Skylar… run into his arms, kiss him and tell him I still love him?
No, I slugged him.
Jake…
I knew the day would come when I’d have to face Skylar. I made a decision years ago that I’ve always questioned. Always wondered if it was the right choice. I was torn between the woman lying in my bed and the best friend who was giving me the opportunity for a better life.
Skylar deserved better than me. I chose the Royal Bastards MC.
Now, she’s here, having been brought to the club for protection. Our reunion didn’t go as I imagined it would. There was no sweet embrace, no words even exchanged. She marched right up to me and punched me in the face.
I knew right then and there, I never stopped loving her. Thing is, the Royal Bastards have rules. I live and die by them. If I break them, I’m out. I’ll lose my patch and lose the family I have.
Is Skylar worth the risk?
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I did feel that Jake should have spoken up to Hunter earlier, this was dragged out slightly, club rules I know but as a reader you just know it’s going to go wrong. I did enjoy the plot as a whole and liked the characters, found it gripping and interesting. I do wonder about close friends for many years not being happy to see them then date sister/brother? Surely you would trust them more than someone you don’t know at all to do the right thing. I do however get that they don’t want them involved with club life, but again Hunter did that himself, he took her there and arranged everything so that makes that argument null and void as well. This was a great book but I do tend to over think sometimes and need to step back and take the story more as surface reading instead of annilising them. Started 11/4/21 Finished 11/4/21
This was my first book by this author and she knocked it out of the park. It was best friend’s little sister and second chance love mixed with MC and I loved it. I was completely captivated as I was drawn into this dark world filled with lies, deceit, and bloodshed. I highly recommend adding this story to your summer reading list.
Oh my goodness, this book was on so good. I love the heat between Jake and Skykar. They give just as good as they get. But when you bring the MC into it, it just makes it that much hotter, better and needing to know how it ends. But Hunter, he gives her character what is missing. The sister love and understanding. Please say that Hunter and Allie will get a story a!ing with the other guys. I give this book 5 stars. I voluntarily read and reviewed this book as an Advanced Reader’s Copy.
A brilliant MC book!!! MC is one of my favorites sub genres to read and JL Leslie is a master at writing MC books!!!! Absolutely brilliantly written, with a phenomenal storyline!!!!
This book was awesome. I love the storyline and the characters. It was entertaining as well as exciting. I can’t wait for the next book. This author never disappoints. Highly recommended.
Yes! Yes! Yes!!!! Soooo GOOD! Loved this so much! Loved all the action, the unexpected mention of another beloved MC club! Loved the characters, the story and all the unexpected events. And the cover! Total hotness overload!
I absolutely loved this book and Jake!! Jake is best friend’s with Hunter, Skylar’s brother. Jake and Skylar were secretly crushing on one another, and then they had one night together and Jake gets a call from Hunter and he takes off with no communication whatsoever. When Skylar is burying her dad her brother, Hunter, and his MC brothers show up and tells her he thinks she’s in danger. He takes her back to the clubhouse for protection. Jake and Skylar are forbidden to be together according to club rules or he will lose his patch. Will Jake risk it all to be with the one he loves? Will Skylar be able to forgive Jake for the heartache he caused her? I loved Jake and Skylar and their connection. An absolute must read and one I highly recommend.
Worth the risk is another excellent MC romance from this author. The story covers several different tropes, forbidden, brother’s best friend and second chance, all which blend well together along with plenty of intrigue, danger and violence, not to mention those signature sexy times Ms Leslie writes so well. I did think the story took a minute to settle in and Skylar was more naive about the world and about basic information to do with an MC than I would’ve expected her to be, but once it found it’s groove, I couldn’t put it down.
After the death of her father, Skylar is whisked away by her brother and finds herself living in a clubhouse surrounded by a bunch of smelly bikers with questionable morals. One of those men is her brother’s best friend Jake, who ran out on her some years earlier. I loved the push and pull between Jake and Skylar. In their time apart, Skylar’s grown up to be a strong woman, feisty and one who knows her worth. She doesn’t let Jake get away with any nonsense and often goes toe to toe with him. I wanted to shake Jake in the beginning for the decisions he made and actions he took, but he eventually redeemed himself once I discovered more about him and his past. Because of Club rules, it was impossible for Jake and Skylar to openly declare their feelings for each other. Whilst it was hugely frustrating for them to have to hide the fact that given half the chance, they couldn’t keep their hands off each other, it did lead to lots of risk taking and several hot and steamy clandestine hookups whenever and wherever they could. Their chemistry is scorching but they soon realise their attraction is more than just physical and I wasn’t sure how they were going to find a way round this “no fraternising” problem.
