In the beginning, there was one determined man and one strong woman. In their struggles, they created a dynasty.Brick had one mission since he was a boy: become a Dragon Runner. The motorcycle club meant everything to him. Blood and bone from his brothers paid the Dragon’s dues time and time again. And watching it split apart was more than he could handle.Then he met Betsey.An unwanted daughter … he met Betsey.
An unwanted daughter born into abuse, Betsy lived her life beatdown under a rigid thumb, never allowed to be herself. Her one goal was to leave her abusive family and be free. She fought on the losing end of that fight.
Then she met Brick.
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Hooray! We get to see our fearless leader’s story!!! I am happy that we get to see how he became the Prez, the official father and grandfather figure of the club. Holy smokes! How Brick came to be Prez and have Betsey was intense to read! There are definitely some huge surprises in this story. Some secrets that continue to be kept. I hope those secrets are stories that are told and get a chance to come out. Enjoy the read!
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I have read the other books in this series and really enjoyed them. So to be able to get a look at how Brick and Betsy got together, the club drama that made it what it is today and how Brick became the man in change and just seeing the romance that these two shared was great. I do wish it had been 1st POV like the other books in the series though. Other then that I really enjoyed the story. It’s a short read so I won’t go into much detail. 4 stars #2OCCJD
This has been my first step into the MC world of M.L. Nystrom Dragon Runners series . I love stories about hot bikers and this one was good but didn’t quite grab me as much as I thought it will. I think there was few circumstances which disturbed my reading.
I can’t easily find myself in the stories written in 3rd person. It did confuse me little bit during the reading.
I liked Brick and Betsey characters and their growing relationship and how they’re struggling with adversities. I was waiting for their happy ever after but as much as the end of the book was breathtaking, I feel that there wasn’t enough of their story in the book.
It’s true that you can read Brick book#5 as a standalone where whole MC story was build in interesting manner and with lots of action but I felt that I was missing something in the story, especially with the second characters and club members.
I won’t scratch the whole Dragon Runners series and will try to read it from book #1 because I feel that I need more of this entire story
This is a great prequel of sorts to the Dragon Runners series, and it provides a lot of backstory that I found both interesting and entertaining. Brick is a great character, and I love that we get to see him grow up in this book.
Since I’ve read first book in the Dragon Runners series „Mute” where Brick and Betsey appeared for the first time I knew that I need to know that story too. And with this book we got even more because we also got the origins of the club itself. Because I don’t want to spoil anything to you let’s just say that the club didn’t look like right now even in a smallest part.
In my opinion M.L. Nystrom did really great think with introducing us to Brick’s and Betsey’s relationship from its really early beginning through blooming to the relationship we well know from previous books until really romantic happy ending.
It was really great book and I wish it would be longer cause I love to know more about all the members of The Dragons Runners and their lives. And don’t let me start about the ending of this book when we in shortcut get to know how the lives of the rest of the characters we know from the previous books. I think it was real great way to close whole series. One thing I think I would do maybe slightly different is I would make it slightly longer and if we would see more from Brick’s and Betsey’s full grown relationship. But it general I think it was really good ending.
It doesn’t matter if you are new to this series and “Brick” is your first book (yes it could be read as a standalone and believe when I say in this case you will definitely want to read previous books: Mute, Stud, Blue and Table) or if you followed whole series you will loved it from the beginning till the end.
This is Brick’s story. It may be a short story, but it is packed full of events that lead us to where the Dragon Runner’s MC is today.
It all starts back in middle school. Brick’s father is President of the Dragon Runner’s. His best friends are sons of other club members. He met Betsy, the new girl, in middle school and instantly had a crush on her. But, he didn’t want to act on his feelings until he felt he could keep her safe. Those who have sworn to have their backs, might be their downfall.
Betsy is a sweet, shy girl. She hides her demons well. Her daddy knows just where to inflict his abuse, so no one else can see it. Her only dream is to be able to escape it one day. Then she can be who she wants be, wear clothes that aren’t second hand, and find a man to love her.
Bricks and Betsy’s story isn’t all hearts and roses. It full of betrayal and back stabbing. It’s fast paced and I wasn’t able to put it down until I had read the last page. If you love MC romance, then this series is for you!
This MC book brought such a smile to my face. I haven’t read the other books that go with this MC series, but I completely understand what was going on. This book goes from the present and back to the past so I could fully understand the story. It was an amazing story that the author wrote like an artist weaving her pottery. It had suspense, devotion, happiness, secrets and all around amazing writing by NL Mystrom. She weaved all the drama and events that can happen with an MC club with love and a happily ever after. A book that leaves you with all the good feelings a book should leave you with.
Betsey and Brick have known each other since middle school. Their paths in intertwined and brick has always admired her from afar. He has other business to get into place before he can take care of her. Brick has been a constant for Betsey and an all around gentlemen to her. One night, it all hits the fan at the MC club and Betsey almost pays the price. Brick steps in and takes care of his woman. A great story of a man who takes care of his woman and the family he has, blood or not.
This is the 5th book in this amazing series, and is Brick and Betsey’s story about how they met; fell in love, and how he became the president of his MC. This is a beautifully written quick paced story, which had me hooked, intrigued and on tenterhooks throughout. This is a sweet love story, which I highly recommend.
I am so glad the author decided to write Brick’s story. And what a story it is. It was amazingly good to go back and see how the present day Dragon Runner MC became the decidate, close knit family that they are today. Brick and Bestey’s story is one for the ages. The way the met in school to all they both had to overcome during their young lives to the strong fearless family originated couple they became. This is an outstanding face paced novella that will having you gritting your teeth yet melt your heart. Kudos Ms. Nystrom for giving us this Magnificent Look into how it all got started.
2 Thumbs Up and 5 Stars for a book / series that I Highly Recommend. If you are an MC reader you will love the Dragon Runners MC series, it’s a Must Read series in this readers very humble opinion.
I received an ARC in return for an honest review. First, the prologue confused me. Why did we need to start showing Brick in his sixties/seventies driving to a hidden shack just to go back 50 years before when he first met Betsey? I feel like the first 20% of the book could have been summed up in a paragraph and could have began with the diner interactions. The story had a lot of MC drama but the story of Brick and Betsey was weak. I don’t think this book should characterized as romance because it wasn’t really the focus of the book. We got minimal storyline of those two.
Review by: Jennifer
(5 stars)
This is the fifth book in the Dragon Runners MC, and this takes us all the way back to where Brick and Betsey started out. Brick was raised in the club and knew that his life would follow the same path as his fathers. He has known from the first time that he saw Betsey that she was going to be the woman he married one day, he just has to make sure that he can give her the life she deserves first. When things in the club start to take a turn that Brick doesn’t like, will he be able to change the club for the better?
This was a very action packed story, I was sitting on the edge of my seat for almost the last half of the book. This was such a good read! I really enjoyed seeing Brick and Betsy’s beginning, and getting to see where this all began. I give this 5 stars.
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Review by: Melanie
(5 stars)
This was a short but jam packed view of how Brick and Betsey got together, how he became the President of the Dragon Runners and how the club became what it is today. I really enjoyed this, getting to see the king and queen of the MC put their kingdom together. It feels like this is the ending of the series, and if it is then it was a lovely way to wrap up. I’m certainly going to be looking out for ML Nystrom’s next book, whatever it is and I give Brick 5 stars.