Open Road (RBMC Jacksonville 5) by Kathleen Kelly-review tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date August 4, 2026

He lives for the ride. She’s running for her life. The open road is about to change everything.

Roam is a nomad, a lone wolf in leather, the Royal Bastards’ problem solver, and the man who never stays long enough to care, until he finds Janie and her three-year-old daughter stranded on a desolate highway at three in the morning.

One look at the bruises Janie tries to hide, one glimpse of the fear she can’t mask, and something inside Roam, something he’s spent years burying, roars back to life.

Janie thought she could disappear. Drive far enough, fast enough, and her abusive husband would never find them. But monsters don’t stop hunting just because you run.

As danger closes in, Roam does the one thing he swore he never would—he lets them in.

And with every bedtime story, every trembling touch, every moment Janie looks at him like he’s more than the violence in his past, Roam starts wanting something he’s never allowed himself to have—a place to belong.

But when the past finally catches up to them, Roam will have to decide if he’s willing to sacrifice the only life he’s ever known for the woman and little girl who’ve become his whole world.

He’s always known freedom comes with a price.
He never knew the price could look like home.

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REVIEW: OPEN ROAD is the fifth instalment in Kathleen Kelly’s contemporary, adult RBMC: JACKSONVILLE FL MC romance series, part of the multi-authored RBMC. This is MC nomad Roam, and singled mother Janie Dawson’s story line. OPEN ROAD can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story line is revealed where necessary .

NOTE: Due to the nature of the story line premise, there may be triggers for more sensitive readers.

Told from three first person perspectives (Roam, Janie, Winchester) OPEN ROAD follows the building relationship between our story line couple. Janie Dawson is on the run with her three year old daughter, having left an abusive relationship in the middle of the night but when the car breaks down, Janie has no place to go but the help of the man with whom she will fall in love. Roam is a nomad, and has never thought to put down roots but rescuing Janie Dawson and her three year old daughter Rose, gives Roam pause for the future but Rose’s past is about to collide with the RBMC, when they discover a connection to someone else.

The world building focuses on the protection and integration of Janie and her daughter Rose. Janie struggles to trust although she is quick to accept Roam’s help and protection but it is her daughter Rose that is the catalyst to melt the ice around Roam’s heart, a man who never thought about his future beyond his next ride.

The relationship between Roam and Janie begins as a roadside rescue. Roam sees immediately that all is not well in Janie’s life, and becomes guardian and protector of the woman that will call to his heart. The $ex scenes are limited but passionate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

There is a large ensemble cast of colorful, energetic and dynamic secondary and supporting characters including most of the previous story line couples. We are introduced to Janie’s ex Craig as well as a questionable business partner that takes aim at the RBMC.

OPEN ROAD is a story of introspection, self-examination, and contemplation as Janie must deal with the fall-out of her marriage and her husband’ s business actions, as well as Roam’s desire to settle down with our story line heroine. The premise is dramatic and edgy; the romance is limited but seductive; the characters are desperate, determined and charismatic.

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Reviewed by Sandy

Kathleen Kelly, a USA Today Best-Selling Author and an International Best-Selling Author, is known for her fast-paced, spicy romance novels. Kathleen writes MC, Paranormal, Sports, and Band of Brothers Romance.
 
When she’s not writing, she’s collecting handbags (they always fit!) and planning her next
international trip. Kathleen can be spotted in local cafes, blending in with the regulars while plotting her next tale of passion and intrigue. She finds inspiration in the quirky characters around her, both real and fictional.
 
Living in Toowoomba, Queensland, with her childhood sweetheart, SL, rescue sweetheart Freya, and Eir, the soon-to-be gigantic Maine Coon who thinks she’s the main character, Kathleen values kindness, loyalty, and good stories.
 
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