Crank is a standalone romance in a new small town, blue-collar series from USA Today bestselling author Adriana Locke. Join readers everywhere as they fall in love with the delicious Gibson Boys. This is one mistake Sienna Landry can’t buy her way out of. As Walker Gibson looks at her, then at the damage to his precious truck (that she may or may not have accidentally inflicted), she knows she’s … inflicted), she knows she’s in trouble. It’s not the busted headlight and dented grill that’s sunk her though. It’s the downright sinful man in front of her that’s the problem.
The small town mechanic is broody. Rough. Smells like engine grease and gasoline and Sienna isn’t sure why that’s so sexy, but it is. It so is. She’s ready to peel off her panties at the drop of his wrench.
He wants her too. She can feel it when he brushes against her. Experience it as he presses her against the wall of the shop. It’s thinly veiled in his deep, brown eyes when he looks at her like she’s everything he’s ever wanted. So why won’t he give in?
The damage to Walker’s truck is the first of many mistakes between the two of them, ending with truths that rock Sienna’s world. Nothing can fix her broken heart except the love of a man that won’t, maybe even can’t, love her back.
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If you loved the Landry series, you are going to love the Gibson Boys. Adriana brings the banter between brothers to a new level. Sienna Landry meets Walker Gibson by accident. Walker is a brooding, moody man with a sexy smirk. Sienna is like breath of fresh air. She’s a woman who wears her heart on her sleeve, always there to help someone out without expecting anything in return. But don’t let her big heart fool you, this woman can hold her own against anyone who challenges her and gives as good as she gets. When they meet, you can feel the chemistry, but Walker will do everything possible to turn Sienna away, knowing his past has too much baggage to sustain a relationship. Can Sienna break through his walls and convince him she is worth taking a chance at being happy, or is his baggage too much for Sienna to handle.
Way to start a new cross over series! You don’t need to read the Landry series to read this book. I haven’t read the Landry series and I didn’t have any problems at all. I will be sure and go back and read it now!
This a blue-collar vs silver spoon characters, enemies to lovers, opposites attract romance all staged in a small town. Walker Gibson is cranky, broody and incredibly sexy. He isn’t looking for a relationship or love. He fights the chemistry that is simmering below the surface every time he is near Sienna. He is running the garage that his father owned after the untimely death of his parents in a boating accident. He has issues and baggage. His brothers and cousin are a riot and I love his grandmother, Nana.
Sienna has moved to the small town to be near her friend and business partner to work on their business venture until her friend tells her that she has to back out of their business to help with her parents’ farm and their business. Sienna is undecided if she will move back home or stay in the small town, as she is the only Landry that doesn’t work for the family business. She has no desire to work for the family business, she has dreams of her own. Sienna is beautiful, sassy, and has a heart of gold. She feels the strong pull of the attraction between her and Walker and she doesn’t know what to do with him.
There is a lot of push and pull between the characters and Walker can be difficult at times. Sienna is so genuine and so positive. Walker is broody and intense, the interactions between the two of them is hilarious and their chemistry is undeniably HOT. Their banter and innuendo are very entertaining. I had a few times that I had the heart pangs. I was feeling all the feels. The secondary characters, especially Peck, provided much entertainment to the story. I really enjoyed everything about this story, and I can’t wait for more of the Gibson Boys!
I didn’t think anything could top Adriana Locke’s Landry series, I loved the family dynamic and humor, but as always Locke knows how to write fantastic character mixed with drama and good old family bonding.
Crank follows Sienna Landry, the youngest and most care free of the Landry children. She has ended up in a small town with her friend and fellow business partner. But after one night of acting like her former baseball star brother, she accidentally damages a local truck. Sienna comes face to face with some of the Gibson family, but she catches the eye of Walker Gibson, whom trucks she’s damaged. Sienna out of guilt slowly makes her way into helping repay Walker at his auto shop, which ensues into an attraction and whirlwind of ups and downs.
Sienna was always interesting to me because she was so opposite of any of her family members. Meaning she was always off on her next adventure of career goal, she couldn’t settle but was still close to her brothers and twin sister. As they all found their other halves, she was still looking for herself. I loved seeing her come into her own and loved, loved that Locke added her family into the mix to help guide her in the right direction. She is a little bit of a mess and can’t seem to grasp this connection she has with Walker. She always bonds with his cousin and brothers who remind me a lot of her chaos brother back home.
Walker is a broody and hard working man, who is not really prepared for Sienna when she comes barreling into his life, pretty much messing everything up he was use to. But his tough demeanor and standoffish persona are slowly getting beat by the connection he feels with Sienna. He’s a bit off a mess too, and for a very good reason. But he has his support team consisting of his brothers, cousin, and Nana who whip him into shape.
