They were never supposed to leave alive…Find out why New York Times bestseller Maya Banks hails McKenna’s books as “A non-stop thrill ride…”Only one woman could tempt him to return… town of Shaw’s Crossing. Eric is haunted by the memory of GodsAcre, the doomsday cult in the mountains where they were raised and the deadly fire that destroyed it, but one memory still shines bright…Demi Vaughan. Her lush, sexy mouth, her stunning green eyes. Their hot fling seven years ago crashed and burned in the worst possible way, and she’s still mortally pissed at him…and more gorgeous than ever.
Second chances…
Demi Vaughan did her best to forget Eric Trask. They told her from the start that he was a train wreck, and she hadn’t listened. He’d broken her heart and derailed her life, and she’d be damned if she’d let him do it again, now that she’d followed her dream and opened her own restaurant. But the years that passed have only turned Eric into a more concentrated version of what he’d always been—a flint-eyed, brutally ambitious, hyper-focused alpha male hunk. Just taller. Harder. As intoxicating as hell.
Demi tries to withstand Eric’s magnetic pull, but she can’t resist the all-consuming heat between them. But an old evil still lies low in Shaw’s Crossing, and Eric’s arrival has shocked it back into life.
Now it’s not just their hearts that are in danger. It’s their lives…
AUTHOR’S NOTE: Headlong, Book Two of The Hellbound Brotherhood, is the continuing story of Demi and Eric. It began in Hellion, Book One, and picks up their story seven years later. The other titles in The Hellbound Brotherhood are part of a connected series, but each book features its own couple and its own HEA.
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4.5 Scorching Suspenseful Stars!
This second book in McKenna’s Hellbound Brotherhood series pick’s right up after the heartbreaking ending from book one. Eric and his brother’s are back in the town that hold’s so many horrible memories for them. They are determined to quickly take care of business and then leave, never to return. But Eric unexpectedly see’s Demi again, the woman who holds his heart. They were torn apart seven long years ago, neither knowing the truth, but both nursing a broken heart. Even tho they believe they were betrayed by the other, the magnetic pull between them is too strong to keep them apart. They soon find their way back to each other, learning how they were manipulated by others. But the dark forces that tore them apart before are still working behind the scenes and gaining power. This fast paced, scorching hot romance hits the ground running as it reveals several of the secrets behind GodsAcre. There are several twists and turns that took my breath away and kept me completely riveted. Demi is just as strong-willed as ever, giving Eric the complications he loves to unravel. Their romance is thrilling, seductive and heartpounding. There are still so many secrets about the mystery surrounding GodsAcre, and who it is that wants to destroy Eric and his brothers. I loved finding out more about the events leading to their departure from GodsAcre and also more about Mace and Anton Trask. The ending left me breathless and wanting more. I can’t wait to find out what happens next for the Trask brothers!
There’s something special about a Shannon McKenna book. She works her psychological magic in every page. Without fail, she plays my emotions like a fiddle and I still can’t stop reading to find out what happens next! As much as I miss the McKenna brothers, I’m looking forward to this series!!
A-M-A-Z-I-N-G read! I literally enjoyed every bit of it!!
In this book, the eery creepy evil factor is back! And it’s lurking in the shadows waiting for just the moment to attack. Too bad for them, Eric chose to be involved!
When the woman he loves is in danger, nothing can stop him. Even if it means losing his sanity… or life in the process.
Surviving a childhood in GodsAcre and the massacre that happened there apparently are not enough to keep troubles away from a man’s life. And this is just how I love it!
The effect that this book has on me is just…. It’s a full experience! Only Mckenna’s books will touch your heart, squeeze it, ease it, make it stop, and even jump in your chest! And man how she does it! Beautifully. If you can’t tolerate irregular heartbeats, stay away!
Of course, there are those erotic hot scenes that melt your brain but there are also these well-drawn characters and chemistry, well-written dialogues, funny moments and attention to details that will make you wonder about the magic this author is creating.
This is the book you need to enjoy a good time. It has everything. It’s a romantic thriller filled with suspense and hi-tech weapons! And I have no doubt that’s only the beginning. In this book, the mystery has yet to be unravelled, and I can’t wait for more… more about the evil, more about the characters… This new guy, Nate, (wink) I like him already… As for Anton, oh heart, please stop, all that caring-sarcastic mix is just too much!!
Hellbent, here I come!
Headlong is the second book in Shannon McKenna’s Hellbound Brotherhood series and it picks up seven years after the end of the first book where she introduced us to Eric and Demi. It gives us the rest of their story so strap in and throw your hands up in the air as it is going to be on heck of a ride that Shannon is taking us on!
