SmokeI know women. I love them and they love me.I don’t chase them; they line up and I pick out whichever takes my fancy.Only now there’s her.She’s unimpressed, disinterested. She’s different and I can’t look away.I don’t understand her, but I need to make her look. I need to make her see me and then never look away again.Sometimes the things that don’t come easily are the things that we should … things that don’t come easily are the things that we should fight the hardest for, and with Riley I’m in for the fight of my life
Riley
I’ve been hurt and my heart’s still bruised.
I know who Smoke is. I’ve seen it all before, the arrogant ‘king of the world’ attitude.
So I’m mean, cold, and harsh because offense is the best defense when it comes to protecting myself.
Only what if he’s not who I think he is?
I don’t want to want him, but I just can’t help myself, and sometimes what we shouldn’t want is exactly what we need.
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At the beginning of this year I had a chance to read Park’s story. At the time, the author was new to me so I was reading out of order. It did not affect the greatness of the story in the least. Since then, I #binged the entire series so far and I am happy to report that I am still head over heels for this author!
Let’s chat about Smoke … I loved the push pull in this story. It was perfection for Smoke and Riley’s characters because they are both strong and independent. Smoke not being used to a woman not falling at his feet and Riley coming off a a bad relationship make for some excellent sparks between the two. I’m not gonna lie and say there wasn’t a time or two where I might have thought *too far kids*, because there were, but I didn’t really care because I just loved their journey!
I have to say again that even tho these guys are in a motorcycle club, the club’s arc is not a feature in these stories. the focus of these books is almost 100% on the relationships and not the club. so reading out of order is 100% fine. i’m not one to advocate that too quickly, so #trust LOL
Riley gets contracted to a 2 month consultancy job in Houston, and after looking up an old school friend; Rosie, Park’s Ol’ Lady from the previous book, she arranges to meet up with her for a catch up. When Riley meets Park and Rosie however, they have brought Smoke along for the ride but as he’s a “pretty boy who knows it” Riley is far from impressed as that’s exactly what her ex was, and she does not want a repeat of that debacle. Smoke, not used to having girls not falling at his feet, is equally annoyed and confused at Riley’s reaction to him, which is made even more annoying by the fact that he can’t stop thinking about her. Will Riley be willing to put her reservations aside? Will there even be any point in trying to when she has to return home to New York in 2 months anyway?
This was another good read from Gemma Weir. There wasn’t any MC action and while I am usually a strong advocate of reading books in series order, like the last one I honestly don’t think you have to read the other books to enjoy Smoke as there are no continuing storylines or dramas to ruin your enjoyment of any of them, I would just recommend you do as they are really good. I would have liked a little more to the Dan aspect of the story but other than that I really enjoyed this and give Smoke 5 stars.
Riley gets contracted to a 2 month consultancy job in Houston, and after looking up an old school friend; Rosie, Park’s Ol’ Lady from the previous book, she arranges to meet up with her for a catch up. When Riley meets Park and Rosie however, they have brought Smoke along for the ride but as he’s a “pretty boy who knows it” Riley is far from impressed as that’s exactly what her ex was, and she does not want a repeat of that debacle. Smoke, not used to having girls not falling at his feet, is equally annoyed and confused at Riley’s reaction to him, which is made even more annoying by the fact that he can’t stop thinking about her. Will Riley be willing to put her reservations aside? Will there even be any point in trying to when she has to return home to New York in 2 months anyway?
This was another good read from Gemma Weir. There wasn’t any MC action and while I am usually a strong advocate of reading books in series order, like the last one I honestly don’t think you have to read the other books to enjoy Smoke as there are no continuing storylines or dramas to ruin your enjoyment of any of them, I would just recommend you do as they are really good. I would have liked a little more to the Dan aspect of the story but other than that I really enjoyed this and give Smoke 5 stars.