Detour: (Beautiful Biker MC Romance Series)

2nd read: 2020
1st read: 2016

I really loved this story!! It’s filled with passion, drama, suspense and fun (yes, believe it or not but you also have funny situations in this story).
The story is told from Ella’s POV.

If you’re a Kristen Ashley fan and you don’t mind that the story is a little bit darker, than you REALLY, REALLY have to try this book!

Ella broke up with her ex five weeks ago she didn’t have any plans to find another boyfriend anytime soon. When she is waiting in line at the gas station though she sees the epitome of everything you could want and more when she notices the biker in line. Ella figures there is no way he would be ever interested in her but she can still have her fantasy, even if from afar. What Ella did not plan on is that she caught his eye already and Deacon is planning to have Ella in his life. With an ex who is not willing to give her up and trouble from another MC, danger is swirling and Ella is learning to navigate as a bikers old lady. Will she be able to stick in there when the going gets tough or will she give up the best thing to happen to her?

I loved this, new to me author and I was mesmerized by this book. I thoroughly enjoyed both Ella who is a quirky character and Deacon who is broody and just so alpha male, a definite reread book for me. Excellent.

This is the first story in the Dominion MC Bikers stories, and it was fantastic. Ella was a hoot, with all her sayings and descriptions. Deacon is your total alpha … and a softie. There was quite a bit going on in this story and Ms. Prince handled it beautifully, Once you think it’s all good, then something else comes ups. It’s quite a journey and i loved it immensely.

Deacon Valentine is going to be your next Book Boyfriend! This story has everything you want in a book – action, laugh out loud moments & sexy scenes. Deacon’s tortured heart will make you long to wrap him up in your arms! Don’t miss out on the first book in the Valentine Brother’s search for love! Grab it now!

This book is the first in this series about brothers in a Motorcycle Club. This is Deacon’s story and his leading lady Ella. It is fast paced and intense. Deacon is over the top (and I mean over the top), possessive, and controlling. Yet, it works for him because he wouldn’t be as delicious if not for those attributes. He loves fiercely and is not ashamed to show it. Ella is the perfect fit for him and balances out his OTT ways (Kinda) or she just humors him by letting him think he is in control when in fact she really has all the cards. Lots of action and steamy good times.

This is a great start to the series because it gives insight into what is to come and about the direction of the club and other characters. This author is one of my favorites and anything she writes becomes my reality as I get immersed into the world that she has created. She creates a “world” in which the characters are real and become part of my “family/Friends”. I become invested in wanting to know why they do the things they do, who they are as people, and what is going on in their lives.

I’m obsessed with this biker series. Jealous, possessive, super obsessed Alpha hero -yes, yes yes! Sign me up. Deacon is the perfect book boyfriend to snuggle up with. Ella is a great heroine. She’s strong, smart, knows what she wants and needs, and when the two of them get together, phew, electricity! Action, adventure, smoking hot (devoted) Alpha male- everything I look for in a romance. Better than anything on Netflix. And the secondary characters are so fascinating, I hope they all get stories. Highly recommend!

STARS.
So Detour is the first book in D.D. Prince’s Beautiful Biker series and let me tell you its one doozy of a read.
It tells the story of Ella and Deacon and almost instantly upon starting this I was lost in the fantastic world that has born from this author’s fabulous imagination.
So in Detour, we are introduced to Ella whos quietly living her life, a bit of a round peg in a square hole with her very diverse and colourful family.
And then Deacon whos new in town.
He and his family, while also owning the new biker bar and varies other businesses in town, are all members of the Dominion Brotherhood MC and they are here opening a new charter in town.
When Ella spots Deacon in the queue at her local garage shes quite smitten with her beautiful biker.
And the biker of her dreams already has Ella lined up in his crosshairs.
So Detour itself is very insta-love, which usually is not my thing.
Here it worked, maybe because there is still enough internal angst and action to keep this interesting and moving along.
So. this is written from Ella’s POV which also worked and I didn’t feel that this was a detriment to this story at all.
Both the main characters here are extremely likeable, I loved Ella’s dedication to her family and Deacons smouldering intensity was also a charm.
And man Deacon was a hottie with a capital H.
In my opinion, There’s something extremely appealing about a man knowing straight away what he wants and going after it with single-minded dedication.
And Deacon is one such male and he knows exactly what he wants, Ella.

“You’re in this with me? You’re in this there are no limits to what I do for you. A million chances if your heart is in the right place. You fuck up, I forgive you a million times if I need to. But you never ever cheat on me and don’t lie to me. I’ll never cheat. I’ll give you all the truth you want. Never hurt you. I will protect you. It’ll be unconditional as long as you’re only mine and have a mind to making me happy and not trying to make me be someone I’m not. I will fall deep for you and give you everything I can give you; I know I will. I’ve already started falling, Kitten.”

