☆A Top 100 Amazon Bestseller☆ They say one action doesn’t define you. I killed a man. Stabbed him in the neck and licked the blood off my lips after I did it. Still, one action doesn’t define you. I could have called anyone. My father, the Prez of The Fallen MC, our family lawyer, my best friend, Lila, or my brother, King.I didn’t. Instead, I called Lionel Danner, the police officer renowned for … the police officer renowned for taking down the Nightstalkers MC. The man who had been my father’s arch nemesis for decades. The man who hated everything I stood for. A man who had disappeared from my life without explanation three years ago.
I called him.
And maybe one action doesn’t define you, but killing a bad man and calling in the good changed my life and it sure as hell changed his.
The third book in the Fallen Men series. A standalone featuring Harleigh Rose and Officer Lionel Danner.
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I seriously can’t get over how amazing this book was!! That intro chapter was soooo good, it set the pace for the whole book! Harleigh Rose is a daughter of a biker gang president, born and raised to be a rebel woman. Her story goes up and down, backward and forward, and through the entire telling of her story you’ll fall more and more in love with her. If you’ve read the other Fallen MC books, you’ll have met bits and pieces of her, but this story tells you how she came to be who she is.
Lionel Danner is so so so damn perfect in this story. He is by far the ULTIMATE book boyfriend! So nice, kind, soft hearted where it matters. But OMGNESS he’s something else entirely in between the sheets!!! He’s a cop by blood and trade, born to do good. Hell-bent on taking down one of several biker gangs in his city. I loved how his and Harleigh’s introduction came to be in this story. It was written to where you could just feel how monumental their story would be. And Giana Darling definitely delivered an amazing story!
I like how the author told their story from both points of view, and even dove into their history through flashbacks. I love this story and highly recommend it. I received an ARC for an honest review, but promptly bought it upon release because I loved it so much.
I have absolutely fallen in love with this world GD has created. You don’t get anymore bad ass than Zeus Garro and Harleigh Rose is exactly like her daddy.
Trouble born and raised, princess of the Fallen MC, a Garro (a name she’s immensely proud of). Female do not get the lead in most story and especially not a MC story but she’s a Garro and that means something in this world.
The look into a young King and Harleigh Rose show their loving relationship, having each other back. They had a crappy childhood due to their poor excuse of a mother. Danner was their saviour.
Wow what can I say about Danner. He’s definitely up there with King and Zeus. There were a few heartbreaking moments, I cried through them. I loved Harleigh Rose I knew she was trouble but had her heart in the right place.
Looking forward to more from this amazing series.
5 “LION and REBEL” Stars
“Danner and I. We didn’t exchange poems, or letters or any of that crap. We exchanged barbs and coded taunts that seemed cruel but were really pieces of our heart offered up on a bloody platter, an offering of vulnerability that no one else would understand the significance of.”
I honestly don’t know what to say. I finished this book a couple of days ago and I’m still hungover. It doesn’t matter how many days pass, I still don’t think I’d be able to find the perfect words to describe how this story made me feel. How Giana does it, I don’t know. She has this power of rendering me speechless. I fell so completely and utterly hard for Danner and Harleigh Rose. Their story is anything but easy, oh, but it’s so worth it.
Officer Lionel “Lion” Danner is a mix of good and bad. The badge he wears serves a purpose, it’s his duty to protect the people and his city. And if need be he’ll do everything and anything even if that means acting criminally. But there’s no one he’ll protect more than his thorny Rose. The way he loves her is unlike anything else. It’s raw, it’s real, it’s beautiful, but above all else, it’s perfect.
Harleigh Rose is one badass mfer. She’s proud of her MC and what it stands for. A rebel through and through. She is definitely her father’s daughter. She’ll do anything for her family even if it means putting herself in dangerous situations, but she’ll do it in order to protect the people she loves. She’s reckless and fights to the beat of her own drum. Best to stay out of her way, if not be prepared to suffer the consequences. I love Rosie so damn much. My gosh she was everything and then-some.
Lion and Rosie are EVERY-FREAKING-THING! Both flawed and far from perfect. They were made for each other. The chemistry between these two was electric. HOT, HOT, HOT. Dear lord these two in the bedroom were sizzling and tantalizing and just plain delicious. Aside from that though, there so much more to their forbidden relationship. With her being the princess of the Fallen MC and him a cop their relationship is anything but easy. But they make it work, boy is it a climb, but their love overrules everything.
