Toni’s no stranger to making mistakes. She has experienced firsthand how walking down the wrong path can send life spiraling out of control. Fortunately, she had someone to drag her from the gutter and help set her on the right track. As penance for the poor choices of her past, she pledges to suppress her baser desires and focus on finding a steady, dependable man, even if that means embracing a … embracing a boring lifestyle.
The last thing anyone would call Zach is dull. As Enforcer for the Hell’s Handlers MC, he embodies the outlaw lifestyle. When Toni moves in next door, Zach can’t resist the possibility of a quick, hot, fling. But he soon discovers she’s not the easy conquest he’s used to.
While Zach works to convince Toni she belongs in his bed, a tenuous relationship with a local gang disintegrates and threatens his MC family. Zach’s world is turned upside down when he’s unable to keep the danger from touching his club.
As Toni fights to resist Zach’s pull, her own peace is shattered by demons from her past. With enemies both old and new barreling down, she throws out her rules and turns to Zach for aid. Soon, she finds herself firmly entrenched in Zach’s dangerous world.
Is it possible for her to curb her desires, or is she doomed to repeat the mistakes of her past? None of it will matter if Zach can’t keep their enemies at bay.
Books in the Hell’s Handlers MC Series:
-Zach
-Maverick
-Jigsaw
-Copper (TBA)
more
Good start to a new series. Can’t wait to read more in this series.
Enjoyed the story and the characters.
The best thing about the author’s writing is the characters. Not only do you like them you identify with them.
I recommend all her books
narration orgasim … this duo rocks
Overall 4 out of 5 stars
Performance 4 out of 5 stars
Story 3 out of 5 stars
Zach was entertaining, but there was most certainly a difference with this new series of outlaw bikers. There was an intensity while at the same time a tameness. Toni was a woman with a past. A past that was not welcoming or kind to her. She also had parents that were no only distant but elitist. She rebelled as a child and became reserved as an adult. We open this one with Zach and his entrance to full membership as a Hell’s Handler. Zach the enforcer for the MC ushers us in to the current time and place with a sexy neighbor back in town and trouble coming in to their territory.
This one had some very interesting secondary characters. There are certainly other stories you want to see come from this series. You may not fall head over heels in love with Zach and Toni but you will find that the series will give you an interesting ride in the club and the small town they inhabit.
Narrators Noah Michael and Erin makes this one an experience. They work very well together allowing for this audio to flow with clarity. The cadence and harmony the two of them bring together makes this a must listen to. The duo makes you feel like you are truly a part of the world you are listening to. The way they blend both male and female is perfect. There was no male trying to sound feminine and no female trying to sound masculine.
Well, what can I say other that Lilly Atlas has started off the Hell’s Handlers Series with a Five Star read for me. This book had everything, a Hot as Hell biker that can melt his strong as nails woman with just a few words, a rival gang that doesn’t know they’re messing with the wrong person, a soon to be ex that Toni finds out was more than just a dud in bed, and a ton of secondary characters that have me wanting more, more, more!!!!
I am not going to give any spoilers because honestly where is the fun in that, you need to read the book, or in this case listen to it like I did, and find out what happens. I will say that the narration of Noah Michael Levine and Erin DeWard is phenomenal, is like cat nip to my ears. Sexy, Sultry, and oh so smooth, yes they really work well together.
Maverick’s book is up next and I really can’t wait to see how his story plays out. I was hoping it would have to do with a certain woman we hear about but never actually meet and it does! So I am super excited. I not only recommend reading this book I recommend listening to it as well, the narration really adds another layer to the story and immerses you into it so you feel as if you are there with them as the events are unfolding. Happy Reading!!!
I received this audiobook as part of my participation in a blog tour with Audiobookworm Promotions. The tour is being sponsored by Lilly Atlas. The gifting of this audiobook did not affect my opinion of it. I OWN A KINDLE COPY OF THIS BOOK.
