Riding Dirty
by Jill Sorenson
Book 1 Dirty Eleven MC
He's her weapon of choice...
Psychologist Mia Richards wants revenge. Her new client,
tattooed Cole "Shank" Shepherd, provides the perfect means. She just
has to manipulate the felon-turned-informant into eliminating her husband's
killers—members of Cole's rival motorcycle club. The first step, seducing Cole,
is simple. As for walking away before she falls hard—it's already too late.…
Dirty Eleven practically raised Cole, and he plans to
double-cross the cops rather than sell them out. But smart, sexy Mia is an
irresistible distraction. While she's evaluating his mind, all he can think
about is her body…
until he discovers her true intentions. Walking a fine line between desire and
betrayal, they'll have to outrun her past, his enemies and the law for a love
that's dangerously real.
Wow, what a
thrilling ride! I’ve been a fan of Jill Sorenson since her Aftershock
series. Her books are tightly written,
fast-paced, and highly dramatic. Riding Dirty does not disappoint.
I was originally
intrigued by the premise of this story.
Psychologist Mia Richards is working with a recently released inmate,
Cole Shepherd. He’s negotiated an early release by agreeing be an informant
against his uncle, the leader of a motorcycle club. Mia has an ulterior motive
for working with this client – she wants to manipulate him into assassinating
the man who murdered her husband, the leader of the rival motorcycle club. To what extent will Mia go to accomplish her
goal? Will Cole discover her duplicity? Sounds good, right?
Cole is downright
brash. He’s smart but lacks self-control.
Going to prison this time and the murder of a loved one makes him
question his life’s trajectory. Combine
that with the tools that Mia gives him in his therapy sessions and he’s making
progress.
Mia has been
consumed by revenge. She’s lost everything, including herself. She cannot let go of her past and therefore,
is not living at all today. Through her interactions with Cole, her façade
begins to crack. Her journey to self-discovery parallels her newly renewed
sexuality. And yes, those scenes are pretty darn steamy.
In the Aftershock
series, Jill Sorenson uses physical boundaries to contain her stories and amp
up the tension. In a similar manner, she
brings that same sense of containment in this book, but this time through the
tightly bound world of the one-percenters. If 99% of motorcycle clubs are not into
criminal activity, the 1%-ers are outlaws. Cole lives on the edge. He was in the outlaw world and his loved ones
are all apart of that lifestyle. He feels the pending betrayal deeply.
Jill Sorenson is
from Southern California and she brings that flavor into her writing. Being from same region, comments like: “It
stuck her as starkly beautiful in a way that only the desert was. Beautiful
like snakeskin” and “He tasked like soda and cilantro, spicy and hot” deeply
resonate with me. The region becomes like a character in the book. If you’ve been to the Coachella Valley, you
will understand how places like Indio are very distinctive. It truly stands out to me as “the mixture of
industrialism and nature. . . Lush golf courses were set against barren
wastelands. Rich mingled with poor.” My
first time in Indio (I was vacationing in Palm Springs and ventured into Indio
in search of a date shake), I too was struck by that dichotomy.
IN A NUTSHELL:
Jill Sorenson
brings us a dark, erotic, edgy romance steeped in Southern California outlaw
culture. Full of drama, this story is a
page turner.
Jill Sorenson is the RITA-nominated author of
more than a dozen romantic suspense novels, including the Aftershock series by
HQN. She lives in the San Diego area with her family. She’s a soccer mom who
loves nature, coffee, reading, twitter and reality TV. Jogging keeps her sane.
Thank you to the author, publisher and Netgalley for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review.
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