“Got your back,” is more than a saying in Retro’s world. Standing united as a club is a given, and loyalty is held as a standard of brotherhood. Forgiveness for transgressions, however, does not come easily, or ever in some cases. Retro’s only demand for his brothers is honor and integrity, and his belief is that everything else will fall into place behind those qualities. He is not wrong.Full … wrong.
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In the rough realm of bikers, there are no shortcuts to win a place among the old guard. It’s a world where respect can only be earned, trust is painfully gained, and loyalty will be fiercely returned.
Jerry Rogers lived his life bound to those firm tenets which anchored his brotherhood. MHL&R was more than a patch on a leather cut, it ran thick as blood through Retro’s veins as he worked to better things for his club, and family.
Locked for years in a loveless marriage, Retro still found a sense of pleasure and peace knowing he’d at least always done his best to buffer their children from his single mistake.
Confronted by evidence that what happened in the past wouldn’t remain quietly buried any longer, Retro embarks on what might become his most important journey down memory lane. One that can only end in blood…and death.
Integrity: “Do the right thing when no one is looking.” ~Vickie Milazzo
18+ due to explicit content.
*Please note this book is part of the Neither This, Nor That MC book series, featuring characters from additional books in the series. If the books are read out of order, you’ll twig to spoilers for the other books, so going back to read the skipped titles won’t have the same angsty reveals. I strongly recommend you read them in order. Available now: This is the Route of Twisted Pain (book #1), Treading the Traitor’s Path: Out Bad (book #2), Shelter My Heart (book #3), and Trapped by Fate on Reckless Roads (book #4).
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“—the me with you is yards and miles better than the me without you.”
MariaLisa deMora always touches my heart with her words. Don’t get me to lying by trying to explain it to you, but I think it’s the dialogue. She gives her characters a voice that I can hear and feel. I’m especially fond of her bikers because they have their own special language that doesn’t require as many words but every one of them count.
I also have to take my hat off to her for keeping up with all of her many amazing characters that crossover between her multiple MC Romance series. She takes her readers deep into each one that she chooses to focus on in her books and makes us feel like part of the family. So, when they pop up later it’s like a reunion that brings a smile to my heart. I get excited every time a new book is introduced about a character that I’ve already met because I know she will give them the full treatment and I’ll get all of my questions answered… eventually. Yup, you guessed it, she loves to keep an ace in the hole to bring out our WTF face. I can just imagine her cackling in the background when she shocks the shit out of me, time and again.
I can’t give you details, but I can tell you that you are gonna love Retro as much as I do. He’s the president of his club and he takes his job very seriously. He protects what’s his, and that includes his blood family and his club family. He’s carefully built his club with patched brothers that he trusts with his life and they would follow him straight to hell if he asked them to. I floved Trapped by Fate and found myself completely immersed in the twists and turns that took me from the past to the present and back again. “Pages within books within libraries, you know?” I’m so pumped about where the series is headed and I can’t wait to get my hands on the next installment. The line forms here…
Trapped By Fate on Reckless Roads has us taking a ride with Retro full of twists and turns. A story of family, loyalty, pasts intertwined and finally a love that will be worth the wait. As Retro and Trina cross paths a connection and pull to each other will have information being sourced and an unexpected happiness finally being felt. Their story has you hanging on for the long haul as secrets are revealed, sparks fly and chemistry ignites. As magic is weaved within the pages and Retro gives us the words to fill in the blanks you will be given an entertaining, heartfelt, witty story that has passion, drama, grit and pure heart. Be prepared because the ride in the Neither This, Nor That is far from over.
Retro and Trina
As I get further into this series I keep wondering what took me so long to read. Each book gets better than the one before, great writing, really loved Retro’s story.
Trapped by Fate On Reckless Roads (Neither this, Nor that #4) by Marialisa deMora is Retro’s story. He is the President of the Bama Bastards. We have met him in not only in the Neither this, Nor that series but also from the Rebel Wayfarers. Tired of his loveless marriage to the mother of his children he has decided to call it quits. His children are his life but he knows he and them deserve better. One night at a strip club he finds Katrina aka Trina coming out of a room in tears. Retro is instantly mesmerized by her and intends to make her his ole lady. Trina is a sweet girl who is just trying to live her life while taking care of her mother. A cute tale about their budding relationship, Retro
being a father as well as the head of a MC and a past that rears it’s ugly head. I have mixed feelings regarding the story. Loved the mixing of the different MC’s and the characters from the author’s previous books. Loved Retro to pieces. He is a good man, very sexy , smooth talker and his long hair makes me swoon. And the topper is he is the ultimate father. This story was the best out of the previous books. My problem was there were some secrets that were revealed in the story which were addressed in a way that had me scratching my head. It was like the issue was left out there.In spite of that fact I really enjoyed Retro and Trina. Am curious as to where the author will go next with the next book. Kinda left in a lurch. A 4 star read for me.