Title: Zach
Series: Hell’s Handlers MC #1
Release Date: #AlreadyReleased
Author: Lilly Atlas
Reviewer: Ingrid Stephanie Jordan
Serial: Standalone, No Cliffhanger
Genre:#Contempary #Suspence #MC
#5Stars
FB: WTMO
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As you know I love MC and Ms. Lilly hit it right on the dot. Fan-Tastic there is everything in this mind blowing book – Adventure, Survival, Fear, Suspense, Action Packed, Loyalty, Hate, Love, so much Drama, Wowzer!
Toni Jennings lived in Townsend, Tennessee when she was growing up, but left when one of her rebellions went bad, with her parents disowning her. Toni now lives in Chicago with an alright job as a counselor and a mediocre boyfriend. Going back to townson for her parents funeral she found out that they left her the house and diner, which shocked her. Thank god for her Uncle Mark in more ways then one, he talked her into staying, keeping the diner open maybe she would like it and stay instead of selling its. She was thinking about it, it didn’t sound too bad, especially the orgasmic hunk next door it sounded even better.
Zach was the enforcer for the Hell Handlers his MC which he loves and breathes for his club and his brothers. The dinner just opened to all MC and Zach always wanted to eat there but the new owner made him hard just looking at her. He knew what he was getting soon even if they were going to war with a rival gang.
This was an exceptional read. I thoroughly enjoyed the ride with the hot Zach and his MC. I especially loved reading about Toni. She is not some wimpy female who sits there waiting for the man to fix things for her. As a matter of fact, she quite often loses her temper when Zach or one of the other guys take the lead of trying to fix something, even a leaky roof!
This is a well written book with a wonderfully entertaining yet exciting and very steamy storyline. Although not everything is roses and kisses as the lead female has a past that has the possibility of destroying her entire world if it gets out. And then there it the hot, handsome and intriguing next door neighbor Zach, who is and tough as they come and would do anything to protect his beloved club family. But when it comes to the the feisty beauty who has lived next door to him forever, he truly believes that he could just have some fun and walk away. Oooohhhh men..do they ever learn. LOL
The characters are extremely well written and quite well defined with a few of complications. Toni is definitely one of the more complicated characters only due to her past. But it isn’t only the two main characters who are well written, the supporting characters are just as intriguing as the leads. I cannot wait to delve into the other characters lives in future books! Gotta love Maverick!
This is the first time I read this author and I think she has just gained a new fan. I highly recommend this book and I look forward to reading the next book in this series!!!
WooWho! Loved this exciting start to an MC series! It’s wonderfully written with characters you can’t help but love and root for to the very end.
Toni returns to her hometown when her parents are killed in an auto accident only to find after years of estrangement that they left everything to her, including the diner that was a constant draw in the small town. Her plan was to bury her parents, settle the estate and leave town as quickly as possible, as the town held painful memories from her youth that she didn’t want to relive. What Toni didn’t expect to feel was how much she has missed the diner, town and easy going lifestyle. So she decides to stick around for a few weeks and find just the right person to buy the diner. Someone that will keep it open and running like she wanted run.
Zach is the enforcer of the Hell’s Handlers, the small towns MC. He also happens to live next door to Toni’s parents home (the home she is currently living in). Zach wants Toni from the moment he sees her much to the chagrin of her current boyfriend. Of course Zach can’t help but poke the bear when it comes to her stuck-up friend and does so every chance he gets. Toni is attracted to Zach too but due to her past she knows she has to stay away from him (no matter how badly her body and her heart don’t want to). However, Zach isn’t one to back down from a challenge, especially one as sexy as Toni.
The storyline becomes action packed as trouble finds its way to the small town and the MC. Trouble that threatens everything Zach holds dear. The author will have you on the edge of your seat as Zach and his brothers are tested to the max. The storyline will take you on an amazing journey that will have you smiling, laughing, gasping, cringing and your toes curling as you turn page after page. Trust me when I say That one thing you won’t be doing to putting the book down; it’s just that dang good. 2 Thumbs Up for a great start to a new series and a book I Highly Recommend reading, you won’t be sorry you did.
When Toni returns for her parents funeral she finds out that she has inherited their Diner and house, but her life is in Chicago with her boyfriend and job. She decides to stay a few weeks to find a buyer for the Diner and finds so much more in the bad boy biker next door. He is everything she wants to stay away from because she has learned her lesson earlier in life. Zach sees Toni and knows he wants her but he doesn’t want an ol’ lady but she is more than a one night stand. Can Toni battle her past and what happens when her past clashes with her present and possible future.