I didn’t want this book to end. I wanted more of Lion and his rebel Rose. Giana, what in the ever living heck have you done? You’ve got me questioning my allegiance towards my King. Shaking my heard so hard at you. Why would you do that to me? *crying face* But you know what? I’ve decided that both King and Lion are my number one, and no one can tell me differently. Nope, it’s final, they’re both my favorites. In my opinion, Good Gone Bad is by far Giana’s best work. It’s not taking away from her other books, but this book is just on another level. Thank you Giana, for giving us this world. For writing these characters that I can’t get enough of. I want more. I need more. I have got to have more. I’M OBSESSED!!!
I have been waiting for this story and it was worth the wait.
I loved this story, I love this series.
Giana Darling is a Wonderful Writer. Her stories are very additive.
Giana Darling did a Fantastic job on Good Gone Bad, the plot was strong and intense and the writing was very well. My emotions was all over the place with this story. It’s filled with so many emotions. I could not put the book down. I was on the edge of my seat. It will take you on an emotional rollercoaster.
Danner and Harleigh Rose are strong characters, both have been through a lot. HR was born a MC Princess, she’s a tough one, feisty and sassy. She was raised in a club where they take the law in their owns hands, where Danner is the law, so they’re the complete opposites, yet they are drawn together like magnets. They have a strong bond, a connection that is intense. Danner is very protective over his Rosie. The chemistry between these two was off the charts sizzling. Harleigh Rose and Danner were perfect together. I really enjoyed their story.
I’m going to stop there, I don’t want to give anything away. The best thing I can say is to read this story. I would highly recommend it. This is a wonderful story. One of the Best I have read this year. It deserves higher than a 5 Star, it’s great.
Thank you, Giana Darling. Amazing work, loved the story 🙂
We meet Harleigh Rose Garro at the murder scene of her boyfriend, Cricket. Cricket was murdered with a cleaver because he tried to rape Harleigh with the butt of a gun. Harleigh calls Officer Lionel Danner, whom she loves but he doesn’t feel the same way.
I absolutely loved this book. This was my first book by this author but certainly not my last. I loved all the characters especially, Harleigh
This is one of the best MC series I’ve read. Ms. Darling has written another stellar story in The Fallen MC series. This alpha and biker series has kept me hanging on the edge of my seat and begging for more after each installment.
There were so many things I didn’t think were going to work, but it all did, so perfectly. I was surprised more than a couple of times with the plot twists in this story about Officer Danner and Harleigh Rose. And there were also many unbelievably sad moments. I feel so invested in these characters, almost like they’re my family too.
Danner and HR are a force to be reckoned with. HR is one sassy, stubborn heroine. She is tough and has no problems standing up to anybody; cops, her dad, other MC Prez’s. This head strong attitude brings so many problems to her doorstep and end’s up putting her family in danger. But HR will also do anything to protect the ones she loves, even when they turn their back on her.
Danner is the sexy dominating officer we all have thought since the beginning of this series. This story really showcased his good gone bad side. He may not be on the Fallen MC’s side that we can see, but he has his life intertwined in HR, Zeus, and Kings life so much, you find there are secrets we never knew before. And OMG his alpha personality is all our fantasies and more.
We’re left on another cliffy until the next installment. However there is so much resolution in this story that I wasn’t too disappointed. I can’t wait for book 4 to find out where this author will take us next. Hang on for another crazy ride!!
What was this AWESOMENESS I just read?!?! OMG, Can I read it again tonight???!!!
“I was my father’s daughter. I’d been born that way then forged further into his image by the fire of trails I’d undergone in my formative years. It was a good likeness, one I was secretly proud to have more of than King, but for the first time in my life even after everything he’d done for us, I understand the incredible responsibility Dad must have felt knowing he had the power to keep us safe and happy. Now, I yielded the same power, and I wanted to be strong enough, Zeus enough, to carry the weight of it through to the bitter end.”
Giana Darling is one of my go to authors when I want something sexy as fuck that delivers a hell of an impact, and there is no doubt that everything she writes delivers on those promises. Her storytelling keeps getting better with Good Gone Bad exceeding every expectation I had and then some! I have been anticipating Harleigh Rose’s book since I finished Lesson’s in Corruption a year ago…. Of course, I never anticipated the story would own my heart in quite the same way as Cress and King’s story did—but I should have known better.
“You think there isn’t something threatening about beauty, you haven’t seen it, not really. There is so much power in a pretty thing, in its capacity to rule your thoughts and puppeteer your actions. It’s a shiny thing and we’re all just crows, helpless against its appeal.”
If Lionel Danner wanted me, he’d have to come to me, over to the dark side where outlaws ruled, sinning was route, and love was blind. He’d have to be the bad boy to my bad girl. And I knew, the kind of guy he was, that would never happen.
