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Beauty and the Bad Boy
A bad boy biker from the Ghetto. Born to the gang. Born to kill.
A beautiful, young woman from the Heights. Born to be free. Born to love.
Polar opposites. But one thing binds them: A tragic past.
Jake vowed never to love again after his girlfriend was brutally murdered. He’s never forgiven himself for her death. As for Dakota, her happiness was killed by a loss so deep she'd stopped living. After years of sleeping with biker groupies, Jake's bad boy reputation is ripped apart as soon as Beauty steps into his life. As for Dakota, the hunky, inked, heavily muscled, bad boy forces her to live again. Her very life depends on it.
This story tells of Beauty's transition into Bad Boy's world of violence, betrayal and death. A world dominated by men who live by a strict code where love and beauty come second to the gang. It would take a woman of a certain calibre to stand by such a bad boy. But Dakota isn't just any woman. She can fight. She can shoot, and she has the mouth of a sailor. Her grim past has forced Dakota to be headstrong, and so she rebuffs Jake's need to protect her. But Dakota must realize she is as tough as her understanding that, once in awhile, she needs a tenacious man to lean on, especially if that man’s idea of love is to lay his life down for her.
They say when you're at your lowest point your soul is lost. But what happens when the ties of fate bind two lost souls? Would they choose to risk their last remnant of hope to be together?
Beauty and the Bad Boy is about two lost souls who made such a choice one night, and the dangerous journey they embark upon because of it. But, will their instinct to fight for love save them or will it be their undoing in the end?
A beautiful, young woman from the Heights. Born to be free. Born to love.
Polar opposites. But one thing binds them: A tragic past.
Jake vowed never to love again after his girlfriend was brutally murdered. He’s never forgiven himself for her death. As for Dakota, her happiness was killed by a loss so deep she'd stopped living. After years of sleeping with biker groupies, Jake's bad boy reputation is ripped apart as soon as Beauty steps into his life. As for Dakota, the hunky, inked, heavily muscled, bad boy forces her to live again. Her very life depends on it.
This story tells of Beauty's transition into Bad Boy's world of violence, betrayal and death. A world dominated by men who live by a strict code where love and beauty come second to the gang. It would take a woman of a certain calibre to stand by such a bad boy. But Dakota isn't just any woman. She can fight. She can shoot, and she has the mouth of a sailor. Her grim past has forced Dakota to be headstrong, and so she rebuffs Jake's need to protect her. But Dakota must realize she is as tough as her understanding that, once in awhile, she needs a tenacious man to lean on, especially if that man’s idea of love is to lay his life down for her.
They say when you're at your lowest point your soul is lost. But what happens when the ties of fate bind two lost souls? Would they choose to risk their last remnant of hope to be together?
Beauty and the Bad Boy is about two lost souls who made such a choice one night, and the dangerous journey they embark upon because of it. But, will their instinct to fight for love save them or will it be their undoing in the end?
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First published June 1, 2013
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September 14, 2014
This book has been pulled, so I'm not making a fuss, but a reader has brought it to my attention, so I thought I should say something. I'm going to keep an eye on Ms. Scarlett Dupree.
I started writing fiction in the fanfiction world. I published on fanfiction.net and AO3 as laughingwarrior. The very first story I published, beginning in November 2012, is called The Rose and the Thorn. It's an Opie/OFC story. In fact, my female lead, Lilli Accardo (if you are a reader of my original work, you know her pretty well), has her first iteration as Opie's OFC.
When I started writing my first original story, Move the Sun, I took Lilli on a different path in college, one that took her to Signal Bend instead of Charming.
Anyway. A reader told me that she recently read Beauty and the Bad Boy and wanted to let me know that it was strikingly similar to my Opie story, The Rose and the Thorn. I read the sample on Amazon and the reviews, and I agree. Far too strikingly similar to be coincidence. It's not a direct lift, but from what I can tell by the sample and the spoilers in the reviews, it's close. It's my story, very lightly revamped.
Sadly, I pulled my fanfic from FF.net and AO3 when I started publishing original work. I re-posted it on the Freak Circle's fanfic blog, but, of course, pulling it from the place I originally published compromises the most obvious marker of provenance.
The Rose and the Thorn is the foundation story of my AU, which includes 9 stories in all. They're all available on the blog (link below).
The Rose and the Thorn, though, could never work well as an original work, because it is very much SOA canon. Opie and Lilli's story takes place squarely in the S4 arc of SOA. Taking SOA out of the story, I'd imagine, would make what's left pretty much a muddle.
