Explosive (Houston Defiance MC #1) by KE Osborn-Review tour
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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date August 24, 2020
I couldn’t walk away.
It’s not who I am.
The moment I saw Rayne broken and bloodied, I knew I wasn’t leaving without her.
As the president of the Houston Defiance MC, my job is to protect. And there’s no taming the rage building inside my body, screaming at me to shield her from the husband who’s beating her day in and day out.
Taking her was never in my plans, but plans change.
I don’t care if she’s married.
Or that her husband’s a cop.
Our connection is explosive, it’s dangerous, it’s intoxicating.
And I’m fast being swept up in her storm.
It’s something I can’t ignore.
I thought the enemy was clear, and I was ready to fight.
But maybe there’s a threat we didn’t see coming?
Maybe there’s someone closer to us than we ever could have imagined.
Someone who could be the destruction of us both.
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REVIEW:EXPLOSIVE is the first instalment in KE Osborn’s contemporary,adult HOUSTON DEFIANCE erotic, MC romance series-a spin off from the author’s Chicago Defiance MC series. This is Houston Defiance MC president Krew aka ‘Zero’ , and pharmacist Rayne ‘Cherry’ Rosenberg’s story line. The Houston Defiance MC is a spin off from the author’s Chicago Defiance MC Series-several characters cross over for cohesion and familiarity. You do not have to have read the original series to follow the current timeline.
WARNING: Due to the graphic nature of the story line content including spousal abuse, death and carnage, there may be some triggers for more sensitive readers.
Told from dual first person perspectives (Zero and Rayne) EXPLOSIVE follows in the wake of the murders of Zero’s parents, the Houston Defiance MC president Frenzy , and his old lady Moonshine. After witnessing the horror of their parents murder by the Bayou Militia, Zero’s sister Prinie takes off with their younger brother Koda, landing in Chicago where they will struggle for close to one year until Prinie approaches the last place she ever thought she would go for help. It is during that year that Prinie will meet abused housewife Rayne Rosenberg, striking up a friendship that will see both women returning to Houston when Zero discovers his sister has moved in with the Chicago MC. As Rayne begins the slow process of recovery under the care and guardianship of the Houston Defiance MC, Zero finds himself losing his heart to the woman with whom he will fall in love. What ensues is the building relationship between Zero and Rayne, and the potential fall-out as the Bayou Militia continue to threaten the Houston Defiance MC, and Rayne’s past discovers the who, how and why of Rayne’s current location.
Zero is a man who was bred and born in the Houston Defiance MC. The bikers and the Club are his family, whether by blood or affiliation but Zero is a man broken by betrayal, and in this our hero doesn’t do relationships, and struggles with his attraction to our story line heroine. A guardian at heart, Zero is all about protecting ‘Cherry bomb’ but past betrayal comes with issues of trust that threaten any happiness with a recovering Rayne. For a woman who has endured so much at the hands of her former husband, Rayne is strong in both attitude and mind. She is quick to accept everything the MC represents, and offers to work the business side of the MC, in an effort to help protect the people she is growing to love.
There is a large ensemble cast of colorful and energetic secondary and supporting characters most of whom are members of both the Chicago and Houston Defiance MC. We are introduced to Zero’s sister Kharlie aka Prinie, and their brother Koda; Club VP Wraith; Texas oil tycoon Baron; and Rayne’s ex Chuck Rosenberg. Leaving the Chicago MC, and joining the Houston MC are Chains and Chills (Dr. Rebecca), and their son Kobe, as well as prospect Luc, and his girlfriend Ruby. Wraith and Prinie’s story line is next in ADDICTIVE.
EXPLOSIVE is a story of family, friendships, relationships and love; of betrayal and vengeance, power and control; abuse and retribution; communication and trust. The premise is dramatic, gritty and raw; the romance is captivating and provocative; the characters are charismatic, spirited and intense.
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Reviewed by Sandy
This woman is bad news.
Real bad fucking news.
Her eyes linger on me as I walk with her from the bedroom, down the hall, and outside to the waiting van. Having her right up against me like this is not doing my cock any favors. She smells like peaches and fucking sunsets.
How the fuck can someone smell like a sunset? It’s like I’m going out of my damn mind right now.
She’s invading my senses as I help her inside the van, placing her in the rear seat.
“I don’t understand why you’re helping me?” Her eyes lock onto mine.
My protector mode rears its head yet again as I lean over her grabbing at the seat belt to pull over her. Our faces come in line with each other.
Rayne scrunches up her face, reaching for the seat belt. “I can put on my own seat belt.”
I jerk my head back as she removes it from my grip while trying to gain control of the situation. I pull it back from her and click it into position. “I’m sure you can, but I need to ensure you’re taken care of. Can’t get you out of this situation and have you injured on the way into the club because you’re not buckled in properly.”
Her eyes widen. “There are so many things wrong with what you just said. One, you think I’m incapable of something as simple as doing up a seat belt. And two, you believe your driving is so bad I’m going to be injured on the way to wherever it is you’re taking me?”
“That’s not what I meant—”
“Then you need to think about how you word shit, ‘cause you’re coming across as an arrogant ass.”
I glare at her smug, insolent, beautiful face. “You have an attitude problem, cherry bomb.”
She snorts. “And you think you can control me because I get beaten up by my husband? He might walk all over me, but you…” she tilts her head smugly, “… not so much.”
Hmm. She has a feisty side.
I lean in closer. Her eyes widen, and her breathing hitches. She’s affected. “I like your fighting spirit, Rayne. You are a wild one.”
She leans in closer, we’re only an inch apart, the smell of peach surrounds me. It takes every ounce of strength I have not to rush forward pressing my lips to hers. My eyes stare into her incandescent emerald green eyes, they’re so alive, so alight with fire. She has so much fight in her. As she licks her bottom lip, my cock twitches when she whispers, “You ain’t seen nothing yet.”
A low hum vibrates from my chest as I exhale, backing away from Rayne slowly.
She’s trouble with a capital ‘I’m screwed.’
With a flair for all things creative, International Bestselling Author K E Osborn, is drawn to the written word. Exciting worlds and characters flow through her veins, coming to life on the page as she laughs, cries, and becomes enveloped in the storyline right along with you. She’s entirely at home when writing sassy heroines and alpha males that rise from the ashes of their pasts.
K E Osborn comforts herself with tea and Netflix, after all, who doesn’t love a good binge?
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Great review, Sandy. Looks like an exciting and intense story. Thanks.
Great review, Sandy. Looks very exciting, dark and captivating.
Another wonderful review, thanks Sandy
Thanks for the great review and excerpt.
Terrific review, Sandy. Looks like a great read.
Another wonderful review. Thanks for the excerpt.
Looks like a great read, Sandy. Thanks.
Looks great, thanks Sandy
great review, sandy. sounds good.
Thanks for another fantastic review and excerpt.
Looks great, thanks for the excerpt.