Clean- I am the Information Officer at the Wings of Diablo MC Club. It wasn’t a job that I necessarily wanted. In fact, if it were up to me, I would party all day, and hook up with the club bunnies all night. Unfortunately with Alejandro Vilanueva, one of the leaders of the Bolivian Drug Cartel, issuing threats, good information was vital to my club. My club was on the verge of war, a war … everyone was sure we wouldn’t win. It didn’t matter to me, I would remain loyal until my very last breath. So when my brothers say they need information, I go get that information. It was on one of these information runs that I ran into a woman, a badass woman with red and black hair, the body of an Amazon, and a dagger for a tongue. It was Maven who would make me question my loyalty to my brothers and my club.
Maven-
I have been around bikers and gangsters my whole life but once I had my twins, I vowed to never get mixed up with one again. Then some inconsiderate turd shows up next door and throws all my self-made promises in the trash. Barry is selfish, he’s immature, in fact his whole life is a mess, but I have never seen someone who was so loyal. Too loyal. Even with all my connections in the MC world, they will never win against a monster like Vilanueva. I just hope I can convince Barry to talk them out of going to war before the Wings of Diablo MC club is no more.
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A few things you should know about Clean, he didn’t get his name from living a spic and span lifestyle, never has to try hard to get laid and his sense of loyalty runs bone deep. Life has been pretty easy for Clean. Until Vilanuevas started a war. The easy life as Clean has known it is starting to crumble around him. First, while tasked with gathering intel on Vilanuevas, Clean returns to his childhood home to visit his estranged mother. After a visit to his childhood home, Clean chases off two children who are playing around his cycle, only to be confronted by there mother otherwise known as the “black- and red-haired devil woman” who turns down his offer of coming home with him. After all, “he is a freaking catch!” Second, when his brothers start questioning decisions made by the club president, Clean’s loyalty to his president is tested.
We are first introduced to Clean in the first book of Wings of Diablo ‘Wire” and “Archer”. While I loved the humor of Clean in the previous series books, I felt that same sense of humor was missing in this book. Not that it takes away from the well thought out story.
I am totally girl-crushing on Maven! Maven is what every rough and tumble tomboy dreams to grow up as. She is a “badass” mother in every sense of the word. A loving single mother for her twins and a badass woman who doesn’t take crap from anyone, include a self-decreed smooth talking, god gift to women, aka Clean. I love the depth of Maven’s character. Not many authors play up a tough female character as they often lose the femininity of the character, but Lake does a wonderful job with Maven.
Clean is a follow up to the previous series books “Wire” and “Archer” but can been read as a stand-alone. If this is your first reading of Lake’s work, I would highly recommend you check out the previous two books in the series as well as her other works of art.
*I received an ARC but this review is my honest opinion.
Clean by Rae B. Lake is a raw, gritty and a violent book. It’s purely sinful in the best way.
Clean is pure Alpha, full of arrogance and has a heart of gold for his family.
“For the second time in less than 10 minutes I was about to watch my brother suffocate on their own blood.”
Maven is a firecracker!! Confident and loving mother. Her boldness in and out of the bedroom was hot!!!!
“She didn’t say a word just stared daggers at me, her nostrils flaring in anger and her fists balled at her sides.”
This book is filled with raw emotion and heartbreak. Anguish and tribulation.
“I covered my head. I couldn’t hear any bullets flying anymore, I couldn’t hear anymore screaming. All I could see where my brothers and allies falling. We were being slaughtered.”
The characters are well developed. The plot is intense and with death and torture.
“I could see the fear and the blood smeared all over his face. He was only a kid and I was pretty sure that he had never even seen a dead body before.”
The development of characters and the way the depth of emotions are written are magnificent!!!
The thrill and suspense was superb and off the charts!!! I was literally setting at the edge of my seat. It was everything I wanted in a book; anguish, thrill, suspense, love and comradery.
Another fantastic 5 star read by Rae B. Lake.
Clean will have you laughing one minute and tying you heart out the next. Full of loyalty, love and laughter but also heartbreak and revenge. Love this book!!
