Wild Wind (Chaos 6.6 / 1001 Dark Nights) by Kristen Ashley-Review & Excerpt Tour
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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date March 9, 2021
When he was sixteen years old, Jagger Black laid eyes on the girl who was his. At a cemetery. During her mother’s funeral.
For years, their lives cross, they feel the pull of their connection, but then they go their separate ways.
But when Jagger sees that girl chasing someone down the street, he doesn’t think twice before he wades right in. And when he gets a full-on dose of the woman she’s become, he knows he finally has to decide if he’s all in or if it’s time to cut her loose.
She’s ready to be cut loose.
But Jagger is all in.
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REVIEW: WILD WIND is instalment 6.6 in Kristen Ashley’s contemporary, adult CHAOS erotic, MC romance series, and the latest instalment in the multi-authored 1001 Dark Nights series. This is mechanic and CHAOS member Jagger Black, and store /malt shop owner Archie Harmon’s story line. WILD WIND can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous instalments is revealed where necessary. Jagger is the son of Graham and Keely Black, step-son of Shepherd ‘Hound’ Ironside, and brother of Dutch.
Told from three third person perspectives (Jagger, Archie and Tack) WILD WIND follows the building romance and relationship between mechanic and CHAOS member Jagger Black, and store /malt shop owner Archie Harmon. Approximately ten years earlier, a then sixteen year old Jagger Black, visiting his father’s grave at the local cemetery, spied a young girl at her mother’s funeral. Leaving the young girl a note on her mother’s grave, Jagger would be surprised when a response was handed to him, and in the ensuing years would run into our heroine at irregular intervals, never having learned anything about her. Fast forward to present day wherein Jagger would witness the young girl, now a beautiful woman running after a young boy who had stolen from her shop, a young boy that would figure prominently in our couple’s lives. Enter Archie Harmon aka A, and the woman with whom Jagger would fall in love. What ensues is the building romance and relationship between Jagger and Archie, and the potential fall-out as Jagger continues to struggle with the loss of his father, a man he barely remembers, but a man he has placed on a pedestal most of his life.
Jagger Black doesn’t believe he is capable of loving, and in this, his feelings for Archie are foreign and strange. Having watched his mother struggle for years after the death of her first husband, Jagger thinks he is incapable of finding his own happily ever after, in the face of never knowing the man he hoped he could be. Meeting Archie Harmon gave Jagger thoughts for the future but when the reality of their situation became overwhelming, Jagger battles between head and heart. Archie Harmon runs a vintage shop, a shop where she ‘caters’ to the struggling teens from the local school. Never one to back down from going for what she wants, Archie wants Jagger but must tread carefully as our hero continues to struggles with demons from the past.
Meanwhile, a group of troubled teens and young adults find themselves gathering at Archie’s local shop but all is not well in the less than desirable area of town, as several teens face discrimination and bullying at the hands of their peers and so-called friends. Having witnessed the abuse first hand, Jagger and his Chaos brothers take a stand in an effort to protect the young men who have become targets of the local bullies.
The relationship between Jagger and Archie begins ten years earlier when neither one knew the other’s name. Over the years, Jagger and Archie would run into one another promising to meet but having never come to fruition. Jagger’s chance to make things right comes with the knowledge that Archie may be the ‘one’ but Jagger’s demons ride him hard, and in this, he struggles to be the man his father would want him to be. The $ex scenes are intimate, erotic and intense.
There is a large ensemble cast of secondary and supporting characters including a ‘flashback to Jagger’s father Graham and Tack, the former president of the Chaos MC. We are reintroduced to Jagger’s brother Dutch, and their parents Keely and Hound Ironside as well as the introduction to Archie’s friends Joany and Lafayette; troubled teen Mal; Archie’s parents Andy and Haley, her brother Elijah, and her step sisters Hellen and Liane.
WILD WIND is a story of family and relationships; fractured dynamics; acceptance, revelations, open wounds and healing hearts. The premise is inviting, inspiring and imaginative; the romance is heart warming, captivating and provocative; the characters are encouraging, energetic and animated. WILD WIND is a welcome addition to the CHAOS family, another biker finds his happily ever after.
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Reviewed by Sandy
“You wanna know what I think?” Hound asked.
Jagger tipped his head back to look at his dad.
Then Hound told him what he thought.
“I think you’re in. And I think if you walk away from this girl, you’ll regret it for the rest of your life. And I think I’m here to tell you that because you need another voice sayin’ something you already know.”
“That’s what I think too,” Jagger admitted.
Hound nodded, and again he did it only once.
“Then I’ll look forward to havin’ her over to dinner and celebrating with your mom that she can finally stop worrying about you because she’s feelin’ you shoulda been done sowin’ those oats about five years ago.”
Jagger grinned at him.
His mother had never been at one with the way Jag tackled life, considering he’d always been about wresting as much of it as he could for his own.
Dutch was the quiet, responsible one.
Jag was…
Not.
Hound reached out and caught Jag by the neck, gave him a squeeze, a shove, then let him go.
And Jagger felt better.
“So, what’s her name?” Hound asked.
“Archie.”
Hound looked him right in the eye.
Then he burst out laughing.
He settled back into the bar, his fingers cradling his brew, and he was shaking his head.
“Archie and Georgie. Fuck,” Hound said.
Jag hadn’t thought of that, both him and Dutch finding girls with boys’ names.
He grinned, leaned back into the bar himself, and replied, “She doesn’t have red hair and freckles, and I seriously doubt her best friend’s name is Jughead, but I think she might have a bit of tomboy in her.”
“Well, son,” Hound picked up his beer and tipped it toward Jag, “you’re about to find out.”
Jag grabbed his beer and tapped necks with Hound.
And he was grinning again.
Because Hound was right.
He was.
NOTE: The excerpt is intended for mature readers due to strong language and content.
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Kristen Ashley was born in Gary, Indiana, USA. She nearly killed her mother and herself making it into the world, seeing as she had the umbilical cord wrapped around her neck (already attempting to accessorise and she hadn’t taken her first breath!).
Kristen grew up in Brownsburg, Indiana but has lived in Denver, Colorado and the West Country of England. Thus she has been blessed to have friends and family around the globe. Her posse is loopy (to say the least) but loopy is good when you want to write.
Kristen was raised in a house with a large and multi-generational family. They lived on a very small farm in a small town in the heartland and existed amongst the strains of Glenn Miller, The Everly Brothers, REO Speedwagon and Whitesnake (and the wardrobes that matched).
Needless to say, growing up in a house full of music, clothes and love was a good way to grow up.
And as she keeps growing up, it keeps getting better.
