Redemption Road (Vicious Cycle Book Two) By Katie Ashley

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Looking for a walk on the wild side, Annabel Percy, the daughter of a powerful politician, starts dating a biker she knows is completely wrong for her. But she finds herself living a nightmare when she's kidnapped and transported into a hell on earth she never could have imagined.

Born and bred into the Hells Raiders MC, Nathaniel 'Reverend' Malloy lives and dies for his brothers. But when he becomes the unexpected savior of a rival club's captive, Rev makes it his personal mission to nurse Annabel back to health - and to shelter her from the nightmares that torment her.

Once Annabel heals, she's stunned to realize she is falling for the seductive man who saved her. Faced with their impossible attraction, can she accept the life he leads, or will Rev walk away from the only life he's ever known for the woman he was never supposed to love?

So far this one is my favourite. 
I loved Rev from the first book. He was different from all the other bikers but still held that rough edge about him. 

When the Hell Raiders go out on a personal mission to bring back the daughter of a club member, Rev finds Annabel instead. 
What she's been through, having been in a sex ring and owned by the boss for his own personal use, Annabel needs more than to heal from her physical wounds but from her emotional scars and Rev is the person to do that. He keeps her close, offering her protection and soon the two begin to bond, to share stories of their tragic pasts. 
When he finally reveals what happened to him as a young boy, my heart broke for him. No boy should have to go through what he did and I think he's brave for staying around knowing that happened to him. Me? I'd want to move far away. But once he tells Anna, he finds the courage to tell the others. 

Obviously, the man who had kept Anna for herself doesn't like his belongings been taken and wants revenge for what the Hell Raiders did to his compound. 

I loved the way the story flowed and how the characters came together. This story plotted far better than the first one. 

5*

Vicious Cycle (Vicious Cycle Book One) By Katie Ashley

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Deacon Malloy's life is dedicated to the Hell's Raiders motorcycle club. Tough, hard, and fast with his fists, he serves the group as sergeant at arms. But his devil-may-care approach to life is thrown for a loop when the five-year-old daughter he never knew existed lands on the club steps.

Alexandra Evans is devoted to all her students - but there's always been something about Willow Malloy that tugs at her heart. There's an aura of sadness about her, a girl in need of all the love Alexandra can give. When Willow stops coming to school, Alexandra's search leads to a clubhouse full of bikers...and a father hell-bent on keeping his daughter always within sight.

The moment Deacon sees Alexandra, he has to have her in his bed - and he's never met a woman yet who couldn't be persuaded. No matter how attracted she is to Deacon, Alexandra refuses to be just another conquest. But it's Deacon himself who could be seduced - into a brighter future for himself, his daughter, and the woman he's falling for against all odds.

The beginning of the book is brutal, it's hard, and gripping. We see what Willow goes through as a child, with a mother who did little to look after her. It was heartbreaking. 

I'm unsure whether I liked the story line or not. I felt it lacked the edgeness that some MC novels have. Sometimes I felt like it got a little boring, that Deacon was too big of a dick to Alex and his daughter. 

In the end, his relationship with both changed him, he became somewhat better. Deacon was roofless, he didn't care what he had to do to get where he wanted. 
I did like his brother though, the kind one, he was lovely. 

Alexandra is an independent woman, she thrives off being the good teacher, the nurturing woman and a good person. 
When she notices Willow, the new student, no longer turning up at school, she ends up going to investigate. That's how she finds out that Willow belongs to a biker club. Not one to shy away from being able to teach her kids, she offers up her tutoring skills to Deacon. 

I did find her attempts of getting Deacon's attention a little much because the big bad biker should have gone for what he wanted, not let the woman fight for him. 

The book had some intense moments, a lot of times where I had to keep reading to see what happened. But they were few and far between. 

3*