Keyes Dixon’s life is challenging enough as a full patch member of the Disciples of Havoc Motorcycle Club but being a gay biker leaves him traveling down one tough road. With an abusive past and his vow to the club cementing his future, he doesn’t believe in love and steers clear of commitment. But a midnight ride leads to a chance meeting with a sexy distraction that has him going down quicker … quicker than a Harley on ice.
Cocky Assistant District Attorney Alec Pierce lives in the shadow of his politically connected family. A life of privilege doesn’t equal a life of love, a fact made obvious at every family gathering. Driven yet lonely, Alec yields to his family’s demands for his career path, hoping for the acceptance he craves. Until he meets a gorgeous biker who tips the scales in the favor of truth and he can no longer live a lie.
Can two men from completely different worlds…and sides of the law…find common ground, or will all their desires only wreak Havoc?
While Havoc is a stand-alone with no cliffhanger, the story continues March 5, 2019.
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I gave this Book a rating of 5 ’s
Title: Havoc
Series: Tattoos and Ties Book 1
Genre: LGBT Romance
Author: Kindle Alexander
Format: Kindle Edition
Published on: November 25, 2018
>-< >–< >–< >–< >–<>–< >–< >–< >–< >–< >–< >–< >–< I voluntarily received a Courtesy Copy of this book from Enticing Journey and am choosing to leave a review. >–< >–< >–< >–< >–<>–< >–< >–< >–< >–< >–< >–< >–< What I liked/Didn’t Like: The author did a wonderful job of addressing some of the issues the LGBT community faces and it was done with class. Loved the book and the authors writing was smooth. Politics meets MC Meets LGBT. Wonderfully done.
This story kept me interested, and I was not that upset that the story did not end. There was a HFN and I look forward to reading the rest. Alex and Keyes were from two different worlds, but they completed each other. I loved how they gave their all to each other despite their backgrounds. The emotions were strong and felt real. I rooted for them from the beginning and want to see how it works out in the end.
I received an ARC of this story through Enticing Journeys Book Promotions, and this is my unsolicited review.
You know that saying “hurry up and wait”? Well that perfectly epitomizes what I’m feeling now that I’ve finished Havoc and I have to sit here, not so patiently, until book 2 comes out! I’m not saying that like it’s a bad thing, it’s just I want the rest of Alec and Keyes’s story, right now!
Kindle Alexander did a terrific job developing these 2 characters, and the story itself, and I’m excited, and more than a bit anxious, to see where they take us next. I really enjoyed the way they built Alec and Key’s relationship, and how we got to see each of them from the other’s point of view. They are such complete and total opposites on the outside, but deep down they aren’t so different. I desperately want things to work out for these 2, but right now it’s really hard to see how that will happen!
The foundation KA laid in this book leads me to believe we’re in for quite a showdown in book 2. Although Havoc didn’t end with your typical “OMG what the heck just happened” jaw-dropping cliffhanger, we are left with a whole lot of “what the heck’s going to happen next”. Because you just know something big is coming.
4.5 Stars
Kindle has outdone herself again, bringing us two amazingly loveable men. Sure they both hide their true selves behind the mask of their identity, but sadly that can be the norm all to often. I think that is part of the draw to Kindle’s characters.
Both Alec and Keyes have been openly misunderstood by their families, and this makes it harder for them to share their emotions. Alec is a little better and being that he is trained in communication, he becomes the dominant force in this relationship. Keyes is the quiet thinker, just trying to blend in. Even though he sees their differences as huge walls he can’t stay away from Alec. The chemistry between these two men is off the charts and something neither of them have experienced before.
A true love story in the making with a side of MC. Even though we don’t get the full story on Alec and Keyes just yet I recommend this book. I am excited to find out if love can conquer all, can these opposites prove to the world a love like theirs is worth fighting for? Will the connections they share in their private hideaway make them strong enough to fight the opinions of the outside world?