Eric has left Shaw’s Crossing in his rare view mirror and not him or his brothers are planning to return … until … their foster father dies and they return for the funeral … Their arrival sets off a chain reaction that leaves us with a growing body count! Throw in Shannon’s masterful story telling skills mixed with mystery, suspense, violence, love, sex and family and you are left breathless … you finish the book and go checking immediately when is the next one supposed to be published and you note it down in your google calendar and meanwhile you let your imagination fly wild!
I can imagine people saying that it is too unbelievable, too wild, too much of everything but having read the McClouds and friends series and other cult and doomsday premises based books, The Hellbound Brotherhood is just perfect and you need to let go of your preconceived notions and go with the flow, well, actually, be willing to ride the white waters without a life vest not paddle with couple of bullets in you!
This is the second book in this series and 7 years after the first book. Eric Trask and his brothers are in Shaw’s Landing for the funeral of there adopted father. Eric thinks he is over Demi but he’s not. I love a strong woman but she was a little over the top. She did a little to much back and forth for my taste. Totally over the top crazy bad guys. I did like this book but it was not my favorite.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Headlong is the second part of the first book in Shannon McKenna’s new series, The Hellbound Brotherhood. It follows the introductory Hellion, the backstory of Eric Trask and Demi Vaughan. Headlong picks up seven years later when Eric’s stepfather, Otis, dies and he and his brothers return to Shaw’s Crossing for the funeral. Eric left Shaw’s Crossing after his relationship with Demi ended to concentrate on his technological ability and become a successful entrepreneur in the world of app design based in San Francisco.
When Eric and his brothers return to Shaw’s Crossing for Otis’s funeral, Eric and Demi find their attraction never diminished. Complicating matters, Eric stays in town to settle his stepfather’s estate and begins to notice strange men in town, unexplained deaths and weird happenings on the property known as GodsAcre, the former location of the cult compound where Eric and his brothers were raised. Eric soon realizes Demi is a victim in this dangerous scheme but needs his brothers’ help to save her. The reader is taken through the twists and turns of the danger in store for Eric and Demi.
I found Demi a little difficult to warm up to this time around. She’s strong and smart and made it clear to Eric that she was only getting in it again with him for sex only. Eric’s feelings for her are real and she knows that but yet he agreed to her terms setting himself up for rejection again, but hoping for more. Other than that, I found Headlong to be the typical Shannon McKenna suspenseful and sexy thriller that I know and love. I’m definitely looking forward to the next book in this series. Bring it on!
4.5 Stars
I absolutely loved this book! So happy that Demi and Eric found heir way back to each other. They both have misconceptions about what happened seven years ago and are skeptical of the other. Deep down they still have strong feelings. I enjoyed the suspense story and can’t wait to find out what happens next!
The second book in the The Hellbound Brotherhood series a well written story and with each new book this series just gets better. This book picks up seven years after Hellion and continues on Eric Trask and Demi Vaughan’s story. I want to read the next book. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
This is the second book in this series. This is the rest of eric and demis story. This takes place seven years after the first book. Will they get their HEA?
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The second book in The Hellbound Brotherhood series brings Eric and Demi’s story. The author once again brings an action packed and exciting story with strong characters with a steamy chemistry. It’s an emotional story with enough twists and turns to keep you glued to the pages. The scenes are described in vivid detail and the story flows fluidly. I loved reading their story and am looking forward to the next book.
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This was a great book !
The Trask men are back in Shaw’s Crossing.
Eric would like very much to forget about his past.
Returning for his foster father’s funeral bring all of that back with a vengeance.
Demi is keeping her distance from Eric, but the attraction is still there.
Is Eric’s return a good thing or bad thing ?
Loved the characters + the storytelling !
It has all the ingredients that you need for a great book!
I can’t wait for the next book in this series.
Wonderfully written story that kept me on the edge of my seat as each page of this great book was turned! The well developed characters kept me totally engaged throughout the entire book!
Headlong is the second book in this series and you do need to read Hellion first as this book picks up seven years later and is the continuation of Eric and Demi’s story
Demi has tried to get over Eric and she thinks she is finally starting to get her life together and then he returns He and his brothers have returned to complete some business in town. He tries to stay away from Demi but somehow he just can’t he is drawn to her. The they find out how they where manipulated each had blamed the other for what happened but now they know that in fact they where just pawns in a game. Those who have been using them as toys have gained in power though while he was away and they haven’t finished their games yet Be prepared for a wild ride as secrets of Godsacre are revealed but even more secrets are discovered. What will happen to the Trask boys now that they have returned.
Headlong is the second novel in Shannon’s McKenna’s Hellbound Brotherhood series, and this is one series you definitely need to read in the order written, because the first novel in the series, Hellion, ended in quite a cliffhanger. Thankfully, fans of Ms.McKenna’s novels didn’t have to wait long for the release of Headlong, and even better news, it’s as action-packed, angst-filled, emotional, and steamy as its predecessor and it gets 5 stars from this reader.
