. •••••••••••••• SWAGGER AND SASS by Autumn Jones Lake Told from dual first person perspectives (Shelby and Rooster) SWAGGER AND SASS is a short story in Autumn Jones Lake’s LOST KINGS MC focusing on twenty-two year old waitress and singer Shelby Morgan, and MC member Logan ‘Rooster’ Randall. The Lost Kings MC of Los Angeles had just arrived in San Antonio, Texas when Rooster and a few of his fellow MC brothers witnessed a young woman falling into the water while her ‘boyfriend’ watched without offering help. Rooster immediately sets out to rescue the woman, and in doing so has sealed his fate towards a potential happily ever after. The quick building relationship is steamy and fun; the characters are colorful and energetic. SWAGGER AND SASS gives the reader a quick peak into a day in the life of the Lost Kings MC ••••••••••••• BREATH FOR IT by Chelsea Camaron BREATH FOR IT by Chelsea Camaron is an excerpt from the author’s next instalment in her HELLIONS RIDE ON series focusing on the members of the Haywood’s Hellion MC. Told from dual first person perspective (Crunch and Jenni) BREATH FOR IT introduces some of the background in the relationship between eighteen year old, high school students Rhett ‘Crunch’Oleander and Jennissey ‘Jenni’ Rivera. With the approach of graduation Jenni is desperate to move out of Haywood, and enlisting in the Navy seems to be her only opportunity but Jenni kept secret her future plans, destroying Crunch with her eventual reveal. A quick peak into the fall-out of Jenni and Crunch’s relationship; more of a tease to push the reader into wanting more. •••••••••••••

Have to say that I really loved this anthology. These are not all full stories, but they give a great introduction or re-introduction to characters that I haven’t read about for a while or read at all. I have read a large number of these author’s, but not all. Now I have a number of authors that I am going to be buying books for … my bank account is going to hate me! Overall, this anthology is something that I really liked. For the author’s that I don’t know, such as Laura Kaye and Laramie Brisco, I get an introduction to their writing and their characters. The stories are all MC related, but each has a different flavor that was really nice and worked well with each other in the overall story. And a big plus …. the profit from this anthology all goes to a totally worthy cause! So worth the purchase price!! So, two thumbs up from me and happy reading!

I have nowhere near read all the stories yet in this mind-blowing, fantastic anthology however I am going to review what I have. All the stories so far are HOT, Twisted, and Hard to stop reading once you start and if the rest are that good well you can believe I shall read them all. I have only ever read books by 3 authors who are in this anthology Bink Cummings, Laura Kaye and Nina Levine and their stories as always are HOT!!! And now I have found NEW to me authors who I shall look to read more stories from.. I would highly suggest this book for those who love Dirty, Gritty, Sexy, and mind-blowing MC stories. Absolutely best bang for your buck! If I could rate it higher I would...