***Advanced copy provided in exchange for an honest review. ***
This is a great beginning for a new series! I thought the MCs were well written and damn sexy. I loved the idea of a Motorcycle Club member who finds love (or at least lust) with a lawyer in the DA’s office! While I like both BFFs, I HATED the parents.
The authors say “Standalone with No cliffhanger.” Most readers will disagree (Myself included). If you go by the definition of cliffhanger… OK, I agree. HOWEVER, this book ends on a SORT-OF HFN and is more like a “to-be-continued” It is still a story worth reading and I can’t wait for the next book.
*****
POV… third person
Standalone or series… book 1 in series
Hangover… slight
recommend… yes
reread… yes
Enter Keyes who is a biker who also has kindness on his side ..
He runs the family business is honest in his work and he has a heart.
Enter Alex who is a assistant district attorney .
Alex has a father who wants from his son what he doesn’t want to give but will Alex concede ?
Alex wants acceptance for who he is.
Keyes on his way home stopped to assist the car whose tyres were blown.
A chance meet, it just takes one look from each to see the instant heat that erupts from them.
Their subsequent meetings were indescribably full of lust and hotness.
Their journey is beginning they are nothing alike but there is something between them its growing at an alarming rate.
Kindle Alexander are a formidable writing duo this book is written in such a way that you want it all now … The men are extremely beautiful together and to me as a reader I can’t turn off .
When you finish a book but the characters are still with you, you know the book is brilliant …
Opposites can attract but love will always bind the hearts. A brilliant book..
Alec is a DA and Key is in a motorcycle club, but their chemistry is sizzling and they can’t stay away from each other. An impossible situation……
The author did a great job describing the chemistry between them and how they connect from the first moment. They can’t stop thinking about each other and the finally give in
The suspense is sweet and agonising.
Key is described in a way giving me pictures of a certain man bun celebrity, and Alec is smooth and businesslike with intense eyes.
There’s no unnecessary descriptions of surroundings and enough dialogues. Some of the dialogues is internal and I like that because I get a feeling of knowing of the characters in a more intimate way.
Love scenes is as usual intense and paints a more accurate picture of how the relationship between them develops.
I love this book as I have loved every book from this author, because they are filled with emotions and the characters reaches in to my heart.
I’m a little sad that it’s not HEA but HFN, and I can’t wait for the next.
If you like mm romance I would recommend this even with HFN, it’s one of the best this year.
Keyes is part of an MC that has been targeted by the DA, who is intent on taking them down. Dealing with the stresses of club life, his father who is an a**, the fact that their garage was torn apart from the latest raid, Keyes just wants to ride and let loose. When he ends up helping Alec with his blown tires, he is very interested but he knows there can be nothing from this attraction. They come from two different worlds; dirty clean, rich poor, that’s just the start. For Alec, his path has pretty much been chosen by his father, living under his father’s thumb and helping his dad get the further with his political gains. He wants Key and in fact puts himself out there further than he should have, but he has to leave the ball in Key’s court, when he gets home one night and Key is waiting for him, its just the start of the journey.
So first off this ends in a HFN ending, not technically a cliffy but still pretty crappy. I’m not really sure what to say about the story, it was OK, really steamy naughty times, I loved how Key was going all Alpha and J/P at certain points. The MC aspect of the story was a bit of a let down, so many characters introduced but there really wasn’t much on them, it was just written as if we should know who they were already. Like that whole scene with Dev, it was just odd. I give this 3.5 stars, hopefully the next will be a bit better.
5 Hot Stars!
I don’t think my review will do justice to the amazing story that Kindle Alexander has brought us!
Her wonderful characters and fantastic writing will draw you in from the beginning and will hold you captive until the end. But, be warned, this the first book in the series and will leave you hanging and wanting more.
Alec and Key are not just opposites they have come from two entirely different worlds. On paper they should never work, but fate has other plans.
Alec has come from a life of privilege and power, but his family has never accepted his lifestyle. Key comes from the complete other side of the tracks where he works for everything he has, but just like Alec his father doesn’t accept him for who he is and constantly criticizes him.
