Hey there, bookworms! Happy weekend! I hope you’re all comfy cozy with a stack of novels to enjoy while the temperature drops outside (dependent upon your place of residence). I know I’m my usual, backed up self on this blog with posting reviews, so I figured on a quiet afternoon like today, I’d do just that before I get back to my NaNoWriMo challenge.
I got the pleasure of reading this latest book when the author reached out to me via social media to ask if I’d like to read her book. After checking out the plot, of course I said yes, and gave it a go. This was the first book of L.M. Reign’s that I’ve read, but I have a strong feeling I’ll be reading more of her work in the very near future. For today, let’s talk about Ace!
When I first started reading romance back in the day, there were several MC love stories I remember enjoying, but it’s been awhile since I delved into that aspect of the genre. What can I say? There’s just so many books and romance novels and not enough hours in the day. I am, however glad I got to meet Cole and Mila, even if part of loving them meant going through a ton of angst and heartache.
He wanted to save her. She didn’t need to be saved.
Mila Rogers isn’t the kind of girl that sticks around, especially when it comes to Cole “Ace” Davenport when he left her five years before. Just up and left.
No phone call.
No text.
No goodbye.
Cole has had a rough life. Unbelievably rough. The son of the Desert Angels MC President doesn’t get to have it easy. So when the girl he let get away ends up at the same party, he wants to explain. Apologize. No one deserves to be left the way she had.
With her own secrets lurking beneath the surface, Mila wants nothing to do with him. Until the Syndicate decides a mutual truce with the reckless biker club is necessary for a job. Mila will do her job, of course, but that doesn’t stop Cole from pursuing her. Or does it?
Soon the two are engaged in a battle of wills, satisfying the innate desire that still lingers after all this time. But what will happen when the darkest of secrets threaten the brittle truce?
What’s done in darkness will come to light.
Let me just say, I thoroughly enjoyed this story. It’s been a little bit since I’ve savored a solid book boyfriend with all the writing and reading challenges I’m doing, so it was nice to pump the breaks a little bit and get caught up in Mila and Cole’s journey. Their road to happiness is a rough one, a bloody one, and a sexy one but it’s worth all the craziness for true love and soulmates.
Cole had his reasons for leaving Mila when and how he did, and Mila had her reasons for not trusting him when he stumbled back into her life. She also had her reasons for guarding her heart and not telling him about what she went through after he disappeared. Like a modern day Romeo and Juliet, these two were not supposed to be because of who their families are. When business requires a truce of sorts so that they can work together, these two find themselves directly in each other’s path. It takes a lot of outside forces and wading through all the pain of their pasts to try to come out blissfully happy on the other side. Thankfully, these two are tough as nails when it comes to one another, so they’re willing to fight like hell to make their way back to the life they dreamed of when they were innocent and small.
If you’re looking for a thrilling, sexy book to curl up with this weekend, or a bad boy book boyfriend to add to your TBR, I highly suggest meeting Cole and Mila in this wonderful and edgy story!
My Final Rating: four out of five stars
