Perfect Strangers

Title: Perfect Strangers

Author: Edward Kendrick

Publisher: Pride Publishing

Publisher URL: www.pride-publishing.com

ISBN: 978-1-78651-413-4

Genre: {M/M} Crime and Mystery

Rating: 4.5 Nymphs

Literary Nymphs Reviewer: Chocolate Minx 

Raphael Koenig needs a vacation plus if he is lucky, a sexual fling. New Orleans is the vacation location and Alden Durant provides the fling.

Perfect Strangers is a detailed dark crime story with surprising twist and turns including a touch of romance. The plot is well written and well paced. The realistic characters are justified in their actions or not, depending on the reader’s point of view.

Raphael Koenig is an assassin working for an underground vigilante network.

When Raphael is not correcting a miscarriage in the justice system, he works as a construction laborer. He self medicates with whiskey to ward off the nightmares of his dark childhood, but Raphael considers his kills as righteous because he only assassinates bad people.

Alden is an intriguing character; Alden reveals nothing about himself to Raphael. It is only by accident that Alden and Raphael discover each other’s profession. The intimacy Raphael and Alden shared evolved into love, though they both believed they would never meet again. However, fate has a way of bringing star crossed lovers back together along with revealing the truth. 

Edward Kendrick has created a very impressive saga that I thoroughly enjoyed.  

Mad Delights

Title:  Mad Delights

Author:  Beth D. Carter

Publisher:  Totally Bound

Publisher URL:  www.totallybound.com

ISBN/BIN:  9781784306540

Genre:  {M/F/M}, Crime and Mystery, Series

Rating:  4 Nymphs

Literary Nymphs Reviewer:  Amazon Nymph

Chloe is stalking Romeo, because he rescued her cousin and becomes obsessed with him.  She meets Dax when he confronts her about stalking Romeo.  Chloe finds she is attracted to both men, but what happens when she offers to help them in exchange for themselves?

Mad Delights, a spin-off of the Red Wolves Motorcycle Club, is aptly named as most of those around Chloe, including her family, thinks she has a screw loose.  Her actions would seem to bear that out.  I did have to laugh at some of her antics.  Chloe is an interesting character and the reasons why she behaves the way she does is explained in detail, along with her family ties.  I loved the way Chloe bargained with her grandfather. 

Romeo never thought he would end up in a ménage relationship, though his brother is in one, and decides he will call his brother for advice.  Dax figures it will happen since Chloe has made it clear she wants both men.  The chemistry between the three is hot.

The men end up under attack and several things happen that put all the men and their families in danger.  The club has lost several members and it is playing havoc with moral. There are some twists that cause a few tense moments with rivals. As the reason why becomes clear, things get resolved, except for one major thread which hopefully will get resolved in the next book. 

Reader Advisory:  There is a scene of dubious consent and some racist language. 

Publisher's Note: This book is the prequel to Madness Ends and is best read in sequence. 

Publisher's Note: This book is linked to the Red Wolves Motorcycle Club series.

Lily Roar

Title:  Lily Roar

Author:  Beth D. Carter

Publisher:  Totally Bound

Publisher URL:  https://www.totallybound.com

ISBN/BIN:  9781784306076

Genre:  {M/F/M} Crime and Mystery, Series

Rating: 4.5 Nymphs

Literary Nymphs Reviewer:  Amazon Nymph

Lily gets help, from another girl, escaping from the Master.  She is rescued in an alleyway by Branch and Charlie, who are searching for the leader of the trafficking organization they thought had been shut down.

Lily Roar is the fourth book in the Red Wolves Motorcycle Club and picks up the next part of the story about the trafficking organization in Wyoming.  Branch, the enforcer for the Red Wolves, and Charlie, a deputy in Destiny, team up to find the head of the organization.  Their journey takes them on a trip to Missouri where they help Lily, not realizing she is the key to identifying the man they are looking for.

I love Lily because she was a fighter and realized if she didn’t get out, she would die.  She wanted so much to help once she realized what Branch and Charlie wanted to do. Branch and Charlie were great about letting her know what happened wasn’t her fault and she was strong and a survivor.  Once Lily learns to trust the two men, she realizes she is attracted to them.  I had to laugh at the point where Charlie and Branch realized they were in a ménage relationship even though they were nowhere near Destiny.

A couple of new characters are added, along with another motorcycle club.  The way the story ends, I have to wonder if there will be more in this series or a spin-off with the other club.  The Men of Hell play an unwitting part in how Lily Roar ends, though the bad guy wasn’t quite the surprise it might have been.  Even though the author kept true to how some law enforcement agencies follow the law, I wasn’t too happy with the FBI and their actions. 

I hope there is more about the Red Wolves but if not, I’m looking forward to reading more of this author in the future.  I have really enjoyed this series, and readers do need to read this one in order.

When Dove Cries

Title:  When Dove Cries

Author:  Beth D. Carter

Publisher:  Totally Bound

Publisher URL:  www.totallybound.com

ISBN/BIN:  9781784305550

Genre:  {M/F/M}, Multicultural, Crime and Mystery, Series

Rating: 4 Nymphs

Literary Nymphs Reviewer:  Amazon Nymph

Draven is forced to help the FBI find the trafficking organization in Destiny.  Cade knows Draven has a problem with him due to history with Draven’s family.  Both men join forces when they find Dove after she escaped her captivity and they realize she was one of the victims.

When Dove Cries is the third book in the Red Wolves Motorcycle Club series and picks up where True North ends.  Draven didn’t want to make a run to Las Vegas for a drug dealer, but knows the Red Wolves need the money for hospital bills.  Cade knows the club hasn’t been doing anything illegal for a while, but due to an ongoing investigation into the drug dealer, this is the perfect opportunity to go undercover using the Red Wolves.  Rescuing Dove works out great as far as Cade is concerned.

I liked the way the author didn’t sugar coat the relationship between Draven and Cade, even to the point the men were jealous of each other for a while.  Draven knows a ménage relationship can work as he has friends in them, but hates the idea because of who the other man is.  An incident with Draven’s brother and what happened while Draven was there is a major issue between the men.

I was a little surprised by part of the resolution of who the bad guy was and some of the other twists.  I had to laugh at North’s reaction when Cade admitted he was an FBI agent.

There is at least one more book in this series and I am wondering how it is going to connect with the overall theme of the series, other than the Red Wolves, since it seems like those loose ends have been resolved.  I am looking forward to finding out.