Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1999.Born on the day after the moon landing to a father with his head in the stars, Neil “Apollo” Armstrong has never felt that he could reach as high as his father’s dreams. He got as far as Tulsa, and there, with the Brazen Bulls MC, he found a way to fly on wheels. But he’s worried now that the club has lost its way.The Bulls are reeling from a bloody, blazing street war that … street war that tore through the heart of the club. Their brotherhood has been badly damaged, and the trust among them is fragile.
Jacinda Durham doesn’t have a lot of trust to give. With a painful past still weighing on her present, she keeps people at a distance, preferring inconsequential encounters, to guard against the chance of being hurt. The career she’s chosen is another piece of her armor; she makes a living of suspicion.
After a blistering-hot night together, Apollo and Jacinda go their separate ways, despite a mutual sense that their attraction is deeper than skin. Then a fateful coincidence throws them violently back together, and Apollo finds himself standing between his club and a woman he barely knows, each a possible threat to the other. Where his loyalty lies should be clear, but his trust in the Bulls is shaken, and he can’t allow another innocent to be hurt.
It’s more than a question of loyalty. It’s love as well, a deeply rooted love for his club, and a powerful new love growing between him and this tough, beautiful woman who’s offered him her precious trust.
To save all he loves, Apollo must put everything on the line—his honor, his love, his life. He will have to pay the price that settles all their debts.
Note: explicit sex and violence.
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Honor is another fabulous addition to the Brazen Bulls series. The heroine Jacinda is my kind of heroine. She’s overcome a difficult trauma from her past. Doesn’t let it define her, it only makes her stronger but it has broken something within her. Her ability to trust men and their intentions. Apollo is such a great man who uses his charms and good looks to get intel on behalf of his club. Doesn’t have any problems with sexual favors cause he’s never been in love or in relationship. His club is his life.
When he meets Jacinda and vice versa it changes everything for the both of them. The only issue is Jacinda’s occupation which cause problems between her and Apollo and between him and the club.
The title of the book says it all. Honor! That’s what’s Apollo is all about. The sacrifice he makes for his club and the woman he loves is insane. It’s barbaric but it captures the MC world and environment perfectly. It’s also the reason why I enjoy this series so much.
4 Worthy Stars
Brilliant and layered, Susan Fanetti’s Honor is an excellent continuation of her Brazen Bulls MC series. I enjoy going back to the ’90’s, with its limitations and frustrations of communication and archaic internet. After reading a Fanetti book, I always think her writing couldn’t possibly get any better. It’s already perfect. Then I read her next book, and she impresses with the depth and scope of emotion she draws out of me with her understanding and insight of the human condition. She delivers in spades with Honor.
After the tumultuous events in the last installment, Blaze, the Bulls have experienced a hard-won year of peace at a horrific price. They’ve healed and forged on, getting back on track and back to business. Or have they?
Apollo, the chiseled God of the Brazen Bulls, is a pretty-boy on the surface. But like all Fanetti’s men, there’s substance to his character. He’s honorable, loyal, sweet, intelligent and has a high moral code. He’s not a jerk. From humble beginnings, he hasn’t forgotten where he came from. His relationship with his parents was one of my favorite parts of his story. I always marvel at Susan Fanetti’s insight into the male point of view. It would be easy to fall into the typical alpha-hero characterizations that prevail in so many novels, but her men are real people. People I’d want to know.
I loved Jacinda. I often have to warm up to heroines, but Jacinda was easy to like. In one of the first chapters, she has a fascinating interaction with a beloved character from Signal Bend, her protectiveness in that exchange clinched it for me. She’s honest, funny, fierce, and strong. Vulnerable, she’s overcome something that would have broken most women. Trust is something she finds hard to give, and Apollo winning her trust by doing nothing but being himself, makes for a beautiful love story. I loved her first impression of Apollo: “His attitude was pure cock, straight-backed and strutting, but there was a dash of sweetness in it, too, somewhere.” Her surprise and delight discovering his sincerity endeared her to me. Together, Apollo and Jacinda are perfect.
Trust is the underlying theme throughout Honor, in all its forms, and the impact it has on all relationships. To trust and receive trust, is a no small thing. Once it’s been broken or is in doubt, there’s often no way earn it back. Proving you’re worthy of trust, of saving what’s broken takes a strong man, in both body and soul. Apollo is that man.
Honor moves the Brazen Bulls storyline forward in surprising ways, and although I’ve been gushing about how much I loved Apollo and Jacinda, this is no light romance. The gritty reality and violence of being Outlaw MC are alive and kicking in Honor, written in a way only Susan Fanetti can master. Enjoy this epic book. I did.