So if you want to see the original, you can find it here, for free. A warning: it does not have an HEA.
http://thefreakcircle.wordpress.com/f... (NOTE, 9/14/14: this link is no longer valid; see below for correct link.)
Again, I'm not making a fuss. This book appears to be no longer available. Just making note that I know this happened and informing others as well. I note that she intended it to be a series. So I'll be watching.
best,
Susan
ETA:
C.D. Breadner, familiar herself with this sort of thing, commented below that purchasers might still get a refund, based on the plagiarism. I haven't looked into that, but I would hope that's the case.
Also, after reading more reviews, I feel compelled to point out that in the fanfic story from which this book is lifted, the female lead (Lilli, in that case), with the same tragic history and very elaborate skill set, is in her thirties. The change here to make her 21 and leave her with all that baggage and all those skills is...baffling.
UPDATE, 14 SEP 2014:
This review hit my GR feed again today when it got a new "like," which reminded me that I recently moved my fanfic. So, if you are interested in reading my SOA story from which Beauty and the Bad Boy was poached, the valid link is this: http://tfcpress.files.wordpress.com/2... . Cheers!
I started writing fiction in the fanfiction world. I published on fanfiction.net and AO3 as laughingwarrior. The very first story I published, beginning in November 2012, is called The Rose and the Thorn. It's an Opie/OFC story. In fact, my female lead, Lilli Accardo (if you are a reader of my original work, you know her pretty well), has her first iteration as Opie's OFC.
When I started writing my first original story, Move the Sun, I took Lilli on a different path in college, one that took her to Signal Bend instead of Charming.
Anyway. A reader told me that she recently read Beauty and the Bad Boy and wanted to let me know that it was strikingly similar to my Opie story, The Rose and the Thorn. I read the sample on Amazon and the reviews, and I agree. Far too strikingly similar to be coincidence. It's not a direct lift, but from what I can tell by the sample and the spoilers in the reviews, it's close. It's my story, very lightly revamped.
Sadly, I pulled my fanfic from FF.net and AO3 when I started publishing original work. I re-posted it on the Freak Circle's fanfic blog, but, of course, pulling it from the place I originally published compromises the most obvious marker of provenance.
The Rose and the Thorn is the foundation story of my AU, which includes 9 stories in all. They're all available on the blog (link below).
The Rose and the Thorn, though, could never work well as an original work, because it is very much SOA canon. Opie and Lilli's story takes place squarely in the S4 arc of SOA. Taking SOA out of the story, I'd imagine, would make what's left pretty much a muddle.
So if you want to see the original, you can find it here, for free. A warning: it does not have an HEA.
http://thefreakcircle.wordpress.com/f... (NOTE, 9/14/14: this link is no longer valid; see below for correct link.)
Again, I'm not making a fuss. This book appears to be no longer available. Just making note that I know this happened and informing others as well. I note that she intended it to be a series. So I'll be watching.
best,
Susan
ETA:
C.D. Breadner, familiar herself with this sort of thing, commented below that purchasers might still get a refund, based on the plagiarism. I haven't looked into that, but I would hope that's the case.
Also, after reading more reviews, I feel compelled to point out that in the fanfic story from which this book is lifted, the female lead (Lilli, in that case), with the same tragic history and very elaborate skill set, is in her thirties. The change here to make her 21 and leave her with all that baggage and all those skills is...baffling.
UPDATE, 14 SEP 2014:
This review hit my GR feed again today when it got a new "like," which reminded me that I recently moved my fanfic. So, if you are interested in reading my SOA story from which Beauty and the Bad Boy was poached, the valid link is this: http://tfcpress.files.wordpress.com/2... . Cheers!
August 3, 2016
Plagiarism Alert
The REAL author's post: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
July 30, 2013
I really wanted to like this book. I really, really did, and there were elements that were enjoyable. But the story as it stood had more holes in it then a wheel of Swiss cheese.
So this was supposed to be a joining of an outlaw biker, and a sweet girl in a crazy romance. The blurb promised so much, and it kinda delivered, kinda.
Jake is an outlaw biker and as to his character, he was alright, as a man and a biker.
Dakota on the other hand. Lost her father before she was fifteen, got pregnant when she was fifteen, lost her husband and her child, in about four years that followed. That was good stuff. It would land her close to twenty and with so much life behind her. But!!!!! She is a college professor teaching ancient Egypt, excellent marksmen with a gun, rifle and BOW?!?, brown belt in Krav Maga...hmmmmm. Guess she never had to suffer any of those little problems called life and a newborn.
