Hell for Leather (Black Knights Inc. #6)
by Julie Ann Walker
Blurb:
Only
the most urgent crisis could force Delilah Fairchild to abandon her beloved
biker bar and ask the surly Bryan "Mac" McMillan for help. Her
uncle—the man who raised her—has vanished into thin air, and Mac is the only
person with the right connections to help her find him. What the ex-FBI agent
has against her is a mystery...but when the bullets start to fly, Mac is her
only chance of finding her uncle alive.
Mac
knows that beautiful women can't be trusted, but he has to put his natural
wariness of Delilah aside in order to help her. With the clock ticking, Mac and
Delilah find themselves holding on to each other in the wildest adventure of
their lives.
Themes: bikers,
mercenaries
Rating: 3.5 stars
Heat Rating:
Review:
The mysterious men of Black Knights Inc (BKI)
are back in the story of Mac and sexy bar owner, Delilah, who has been a part
of the BKI world for a few books now, though she only recently learned the
truth of the sexy bikers that frequented her bar. This series is full of sexy,
alpha, and dangerous men and the women that bring them to their knees with
sass, strength and sweetness. I’ve
followed this series since the very beginning and am thrilled with each new
addition to the series, but I of course have my favorite knights. I enjoyed reading Mac and Delilah’s story,
though I didn’t love it as much as some others in the series. There were beautiful twists and turns,
dangerous situations, and the ultimate love that develops between two people
that seem so different but are ultimately more alike than either ever would have believed.
If you haven’t read previous novels in the series you won’t be too lost with
the plot and relationships in this story, but you won’t be able to appreciate
the subtle references to previous stories or the intensity of the BKI men and
their missions.
This
mission begins with Delilah enlisting the help of BKI to find her missing
uncle, Theo. Though he’s only been gone
for a while, Delilah’s gut won’t allow her to let his disappearance be pushed
to the side and her heart won’t allow her to lose another person she
loves. When she arrives at her bar to
find Mac and his friends there she knows that fate is telling her to trust them
and work with them to find him, but she has no idea just how deep his secrets
go or how dangerous a situation she is going to find herself in. After a bit of
research, the BKI team discovers that the truth of Theo’s disappearance is a
deadly game that could cost him his life, as well as Delilah’s and perhaps even
the lives of the knights if they’re not careful. As the danger surrounding them
intensifies, so does the passion that Mac has been denying from the very
beginning, but Delilah is determined not to let this sexy man slip through her fingers. When Mac’s past threatens to
keep them from having a future, Delilah’s strength and stubbornness is the only
thing that can keep them from sabotaging their chance at happiness.
Delilah
is the type of woman I want to be when I grow up. :) She is
sexy, passionate, determined, smart, and adventurous. When tragedy struck at her
bar, costing her the life of one of her oldest patrons and a good friend, she
veered a bit off course, desiring more and more to get away from the bar. When
she finds herself in need she turns to her friends at BKI to find her uncle and bring him back to her safely. She has desired Mac for a while now, but his
repeated rejections make it harder and harder for her to keep putting herself
in his path. When the danger around her
leaves her floundering, she naturally turns to Mac for comfort and to keep her
mind off her troubles. Giving in to that
passion though is more dangerous than the killers after them, dangerous to both
her heart and her mind. I loved seeing her corner Mac again and again and force
him to deal with the attraction between them and when that attraction and heat
ultimately turns to love there is no denying they are perfect together, even if
Mac fights it 'til the very end.
Mac
is a bit of an ass for the majority of this book and I wanted so many times to
kick his ass and make him see the beauty of the woman right in front of him. Though
the women in his past have made him wary, they have made him
terrified of having a true meaningful relationship; I think he could have
easily overcome those issues if he’d just used some of his inherent
determination to get over it already.
Those hang-ups keep him from looking deeper into the true woman that
Delilah is and seeing that she is not the same as the woman that hurt him in
the past. While he is definitely a great
operator, as a man he is a jerk and one that is closed-minded and unwilling to
embrace the life he could have. I loved
seeing him working and the times when he does open up and embrace the heat
generated by their attraction, there is a sexy man underneath all that fear and
arrogance that is obviously hurting and terrified of living happily ever
after. When Delilah confronts him and
forces him to get over it already, he pulls her into his heart and you can
tell that they will have a bright and loving future.
Hell
for Leather is a great story of a woman’s determination to get her man and a
man’s hurt preventing him from seeing the greatness right in front of him. Delilah
is a sexy, sassy, smart and interesting character, a motorcycle riding,
drink-slinging, and trouble-starting woman, but with a depth and sweetness that
keeps her from crossing into bitch territory.
Mac is an alpha man, sexy as hell, and badass to the bone, but his
determination to keep himself from repeating past mistakes keeps him from
seeing the greatness that will be found in a relationship with a good and
trustworthy woman. The passion between these two slightly broken characters is palpable
and undeniable even when they are fighting it and each other. While there is certainly danger all around
them, the feelings they stir in one another are deep and the kind of love that
develops between them is what all women are looking for in their lives, the
kind of love that last lifetimes. The
only real issue I had with this story was Mac’s repeated denials of their
mutual attraction and his continued rejections of Delilah’s love. I have a
feeling I know whose book will be next and I am very much looking forward to
reading it. This is a sexy series, but
only if you like bikers, sexy men, and dangerous operators—and really what
woman would deny that!
*eARC provided by publisher (via
netgalley) for the purpose of an honest and unbiased review. No compensation
was provided.
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