BOOK REVIEW ~ IN RIDES TROUBLE BY JULIE ANN WALKER

Rebel with a Cause...

Becky "Rebel" Reichert never actually goes looking for trouble. It just has a tendency to find her. Like the day Frank Knight showed up at her door, wanting to use her motorcycle shop as a cover for his elite special ops team. But Becky prides herself on being able to hang with the big boys-she can weld, drive, and shoot just as well as any of them.

Man with a Mission...

Munitions, missiles, and mayhem are Frank's way of life. The last thing the ex-SEAL wants is for one brash blonde to come within fifty feet of anything that goes boom. Yet it's just his rotten luck when she ends up in a hostage situation at sea. Come hell or high water, he will get her back-whether she says she needs him or not.

 

 

In Rides Trouble is Walker's second book in her Black Knight Series and it not only met my expectations, but surpassed them.

Imagine if you will, a tall, dark, mysterious Alpha male, straddling a motorcycle--decked out in leathers, tatted up like the bad boy he is, and a cocky grin to twist your insides up until you are a puddle of goo. That is the picture in my head with Walker's Black Knights. 

They are Special Operatives, deep undercover, taking the dirty jobs that no one else will do. Each have their own demons they're fighting, each are kick-ass strong, and have some hidden vulnerability that makes them more real.

Frank Knight is the experienced leader of this group and he is hell bent on not letting Becky "the Rebel" Reichert be involved in any mission--her sexy ass is to stay and build bikes--and it is pissing Becky off. She has trained for this and is ready to be taken seriously as a operative.

When Frank says no to the idea, AGAIN, Becky takes off and sets sail with girlfriend, Eve, on the Seychelles waters in a thirty eight foot catamaran. Just two bffs chilling for a few days, right?

What Becky doesn't expect is to be kidnapped by a bunch of pirates--deadly men intent on using them as hostages in a lethal game of cat and mouse.

To say that Frank loses it when he finds out that Becky is in danger, is an understatement. And he's determined to go and get her--along with a few men from his team.

What a roller coaster ride of action, shoot-'em up, and suspense as Walker takes the reader from one part of the globe to the city of Chicago, where danger continues to plague the Black Knights.

I love these characters and am starting to fall for them--hard. And this story is laced with a secondary romance --Jake and Eve--that will result in book three, Rev it Up. 

I loved the verbal sparring between Becky and Frank--two individuals with a great sexual chemistry that leaps off the page.

She went to her knees then. It's all she could suddenly think about. Tasting him, getting her mouth around--

"I'll never make it," he growled, grabbing her shoulder and hoisting her up against his chest, slamming his mouth over the top of hers until the only thing she knew was him, his hands, and skin, teeth, and tongue, the hot spicy smell of hungry man filling her flaring nostrils.

Fans of romantic suspense will enjoy the in-depth characters, action-packed plots, and enough spice to light up a small city!

**ARC provided by NetGalley