Hey btches, my name’s Kiera. You might know me as The Cat, famous cat burglar/thief.No? Well, let me give you a little insight into my life as of late.I was going about, minding my own damn business when the mob boss who runs most of the Reno underground sent an assassin after me. Crazy, yeah? Anyway, six months later the previously mentioned assassin is now my partner in crime when we get a job … crime when we get a job from the local motorcycle club, The Aces. All good and dandy, right? Wrong. They’re 1%ers, all three officers unbelievably attractive. Oh, yeah, the Vice President of the MC? That’s my asshole step-brother and let’s not even get started on the club’s suspicious Enforcer or the President who’s dripping in sexual swagger.
With four sexy as fck men at my back, can I get the job done or will our explosive personalities cause us to be at each other’s throats? Oh, damn! Almost forgot in the thought of all the ruggedly attractive men, muscles, and tattoos that the rival MC, The Alloy Kings, are moving in and seem intent to take me down with the Aces. F*cking bastards.
But I’m not the thief who became famous at 15 years old and survived the mob’s hell in my past just to lay down and take that, they won’t know what hit them.
I’m The Cat, and soon enough, they’ll learn that I’ve got claws.
The Aces Series is a WhyChoose/Reverse Harem trilogy featuring MFMMM meaning the female main character doesn’t have to choose between her love interests. Please note, future books will contain M/M content.
This book contains references involving PTSD, sexual assault recollections, abuse, and other themes that some readers may find triggering.
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Rival by A.J. Macey is Book 1 in ‘The Aces’ Series. The book is a reverse style harem/ MC series and focuses on the main character Kiera ‘The Cat’ who is kind of like a cat burglar. Kiera is a fierce woman; she takes no prisoners and lives life by her own rules. Add into that the four guys who she claims and you have a wicked start to a new series. Kiera’s men are all different, we have Brooks (the President of the MC, who knows what he wants form his Kitty), Garrett (her step-brother who is also part of the MC), Stone (another MC member who is totally serious and suspicious of Kiera) and Chase (her side-kick and former assassin).
The story is all about Kiera, her past and bringing down her father but to throw a spanner in the works, the MC also needs her help. There is a lot of threads to this story with different things going on, not only with Kiera but the individual characters so you do have to pay a lot of attention. But to make the book better you have a kind of rivalry going on between all of the men, until they figure out that being together with Keira is better than being apart from her.
The book has a lot of suspense, intrigue, sexy scenes and totally 100% snark from characters which made it really enjoyable. As you learn more about the characters it makes sense about how they have become they way they have and I especially loved the relationship that Kiera has with her step-brother as all is not what it seems from first glance.
This book is definitely set up so that you continue with the series and there is a sort of cliff-hanger on the end which makes you want to go out and get the next book in the series (tally done that!0. If you like your heroines feisty and who don’t need saving and men who are seriously hot! Then this is the book for you!
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I wish i could give this book more than five stars because its soooo good. I bad***, Kick*** strong MFC who has a brilliant sideline job that runs through the whole & makes her a great all round character. Not to mention all the hot men surrounding her. Chase her sidekick who is a little bit mental (in the best possible way of course, lol) his one-liners are killer, lol. Add to him Garrett (her step brother), Stone & Brooks all part of a motorbike MC. It was a blindling good book from start to finish & im itching to get my hands on the next one
Rival was fantastic! From the moment I picked the book up, I couldn’t put it down. I was instantly thrown into Keira’s world and hooked from the very first page.
This book truly hit every single one of my marks that made a perfect book for me.
Our FMC is such a sexy, fierce, and a loyal BADa**! I loved it! I wished I could be her, and low and behold A.J. made it possible for me to feel like that for the few hundred pages it took to get through this book.
Now don’t even get me started on the men. They are SCORCHING HOT, as were their intimate scenes. My phone about lit on fire Their connection and growth throughout the book with each other as well as with Keira was such a thrill for me. ESPECIALLY because A.J. didn’t make it all happy go lucky, smooth sailing with all of them.
I loved every single one of them. For me, as a fan of the RH genre, I don’t always LOVE every single one of the FMC’s lovers. But let’s be real, these men are fantastic! The perfect balance for our FMC.
All of the characters had a great amount of depth, but A.J. also didn’t lay it all out there right up front. She left plenty of mystery for me to stew on in anticipation of the second book.
There is so much more I could say about this, but I won’t keep you here all day. It’s time for you to get to reading this book!!! I hope you love it as much as I did.
Aj Macey has yet to let me down!!! When she writes the characters just pop right off the page and I love it!! Kiera is a snarky bad biz that doesnt take anything from anyone and its empowering! She truly is my idol lol…if you havent read it you are missing out!!!
Macey is quickly becoming an auto buy for me. Keira takes fierce to a whole new level. I love that she is so smart, tough, and saves herself. I’m not usually a fan of MC books, but I will definitely be following this series. Keira has been through a lot in her life, some things we are told, but a lot of other stuff is hinted at. I like how she has made herself and gets stuff done. I love Chase- he is like the Mad Hatter, Garret is at times frustrating, Stone is like his name but there are starting to be a few cracks, and I liked seeing Brooks evolve during the book. I can’t wait to see what happens next!
Contemporary. Rh. 4 guys. MC setting. Hot and Steamy. Absolutely loved it and the characters and the future is going to be great!
A Fierce Female lead that steals stuff
A Crazy & Sexy AF Assasin Partner (my personal favorite )
3 MC 1%ers
Gun fights
Stuff getting blown up
That didnt persuade you? Oh… Well then. Um. There is motorcyles and dudes wearing leather?
Rival
Wow! That is the first thought that I had as I turned the very last page of this fanfreakingtastic book! Loved the FMC who is a strong, take charge and get the job done; no matter the odds woman that Kiera has literally forged herself into becoming.
Kiera was raised by her mob boss father who did unspeakable things to her, and Kiera made a vow to her 7 year old self that she would make him pay. As the years passed and the abuse grew, so did her determination to destroy all the “things” that meant the most to him, because she knew she was the only one who could bring him down.
Although we haven’t heard any specifics of her fathers abuse in this book, we are assured that Kiera will tell her men the reason she will stop at nothing to bring a very explosive end to him. *I myself look forward to his painful demise!*
I love how Kiera keeps finding ways to save herself and am thankful for the author who is so in tune with her characters that she realizes that Kiera needs to be in charge of her destiny. Although she is in a new relationship with the strongest officers of an MC, she doesn’t wait for them to come save her! She’s all about getting herself out of the bad situations…and she brought her very own Assassin to the party with her!
I could go on and on, but why wait…
Pick up your newest addiction and settle in for the ride! This is one book you don’t want to miss!
Brilliant!
This book is hot!!
There’s just so much to like about it. A.J. Macey’s writing flows really well and I got completely dragged into the story. I loved that it was such a unique take on genres. Is it an MC book? A maffia book? The answer is yes and no to both of those and that just made it an even more engaging read. The FMC is so strong and sure of herself in most things and yet she still has that vulnerability that makes you connect with her and want to know more about her life.
It doesn’t hurt that all of the FMC men are super hot…*fans self* I think I want to keep Chase!
I’m buzzing to find out what happens next in this series and A.J Macey has made it to my one-click list.
If you’re considering reading this book then just do! You won’t be disappointed.
The blurb for this story is right on. Badass MC with smokin hot guys, yes please! The story and characters are well developed. I can’t wait to learn more of all the characters back stories as the series progresses. Looking forward to book 2.