Seven years have passed since Eric Trask and his brothers left town under a shroud of suspicion, but a cryptic phone message from Otis, the former police chief who adopted Eric and his two brothers, telling them that it was imperative they return because what he had to tell them couldn’t be told over the phone, was received too late, and it was followed closely by the sad news that Otis was found dead in his home of an apparent stroke or heart attack, and so, as the novel opens, Eric and his brothers are standing together in the cemetery, too shaken to give his eulogy, and being given the evil eye by the rest of the town residents, who never had much use for the Trask boys, and, in fact, blamed them for 14 mysterious deaths which occurred not long after their stepfather’s cult and all its members went up in flames, making Eric, Anton, and Mace the only survivors, and the ones who are blamed for what became known as The Prophet’s Curse. Also at the gravesite are the girl Eric once loved, Demi Vaughan, her hateful father, Ben Vaughan, who framed Eric for a crime he didn’t commit, and her grandfather, Henry Shaw, for whom the town of Shaw’s Crossing was named, the two men staring daggers at Eric and his brothers, and also present is Demi, even more lovely than Eric remembered. Demi is totally ignoring him, and what a shock it is when Eric learns that not only is she still in town, when he assumed she’d gone on to the culinary institute and become a professional chef, but also that she was the one who discovered Otis’ body lying dead on the floor in his home.
Eric and his brothers aree surprised to learn that there is a reception following the funeral–they weren’t invited, and Mace and Anton have no interest in attending. But Eric, now a very successful and wealthy entrepreneur, wants to pay for the reception and heads there just to write a check and leave. He’s shocked to discover that reception is being held at what is now Demi’s Cafe, and that she’s the one who is footing the bill for the reception. The last thing she wants is Eric’s money–she just wants him gone. He’s even more shocked to learn that it was Demi who caved in to her father’s demands when Eric was arrested and charged with stealing her father’s Porsche, driving drunk, and was facing at least a decade in prison for a crime he didn’t commit, not believing his protestations of innocence. Eric soon learns that the only reason he didn’t end up in prison was because Demi agreed to work in the family business, just so that her father would drop the charges against him. She was brokenhearted when he left, and she is still carrying a major grudge all these years later, and just wants Eric gone.
There are two very suspicious thugs attending the reception, and neither Demi nor Eric know who they are–unusual in such a small town where everyone knows everyone, and after they are politely asked to leave, Eric overhears what sounds like a plot against Demi, so he follows them, right to Ben Vaughan’s home, and overhears even more, enough to know that he won’t be leaving Shaw’s Crossing any time soon.
From that point on, this novel takes you on a roller-coaster ride of action, suspense and danger, steamy sex, emotional angst, drama, and more than one attempted kidnapping and murder. As a long-time fan of Ms. McKenna’s novels, I should have expected some of the surprising twists and turns in this story, but I was still absolutely floored by the direction she took in this novel. If you’re looking for a scorchingly hot, second chance at love, violent thriller of a romance novel, look no further–grab a copy of Hellion and start reading this series now. Once again, as with Hellion, I couldn’t put this novel down, and I can hardly wait to read the next novel in this series, because this novel too ends in a cliffhanger, and I simply have to know where the amazing Ms. McKenna is going to go from here.
This being the second book in the Hellbound Brotherhood series
Eric Trask has returned to Shaw’s Crossing to bury Otis Trask, his adopted father. What he didn’t expect was seeing Demi at the funeral and all the old feelings coming back.
Demi Vaughan hadn’t expected to see Eric there but wasn’t surprised.
Demi just felt all the heartbreak and betrayal at seeing him, but did he betrayed her.
Can they pickup where they left off in their romance and find a happy ever after or will the power of the Prophet’s curse and her father keep them apart forever!
Shannon McKenna only knows how to write a suspense that is steamy and hot .
I was given an opportunity to get ARC in exchange for my honest opinion
Demi Vaughn and Eric Trask are absolutely compelling characters. This second book in the Hellbound Brotherhood series continues to be amazing and I totally fell in love. I don’t want to give anything away so just take my word for it and pick up a copy.
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4 stars
After the man, Otis, who raised the three brothers passes away, they must return to the town that was horrible to them. Eric left seven years ago when he was framed for a crime he never committed. Now he owns several apps that has made him very rich. He plans to attend the funeral and then get the heck out of that town. Demi is the princess of the town, her family is the founders of the town. She was hurt seven years ago by Eric and does not plan to be pulled into his life again. When Eric overhears a plot against Demi, he decides to stay until she’s safe whether she likes it or not.
Action, sex, and a little cliffhanger. Just like the first book, Hellion, I still wasn’t fond of Demi. She tried too hard to be a badass and it just made her look mean. I know everyone likes a strong woman but she pushed it.
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