There was even a scene after they had sex for the first time and she said to Jake that she teaches in a college. She said she doesn't want people to know because she doesn't want to be treated differently. So what if she was an 'intellectual'??? Pretentious much?
Now the reason i quit after 60%. Storyline, storyline, storyline. We are dealing with an outlaw motorcycle club. Sexist by default and all about respect. Yet we find Dakota constantly arguing with Jake, talking back, and doing her own shit.Yet the bikers love her and treat her like their baby sister that they would like to fuck. He tells her on Christmas Day, there have been some people killed, lay low. So she goes to a Krav Maga session, yap on Christmas Day, not answering her phone for hours. He tracks her down, and she gets in his face, i won't be protected, mind your business blah blah. Jake keeps running after her and apologizing constantly for his behavior. He did however see the woman he once loved raped, beaten and killed... Dakota emasculated him at every turn.
In a time frame of a few weeks, there is a pile of dead bodies, an actual shoot-out at the clubhouse, she kills a guy with a shot to the eye and no police, no questions....no nothing. By Jake's own words, this is an outlaw motorcycle club, and i am sure as hell that the cops would notice a shoot-out, but hey...
It dawned to me then.....why the hell am i reading this???
This book had so many well thought trough elements, and a potential for an awesome story, but the rest was just thrown in there.
So this was supposed to be a joining of an outlaw biker, and a sweet girl in a crazy romance. The blurb promised so much, and it kinda delivered, kinda.
Jake is an outlaw biker and as to his character, he was alright, as a man and a biker.
Dakota on the other hand. Lost her father before she was fifteen, got pregnant when she was fifteen, lost her husband and her child, in about four years that followed. That was good stuff. It would land her close to twenty and with so much life behind her. But!!!!! She is a college professor teaching ancient Egypt, excellent marksmen with a gun, rifle and BOW?!?, brown belt in Krav Maga...hmmmmm. Guess she never had to suffer any of those little problems called life and a newborn.
There was even a scene after they had sex for the first time and she said to Jake that she teaches in a college. She said she doesn't want people to know because she doesn't want to be treated differently. So what if she was an 'intellectual'??? Pretentious much?
Now the reason i quit after 60%. Storyline, storyline, storyline. We are dealing with an outlaw motorcycle club. Sexist by default and all about respect. Yet we find Dakota constantly arguing with Jake, talking back, and doing her own shit.Yet the bikers love her and treat her like their baby sister that they would like to fuck. He tells her on Christmas Day, there have been some people killed, lay low. So she goes to a Krav Maga session, yap on Christmas Day, not answering her phone for hours. He tracks her down, and she gets in his face, i won't be protected, mind your business blah blah. Jake keeps running after her and apologizing constantly for his behavior. He did however see the woman he once loved raped, beaten and killed... Dakota emasculated him at every turn.
In a time frame of a few weeks, there is a pile of dead bodies, an actual shoot-out at the clubhouse, she kills a guy with a shot to the eye and no police, no questions....no nothing. By Jake's own words, this is an outlaw motorcycle club, and i am sure as hell that the cops would notice a shoot-out, but hey...
It dawned to me then.....why the hell am i reading this???
This book had so many well thought trough elements, and a potential for an awesome story, but the rest was just thrown in there.
own-but-havent-read-yet
April 8, 2014Plagiarized.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
July 1, 2013
Wow, let me start off with saying I did not expect this book to be as deep as it was. It was super hot and sexy. Our hero was definitely a bad boy, a great bad boy. Our heroine was sweet, stunning and had a great head on her shoulders. Combine those two into a world of bikers, trouble, love, lust and hot sex, well you've got yourself a great read of course! Scarlett Dupree did an excellent job surprising me with this read. I really thought it'd be like all those other generic, knock-off biker books that seem to be hitting us here and there. This book really had a great story behind it. I couldn't believe what I was reading about our heroine when her story came out. I didn't know it was going there, but it did and it did well.
This book is a HEA, there is no cheating and their love is strong. I totally recommend this book. I can't wait for book # 2. Since this one had an ending, I'm not sure if it's going to be another guy or if it's going to be this couple again. Either way, I'm definitely picking it up.
This book is a HEA, there is no cheating and their love is strong. I totally recommend this book. I can't wait for book # 2. Since this one had an ending, I'm not sure if it's going to be another guy or if it's going to be this couple again. Either way, I'm definitely picking it up.