I am in-love with every aspect of Good Gone Bad. This is likely to be a long as fuck review but then again, most already expect such reviews from me… As much as I love each book Giana’s written, this storyline is her best to date. I literally couldn’t put it down, and I wanted to pick it up to start all over again the second I finished it! The faster pace was perfect—its action packed and kept me guessing the whole time—the storyline was enthralling and powerful, and the writing superb. Harleigh Rose and Danner’s relationship has been building for nearly 2 decades. Giana takes care to introduce the bond that exists between the pair by artfully layering the past and the present to cement a bond that’s as necessary as oxygen for the pair. Good Gone Bad is the classic tale of good guy and a bad girl but it’s masterfully woven together so that Dirty Danner and his Rebel Rose find a love that transcends either of their individual realities. Each book of The Fallen Men series addresses very distinct taboo relationships—Lessons in Corruption is a student/teacher romance, Welcome to the Dark Side is an older man/younger woman and Good Gone Bad is a BDSM, Criminal/Cop romance. I can appreciate the delicious distinctions of each book and would tell you that they are all some of the sexiest stories I’ve read. Be prepared for your panties to straight melt off your body… have your spouses on standby and/or have those batteries charged because you will need BOB for sure when you read anything Giana Darling writes!
“I could keep you here like this all day. My good little whore presenting herself. I’d eat you for breakfast, torture you for lunch and then, when you were starved for it, I’d fuck you all through dinner and gift you my cum for dessert.”
“As soon as I put my hands on your body, you are my instrument to play. And I’m tellin’ you right now, Harleigh Rose, I plan to play you all day long, until your strings are frayed and your tones are harsh as fuck coming outta that dirty mouth.”
As much as I love the kink Giana Darling writes, ultimately its her characters that I find powerful and poignant. You see, she has this way of writing characters that is truly phenomenal—fiction or not, you cannot help but fall for them. They are original, genuine and offer readers more dimension in one book than some authors can achieve in duets or trilogies. I’ve read all six books in Giana’s catalogue, but her outlaw bikers have just owned me with each book. As kinky as the story may get, you still read a solid romance that gives you all the emotional ups and downs that I, personally, crave. They manage to bring me to tears each time, and I swear Giana must take some sycophantic joy in collecting her dues from us readers thusly! HR and Danner were very complex characters and as different as they were, they were also similar. He had an innate goodness and belief in justice while also being deliciously dirty and in need of a Dom/sub relationship and she was the bad girl biker princess who craved nothing more than to no longer have to choose between good and bad. If you need further proof of the skill with which Giana writes her characters, you’ll only find it buy one clicking a book immediately and digging in. You can not go wrong and ultimately, I think you’re sincerely missing out if you’re reading these reviews and not straight up reading the books themselves. Quite reading reviews—which might have spoilers—one-click Girl Gone Bad immediately!! You. Won’t. Be. Sorry!!!
“For the first time in years my spirit felt free from its cage of self-doubt and reprimands, liberated from social constrains and mores. I thought being an outlaw was as free as it got but I was wrong. This was true freedom, giving myself over to the hands of a man who would let me run wild, but keep me safe as I did it.”
This series gets better with every book. Dang! Danner and H.R. are incredibly sizzling hot. The story interlaces the past and the present. Taking us back to Danner’s and H.R.’s history. Danner is good, he’s hot, dominant and he’s soooo bad. H.R. is a badass biker chick and can be reckless, but she has a soft heart. She is loyal to the bone and will do anything to protect those she loves.They love each other just as they are. This story gives you hotness, badassery, loving moments and suspense. The ending; wraps it up nicely, but it has an unexoected “OH NO!” twist. I’m looking forward to the next book in the series. These characters are going to kick some serious ass. A must read.
I tried really hard to read this slowly, and I succeeded for the first half of the book. Then shit hits the fan and things pick up and I just couldn’t stop reading!
I hated that Harleigh Rose and Lionel weren’t really in touch at the beginning, but I understood why. It was so sweet to find out all that Danner had done for HR and King when Zeus went to prison. Finding out all of the times that Danner was there for HR and how their relationship started was surprisingly romantic.
Not surprisingly, Giana did an amazing job weaving this complex and emotional story. It was never just about Lionel and Harleigh Rose being able to come together. There are so many other things going on, so many other people involved, and so many lives at stake.
I am having problems even putting into words how much I LOVED Lionel and HR. Everything going on with The Berserkers MC, The Fallen MC, the RCMP trying to infiltrate and being down The Berserkers, and of course HR and Lionel are right there in the middle of it all. I was completely unprepared for how different The Berserkers operated, and my heart broke for HR, Wrath, and Lionel.