I loved this story and the relationship between Zach and Toni. This story has so much emotional ups and downs along with hot heat that melted my kindle. This is definitely a series that I want to read more of. HIGHLY RECOMMEND!!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!
Zach is a great introduction to this new series from Lilly Atlas. She has brought her trademark writing flair from her No Prisoners MC series and delivered it into this new Hell’s Handlers series.
Lilly has given us a well paced, intriguing story with some great twists and turns, intriguing characters I am looking forward to seeing more from as the series progresses, and some red hot, off the charts chemistry with the two main characters Zach and Toni.
Toni is back in town for her estranged parents funeral for the first time in 6 years. Her parents were quite judegmental and after making some bad choices they choose to turn their backs on her. being back in her hometown is dredging up so many buried feelings and memories.
Zach is the Hell’s Handlers enforcer and has never looked at a woman more then once or for anything more then a hook-up, that is until he sets eyes on his new neighbour, Toni. When he finds out she’s in town for the next 6 weeks to sell her parents diner she seems the perfect person to have a short fling with no commitments with. Problem is the more he spends with her the more he wants from her.
Once I started this book I was gripped. The story was action packed that had me on the edge of my seat wondering what secrets Toni had to reveal, what mistakes she had made.
I am looking forward to seeing what happens next in this series and I am completely torn between wanting Maverick and Cooper’s stories next.
Lilly Atlas truly is a master of MC romance. Rough and gritty but still having the perfect sweet and hot romance Zach mixes it all together in one brilliant unputdownable book! With plenty of delicious heat to go along with the action and suspense of the MC world I was quickly captivated by Zach and Toni’s story! I love how I was kept both swooning and on the edge of my seat the entire time I was reading this. Every page was another moment I couldn’t miss!
Zach is exactly who you picture when you thing of bada*$ biker. Sexy, rough, loyal, and alpha. Basically he’s what we all drool over. The lust is immediate between him and Toni creating a heat that leaps of the pages every time these two encounter each other. Toni has a kind heart, but a traumatic past keeps her trapped behind what she feels is safe rather than what she truly wants. She’s not planning to stick around, and he’s not looking for commitment but there’s no denying the intensity burning between them.
What starts as some of the hottest lust soon burns into an inferno of heat between them right along with the ever increasing action coming from the MC. As something real and true builds with Zach and Toni secrets come to life that have you gasping. I loved this book and I can’t wait to read more!
This is the first book in a brand new series, Hell’s Handlers. It’s a great start and I can’t wait to read more! I’m curious about Mav’s book next and I can’t wait for Copper and Shell!
Hell’s Handlers MC is an outlaw MC. So don’t be thinking butterflies and Unicorns. You get dirty mouths, hot sex, and fighting.
Toni finds herself back in Tennessee after the death of her parents. She’s feeling all sorts of things. Both bad memories, and good memories, are flooding back to her.
But her life is in Chicago now, or is it?
She has a boring suit for a boyfriend.
She went through a lot as a teenager. I won’t say what, but, it wasn’t good or pretty.
Zach is the MC’s enforcer. Louie is his side kick. He’s alpha as hell. But, he does have a softer side too. Just don’t cross him.
I love all the characters and the storyline.
I can’t wait for more.
4
This is a new author for me and I wasn’t sure what to expect, but I dove in head first.
There were parts that made me cringe, but more that made me forget to eat because I was captivated with reading.
Neither Zach nor Toni want anything serious, but when it comes to love, did they really have much choice? They fall within a matter of weeks and it’s perfect for them because it happens so quickly they don’t even have time to think it over, it just is.
There are some details that were a little hard to get through, making me feel for Toni and her past, but the way the book is laid out, it ties into the story well.
I’m glad I took a chance on this book and I recommend you do as well.
