Thank you so much for joining me on me leg of the Wild Like the Wind by Kristen Ashley Blog Tour. I had a lot of fun reading this book. Take a look at my review and keep reading for a WLTW excerpt and a special giveaway!
Publication:
July 31, 2018
Publisher:
CreateSpace Independent Publishing
Source:
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The
brother known as Hound has a reputation. He’s all about cracking
heads, having a good time, and when the Chaos Motorcycle Club
needs someone to do the tough job, they call on him.
But Hound has a secret. He fell in love with a woman years ago. She’s untouchable. Unattainable. And even when her status changes, for Hound, it remains the same. Keely Black had it all early and lost it all not long after. Thrown into an abyss of loss and grief, she’s faced a life of raising two sons alone and battling the rage at all that had been ripped from them. And why. Words spoken in anger open Hound’s and Keely’s eyes. For Hound, he sees he’s wasted his life loving the wrong woman. Keely sees she’s wasting her life not opening herself to the love of a good man. |
Wild
Like the Wind is
the 6th
book in the Chaos series by Kristen Ashley. I had so much fun delving
back into the biker world that she created. This particular story
revolves around Hound and Keely. 17 years ago Keely’s husband Black
was murdered by someone who turned against Chaos. Fast forward to
present day and Keely is raising her two boys alone, but she has the
love and support of the club behind her. Hound especially has helped
whenever it was needed. Especially when it comes to her two boys,
Dutch
and Jagger. Hound
has been in love with Keely for a long time, but as much as it hurts
him, he’s been just her friend while helping to support her and the
kids. Going after another brothers woman, even if that brother is
dead is a line you do not cross. Well until Keely shows up at his
place and presents him with an offer even he cannot refuse.
I
loved these two together. Their chemistry is undeniable. Hound is
extremely loyal and willing to help however he can. Keely is
headstrong and sassy. She’s never afraid to say what’s on her
mind. The romance is scorching
hot.
And
just be warned that there is a good amount of sex throughout the
story, especially at the beginning. There
is some drama of course, but it was not over the top. Things
seem to be gearing up for bigger drama events to unfold...possibly in
the next book? My only complaint would be that Keely and Hound waited
so long to be together. I can understand why they would wait, however
I felt that it didn’t have to be as long as it was.
With that said, I
loved pretty much everything about this book. I didn’t realize how much I had
missed this crazy biker world, until I started reading WLTW. It was a
fun and steamy read. I’ve
been a fan of Kristen Ashley’s ever since I read The
Gamble
in 2012. I love the way she writes and the characters are always
lovable and easy to connect with and or root for. Wild
Like the Wind falls
into this category. The story had a nice pace and I enjoyed every
moment I got to spend with Hound and Keely.
RATING:
4½
out of 5.
Excerpt
of Wild Like the Wind:
“Baby,
not sure you take your job serious enough,” he told her.
“I
have enough to handle with what I’ve got and that’s more serious
than is cool. There are a lot of parents who do not give a fuck about
their kids, Hound, not even a little bit. They care about their cars
or their designer shoes and handbags. So many of them are Jeremy. So
many, it isn’t even funny.”
“Jeremy?”
he asked.
“Pearl
Jam. ‘Jeremy,’” she answered. “Kids are not something Mom can
wear. So they don’t give a fuck. They go shopping. The kids come
home to an empty house but their bed is covered in shopping bags.
They’ve got great clothes, the latest phone, hot wheels, and no
love. But by the time they get to high school, Jeremy is not gonna be
talking in class. That hurt is gonna have burned so down deep, no
social worker attendance officer is gonna be able to heal it.”
“Baby,”
he whispered.
She
was needlessly arranging food on his counter she wasn’t going to
open until the beans were ready and studying herself doing it.
This
should have been a clue.
Hound
was tuned to her, very tuned, and still, he did not field that clue.
And
he’d wish he did.
“My
boys thought it was a pain in the ass that we sat down to dinner
every night. Every night. This was even before I heard this stuff
from the kids, learned about it in school. I just know the way my
folks were and the way…the way,” she lifted her eyes to him,
“Graham came from money, but not the good kind, the up-its-own-ass
kind. He didn’t fit and they treated him like shit.”
“I
know,” he said when she stopped speaking, watching her closely now
that she’d brought Black right out there, right there, between
them.
“So
we talked about it, him and me. And unless Club shit got in the way,
we were going to have family dinner every night. Even if we got
McDonald’s. We’d sit down and look in each other’s eyes and
talk and ask about our days and let them know we gave a shit. I let
them know I gave a shit. You know that. You’ve sat down to dinner
with us.”
He
nodded.
He
had.
Not
often.
But
he had.
“It’s
really that easy,” she continued. “I swear to God. I gave my boys
a lot. Chaos gave my boys a lot. But I swear, the most important
thing I gave them was my time every day during dinner.”
“You’re
probably right, baby,” he agreed.
“And
you.”
Hound’s
chest caved in on itself.
This
was such an extreme sensation he had to push out his, “What?”
“The
only other thing I gave them that was important was not cutting them
off from Chaos, which meant not cutting them off from you.”
Christ.
Christ.
“Keely—”
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