So good!! I love Clean, even just his smaller parts in previous stories, so super thrilled he gets his own story. And Maven, a perfect match for him! Definitely recommend this book, this series and this author.
Oooh my god this serves just gets better now Clean aka Barry is going to find where his loyalty lies and love and a feisty female that he wants to claim and know.
Maven doesn’t want to go there again but she’s pulled to him.
Will they get a happy ever after or will the downfall of his zMC family make it hard.
There is family loyalty love lives lost heartache passion and trust a must read.
This is Book three of the “Wings of Diablo MC” series. I was engaged right from the start. It is a well written story! The characters are strong and independent. Clean and Maven gave as good as they got! Their push/pull with each other was impossible to ignore. These two have an intense attraction to one another despite how hard they deny it!!! They will catch your kindle on fire! There story is packed with danger, betrayal, desire, lust, love and more. It and this series is a highly recommended read! I can not wait for the next book!
Holy batman balls Clean was a man who never had to work to get a woman he hadn’t met Maven a tough badazz mom to twins. This story had action, angst, heartache, did I say action. Clean is trying to get info for the war coming to the club but Maven knows it’s a war they can’t win. Dang I want to grow up like Maven. Great story I couldn’t put down
Clean: A Wings of Diablo MC Novel
Rae B. Lake
Clean I liked how he introduced and his loyalty is awesome to witness
When things heat up
Clean is task with getting intel
Maven I really like her character and the fact that she badass and a great mother.
I liked the chemistry between these two
If u want to know more I recommend reading this great story
Sorry no spoilers
OMG Clean and Maven…. This Book gutted me …. Clean is so Loyal to his club and for that to be questioned was just too much, The Brothers lost in this book and the ones that were injured and just broken because of decisions made by the club Prez. Clean for all his joking and laid back attitude, he is clear thinking and sees the whole picture even when he does not realize it. Maven is a firecracker but just the balance that Clean needs in his life, she had two adorable kids June and July the reason behind the name is hilarious. I was doubting on continuing after all that went down in this book but that last page saved it for me. Maven is a lot like me thus she is my favorite Ol’ lady thus far! Must read
LOVED Clean! Definitely loved how he got his name, he was definitely a surprise. Loyal to fault, even when he thinks he shouldn’t be. Maven the beauty next door is exactly what he needs to whip his butt into shape, in all aspects of his life. These two are hot af together! This book kept me turning pages faster than I could read, so much happens with these boys, and the surprise in the epilogue was amazing!!!
So much excitement and drama!!! Love the energy of Maven and Clean.
Clean was more than just a story about himself but about the whole club. I’m not going to lie, my heart broke several times throughout the book. The loss, the self destruction, the chaos was almost too much at times. But Mauve is the perfect person for Clean without a doubt. She’s so strong and feisty and has no problem putting him in his place. And if it wasn’t for the last few pages I might have lost all faith!
I was looking forward to reading Clean’s story and it was everything that I hoped it would. The relationship between Clean and Maven was Raw, Gritty and heartbreakingly beautiful. A definite must read.
Clean and Maven’s story is book three in the Wings of Diablo series. Theirs is filled with anguish and heartbreak, yet insatiable heat and tribulation. I loved these two characters! I was kept on the edge of my seat by the suspense and quickly reading the pages to see what would happen next.
This is Book 3 of the “Wings of Diablo MC” series and I was so engaged in this well written story! The characters were so strongly created that as I turned each page Clean and Maven pulled me right into their story as it unfolded! Their instant attraction and hot chemistry kept me turning the pages!
First I’ve read in this series. Plenty of action, death, blood and no end in site. The women they accidentally run into are their salvation. They are at war and may never be out of it. Whether it’s other MC clubs or cartel, it’s never ending. Each story is unique but the same. This is just the beginning.
This book will have you hooked from start to end. This is Cleans story, the plot with all its twist and turns made this an attention grabbing story.
This was non stop adrenaline fueled, suspenseful, action packed ride to go on. I enjoyed every heart pounding moment of this book.