Winnie thinks she has the perfect life.Two beautiful, healthy children. A police officer husband. A job that she loves. Oh, and let’s not forget that she’s a nationally ranked marathon runner.Fast forward six months, and her perfect life has imploded.Winnie finds herself in a completely new world, and this new world is a brutal bitch.In this new life of hers, her husband is gone. He realizes, at … her husband is gone. He realizes, at the worst possible time, that he’s no longer in love with her. He’s in love with her best friend. He leaves, and doesn’t look back.
Her sixteen-year-old daughter is in trouble with the law, and she’s barely making ends meet thanks to losing the job that was keeping her and her tiny family afloat.
Then, the last thing that could make it all bearable, her running, is ripped out from under her, too. Thanks to a spinal stroke that leaves her unable to walk, let alone run, she’s having to relearn how to do the simplest of tasks—such as putting on her own pants.
She’s at the lowest of lows, and the last thing she wants is a sexy, bearded, motorcycle riding alpha to tell her how to live her life.
But Steel Cross never asks her what she wants.
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The moment Steel Cross sees Winnie’s daughter steal some shoes for her younger brother, he knows he’s in trouble.
He’s a sucker for misunderstood teens. After all, he was once one himself.
He knows he can’t just walk away, and the moment he sees that troubled teen’s mother, he doesn’t just know it, he feels it. Down to the very bottom of his soul.
With his share of hard knocks, he knows that he shouldn’t step in and make his move on a fellow police officer’s ex. There’s a code, after all, yet he just can’t seem to help himself.
He’s done being the good guy. Sometimes he just wants to be bad.
And Winnie makes him realize that being bad is still kind of good. As long as you’re with the right person.
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I feel like I’m always anxiously awaiting the next book from Lani Lynn Vale, but this book, I was jumping up and down, pacing, nail biting, needing it right this very second waiting. It’s Big Poppa, can you blame me?! Obviously I had some high expectations. Those high expectations were blown out of the water with Law and Beard! I loved every tiny little detail of this book. Every sentence, every word. All of it is perfection. No one writes such real, relatable characters or delivers a story quite like Lani.
Big Poppa is everything I’ve come to love about him through reading all the other books in this series, but times a thousand. Solid, caring, and still hot as hell there’s no way anyone couldn’t love him. The way he is not just with Winnie, but with her kids had me full of constant warm and fuzzies. Who can resist a bada*$ alpha that’s also an amazing father? I sure can’t. The relationship built between him and Winnie was so sweet, yet still real, something Lani writes to perfection.
Winnie is yet another character that I absolutely adored. Everything about her was down to earth and something I think anyone could relate to. From her struggles to the everyday stuff we all deal with she was real and I couldn’t help but cheer for her to get her man. Their story was so incredible I couldn’t put it down. I started it and literally carried around my kindle all morning reading it. I devoured every amazing page and just want to start reading it all over again now that I’ve finished.
They say superman is the man of steel but in my opinion Big Papa takes that title literally. Law and Beard will have you falling in love instantly with this silver fox and his neighbour Winnie. The eighth book in the Dixie Wardens Rejects MC series will capture your heart and will have your kindle screen steaming up as this older guy shows us just how it’s done. Big Papa and Winnie’s story is full of drama, angst, suspense and a whole lot of loving. This latest release by Lani Lynn Vale is about love, acceptance, family and realization that sometimes the things that are the most important and valuable to you will those that capture your heart and soul entirely. Another amazing five star read that held me captive from start to finish and left me completely fulfilled.
I just don’t know how Lani Lynn Vale does it, but book after book, series after series, she turns out amazing, interesting books, that keep me enthralled from beginning to end. It doesn’t matter who the hero is, who the heroine is, if they are much loved characters we know from previous books, or someone brand new, I’m just as invested in each book that she puts out.
Law and Beard is no exception. Winnie had my heart from the beginning. For such a strong woman, to be laid low, and then hit again and again, it just hit me in the feelings. I’m not sure how she kept her courage up, kept from sinking into a depression so deep that she’d never find her way out. But she kept working hard, striving for her best, and making things better. It just amazes me!
Steel Cross is HOT! Older than typical in a romance novel, he has lived his life, and makes no excuses for it. He works hard for his community, his department, and his MC. He’s no stranger to relationships, but there is just something about Winnie that catches his attention and won’t let go. Even when he knows he shouldn’t get involved, he just can’t stop himself.
I loved Big Poppa in previous books. He just seemed to provide a stability that the younger MC guys needed. I’m so glad that he found someone that was perfect for him! And I love Winnie for him. She is a woman that has dealt with tragedy, and kept on going. She has a strength that makes her fit in his life, lends itself to him, makes him better.
This book is full of action, secrets, twists and turns. When you get started, there is nothing that prepares you for what is going to happen, and I couldn’t help but gasp in surprise several times while reading because I just did not know what was coming! This was a fabulous ending to the Dixie Warden Rejects series!