Trina and Retro’s story pulled me in from the get go! I enjoyed the set up to where it ended. I always love how MariaLisa pulls other characters in from her other MC books. Just adds so much to the series!
I can’t wait for more. Loved how it ended. She always leaves me wanting and impatiently waiting!
4.5 star
I was pulled right into this story. The story has laughs, twists & turns, secrets, and heartbreak.
Before reading this story you might want to read the below that are also in this series
Twisted Penny (Neither This, Nor That, #0.5)
This Is The Route Of Twisted Pain (Neither This, Nor That, #1)
Treading the Traitor’s Path: Out Bad (Neither This, Nor That, #2)
Shelter My Heart (Neither This Nor That #3)
This is Trina and Retro’s story. Retro is the president of his club. He takes care of the family in the club and out of the club. His club contains only the men he would trust with his life and the life of both his families. But is it enough when he needs that trust and help? Will his brothers stand beside him in his time of need or will he lose some of them? If you have read other books by this author, you will recognize some names from those books. This book has it all – love, club business, family, brotherhood, mob ties, cartel, and danger. Can the MC handle all the danger? Or will this be the end of everything?
I loved these characters and also the side characters. I felt I was able to connect with the characters and the story was a great read.
I highly recommend this book.
Eeeep! Ok, so the ending…I’m on pins and needles. Retro and Trina’s story may be over, but so much was left open for what may befall the BBMC brothers. I find myself wanting and SO ready for more – like NOW!
Trapped by Fate on Reckless Roads is another testament to what an incredible writer MariaLisa deMora is. Her storytelling always exceeds my expectations and I consider her a Queen of character development. Before I reach half way through any of her stories I always feel like I’ve lived their life and that just leaves me fulfilled as I follow along in their life journey. Because she doesn’t just write about the romance, but of their friends and family as well as the lives that drive the choices they make that ultimately leads up to the people that become when they find that soulmate. She never fails to totally immerse me into the pages of every tale she tells.
With Retro and Trina, their love is a true whirlwind love story. Smitten at first glance, Retro finds himself wanting to know anything and everything about the beauty that came out of nowhere; especially when he wasn’t looking. But their insta-love was beautiful and sweet and Retro was all sexiness, kind, gentle, protective and loving from the get-go. He was such an honorable man, I lost count of how many times he made me swoon. Which is not surprising. MariaLisa deMora has a knack of writing amazing heroes that I can help fall in love with. There’s no way the female characters stand a chance.
I can’t even begin to describe how this story swept me away from the moment I started reading. The full spectrum of emotions I felt…I loved it and I didn’t want it to end.
I have been a fan of this author since reading Mica and have since devoured EVERY book thereafter and this book was another incredible journey through the eyes of her magnificent characters.
This is review that will take a bit of expiration I’m afraid. I want to start by saying I loved the characters. The insta-love between Reteo and Trina was hot and exciting. Retro’s love for Trina, his kids and his men of his MC was amazing to read. Plus getting to meet up with the guys from former books, Twisted, Po’Boy, Wrench, Penny and so on, was a fantastic treat as well. Add all that with a great storyline and you have an awesome read that I highly recommend.
But, I would be remiss if I didn’t also say the story had a few what I term slow spots. They by NO MEANS took away from my overall enjoyment of the book, but I feel the need to mention it in Hopes that if anyone hits those “slow spots”’ they don’t stop reading. The storyline will leave you breathless in spots, on the edge in others and the end will leave you excited and anxious for the next book in the series.
This is a good addition to the series and I give it 2 Thumbs Up and 4 great stars.
Trapped by Fate on Reckless Roads: Neither This Nor That #4 Audio
This is the story of Retro, President of the Bama Bastards MC. He and his men are the kings of information in the MC world and this story follows from the other NTNT books with some cross over with Mason from RWMC, another MariaLisa MC world.
Listening to Kris Graves read this book is so enjoyable. His ability to change range from male to female and change octaves and tones for different males and females is astonishing. He even does a great Philly intonation for Dancer/Einstein. I continued to mimic his southern drawl for hours after listening.
Sit back and enjoy this telling of a great story with a great voice.
Diving back into the Neither This Not That series – love the characters!