Overall I loved this new introduction to another family, the Landry side now being complete I can’t wait to see what happens to the Gibson family. The writing, the smoking hot romance, humor and family unity is so much fun, I loved every minute of it. And if your worries about not reading the Landry series and being lost, don’t worry it can be read as a total stand-alone.
I loved the Gibson family maybe even more than the Landry family *gasp*
I know, I know! But before you throw stones at me just hear me out.
This family is your amazing small town perfection. Growing up in a small town is really like that. Everyone knows everyone and Sunday is for church and family.
Walker, while he is an ass, he’s just scared. Guys are weird lol and he is no different. Who he is as a man means so much more than anything fancy or shinny. He’s one hot mechanic who loves his family.
Sienna! Ahhhh so different from everyone in her family. I’m so proud of her. She wants to do her own thing on her own time. Such a strong individual.
Peck and Nana make this family! I can’t wait for the rest of these books. I think Lance’s book is going to be steamy and I’ll have to fan myself since he’s such a manwhore.
I just smiled and felt the love while reading this family.
If you thought there was no possible way that Adriana could top the likes of the Landry boys, GUESS AGAIN! I can tell you that she is going to rock your world with these Gibson Boys. Once again, she has knocked it out of the park with this family of smart, broody, funny and HAF brothers. You will have all the feels. Adriana will leave you with a smile on your face and a full heart.
I’m pretty sure that if you looked in the dictionary you’d find Walker Gibson next to the definition of broody and grumpy. Man, I wanted to smack him silly in one breathe and have my way with him in the next. Walker does not talk about feelings, does not wear his heart on his sleeve and barely smiles. He seems to carry the weight of the world on his shoulders, but trust me when I say that you will not love him any less because of it. You know he has a heart of gold, he just needs to let go of the past and have someone show him what he’s missing out on in life.
Sienna is used to the finer things in life, but she doesn’t want that to define who she is. She could easily fall in line with the rest of the Landry’s, but wants to set her own path to a future she chooses for herself not one that her family thinks she should have. I adore her character. There is no pretense about her; she’s honest, loyal and has a big heart. She is totally genuine and absolutely adorable. There is no one that doesn’t like Sienna, myself included.
I don’t know how Adriana does it, but she does. The amazing family dynamic she creates does not in any way detract from the story of Walker and Sienna. The banter, the laughs, the guy talk between this family of rowdy brothers and one cousin is awesome. They are sassy, inappropriate and all-around fun to be with. I think that’s what I love the most about this romance. It’s equal parts hot and steamy, honest and real with plenty of laugh out loud humor. What you see is what you get with these boys and trust me when I say you will enjoy the ride. I loved this book and I already have a great feeling about the rest of this crazy family. You won’t want this to end, but the fabulous part is knowing we’ll hear more from these Gibson Boys!
I LOVED Sienna and Walker’s story! Walker’s rough exterior, the smell of the garage that permeates off of him, the way he handles his tools….and he’s sexy as sin. Sienna is independent, sassy, smart and sexy and beautiful in her own skin. I enjoyed their verbal sparring back and forth and the way that they both pushed at each other, neither one wanted to give in.
Their smoking hot chemistry and all of the sexual tension that continued to build until they combusted rocked their world and mine. Once again, as with all of this author’s books, she brings the FEELS. I highly recommend all of this author’s books as must reads. None of her words or stories or characters will disappoint.
Laughter, heartache, love, family
A heroine with spunk
One cocky cousin
And a slightly wounded leading man
practically perfect read
OMG – Do not pass up this opening book in the Gibson boys series
A powerful fun romantic small town read that will have you Towing the lines (okay not the greatest pun) of love laughter and loyalty
Walter is just the grumpiest , sweetest most knuckle dragging occasionally clueless neanderthal specimen of a man – he is the perfect book boyfriend
Sienna is just balls to the walls one of the most eccentric and spot on leading ladies I have had the pleasure to journey with in a long time! Stubborn – Smart – Funny – Big city takes small town
Whatever you do – don’t pass this one up – It’s in Kindle Unlimited right now so grab it!
4.5 Slugger Stars!!
Being a huge admirer of Ms.Locke’s work I couldn’t wait to dive into this new series!! When I found out that Sienna Landry was getting her very own book I couldn’t contain my excitement!! It did not disappoint and was such a fantastic start to this series!! The ball gets rolling from the start and It most definitely kept me up all night until I reached the last page. It was oh so very sweet, frustrating, heartbreaking, hilarious, and sexy as can be. There were many moments I didn’t see coming.
Sienna and Walker meet in one of the most unconventional and priceless ways. They weren’t ones to back down from each other which I enjoyed. Walker was a mystery to me and I couldn’t wait to uncover all there was to know about him. He drove me crazy at times but I adored him. Sienna was as sweet and determined as ever!! She always spoke her mind and was such a spit fire. With everything that goes down between these two I wasn’t sure how it would end for them but I was sure anxious to find out!
