Calm's Storm by CM Genovese
Tesla’s love for dancing runs deeper than her toleration of her father’s MC lifestyle. That’s why she left the Razorblade Tumbleweeds motorcycle club in the first place. The academy seemed like her best bet, but all that fire in her heart and hatred in her soul keeps her dancing in a fit of rage instead of elegant grace. Realizing she can’t escape her past, she heads home to try and face all the heartache she thought she’d left behind.
Link is the new President of his MC. It’s been years since Tesla, the princess to the Razorblade Tumbleweed throne, stomped out of his world on her way to dance for fancy rich folks under bright spotlights. Of course, when things didn’t work out, she headed home. Now, not only does he need to harness all those hidden desires, he also has to help her with her new strip club idea, which means pissing off the locals, the cops, a rival MC, and some sick and twisted reverend from a religious cult.
Rye is about to turn eighteen, and in his religious community of Red Chapel, that means he can start to choose his wives. Life seems good until he finds out the young woman he loves more than anything in the world is betrothed to The Reverend, their sadistic religious leader with an insatiable appetite for power, pain, and pleasure. His only escape seems to be that ruthless band of outlaws he’s always been warned about. If he can only convince Grace to join him and Link to accept him.
Bikers, strippers, and religious zealots collide to create the Calm’s Storm.
Rating 🌟🌟🌟🌟1/2
This was a new-to-me author. I saw a post about this story not being for the faint of heart, so of course I clicked on it!😂
Holy crap - I was not expecting this story to be so addictive! This was SO good!
There's angst, jealousy, betrayal, a rival MC, The Reverend (think the kool-aid kind), a little taboo (or a lot -?) and a fun comraderie filled with sarcasm between the guys within the Razorblade Tumbleweeds when they aren't in beast mode.
The best way I can describe this is if LJ Shen/Meagan Brandy joined forces with Jennifer Hanks, Pippa Grant/Christine Besze and Lisa Gardner/Lisa Jackson. It's a unique book but it kept me engaged and on my toes.
There are alpha males with asshole tendencies, a strong woman that takes charge and guards her heart. When the two main characters finally put pride aside - it's HOT!
There is this randomness and sarcasm that puts light humor in something that would otherwise be a dark book.
There is violence, some of it is just dudes having a pissing contest and some is a lot more heavier and graphic. (I actually put my hand over my face during one part. Granted it was funny right before that, so it took me by surprise!)
Then there is the Red Chapel and The Reverend and all of his creepiness. Yet, when you put it all together, it works.
One of the ways I judge a book is how easy it is to slip into the book world as if I'm sitting there or watching it in movie-form in my head. The way the story was written, even the songs in the story, made it so easy to do this. This was an easy story to read and get lost in.
This story is unique because it's written in three different POVs. In a way, I was getting two stories for the price of one. Each POV was so distinct that it was so easy to switch gears and read as that person. Each time the story changed POV, it left me with a cliffhanger. I think this is part of the reason why I didn't want to put it down.
The best way I can describe this is if LJ Shen/Meagan Brandy joined forces with Jennifer Hanks, Pippa Grant/Christine Besze and Lisa Gardner/Lisa Jackson. It's a unique book but it kept me engaged and on my toes.
There are alpha males with asshole tendencies, a strong woman that takes charge and guards her heart. When the two main characters finally put pride aside - it's HOT!
There is this randomness and sarcasm that puts light humor in something that would otherwise be a dark book.
There is violence, some of it is just dudes having a pissing contest and some is a lot more heavier and graphic. (I actually put my hand over my face during one part. Granted it was funny right before that, so it took me by surprise!)
Then there is the Red Chapel and The Reverend and all of his creepiness. Yet, when you put it all together, it works.
One of the ways I judge a book is how easy it is to slip into the book world as if I'm sitting there or watching it in movie-form in my head. The way the story was written, even the songs in the story, made it so easy to do this. This was an easy story to read and get lost in.
This story is unique because it's written in three different POVs. In a way, I was getting two stories for the price of one. Each POV was so distinct that it was so easy to switch gears and read as that person. Each time the story changed POV, it left me with a cliffhanger. I think this is part of the reason why I didn't want to put it down.
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