I loved the loyalty and camaraderie between these club members and despite their gruffness and alpha posturing, you can tell there are genuine friendships amongst them. They’re not soft by any means and they may often step onto the wrong side of the law but they’re a team and stick together no matter what. The need to support one another and have each other’s backs soon becomes a necessity when a situation involving Skylar’s deceased father finds its way to their door and the story takes a more ominous turn.
An excellent first book for the Birmingham chapter of The Royal Bastards MC. I hope we get many more books in the series, especially as there are several very interesting supporting characters here too and I really want to see more of them in the future.
I absolutely love a good MC book. I also love second chance stories and when you put them together it’s magic. Skylar and Jake’s story is definitely worth your time.
What’s not to love about this MC book? I loved Jake and Skylar’s story. The story flowed so smoothly and it ended too fast. I can’t wait to see what comes next. You don’t want to miss the opportunity to read this book when it releases in August.
What a great read! This story has all the elements, second chances, angst, danger, steam and suspense. Skylar lost everything in life. After losing her last loved one, she’s thrust into a new world with those who abandoned her, including the man who was her everything – for a moment. I really enjoyed Skylar’s character. Despite facing awful odds she made a life for herself, and did not just falter back and accept Hunter and Jake’s demands. I enjoyed the push and pull between Skylar and Jake, especially because she did stand up for herself. I wanted to hate Jake a bit, but found myself enamored with his earnest alpha behavior. I love characters with self respect.
The story line moves quickly and I was almost disappointed how quickly I read the book because I really loved these MC men. I definitely want more of Hunter – why so broody? I felt for Allie, and hope she gets a story soon. I am definitely hoping to see more of the Royal Bastards MC in the future.
I received an Advanced Copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
Skylar grew up with her brother Hunter and his best friend Jake. She always had a crush on Jake and wanted him to see her as more than his best friend’s little sister. Hunter leaves without any word to Skylar. She is stuck taking care of their father. Skylar and Jake have one night together and he leaves after getting a phone call. Years later at their father’s funeral Hunter and Jake show up as part of the Royal Bastards MC. Skylar has to go live at their clubhouse to stay safe and until she can get an apartment. Jake has never forgotten Skylar and is still in love with her but they can’t be together due to club rules. How will things turn out from the threat to Skylar and the relationship that she and Jake aren’t supposed to have going on? An excellent read that I recommend.
Intriguing, page turning, mind blowing, lovable from beginning to end. J.L Leslie once again wrote a book that had me gripped from beginning to end. The plot was amazing and so well written. The characters were intense, lovable, believable, and some amazing chemistry. You could feel what the characters were going through when you read this book. J.L knows how to pull you into a storyline and have you hanging on to see what is going to happen.
Skylar and Jake have one amazing night. But then he up and leaves with nothing said between them to go be with her brother somewhere. She doesn’t hear from Jake or her brother until the death of their father. Skylar ends up being alone with loads of debts and possibly could be in danger so her brother who is involved with the Royal Bastards MC comes to get her and takes her back to where he lives. There is where she runs into Jake again who has the same feelings for her he did the day he left her. But the problem is now there is nothing that he can do about them and she hates him for what he did.
Will these two end up happy ever after? Hook, line and must read. This was one mind blowing amazing storyline from beginning to end. Not only does her brother walk out on her but the one man that she loves walks away from her and they both expect her to forgive and forget. But it isn’t that easy for Skylar to just move on like that. But I do love Skylar. Her character was amazingly written. She is strong, stubborn and a fighter for what she wants. She is determined no matter what the rules are.
J.L wrote one amazing MC book with this one. I am hoping that we get much more from this series. Loved it. Highly recommend it.