Ms.Locke always creates such an amazing family aspect with so many of her novels especially this time around with the Gibson family!! It showed that you can find yourself in the most unlikely of places. I couldn’t get enough of these characters and the secondary ones stole the show so many times. Nana stole my heart of course.
Crank not only made my Landry loving heart happy but now my Gibson loving heart happy too!! I definitely recommend grabbing a snack before starting this one because I’ve done nothing but crave fried chicken ever since I read it! I can’t wait for Craft to come out and see these Gibson boys again! 🙂
There were so many parts that i highlighted but this right here is One of my favorite quotes from it and is so beautiful. – “Love isn’t confined to time.”
*I volunteered to review a Copy of this book from the Author*
Thank you so much Ms.Locke!! I am extremely honored and grateful! (:
I have said it over and over again. I will always love the Landry brothers and no one will ever ever replace them or come close to. Dang how wrong I was. Walker Gibson brings you the whole yumminess. He is arrogant and can be an a*hole at times. Then Sienna come around and slowly the front he puts on starts to crumble.
The chemistry and sexy Crank gives you just makes your body shutter. Their ups and downs will have you a blubbery mess. I love that while I was reading Sienna’s and Walker’s story, I was still holding a piece of the Landry’s. Crank was written to perfection and did Sienna justice. I could not put this book down and am excited to start with the Gibson Boys journey of books to come out. If you are a fan of Addie’s, this book will WOW you
Amazing start to this new family series from Adriana! I fell in love with the broody hot mechanic, Walker; the joker cousin, Peck; the smooth bar owner, Mechlan; and the teacher manwhore, Lance. We haven’t met the mentioned Vincent yet, but I can’t wait. Of course we can’t leave out Nana, who the story wouldn’t be complete without her and her Sunday dinners. I became like one of the Gibson family in Crank.
It all starts with an accidental swing to Walker’s truck, Daisy, outside of Mechlan’s bar. Sienna and her friend Delaney are basically caught red-handed. But from that night on, it snowballs into nothing but sexual tension and unexpected feelings.
“What do they put in the water over there?” “Sex appeal. Straight into the pipeline,” she says, pumping a fist in celebration of our luck.
I could not put down this amazing story between Walker and Sienna. Sienna had me laughing with her snarky attitude and take no crap from them Gibson Boys ways. She also pulled at my heartstrings with how Walker treated her in the beginning but totally made up for it with his swoon worthiness. Did he deserves a kick in the junk, definitely. Totally adore him for his redeeming qualities though, not to mention the hot and steamy sex above that.
I can not wait to read each and every one of these Gibson Boys books. Adriana Locke hit her mark with this spin-off from the Landry’s with this new blue collar living family. Can’t wait to see what they’re all up to next!
Walker Gibson is my new BBF…Yep, that’s right. After I give him a swift kick in the behind that is. .
Walker Gibson, the middle brother of the Gibson clan is one grumpy man. He owns and operates Crank, a vehicle repair shop in a small town in Illinois. His cousin, Peck works with him at Crank. Walker took over Crank after his parents tragic passing.
We meet Sienna Landry in this book when she’s smack dab in the midst of making trouble. Big juicy trouble, that is. For whatever reason she decides to take a bat to the hood of Walker Gibson’s beloved truck. Of course she is caught with bat in hand and now forced to pay for the damages. Unfortunately, Walker doesn’t want her money. She offers to work to pay off the debt since his business appears to really need a helping hand in the organizational department…And now the banter ensues.
So come along and enjoy the ride while these two push and shove their way into each other’s lives. It’s truly an enjoyable ride. You’ll meet the rest of the Gibson family here too and they are all something special. Enjoy
CRANK. My first Adriana Locke book. And, gosh, I fell head over heels for the book, its story, its couple, its side characters, its emotions. Laughter, tears, pain and utter joy – I experienced it all. The Gibson family truly weaved their way into my heart – and rather quickly. Walker, Machlan, Lance, hell, even and especially Peck – they’re all swoon- and drool-worthy. A wonderful small town family (I adore their Nana!) that is not born with a silver spoon in their mouth. No, these are heroes that work in and own an auto repair shop or work in a bar – not having the hero be your typical millionaire / billionaire was a breath of fresh air! And above all, they are hilarious and plain beautiful souls!
Walker is the first of the family to get his story. Owner of a car repair shop, he is used to working long hours and getting his hands dirty, ensuring a job is done correctly. He is content with things as they are. Having had his fair share of troubles with the female population, he isn’t looking for another one. He has his huge and supportive family – and that’s all he needs.
