Blake “Murphy” O’Callaghan, Road Captain of the Lost Kings MC, has the world by the balls. Money. Women. The wide-open road. It’s all his, everything he wants…except the one girl he loves, the one girl who’s off limits. His best friend’s little sister, Heidi.Abandoned by her mother when she was only eight, Heidi Whelan’s familiar with heartbreak. Especially the heartbreak of falling in love with … love with her big brother’s best friend. When Murphy pushed her away, it broke her heart. Now, on her eighteenth birthday, he claims he loves her? Growing up around the Lost Kings MC, Heidi’s witnessed his manwhoring ways. He’ll never give that up for her. Besides, he’s too late: Heidi’s in love with her high-school boyfriend Axel.
Axel Ryan loves two things—motorcycles and Heidi. He signed up to be a prospect for the Lost Kings MC because it seemed like a fun way to get closer to her. Now that he’s gotten a taste of MC life, he’s not so sure this is where he belongs. He’s confident Heidi shares his dreams for the future, so even if he chooses another road, their relationship will survive the detour.
With more than miles between them, will the deceptions they’ve lived with for so long be too much to overcome? Can Murphy convince Heidi that the hard roads they’ve traveled will lead to the most beautiful destination of all, or is he destined to ride the open road alone?
*More Than Miles can be read as a stand-alone.
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4.5 Stars
If I have to choose a word that symbolizes The Lost Kings MC it would be family. This MC is all about loyalty, support and unconditional love.
I met Heidi and Axel in the second book, Corrupting Cinderella, and their story evolved throughout the series. In More Than Miles I was very excited to find out how their relationship would progress since Axel was prospecting to be a full member of LOKI and Heidi’s connection and feelings for LOKI Road Captain Blake “Murphy” O’Callaghan, whom she had known all her life.
More Than Miles did not disappoint. I got a newfound respect for Heidi and she showed strength and maturity. I easily felt her dilemma between her love for Axel and Murphy. Both men meant so much for Heidi in so many different ways. Also Murphy surprised me and in a beautiful way. He made me swoon and I saw new sides to him as did Heidi. He also had to reevaluate himself and his life and his choices.
What happens between Heidi, Axel and Murphy has to be read but their story is full of twists and turns. I was blown away by the choices Autumn Jones Lake chose to make sure that Heidi, Axel and Murphy got their happy ending. Did Heidi get her HEA and with whom?
The other characters played a huge part of this story too since LOKI is all about family. I love Hope and Trinity even more after reading More Than Miles. They were fierce ol’ ladies who had Heidi’s back no matter what. The banter between the men warmed my heart. Teller, Rock, Wrath and Z added the humor and more layers were peeled off and I got to know them more.
The epilogue was fabulous and had a few surprises which hopefully will be revealed in future books.
I love LOKI and they’re my favorite MC. Autumn Jones Lake keeps surprising me with her writing and storytelling. After reading the epilogue I’m ready for so much more from The Lost Kings.
***SLIGHTLY SPOILER-ISH***
Not quite what I was expecting… And that’s a good thing!
I absolutely HATE love triangles but this one… well, even though it is one, it isn’t. No matter what went down with Axel & Heidi, it has ALWAYS been Murphy & Heidi. Regardless of Murphy’s manw***ing ways, he was the guy who Heidi was in love with since forever. Period. I don’t like that I had to wait until the 76% mark or so for them to FINALLY get their crap together but that’s what happened so, I’ll take the happy where I can get it. And when I got it, it was fantastic! 🙂
Axel… I’m not a huge fan of his part of the storyline. I felt like his exit from the Lost Kings MC was too easy; especially since this kind of plot twist was already used in a previous couple’s book.
Heidi… I’m not annoyed with her like other reviewers have been. I despise the fact that she cheated on Axel but she was never overly whiny & didn’t waffle back & forth too much after Axel was out of the picture. She was young, put in completely new “situations” & lonely.
Murphy… Just like with Heidi, I despise the fact that he was a part of her cheating on Axel. Besides that, I was really disappointed that he sought out Serena’s company a time or two before Heidi & him came together in this one. BUT… good gravy, he was so incredibly sweet when they became a couple. The way he was with Alexa, the way he wanted their first time to be special, the way he cherished her… *le sigh*
Curious to see what happens next in the Lost Kings MC series! The shots fired at Murphy & Heidi at Furious & this porn star guard duty thing… definitely interesting developments ahead for the guys! (Better NOT be a surprise appearance by Inga!)
Side Note: Where the heck was Z? I needed more of him!
Favorite Quotes:
He’s been waiting for your birthday like a fat kid waiting for Girl Scout cookie season.
This was new and unfamiliar. Weird and awful, but her words also warmed me from the inside out.
It’s not until right this second that I think about how odd it is that Rock sort of adopted us the way he did. How as a kid, I felt safer around a group of hardened bikers than with my own mother.
Your little fingerprints have been all over my heart since the day we met.
Yeah, it was your personality that made me love you but your hot bod that made me thank God we weren’t actually related.