When their two worlds collide the sparks fly! Both Alec and Key just want to be accepted and loved and it seems that it is what they have found when they are safe in their bubble away from the rest of the world. So, what will happen when the real world pops the beautiful bubble they have built? We will have to wait to see how this story continues.
Havoc is the 1st book in the Tattoos and Ties Series. This is Keyes Dixon and Alec Pierce’s story. Keyes (Key) is a commitment phobe. Due to, he is in the Havoc MC club and it would be very looked down upon. Although he has one friend that knows he is gay, Dev.
Alec is an attorney and his family are politically connected doesn’t need everyone to know that he is gay. So, you can tell neither are out of the closet. Alec wants a relationship with Key but, Key wants to avoid a relationship. I don’t want to say more because I don’t want to spoil the story. They both have to work out this relationship between them.
Havoc can be read as a standalone. I am happy to say there will be a #2 in the Tattoos & Ties series. I need to see what will happen next with their relationship. I highly enjoyed reading Havoc and give it 4 stars.
Keyes took over the day to day running of their family/club tire shop and he’d help create a buzz about the shop, the club and his dad wasn’t happy but after a week business boomed. The also were getting white collars and women who wouldn’t normally go to their shop.
Keyes was born into the Disciples of Havoc and accepts his life, then out riding he meets sexy Assistant District Attorney.
Alec always goes for the bad boys and Havoc is not exception, there is an instant attraction between the two, they have so many battles ahead – Keyes and his brothers in the MC and Alec and his uptight family.
Can the outlaw biker and the Assistant District Attorney make it work, they know what they both want, their both from different world, but can they bring them together.
I haven’t read a Kindle Alexander book in I can’t tell you how long (runs to hang head) but I couldn’t put Havoc down once I started it.
Alec and Keyes couldn’t be more different if they tried.
Lawyer. Mechanic.
Suits. Leather.
Refined. Vulgar.
Sports car. Motorcycle.
Questioning. Quiet.
But it was the things they had in common that made all the difference. Now, that’s not to say it was a cake walk getting to know each other. For as much as Alec pushed, and it wasn’t a lot, Key pulled back. But holy moly were these two dynamite between the sheets, and in the shower, and on the couch and in the pool and…you get the point. For as much as they both had a lot to lose if their secret affair got out, they just couldn’t deny or stop wanting more of their connection.
I will say, that I was a hair disappointed that there was no real drama or big bombshell to shake things up. I know the blurb says this is a standalone but I wanted something to happen. To force them to know acknowledge, not just to themselves, how much they meant to each other. Fingers crossed that I’ll get that in the next book of the series.
Title: Havoc Tattoos and Ties
Author: Kindle Alexander
Genre: M/M Romance
Pages:
Rating: 4
Reviewed by Mandy for Janise’s Jivin’ Book Blog
Two men from the opposite sides of the tracks, both wanting a life they can enjoy, but knowing that they can never take their love in public due to events that will, could and may happen. But when you find the one you want more than anything you will do what you can to make everything work.
Keys is mechanic and fellow biker is doing his best to be both a brother to those in his club and keep his personal life private away from the club, but when they are targeted by the new DA all hell is fixing to break loose.
Alec a DA is a man who knows what he wants apart from what his family wants, not wanting to deal with the hate filled crap spewed from his father, he does what he can to do the opposite what his father wants.
When Keys and Alec meet things go from hot to super-hot and an electric pull is more than they can stand…
Kindle Alexander writes about alpha males who want nothing more than to find the love they are meant to have even if you have two people pulling and fighting. Kindle is a great writer and knows just how to bring light to things going on in society in the real world and bring them to the books and thru the characters that are written. Great Read.
Havoc the tale of Alec and Keys .
Men from two different worlds that meet by chance on a dark highway.
Alec is a tall handsome attorney that has always been what his parents wanted although his sexual preference was all his own!