June 19, 2013
I loved the bad ass biker element to this story!! The drama of gang life!! Their stories combined..Wish there was more biker badness in the book!!
And damn these two did it like rabbits near on every second page, I actually lost count during the story!!
10 points for the cover!! HOT!!
And damn these two did it like rabbits near on every second page, I actually lost count during the story!!
10 points for the cover!! HOT!!
July 22, 2016
This author is a thief and a plagiarist: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
April 11, 2014
I've been led to believe this book is the plagiarized version of someone else's work:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
June 21, 2013
Jake Rider lost his girlfriend Tina in a vicious attack against his motorcycle club, The Firebirds. He meets fellow tortured soul, Dakota, and feels instant sparks of connection (and lust) for her.
Jake, however, isn't the only one who's suffered loss as Dakota too has lost loved ones as well.
How will their love bloom as rival forces threaten tear them apart and the forces that took Tina's life are on the brink of claiming Dakota's as well?
MY THOUGHTS:
In all retrospect, I didn't care for Jake whatsoever. I wasn't sold on the idea of Jake being this bad ass character that he was supposed to be nor had any sympathy or empathy for him either. No matter what he had claimed to have done, his character was always fell short to me. He was sort of like a pansy really (since he throws A LOT of mood swings and cries often) while Dakota wore the big man pants and sucks things up and moves on with her life.
I really admire a woman like Dakota and could totally feel for her throughout the story. When I had read the plot synopsis, I had already figured that Jake's character would be this overbearing and exaggerating character as he had lost what he thought was the love of his life. Wait to you hear Dakota's story and the story behind her rose bush tattoos (especially what represents the "bud" of it *tear tear). Her's is tragic and put's what Jake has gone through to shame. It's a heavy burden but what I appreciated about Dakota is that she doesn't wither in her loss and misery. That's something that Jake needs to get a grip on.
I also thought it was cheesy for the characters calling each other "Beauty" and "Bad Boy." How weird. I hear some guys refer to their girls as their beauty but to call your guy "Bad Boy" (even though I didn't think he was) was quite a strange word of endearment.
Over all though, this was an okay yet painful read. And when I mean "painful" I mean that I had to put my e-reader down several times because I was either bored or I wanted Jake to grow some balls and be a man! Sorry for my commentary but it's the TRUTH!
The ending is what left me very unsettled and annoyed the most though. There could have been more done to it because I was not satisfied with it. It just leaves me thinking what I've known from the beginning: Jake is one irresponsible guy and is lucky that someone like Dakota will put up with him and his sh*t. I mean, she had some of her options taken away from her in which she can't go and get back and yet Jake still has a chance to with one person (and I'm not referring to Dakota btw) and he's not taking it. I get that stability and safety is what he's looking at but he should work harder so that he can provide that. I'm sure that if Dakota could go back in time she would have taken the chance that Jake has. Pisses me off really.
Jake, however, isn't the only one who's suffered loss as Dakota too has lost loved ones as well.
How will their love bloom as rival forces threaten tear them apart and the forces that took Tina's life are on the brink of claiming Dakota's as well?
MY THOUGHTS:
In all retrospect, I didn't care for Jake whatsoever. I wasn't sold on the idea of Jake being this bad ass character that he was supposed to be nor had any sympathy or empathy for him either. No matter what he had claimed to have done, his character was always fell short to me. He was sort of like a pansy really (since he throws A LOT of mood swings and cries often) while Dakota wore the big man pants and sucks things up and moves on with her life.
I really admire a woman like Dakota and could totally feel for her throughout the story. When I had read the plot synopsis, I had already figured that Jake's character would be this overbearing and exaggerating character as he had lost what he thought was the love of his life. Wait to you hear Dakota's story and the story behind her rose bush tattoos (especially what represents the "bud" of it *tear tear). Her's is tragic and put's what Jake has gone through to shame. It's a heavy burden but what I appreciated about Dakota is that she doesn't wither in her loss and misery. That's something that Jake needs to get a grip on.
I also thought it was cheesy for the characters calling each other "Beauty" and "Bad Boy." How weird. I hear some guys refer to their girls as their beauty but to call your guy "Bad Boy" (even though I didn't think he was) was quite a strange word of endearment.
Over all though, this was an okay yet painful read. And when I mean "painful" I mean that I had to put my e-reader down several times because I was either bored or I wanted Jake to grow some balls and be a man! Sorry for my commentary but it's the TRUTH!