I loved the glimpses of Zeus and Loulou-and of course her pregnancy with the twins. However I was completely unprepared for the cliffhanger ending!!! Imma need some answers Miss Darling!
Good Gone Bad was another amazing read by Giana Darling. I loved it so much! It was emotional, intense, angsty, full of twists and turns. Danner, the sexy, dominant alpha male cop and Harleigh Rose, the strong, sassy and just awesome MC Princess. Dirty Danner and his Rosie are explosive together and just everything. The chemistry and connection was off the charts and the sexy scenes were scorching. They were perfect for each other. I loved loved them together! Daddy Zeus is still my number one but Danner isn’t too far behind. I love love the Garro Family! This is definitely a must read book /series! Can’t wait for the next one!
I don’t know how this author does it, but she continues to amaze me in more ways than one and leaves my jaw hanging, completely unhinged, on the floor.
Good Gone Bad has EVERYTHING I loved about a forbidden love. A kind of modern twist of Romeo and Juliet where the two main characters come from completely different worlds, with complete different moral compasses, but it is all forgotten in the sight of love.
I don’t even know how to put into words the beauty that was Lionel Danner and Harleigh Rose Garro.
Don’t expect this good guy cop to have this painted persona that all good guys have.
Lion completely shocked me, and Rosie with her constant feisty attitude and hard attitude, left me speechless with how easily she yielded for her cop.
This book had me swooning, laughing, ohh’ing and ahh’ing constantly. There were so many twists and turns.
People you didn’t know you if you could trust, people you thought you could trust, I didn’t know what to think at one point.
Out of all of Giana Darling’s MC series, this is definitely HANDS DOWN the most action packed, and I loved every minute of it.
AND I CRIED AGAIN!!!!!!! Why do I continue to do this to myself?
I wish I could give this more than five stars, and you best believe it’s going on my Forever Favorites pile.
Everyone knows I fangirl this author pretty hard. Her stories are some of the best kink I’ve read. And I’ve read a lot. She understands the dynamics involved in true BDSM better than anyone. This book though, this one nailed it for me.
HR & Lion’s story gave me EVERYTHING I want in a filthy read, but more importantly it also gave me EVERYTHING I need in a love story.
Harleigh Rose and Danner are complex characters. They are flawed, they are genuine, they are believable and I adore them. Before reading this story I wasn’t sure how I felt about Harleigh Rose, from her behaviour in previous books I thought maybe she was an MC Brat – but I was wrong. Giana made me love her. Made me feel very protective of her and made me desperate for her to get her HEA. Danner, now he was a character I wanted more of from the first scene he appeared in. He’s my favourite kind of kinky, complicated, peel back the layers hero.
This story is fast paced, action packed and DELICIOUS! It gives you the heat you expect from this author, along with the raw emotions I love in her romance. And because it’s Giana – she of course also made me cry. I think she collects her reader tears in a jar & keeps them on her desk, smiling to herself, as she writes stories that hurt my heart in the best possible way.
Catching up with the other Fallen MC brothers was not a hardship and I cannot wait for more from this MC Series.
Definitely a favourite of 2018 for me
OH GOOD LORD this was HAWT AF! Dirty Dom Danner I have to say is now my favortie out of the Fallen Men. Don’t get me wrong Zeus and King as dreamy in their own ways but damn Lion has now taken over in my opinion!!!!
I just love Harleigh Rose and her kick ass attitude and love when she takes control when threats come to her loved ones no matter what danger she may be in.
This one had me getting flushed one moment and then laughing the next. HR liked control outside of the bedroom but totally gave it up for her Dom!
The cover of this book is also FANTASTIC as I would just visulize those green eyes whenever HR description of Danner came up. Her covers have been perfect for the Fallen Men as they fit the story SOOO MUCH!
I can’t wait for more of the Fallen men stories to come!!!
Good Gone Bad is another momentous storyline of diabolical twist and turns. Guaranteed to set your soul on fire, ravish your heart and crumble it into a million tiny pieces! Giving you that soul punching gut hit that only a wild writer can do you!!! God my heart is so tattered still. But it was so worth the journey!
Just when I didn’t think I could love The Fallen Men any more along came Harleigh Rose and Lionel Danner to sweep me away for a wild ride that made me love this series so much more! From the previous two books I knew Harleigh Rose was quite the firecracker and it would be very interesting to see who she’d end up with. Good Gone Bad blew away my expectations for her story and held me riveted until the last page!