Keyes is a man that has had to work hard for everything that he has. A rough up bringing, a father that has always put him down and keeping his personal life just that personal. He has his biker brothers and he always hopes that they have his back. It all begins to change when he meets his match in Alec. They have such a simmering chemistry and the attraction cannot be denied no matter how hard they try! This relationship is going to be quite a bumpy ride .Loved them !
~~Michele McMullen ~~
5 Star Review of Havoc (Tattoos & Ties #1) by Kindle Alexander
I have come to expect that a Kindle Alexander book will draw many varied emotions from me; Havoc was no exception. The characters have a great deal of depth and I fell hard for Keyes Dixon and Alec Pierce.
Havoc was certainly to me an emotional roller coaster of a read, at times bringing me almost to tears.
It has been said that opposites attract and in this love story about Keyes and Alec, nothing could be truer. Keyes is a mechanic, not only that, but a fully patched member of the Disciples of Havoc Motorcycle Club; Alec is an assistant district attorney, they could not be more different, yet underneath the surface they are the same, both seeking something and believing that it may never be found; until they meet. Their attraction to one another is almost instant and so scorchingly hot that it is almost overwhelming.
Both need to do some serious soul searching, as they realise that there could be repercussions if they are to follow their hearts. What will happen when their passion ignites? Will it destroy them or will it burn bright? Can they make their love work or are they destined to be torn apart by circumstances?
There are so many layers to this story that it felt as though Kindle Alexander was peeling an onion, a layer at a time. As with previous books that I have read from Kindle Alexander, Havoc was exceptionally well written with strong, yet vulnerable characters who will soon find their way into your heart, I know they did mine.
I loved this book from start to finish and I am so glad to know that Keyes and Alec’s story will continue in 2019.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2608571329
Let’s start off by saying that this is a new author for us and we really enjoyed out first read by them however,I hate cliffhangers and this current story had a big one.
I really enjoyed this story as it revolved around a couple who were highly attracted to one another but, completely different in more ways than one. I however, loved that none of this seem to matter to either of them especially Alec who was currently acting a a DA in there current town.
Alec and Key had amazing chemistry some would say explosive even a both neither knowing to come to terms with such attraction or how they were feeling but, something definitely worth exploring.
Alec is a rich boy,and attorney at law and super sexy and attracted to bad boys.We found him to be,handsome,sexy,hot,compassionate,caring,had a sense of humor, smart and was understanding and patient and had a clever mind.
I loved Alec from the onset in the story as Alec was one of those down to earth kind of guys.I loved that even though he was rich and his home and possessions showed that he never flaunted his wealth or acted superior because of that fact and never made Key feel inferior because of his upbringing or blue collar ways.I really loved Alec’s sense of humor he made me laugh constantly throughout the story.
Key was one sexy hot man! I loved him from the onset of the story too! I loved that bad boy vibe he had going on those sexy muscles,that he was a little socially awkward but, overall just a great guy who needed the right person to bring him out of his shell.Being a gay and a biker and having a non excepting father of your sexuality didn’t help his self esteem but, that is something Alec is changing for him by just being with him as Alec see’s the good in him and always makes him feel at ease when they are together.
This story was hot hot hot! I thought that Alec and Key made a great couple and I love how they were when they were together and their chemistry was off the charts.I loved those super sexy love scenes in and out of bed as they we super hot and I loved how carefree they were with each other when they were together .
I loved the story it was sweet and made you laugh had some club drama and suspense and had amazing characters for us to fall in love with.This one one of those romance reads that made you feel good and were rooting for this couple to fall in love and make it work even with all those outside complications they are going to have to address sooner or later.
I have to say Alec and Key have moved up on my list of my favorite same sex couples for 2018. I really really loved them together as a couple and will continue rooting for them in the next release to find their happily ever after because these two truly belong together.
I was engaged and engrossed in the story from the onset and remained that way to the very end.This one goes into the keeper pile to be read time and time again.
Recommended read to all who love M and M romance reads!
The new book from Kindle Alexander is amazing. It is a mm contemporary story where opposites attract, but are they really so different? Loved Alec and Keyes. Can’t wait for book 2 Order to come out and finish their love story.