My Review:
While reading More Than Miles, I found was frequently frustrated and annoyed with the characters, as well as the author for torturing them so. The main characters, most particularly bratty Heidi and smirking Axel, made one poor choice after another and were often far from likable. Yet, I could not stop reading. The storyline kept me engaged, despite my irritation and the characters’ blind stubbornness. The writing was observant, highly emotive, and angsty, with clever hits of humor and delicious steam. I am devoutly team Murphy, and his narration often squeezed my cold heart and stung my eyes. It was gratifying to see the eventual maturation of the characters as the story progressed with an ever twisting and active plot. I also enjoyed the continuation of previous storylines and catching up with the myriad of unique and quirky characters. Regardless of Ms. Lake’s tendency to torment her characters, I find I am already eager for the next installment.
FULL DISCLOSURE: From the moment I met these crazy kids, I have been #TeamAxelHeidiMurphy ~ if you don’t get what that means then you’re not reading the same books I am 😉 But that is some serious fantasy land right there 🙂 (a girl can dream tho ….)
When I first wrote my review for OMGReads blog tour on release day (it somehow has disappeared from GR so I’m re-writing today), it was very different. I was REALLY vague on a lot of things because I wanted all of Autumn’s fans to experience every single moment in these journey’s as they happen with no warning what so ever. Because that’s how I experienced their journey. And it was one hell of a ride. And I’m still going to be very vague on things because again …. You really need to experience every moment as it happens.
Autumn Jones Lake is one of the most talented story tellers I have had the pleasure of experiencing. #TrueStory. I first met her (virtually) In August of 2015. I was going thru an MC phase. Everything I read was MC. And someone recommended her. I bought Slow Burn and was SO blown away I instantly PM’d her so we could chat about the book! And I continued to read book after book for two days straight. I never did do a “FULL REVIEW” of the book, but I did say this: “I am ridiculously impressed right now with not only the story itself, but the direction Autumn Jones Lake is taking with the entire Lost Kings MC club series. There’s a rainbow of characters that you just can’t help but invest in and root for!” THAT has held true with every single story in this series. This family of brothers AND ‘sisters’ are an inspiring and enriching group of people. They stand with each other no matter the consequences. The story arc of the Lost Kings if followed and embedded into each love story flawlessly. IMO, no, these are not stand alone books. You are doing yourself an injustice if you don’t start at the beginning and just read.
The story of Heidi and Axel and Murphy is not easy in the least. But what life journey is every really easy or painless? Their story is going to take some turns some of you are not going to like. Heidi and Axel both are VERY young, but they’re also strong. But did I say young …. So be patient. Their story is also lengthy, but what journey has Autumn ever written that isn’t lengthy and thorough. 🙂 It is one of her best qualities as a writer.
I can honestly say that this love triangle was one of the most anticipated reads for me of 2016. I met these crazy kids seems like forever ago. I felt their story brewing from the beginning of the series. Every little morsel of information that was given to us before this book was sweet torture. I can honestly say I had ZERO clue what was going to happen until it actually happened. It was amazing!
FUTURE READERS: I hope you take my advice and start at the beginning with the Lost Kings. They are an amazing brotherhood full of love and warmth and growth and friendship and family and a huge heart for one another.
Loved this series
Wow – I’m glad things ended up turning out. Can’t give away the book though…
You can totally picture a lot of these tragic events happening in real life. I love that you have Heidi going so far to be a better mother than hers.
I was so excited to start this story, Autumn has out done her self I don’t know how she’s going to get another story to top this one. I was amazed on every page, the edge of my chair became my best friend. So as you can tell this is not my first time reading her work and it sure the hell wont be my last time reading it either. So as I reached chapter 7 I was hooked beyond hooked. The ending to that chapter was not how I expected it to turn out. The shock factor is/was totally on point. The emotions this time around are wonderful, one minute your gonna laugh hard the next your going to bawl so hard you’ll need a whole box of Kleenex. When I hit chapter 26 I wanted to cry and scream at the same time. I was at the point here I wanted to stop reading but I couldn’t do it I had to keep going I had this need pulling at me to just keep going. Between wanting to scream I want to cry then smile. Reaching 52% I didn’t even know what the hell to think anymore. By the time I reached 79% it was 2am and I needed to stop for sleep. My emotions were all over the place and I could honestly say I felt what the characters felt right to the core. I want to talk more about this story but I can’t not that I don’t want to trust me I do just this is one of those stories that you have got to read. Everything you thought you knew just goes right out that window cause wow this story blew my mind over and over again. Autumn has done such an amazing job!!! You’ll love Axel, hate Axel, love Heidi hate Heidi, love Murphy and hate him as well but by the end you’ll love them all. They have a way to really keep you glued to the pages. being hooked isn’t really the problem it’s getting to the end and wanting more and being tossed a whole bunch of more and nowhere to get the more from that sucked but so worth it. I cannot wait for more to come. MUST READ!!! So worth 5stars then more. I give it that just because of the way the story really unfolds in front of your eyes and the emotions you really feel like your actually their with the characters.
***I received this story for free in exchange for an honest review***