Along the way I saw glimpses of a connection between HR and Danner but there was so much more to these two than meets the eye. I absolutely loved the connection these two had and the glimpses of how their unlikely bond developed. Both Harleigh Rose and Danner are incredibly strong- willed and complex characters that could see the other for exactly who they were. They were each what the other always hoped for but never believed they’d have. Love doesn’t always come easy and Harleigh Rose and Danner are no exception. Their journey together was full of obstacles and twists and turns that kept me constantly guessing. These two pulled at my heartstrings and had me laughing, crying and rooting for them in spite of everything.
Good Gone Bad is a riveting pageturner full of amazing characters I have come to love. The bonds of family whether blood or not that are interwoven through Good Gone Bad and the lengths each character would go to for those they love can be felt through each and every page. I love the world that the author has created for the Fallen Men MC . I am never ready when each story ends and eagerly look forward to see what is next for my favorite MC.
Holy Sh*+!!!!!! Harleigh and Dirty Danner!!!!! I went through a gambit of emotions with these two!!!!! They’re hot as H€££, but I was also frustrated, crying, in love with their characters and storyline, crying again, and ready to smother Giana Darling!!!! Needless to say, I was all over the map!!!! Helluva book, Giana!!!!! Thank you sooo much for writing this!!!!!
OMG! This is an amazing read! This book has so much heart pounding action and twist you don’t see coming. If you have read the other 2 books in this series you will see other characters come in from the other books and maybe answer some questions you may have had. Danner will absolutely steal your heart with his darker side! The scenes in this book is off the wall HOT!!!! Be ready to laugh and cry and buckle up for the rollercoaster ride!
Damn you Giana Darling!! This woman slays me with her words!
Once again this author has torn me to shreds with another 5 star read of Danner and Harleigh Rose’s heart wrenching, scorching hot, chillingly violent tale of determined love!
I knew this was going to be good, I love this lady’s style, but Holy Hell, this story drags everything from you leaving you broken and yet restored, and very hot under the collar.
From the taste of both Harleigh Rose Garro and Lionel Danner we’d been graced with in Giana’s previous Fallen Men books, you knew this was going to be a volatile clashing of wills and hard fought path to love, but at no stage is it certain these two would get their HEA.
Danner’s “Rosie” is a powerful blend of contrasting traits.
She truly is “the diamond in the rough”, the kind of woman coveted by good girls for her attitude and bravado and scorned by the bad for her innate morality.
She herself is conflicted with who she is at heart, she has a fervent need to be loved for all her sides; her rebel rose, the MC princess, as an independent woman and as a mother’s daughter.
Her “Lion” too is contrast in opposites, the morally dutiful lawman, but with a dark side that needs feeding through the physical. He is a beautiful creature and a delicious dominant.
Oh, but if men like that existed in my neck of the woods!
They are each others Yin and Yang; equal parts light and dark, sharing pieces of the other, each side to provide balance.
This was seamlessly translated into their BDSM relationship which fit these characters needs perfectly and their dynamic of this lifestyle was so well portrayed, showing once again that this author not only does exceptional research but has a deep understanding of her topic.
I absolutely loved the dynamics of both their relationships with the other characters in this story, but none so much as with Zeus Garro. This character remains my absolute favourite of this series.
I swoon every time he appears, scowls, grunts and laughs. But I think as a father in this book he shone, you could feel his every emotion so vividly, whether it be his devotion to his princess or his threatening admiration of Danner, he stole the show for me again.
Darling’s writing as always is superb, she has such talent for conveying emotion, drama, and imagery, I could read words all day and did with this book, struggling to put it down until the end.
This is more than just a story of love over time and violent blood thirsty power greedy worlds.
The author highlights the world as it really is and how we all are; layers of good and bad, torn by morality and ethics, need and want.
And an absolute must read!!
I feel like I’ve been waiting to go back to this world forever. I missed it so much.
Giana is one of my favorite authors, and I know I’ll love whatever she writes, but she still manages to surprise me with just how much I loved it each time.
I love love love these two. I love their dynamic and interactions, even the not-so-happy ones. Lol. I hope she continues to write these characters until she’s writing their grandchildren’s books. *cough* hint *cough*
If you haven’t read her yet, PLEASE start with Lessons in Corruption and make your way to Good Gone Bad because they’re all amazing, and I adore Giana and all her words.
Book 3 of The Fallen Men series. PLEASE reads books 1&2 before this one. Yo don’t want to spoil it for yourself.
My FAVORITE yet. And Zeus was pretty hard to beat. But the chemistry & dualities of both HR & Danner/ Rosie & Lion is just perfect. It was this trait that I was able to relate to so much. We all have a little opposing personalities quirks.. or at least I sure do.
HRs loyalty and Danners heart for her are quite simply beautiful.