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I have a friend who as been harping at me to read ANY book by Callie Hart. Because of my review schedule, it has been impossible for me to read anything not on my review schedule. So, when Rebel came up for review, I jumped on it. My friend did NOT steer me wrong! I was not disappointed!
This book is a unique story. It is not a cookie-cutter story. It is an MC story, but the way the main characters, Rebel and "Sophia" meet is unique.
Reading this story, it is almost hard to believe a female wrote this book, seeing what the subject matter is and the way Rebel's part is written. I don't mean that sexist. I mean that as a compliment. Callie, in some parts of the book, had to go to a harsh place in her mind and take herself as a woman out of the picture and become "male" to write such scenes, and she did a terrific job doing so.
I LOVE strong female lead characters, and Sophia is just that. She has a smart mouth, but she isn't dumb. She also knows when to keep it shut too. She also is a fighter. She doesn't just give in to situations or give up without a fight. THAT, however, did get her into some bad situations.
Rebel, for all the badassary that he is, he does have a good soul. Not that he wants everyone to see that. It could ruin his reputation as a stone cold MC president, after all. But, slowly, Sophia begins to see this side of Rebel, so helping him avenge his uncle's death, that she witnessed, may not even be a question. She may have to do this. But, if she does, will that put her family in danger?
Callie never leaves you bored with her writing style, scene descriptions or character building. She hit the mark on all three counts. She has a prefect blend to keep the book moving along and each character has a purpose. They aren't just filler.
The slow tease makes for a steamy book and by the time the full "action" happens, it is explosive! You and the characters are begging and ready.
I definitely will be reading more of Callie's books and will want to keep reading more of this series. Thank you, Lorraine C-D, for recommending Callie Hart. Thank you, Callie, for such a unique story line. I can hardly wait for book two.
5 AMAZING STARS
*****
Excerpt #1
“You gonna sit down or what?”
I sit down. Arguing with him would be futile. We sit there, side by side, staring off down the arrow-straight road, and for a moment I don’t hate him. He pulls a cell phone out of his pocket and taps something into it, and then he turns to face me, frowning slightly.
“You believe in vengeance?”
“You mean like revenge?”
He shakes his head. “Revenge is a selfish act. Retaliation for something. Vengeance is a different thing altogether. It’s about obtaining justice, usually for someone who can’t claim it for themselves.”
This is an odd line of questioning but I decide I’ll bite. Maybe I wouldn’t if he were being a jerk like he was a couple of hours ago, but that’s not what’s happening. He’s pensive, the live wire that apparently runs through him dulled for the moment. “I don’t know,” I say. “Probably, in that case.”
“What if I simplified the question?
What if I say, do you believe in justice?
“Then, yes, I do believe.”
Excerpt #2
“You think you use your brain when you’re having sex?”
Rebel’s pen freezes on the paper. He turns, then, towering over me, my face level with his belt buckle. It’s as though I can literally feel the heat rolling off his body. He’s intimidating and overwhelming, his presence a powerful force to be reckoned with.
“Oh, Sophia. I use my brain. Every time I sleep with a woman, I’m using my head to figure out what she likes. How she likes it. What I can do to have her screaming my name until her throat’s raw.”
Excerpt #3
“It’s time for you to tell me your name.” She arches an eyebrow at me. I can just imagine her getting them waxed in some fancy fucking boutique beauty parlor in Seattle, run by Asian hipsters with shaved undercuts and thick glasses. She seems like the type. “Why do you want to know?” she asks, cockiness filling her voice.
“I’m asking because I need something to call you. And if you don’t tell me your name, I’m going to be forced to call you One Eighty-One. And I’m guessing you won’t like being called One Eighty-One.”
“Why would you call me that?”
“Because that’s the reference Hector Ramirez gave you when you uploaded your picture onto his skin site. Hector tags his girls chronologically. The first girl he sold was number one. The fifty-third girl he sold was tagged fifty-three. Using that logic, guess how many girls he sold before he tagged you one eight one?”
“So a hundred and eighty other women came before me?” She looks like she’s going to throw up.
“Exactly. And he hasn’t been caught. The police haven’t raided his place out there in the desert. No one has reported his website. No one came to rescue the one hundred and eighty other girls who came before you, and no one is coming for you, either. So if you want reminding of that every single time I call you one eight—“
“Sophia!” She screws her eyes shut, clenching her jaw. “My name is fucking Sophia, motherfucker.” She spits out the words like they’re poison. When she looks at me again, I can see the fury burning in the dark depths of her dark brown eyes. She comes alive when she’s angry. A thrill of adrenalin stabs through me, sending mixed signals to my cock; provoking such a violent reaction from her is provoking an entirely different reaction from me. For the first time, I see her. Fucking Sophia. I don’t see her as a means to an end—a potential way to take down the bastard who killed my uncle. I see her. I see her as a woman, and she is beautiful.
“Alright, Sophia. It’s a pleasure to meet you.”
Rebel and Sophia's story.
The first of a three part series. This
novel contains a small snippet which has already been released in the Owned: An
Alpha Anthology, however it is followed by a full story installment.
Sophia
Sometimes, you don't mean to become
another person. Sometimes the choice is made for you, and pretending is the
only thing that keeps you going. When Alexis Romera is taken and her kidnappers
find her fake ID in her purse, she must become Sophia in order to keep her
family safe. Revealing her real identity to the man she's sold to would be easy
enough, but can she trust him? Hell bent on revenging the murder of his uncle,
Rebel doesn't seem all that interested in playing things safe.
In fact, nothing about the secretive,
dark and brooding MC president seems safe at all.
Rebel
What do you do when the man who raised
you is murdered, and the only witness is kidnapped girl who's being sold as a
sex slave? You buy her, of course. As president to the most powerful motorcycle
club in America, Rebel isn't lacking in power. There are strings the man can
pull, and entire criminal organisations and corporate businesses alike would
fall to their knees. However, along with such power comes intense interest. The
DEA have their eye fixed solely on the MC...and they're just waiting for Rebel
to trip up.
Getting Sophia to testify is the only way
to bring the Los Oscuros cartel down. The beautiful, dark haired, dark eyed
woman is belligerent and uncooperative and unlikely to bend to his will, but
Rebel has a few tricks up his sleeve to make her compliant--he'll charm her
until she's bending over backwards to please him.
Of course, falling for her might cause a
few hiccups along the way...
Callie has experienced many changes throughout her life, and gone through many ups and downs that have all worked towards shaping and molding her into the person she is today: fun loving, active, social, and hard working. The only thing that has remained a constant throughout her life is writing. Creating characters who will tear your conscience in two is a favorite pastime of Callie’s. There are few real saints and sinners in her books; more often, the denizens of her stories are all very human. Broken, flawed, and always with the potential for redemption.
Despite the subject matter being markedly hot and heavy in comparison to the stories she wrote in elementary school, there will always be an element of fairytale to her work.
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