The ending is what left me very unsettled and annoyed the most though. There could have been more done to it because I was not satisfied with it. It just leaves me thinking what I've known from the beginning: Jake is one irresponsible guy and is lucky that someone like Dakota will put up with him and his sh*t. I mean, she had some of her options taken away from her in which she can't go and get back and yet Jake still has a chance to with one person (and I'm not referring to Dakota btw) and he's not taking it. I get that stability and safety is what he's looking at but he should work harder so that he can provide that. I'm sure that if Dakota could go back in time she would have taken the chance that Jake has. Pisses me off really.
June 21, 2013
Wanna know how I know a book will be 5 stars.... Bad Boy Tattooed Biker..This book grabbed me from the beginning. I didn't stop until I was done which was three hours later. I didn't even wanna get up to go to the bathroom. That is how invested I was in this book. The characters made you love them from the beginning. Each having a tragic past that was heart wrenching....both from different walks of life. You would think that Dakota is this sweet...innocent girl from the moment she drives up wearing her pink sweater....until the story starts to unfold....she is one BAD ASS Biotch! And Jake....all I can say is Yum! One look at the hunky tattooed bad boy and she is done! And one look at this Beauty pull up to his shop...he was done. She embarks into his lifestyle of violence and pain and death and betrayal. The author makes Dakota an independent/can kick ass and take names kinda girl. She doesn't need a man to take care of her. BUT...she also makes Jake the Alpha Male who wants/needs/and desires to take care of his woman.... even when his woman can kick his ass! There are plenty of moments when you think....this is it...this is the end of their relationship....there are plenty of hot sex scenes....kicking ass scenes and scenes that literally left my mouth wide open saying OMFG!!!!!! It's not all a bed of roses for them..... They are definitely two lost souls who find each other and work through things together to try and prove that you can find love and happiness again. or can you???? I don't give detailed spoilers away so it's really hard for me to talk about books I have read.... but trust me peeps... this book shot up to the top right under My Fave Madeline Sheehan and Undeniable/Unbeautifully books..... That's how good this was.... Can not wait to read the next in this series.... The ending....just WOW!
June 25, 2013
Okay, first and for most let me Thank you Rashida for recommending this book. Now on to the review. Jake the leading male character was sexy, arrogant, Alpha Male that he is. His emotions were up and down like a rollercoaster, but as well as confusing. Now Dakota, Wow, she did so much death that it was hard to see her character give Jake what he need. But I guess opposite do attract. The loved they had was beautiful but also scary; The scenes between the gangs was OMG, had me on the edge. Dixon and Tiffany, hmmm, even though they were friends, I still always wonder something whats up! Pop, oh I was sad what happened to him. But he gave good advice to Jake. Now the ending, hmm, I felt like there is a cliffhanger, I needed more, I wanted more. I wanted to read the Conversation that Jake had with Dixon before he went to see Dakota. This book remind me a little of Undeniable, but I wanted more. Kudos to the author, write another story. Maybe by Jake point of view, since we read all about Dakota I wanted to read his.
June 19, 2013
I found this to be really well thought out & written. Had me hooked from the first couple of chapters.
Bad boy meets good girl with a twist.
Dakota is a kickarse take no shit chick that has had alot of heartache in her life. Shes an awesome female lead and her kickarse attitude worked well.
Jake was the hot as hell big bad biker with issues of his own but between them they make it work and when it works its HOT!!!! Naughty steamy loving gentle hard and fast hot!!
The supporting characters were all great - the story concept read well and yes while there a few books out there now with the whole bad biker thing but i found this one kept me interested i think due to the main story being about Jake and Dakota and not nessesarily the life of being a biker even though it was in the background, it wasnt so in your face.
Im looking forward to the next book to continue reading about Dakota and Jake as well as the rest of the crew.
Bad boy meets good girl with a twist.
Dakota is a kickarse take no shit chick that has had alot of heartache in her life. Shes an awesome female lead and her kickarse attitude worked well.
Jake was the hot as hell big bad biker with issues of his own but between them they make it work and when it works its HOT!!!! Naughty steamy loving gentle hard and fast hot!!
The supporting characters were all great - the story concept read well and yes while there a few books out there now with the whole bad biker thing but i found this one kept me interested i think due to the main story being about Jake and Dakota and not nessesarily the life of being a biker even though it was in the background, it wasnt so in your face.
Im looking forward to the next book to continue reading about Dakota and Jake as well as the rest of the crew.