*ARC in exchange for an honest review*
I really enjoyed this story! Meeting all the crew of the Hell Handlers and seeing how the first two characters get together. I always love the first book in a series. They are usually full of snark fun and loaded with a bevy if interesting characters. This one is right on target. Zach is amazing. He has strength, loyalty, one hot tattooed bod and a sexy has heck smile. Toni has had a difficult past and isn’t sure she can move forward especially with Zach. She is full of resistance and he is only thinking of Toni. The build up here is slow and full of sexual tension. It perfectly keeps you reading into the dark hours of the night. Wondering….always wondering when it going to happen. They have many hot moments together. I loved it!
Meeting the extra characters was great. I love how different they all are but yet the same. I am looking forward to Copper and Shells story. Ugh! That Man! Maverick deserves a spicy sexy woman. I love his fun attitude.
This is a new to me author and series. I enjoy MCs and this One is no exception. On to Maverick!!
First, let me say WOW! This is one of the best audiobooks I have ever listen to and it had nothing to do with the storyline. Don’t get me wrong, the storyline was good. It was a well written MC book though I would have liked to have seen the biker wearing a helmet taken out. I just can’t picture a biker/outlaw wearing a helmet. But what made the book the best audio was the narrators. I have listened to a lot of audiobooks over the years but have never run across one done this way. It was a duel audio Noah Michael Levine and Erin DeWard doing the narrating. What made this audio stand out to me was how all through each chapter the male narrator did the male parts and the female did the female parts. It helps the audio really flow and gave you a feeling you were listening to the conversation of characters. In most audios, you lose something when the female is trying to do the male voice and the male is trying to do the female voice. I just really think how the audio was done truly added to the audio.
I loved the story. Zach was as sexy as hell. He thought he had life figured out and knew how he wanted to live it until he met Toni. I love the chemistry between the two. They both wanted each other but did not want to admit how bad they truly had it. I also loved how protective Zach was of Toni and how well Toni took to Zach’s MC brothers. She got the family she always wanted. She got love.
I love Toni’s Uncle and his partner. They were truly amazing with Toni and would do anything for her. You could tell that they would lay down their life for her if need be. If you love MC book then you will love this one and if you love audios well then buckle up because you are truly in for an amazing experience.
As with anything written by, Lily Atlas very interesting, but you must start at the beginning of Series.I have read entire series,and have not been disappointed
Toni comes from a troubled past and the men she chose were not the best for her. Her parents were another issue that led her down the wrong path and it took her uncle Mark to steer her in the right direction. When her parents were killed she inherited the diner that she grew up in and as a result made changes to it that also altered her life by way of Zach. Zach was bad boy the type of man she vowed to never have anything to do with but when her ex went crazy on her, it will take Zach coming to her aid to keep her out of harms way. This action packed story draws you from the first page. You will empathize with Toni and Zach as they find their way to a happily ever after.
What a great start to this series. You feel the loyalty and love this MC family has for each other. Zach is one witty, loyal and sexy alpha. Toni is a strong, sweet and funny woman. They are perfect for each other. Loved all of the characters. On to the next book.
Read: 10/14/18
Zach was the first book in Lilly Atlas’ new series, Hell’s Handlers MC. I’m a huge Atlas fan and this new series was no different.
Zach was the Enforcer for the Hell’s Handlers MC in Townsend, TN, which was nestled in the Great Smoky Mountains. He was gorgeous, confident, brash, arrogant and uber protective. The club was the only thing and everything to him.
Toni went back to Townsend for the first time in years when her estranged parents died unexpectedly and left her their house and Diner. She was only back for a few weeks until she could sell both and then get back to her conservative and straight laced Chicago life. She never expected to develop a friendship and fling with her next door neighbor, the bad boy biker.
I loved the suspenseful storyline that focused on the MC challenges but then meshed into Toni’s life as well. I also loved the characters. They were strong, snarky, independent and fun. Actually I loved everything about the book, except the editing errors. Unfortunately, there were more than my liking. Without those, it was a definite five star.
All in all, it was a great start to a new MC series. It set the stage for many wonderful stories and I can’t wait to dive in further. Next up is Maverick.
Whew
Smoken hot. Loved this story. Loved the characters, the sense of “family”, and the romance. Such well written I had a hard time putting it down. I’ll definitely reading Maverick’s story.