Until … well, until Sienna comes into his life like a wrecking ball (excuse me, you’ll get what I’m saying once you read it), refusing to leave him alone. Soon she becomes a permanent fixture in his life, much to his dismay…
She comes from an incredible huge and supportive family like Walker and is as stubborn as him. Boy, is she stubborn… And that’s where the similarities end. Because unlike Walker’s, her family – and thus her – is very wealthy, and every single sibling has made something of themselves. Sienna is kind of the black sheep, not wanting to stand in the shadows of her powerful siblings, but instead, carving her way through life on her own, discovering the world and just experiencing the simple life. It might be part of the reason why she introduces herself to Walker only as Sienna, nothing less, nothing more…
Walker’s broodiness and rough edges and Sienna’s resilience and devotion – together, as stubborn and frustrating as they both are, they are a force to be reckoned with. What they share – secrets and truths, questions and answers, pain and joy, friendship and love – is remarkable and rare. Stunningly beautiful.
…and I know Peck is “just” their cousin, but I desperately wish for him to find his match. He is the best friend with the best advice, the confidant, the one that is always funny, always there, and still gets overlooked. He truly deserves to be swept off his feet. I’m rooting for him!
All that said, I can’t wait for the rest of the family members to get their story
I Loved this book. I couldn’t put it down. The chemistry between Walker and Sienna is undeniable! Loved this two!
Oh my heart….
I freaking loved Crank! It is everything!!!!
Walker and Sienna met in a very unconventional way, but they had a connection from the get-go that everyone around them could sense!
Walker is a hardworking guy. He has a heart of gold, but he doesn’t outwardly show that side of him due to things that happened in his past. He often comes across as a grade A jerk. His friends and family all see past the jerk persona and see the good guy he is. What he doesn’t expect is for a random stranger to see past that persona too. From the moment their eyes met, Sienna could see something in Walker. It is something Walker tried to fight every step of the way, but she is fierce and wouldn’t let him hide from her.
Sienna is beautiful on the outside, but even more so on the inside. She is strong, independent, and has a heart as big as Texas. Sienna comes from a prominent family, but has always felt she was meant for something more. Everyone who meets her seems to fall under her spell. Walker finds himself falling under her spell against his will. He fights her tooth and nail, but Sienna keeps on fighting for what she knows is there inside Walker. That is until his past comes back and threatens to destroy the happiness these two eventually find!
I love everything about Crank! I love the story! I love Sienna and Walker! I love Peck, Machlan, Lance, Nana, and Dave! I absolutely can’t wait to read more about these characters!
Really great book
“I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy of this book at no cost from the author”
I think this is the best book written by Adriana Locke so far! Walker and Sienna story is full of romance, secrets, funny characters, and hamsome guys! Every girl wishes to have a hamsome, blue collar kind of guys who will fix thier car. A guy who can be funny, romantic, mysterious, but a bad boy at the time. And ladys, Adriana gave us that. I love Walker so much it hurts! Plus, i love, love, love Lance! Uh, i can’t wait to read Lance book because i know is going to be just as good! I totally recommend it!
This book is amazing! It sucks you in this amazing world that is the Gibson boys and trust me you will not want to leave! There is some twist and turns but trust me you will want to know how it ends! Love, love, love this book! I can not wait for the next one!
Adriana Locke has a way of catapulting our human commonalities to the forefront in her books and characters. Crank is a story about people we all know: flawed, harboring insecurities, and reflecting on loss or regret.
Sienna is confident, sassy, intelligent, and kind. Walker is broody, thoughtful, protective, and compassionate. The chemistry between these two is instant. It slowly burns into and intense and engulfing blaze. Sexy, fun, and emotional! Crank is a beautiful story that introduces us to a wide array of loveable characters and I can’t wait to learn more about them. Great read!
Truly remarkably unforgettable. Walker was unbelievable… Without a doubt one of the most beautiful men you’ll read about. Sienna is the slightly-lost Landry, where she has to think about the life as a Landry and does her life coincide like the other 5? She’s actually a Landry thru and thru, but she is the one that bleeds freedom from being a Landry. And going through all of this when Walker comes into her life is no coincidence. It’s fate to the highest proportion.
Everyone has secrets right??? Walker and Sienna meet in a pretty great way, which cracks me up. But lies will get you to the point where you are just not sure it can last. This plot is perfect. It truly is and it had some Landry-isms, which I love. It’s just absolutely perfect. I cannot and will not give any spoilers, but it is so so great to see Sienna and Walker together. I honestly loved this story and cannot wait for the next book!! This family is amazing.
I voluntarily reviewed this book sent to me by the author. I wish I could give it more than 5 stars. It’s just that good!! Enjoy
Oh how i loved walker and sienna. And as usual the secondary characters scream for books to me. I need more Peck. Oh and my heart goes to Dave. Like dang going for the jugular on that one. This was a great beginning to a new series i can’t wait to see what’s next from this family or series.