July 5, 2013
I really wanted more for from this book. First of all, I felt like it was trying to be all Sons of Anarchy and failing miserably. Second, I felt like writing in both 1st person perspectives of both lead characters was lazy writing. The author was in these character's heads most of the time and things happened really quickly because it was all tell and no show. The author blatantly tells the audience there is a problem with the leader of the gang and yet, she waits until the last 15 pages to really get to it. Also, these characters fell in love in a day but most of the book was sex scenes. The author does have shining, poetic moments but it was overshadowed by all the things I had issues with.
June 30, 2013
Really? WTF the whole time I was reading this I kept getting this feeling of Deja vu. Guess the author of the book is a Sons of Anarchy fan as well because I could not stop thinking of Jax and Tara with the exception that Jax and Tara's story was better written. EPIC FAIL!!!
no-way-will-i-read-this
April 8, 2014This story appears to be plagiarized from a SOA fanfic...
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
June 25, 2013
Where to begin........... I loved this book for many reason but my top reason would have to be because of Beauty (Dakota) she totally kicked ass! She is the true definition of a leading lady. She basically had everyone she ever cared about, loved, adored stripped from her in tragic ways. The fact that she grew and gained strength from it is admirable! Bad boy (Jake) was a sweet heart. Yes he had his controlling ways but to call him all alpha male, to me, would be a no. I completely understand why he did the things that he did - which was to protect those who he loved, his daughte, but I also felt he put her on the back burner and continue to live his life. I wish that he would atleast call more or visited more but that is a different story in itself. I loved them as a couple but also felt they hid too many secrets from eachother and thats when the miscommunication came into play. Jake completely pissed me off at the end and I think Dakota should of made him begged a lot more. She literally saved his BUTT and have to leave her life behind to get a new one and he turned his back on her to support the lifestyle that keeps taking things away from him! COME ON DUDE! I know the actions Dakota did will come back and play a role in book 2, I am just curious to see how, and also what kind of life Jake will live now.
June 20, 2013
Oh Jake, "I'm pretty sure me and my bike can handle you, gorgeous. No trouble at all. I could come over around five, if that works for you." Dakota I loved her, "no, I love cooking. I'm a quarter Asian. It's a thing we do. So if you don't mind, I'd like to cook for you. Or is that weird? It's probably weird..." Did I mention he has tattoos, "I marveled at the tattoo that covered his entire back and exactly replicated the patch on his jacket. " Dakota is falling fast for Jake and the sex ooh baby the sex, "I'm not saying that I'm always going to be ready for this, but I like rough sex just fine, as long as you know I welcome it. You didn't do anything I wasn't okay with. I wouldn't have let you." He really cares about his woman, "what the eff, Dakota! I've been calling you for two effing hours! I was effing terrified! You could have been hurt!."
April 8, 2014
I struggled with this ....but I'm not sure why
I love MC books, in fact lately I seem to read more of them than anything else so I was quite excited to discover this one since I'd obviously missed it when it first came out.
Now it's taken me weeks to read this book, I keep reading a bit then I find myself losing interest but then I come back to it again and I honestly don't know why, it doesn't hold my attention but yet I must like it enough to keep coming back. I loved Dakota, she's a brilliant female character who's been through than any single person should and Jake, well he's hot of course and he loves her but something about him didn't sit right, again I'm not sure what.
A lot of the reviews for this are very good so it would appear that most people enjoyed it more than I did, for me it was an ok read
I love MC books, in fact lately I seem to read more of them than anything else so I was quite excited to discover this one since I'd obviously missed it when it first came out.
Now it's taken me weeks to read this book, I keep reading a bit then I find myself losing interest but then I come back to it again and I honestly don't know why, it doesn't hold my attention but yet I must like it enough to keep coming back. I loved Dakota, she's a brilliant female character who's been through than any single person should and Jake, well he's hot of course and he loves her but something about him didn't sit right, again I'm not sure what.
A lot of the reviews for this are very good so it would appear that most people enjoyed it more than I did, for me it was an ok read
June 24, 2013
This book was a whole lot of something. It was intense, it was funny, it was scary, it was kick-ass and then the last few pages were just..............................BLAH!!!
Dakota and Jake were hot and heavy from the beginning. Their back stories were interesting and even though they were from different backgrounds it worked. Both of them were stubborn and got my nerve but that is to be expected with all good couples.
I wished the ending would have been more POW and less BLAH, although I must admit I was almost not going to finish the book if what I thought had happened actually happened.
Overall good book, maybe the ending was designed to create need and want for a book 2.