I’m telling you right now, I am fucking done. You’re it. You’re the one. No way I let anyone hurt you. Ever. I don’t want to wake up without you beside me. Safe, in danger, either way. You get me?”

Makes my heart melt, Deacon is such a babe of intensity and when he calls Ella his Kitten well let’s just say I’m an absolute gonna.
So I found Detour to be the whole package, it has it all, just the right balance of romance, angst and hot criminal bad boy antics to keep you glued.
What I also loved about this is the fabulous supporting cast you also get thrown in for free.
Every individual portrayed here is so well rounded and its quite apparent how much work has gone into there creation, they’re not just there for background scenery.
Each and every one seems so alive and vital, quite a feat in a fictional setting.
As such, I found myself equally invested in their futures.

So its safe to say Detour was a hit for me. and I can not recommend this enough.
This is the start of a fabulous new series.
D.D. prince has definitely become an auto-buy author for me.
I have loved each and every one of her varied books.
And Just a heads up that Detour is currently free with a KU subscription.
So Enjoy, I know I did.

Detour is the opening to D.D. Prince’s Beautiful Biker series. Her name and the series has come across the MC series that I have had many people recommended to me and finally I took the chance and got it and I ask myself now why the heck did I wait so long???!!!
Talk about opposites attracting or so one would think on the surface when you look at Deacon Valentine, the Beautiful Biker who has come to Ella Forker’s hometown with his MC. But when you look closer then you can see that Ella has everything one would wish for in a true Old Lady and in return, Deacon, her Beautiful Biker would give her everything she has ever dreamed about in a man, he is her IT or THE ONE, like her Grandma Izzy always told her …
We laugh a lot and we cry a lot, it is a true MC story with feuding MCs and revenge and you fall in love with the whole Valentine family and the Forker family (just forget about the creepy uncle Willy in the other MC) and Ella’s best friend and … all those other brothers and old ladies and I simply cannot venture deeper into the series!

Detour is book one in the Beautiful Biker series by D.D. Prince. This is my very first book by this author. It is told completely from the heroine’s POV.

Elizabelle (Ella) Forker is twenty three years old and has lived in Aberdeen, South Dakota all her life. She still lives with her parents but lives on the complete top floor of their home which has an outside entrance. Her parents are free spirited hippy types that barely scrape by month to month. She has a five year old little brother. Ella is always known as the practical one. She and her family are close and she helps as much as she can with her brother. She has a part time job taking calls at a local cab company. She rarely parties and is usually the designated driver when with her friends.

Ella drives a 1974 Impala that her dad fixed up for her. She does not love the car and it eats gas like crazy. But maybe that was a blessing because that’s what put her at the gas station that day, standing in line behind the most beautiful biker she has ever seen.

Deacon Valentine is twenty eight years old. He belongs to the motorcycle club, Dominion Brotherhood, or “The Doms,” for short. The Doms have just opened up a new chapter in town and have started three businesses, a motorcycle dealership, a garage, and a bar. The problem is, there is already an existing MC in town, the Jackals, who are the arch rivals of the Doms. The Jackals are mean and ruthless.

Ella’s life takes a huge turn from predictable to crazy. She finds herself face to face with a life or death situation and who is there to save her? Her beautiful biker! Deacon makes his intentions known pretty quickly. He’s intense, possessive, all alpha, and is ready to claim her as his own. Both of their lives are spun crazily out of control with one thing after another. Ella is scared with the speed their relationship has progressed but she is going to have to make a decision, in or out. Now add in Ella’s crazy ex-boyfriend that just can’t seem to let go! Deacon definitely has his hands full!

First, I have to admit that the first half of the book I was on the fence with Ella. She seemed immature to me. But the second half of the book I felt like she really came into her own and surprised me on several occasions with her actions. I loved Deacon. The stress he was under was crazy! They haven’t been in town long, they are threatened by their rivals, and he’s met the woman he wants for his own and has to keep rescuing her from danger. When I say Deacon and Ella’s life was off the rails, it seems like an understatement. Most of the book takes place during a two week span and there is just so much happening. I loved the epilogue. It gave me the perfect closure I needed. I looked ahead to see who the other books in the series were about so I didn’t mind seeing the peek at the other couples in the epilogue at all.

This was a crazy, wild ride. Even though I struggled a bit with Ella, I was surprisingly immersed in the story and found myself thinking about it constantly when I wasn’t reading. There was plenty of humor, sexy times and sweet times. I’m so glad I finally decided to read this one!