Another great addition to the Royal Bastards MC by J.L. Leslie. Worth The Risk was an emotional story about Skylar and Jake who years ago had one night of passion and all of it was lost by one phone call from Skylar’s brother Hunter when Jake left her with no explanation leaving her heartbroken. Years have passed as Skylar is struggling to hold two jobs to support her and her father never forgetting Jake. Now with the death of her father Skylar is alone and has lost her home with no money she is faced with trying to start over, when she sees her brother approaching her with a group of hard ass men telling her she is coming back with him to Birmingham AL. Skylar is a beautiful feisty woman who tells her brother just what she thinks of him for leaving with no word, until she learns that he left for protect as her father had a gambling debt that he needed to take care of in order to protect her. Now someone is still after her when it is learned her father gambled all the money Hunter had been sending with out her knowledge. Now she is heading towards the RBMC with Hunter to live. Jake has never forgotten Skylar and the way he left her with no explanation, but when he became a member of the RBMC, the one rule is he can never be with a brother’s sister or he will lose his patch. The reunion he hoped for was bittersweet, when Skylar saw Jake her first instinct was to punch him, she was hurt and angry that he was so close to her and he never reached out to her. Now these two will have a rough start as Skylar under the protection of the club is given a job and a place to live, but the passion and desire Jake and Skylar are experiencing is going to be a battle that both of them will not be able to resist as the love they had all those years ago is rekindled and is fiery and heated as their love is all consuming. Can Jake give up the family he always wanted and risk everything to be with Skylar? And what is going to happen when Hunter finds out that Jake and Skylar are together? Will Jake lose his friendship with his brother forever? Danger is headed Skylar’s way once again, when the club finds out that The Souls of Satan MC is still involved in all of this chaos, Hunter makes a deal to protect Skylar but he will be betrayed. Now they will learn that the person who was hired by the Souls of Satan MC known as the Collector still wants Skylar and it happens to be someone she thought was a friend. This story had so many twists and turns as secrets will be revealed, violence, betrayals as well as the sacrifice Jake made to be with the one woman he has always loved. When things take a turn, will the brothers of the RMBC vote Jake out or will Hunter give his consent so Jake will be able to be with Skylar and his keep his RMBC family? The Royal Bastards MC -Birmingham, AL # book 1 is a ride or die read! Can’t wait for the next book in this gritty, thrilling series.
Skyler and Jake
As much as her brother wants to protect her from the life ran to, he can’t any longer. Jake, his life long friend, came running when he called and never looked back. After Skyler and Hunter’s dad passes away, Hunter returns to make sure that his sister is alright. He finds out that his dad has kept secrets from her, but his not the only one to have secrets. After all secrets that Hunter, Skyler, their dad and Jake had have been revealed. Is there still a chance for a happy ever after for all involved? You’ll have to read to find out all the secrets and answers!
Worth the Risk has all the angst, steam and danger that you could ever want in a book. Jake and Skylar have quite the history that complicates things when they are under the same roof.I love this author and I loved reading this book.
Skylar and jake oh my. Jake and Skylar have sex on her 21st birthday. He disappears. 5 years later when her dad dies , he resurfaces. They fight their chemistry as shes mad and he made a new life and family for himself. In the end he realizes shes worth the risk to lose it all.
I’m picky about my MC books. Knowing how much I loved another series, I took a chance on this book. The chance was well worth it. At first I was pissed at Jake to the point I really wanted to choke him myself, but as the story pulled me in I found a way to see the other side of things making this story so much more meaningful. Take the risk on this book because it won’t disappoint.
Wow, J.L once again has given us an MC story that I feel is so totally great. Skylar is a heartbroken woman who is do the best with her life and she has some surprises and we find how strong and sassy she really is. Jake trying to do his best to forget Skylar and be a good member of an MC with his brothers a family he always wanted. An Alpha male with a great heart. Not only did I love this story but now I can’t wait to read more
I received a free copy of this book.
This has a few tropes under one cover: MC, brother’s best friend, and second chance. Jake and Skylar have history her brother never knew about. Skylar’s life is more of a mess than she knows because people keep her in the dark about her dad. Jake wants most what he knows he’s not supposed to want at all. I will say Skylar tends to make really bad decisions with her safety and runs her mouth a lot when she has no clue what she is talking about. Jake lies to everyone to hide what’s going on with Skylar. This is a good story. When crap hits the fan, everyone gets hit with it.