Dakota and Jake were hot and heavy from the beginning. Their back stories were interesting and even though they were from different backgrounds it worked. Both of them were stubborn and got my nerve but that is to be expected with all good couples.
I wished the ending would have been more POW and less BLAH, although I must admit I was almost not going to finish the book if what I thought had happened actually happened.
Overall good book, maybe the ending was designed to create need and want for a book 2.
June 20, 2013
Review to come
June 25, 2013
DNF... Was not feeling this,.
December 19, 2014
¿Por qué? Dios, esperaba demasiado de este libro y ni siquiera lo pude terminar. Se enamoraron en 40 páginas ¿cómo puede ser?
December 24, 2014
I'm a bit conflicted over my rating. Part of the reason why this is getting a 3 and not a 4 is that M/C heroes kind of disgust me. I don't know what's up with me, but I have some sort of prejudice against them. I read this book as part of a July pick-it-for-me challenge, and I hate to hold my own issues against a story but I have a really hard time getting behind a hero that puts his gross, club family above ACTUAL family.
At first it seemed like maybe I wasn't going to have to feel guilty giving it a low-ish rating because the writing seemed amaturish and the main characters were a little too...too everything. The heroine was such a badass, she was tougher than the hero. She was this archaeology student professor, but she was blowin' people's heads off, Krav Maga-ing on bikers, and stomping genitals in. The hero cried more than any other hero I've read, yet he was an ex-con, murdering, biker gang member. In a way I appreciated that there was an attempt to make this wrong-side-of-the-law hero likable and loveable, but the author made the heroine more alpha than him and I just can't love that.
But around 50-60% I felt like the writing really stepped up and was great. The characters stayed the same, she didn't give them any 180 or anything, but the flow was better and I felt really into the story. I will admit that I did skim a few sex scenes (I don't usually do that) but there were a lot of them and I wanted to see where the story was taking these characters.
So this could have been a 4 if I weren't already anti-biker-men, but it did start slowish for me and it took a while for me to care about the characters, so it could have been a 2, too. I'm sticking with 3.
At first it seemed like maybe I wasn't going to have to feel guilty giving it a low-ish rating because the writing seemed amaturish and the main characters were a little too...too everything. The heroine was such a badass, she was tougher than the hero. She was this archaeology student professor, but she was blowin' people's heads off, Krav Maga-ing on bikers, and stomping genitals in. The hero cried more than any other hero I've read, yet he was an ex-con, murdering, biker gang member. In a way I appreciated that there was an attempt to make this wrong-side-of-the-law hero likable and loveable, but the author made the heroine more alpha than him and I just can't love that.
But around 50-60% I felt like the writing really stepped up and was great. The characters stayed the same, she didn't give them any 180 or anything, but the flow was better and I felt really into the story. I will admit that I did skim a few sex scenes (I don't usually do that) but there were a lot of them and I wanted to see where the story was taking these characters.
So this could have been a 4 if I weren't already anti-biker-men, but it did start slowish for me and it took a while for me to care about the characters, so it could have been a 2, too. I'm sticking with 3.
July 10, 2013
Just finished this one. Love it. Two broken souls, from opposite sides of town, who have lost more than most come together. She is looking for a walk on the wild side and he cannot resist her. It is not pretty or perfect or easy. I loved the heroine, Dakota Demonte, for her strength and ability to take care of herself. She comes into the male dominated world of Jake's gang and fights to hold her own, literally.
Jake Rider cannot stay away from the Heights beauty Dakota. She can shoot, fight and has language to rival any sailor. Even though he doesn't want to put his alpha in the back seat when she asks him to, he does because the alternative is a life without her. I swooned over his obvious need to protect and take care of her and admired the struggles he chose to fight in order to give her the independence she not only needed but demanded.
Super steamy look into life in a motor cycle club. Definitely recommend for those of you who love you some bad boy, but also love a chick that can take care of business! Kelli
Jake Rider cannot stay away from the Heights beauty Dakota. She can shoot, fight and has language to rival any sailor. Even though he doesn't want to put his alpha in the back seat when she asks him to, he does because the alternative is a life without her. I swooned over his obvious need to protect and take care of her and admired the struggles he chose to fight in order to give her the independence she not only needed but demanded.
Super steamy look into life in a motor cycle club. Definitely recommend for those of you who love you some bad boy, but also love a chick that can take care of business! Kelli
July 18, 2013
I really enjoyed reading this book. I loved Jakes character, hot... Tatted... Alpha... Motorcycle riding man who had a loyalty streak a mile wide. I loved how Dakotas character was written as a strong willed woman who could protect herself, wether by fists or guns. The tragedy of their pasts bro v them such hope for the future.
Steamy love scenes. Great action sequences. An emotional roller coaster from start to finish. I couldn't put this book down. I loved how for the most part, the Fire Birds were portrayed as a family. Born and raised in the club, die for be club type stuff. Loved it!
My only complaint was around 96%, between where Dakota steps in front of Jake and where he finds her in her sons bedroom. Really freaking confusing for me.
No buts... This was a great read and I can wait to read more from this author!
Steamy love scenes. Great action sequences. An emotional roller coaster from start to finish. I couldn't put this book down. I loved how for the most part, the Fire Birds were portrayed as a family. Born and raised in the club, die for be club type stuff. Loved it!
My only complaint was around 96%, between where Dakota steps in front of Jake and where he finds her in her sons bedroom. Really freaking confusing for me.
No buts... This was a great read and I can wait to read more from this author!
July 31, 2013
HAS POTENTIAL
A bad boy meets good girl then the sparks fly. Jake Rider belongs to the Fire Birds MC. Dakota Demonte is a college tutor, who is into her muscle car and motorbikes. She meets Jake when she takes her car into his garage.
Right from the start these two are on fire for each other. But coming from totally different backgrounds and living totally opposite lifestyles. Do not make things easy. Jake has done things and suffered in his life, but so has Dakota.
I enjoyed reading this story, the author has a very descriptive style. I liked Jake and Dakota they were both fully fleshed out characters. I was surprised how quickly and easily Dakota accepted all the things Jake had done in his past. There are plenty of hot sex scenes, but lots of drama and action as well.
A bad boy meets good girl then the sparks fly. Jake Rider belongs to the Fire Birds MC. Dakota Demonte is a college tutor, who is into her muscle car and motorbikes. She meets Jake when she takes her car into his garage.
Right from the start these two are on fire for each other. But coming from totally different backgrounds and living totally opposite lifestyles. Do not make things easy. Jake has done things and suffered in his life, but so has Dakota.
I enjoyed reading this story, the author has a very descriptive style. I liked Jake and Dakota they were both fully fleshed out characters. I was surprised how quickly and easily Dakota accepted all the things Jake had done in his past. There are plenty of hot sex scenes, but lots of drama and action as well.
June 30, 2013
This book makes a biker book looks bad. It started hot, a hot seemed to be bad ass biker Jake, and Dakota a sexy professor.. Then turns out, Dakota's more bad ass than Jake, he whines tell her no, she tells him off and bang, he understands and off she goes.... And this is more an erotica than a biker book, sex is almost every page, kidding, but yeah, that much it gets tiring/boring, nothing hot there, moving on.... Took me days to finish this book. Cover is hot, blurb sounds hot, and that's about it.
July 17, 2013
This book sat on my tbr file for a while and i kept putting it off because i got a bad feeling about it. I should go with my INSTINCTS more often. The story was ok... a little slow and cheesy.. But the end pissed me off the most. I love that his excuse for being a dead beat parent was keeping his kid safe from the club... and when he is finally out of the club you would think that his kid would come up in their future plans.... but no. Frustrated by this book and i dont even know why.. cheese factor... dumb characters... weird story??? I dont even know.
June 28, 2013
This book was full of surprises. I have now read a few biker story and I love that they are all different.
In Beauty and the Bad Boy, we begin straight from the first few lines with a very intense relationship. However, we get to know their whole story during theast chapters. That was really good as, all along the book, we would get to know a little bit more everytime.
Dakota and Jake are definitely hot together but not perfect. They know it and try to work on it.
It is a beautful story about life, love and hardship.
In Beauty and the Bad Boy, we begin straight from the first few lines with a very intense relationship. However, we get to know their whole story during theast chapters. That was really good as, all along the book, we would get to know a little bit more everytime.
Dakota and Jake are definitely hot together but not perfect. They know it and try to work on it.
It is a beautful story about life, love and hardship.
July 18, 2013
I really loved this book. I fell in love with Dakota. I just wanted to give her a hug through the whole damn book. It's rare now to read about a strong female who still falls head over heels for the guy. She didn't take crap from anyone, but was still loving and kind. I laughed out loud alot at Dakota and Jake's banter. My only complaint is it didn't feel finished. I know more books are to come, I hope she fills in the blanks for Dakota and Jake. Great read and can't wait for more
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