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The Vendetta

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Harmon Keyes lives by a singular motto: Family first, justice for all. It’s the creed that sustained him when he left special forces and started an ex-military motorcycle club. There, his creed drove him to put his unique skills to good use righting the wrongs left unpunished by the law.

But there’s one wrong he’s been waiting years to make right and her name is Daria Sinclair.

Family first. Daria’s father is Harmon’s sworn enemy—the man who destroyed his sister’s life. Justice for all. Daria is his ticket to vengeance, and her innocent nature makes her the perfect pawn in his revenge.

It should’ve been straight-forward. Keep it simple, stupid. Except one kiss is all it takes to complicate his plan. Daria is trusting and pure temptation, and Harmon finds himself falling for the woman he’s sworn to hate. When it’s time to claim his vendetta, Harmon will have to choose between holding to his creed or listening to his heart.

326 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 24, 2023

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Rebecca Sharp

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Rebecca Sharp always loved a good love story. Let's face it, when you include a romance novel on your 8th grade summer reading list just to see if the teacher would notice (she didn't!), she was bound to give writing one of her own a go. There's really no corner of romance that she doesn't (or wouldn't) enjoy writing, except maybe aliens, much to her husband's dismay, so her large catalog features a little something for everyone. However, her love of shows like NCIS and Criminal Minds makes her favorite stories to write the ones with some kind of suspense and crime solving.

When she's not writing, she's at her office treating patients, and somewhere between those two things, you'll find her wandering the globe with her husband always searching for their next adventure.

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Profile Image for Patricia (Spellbound Stories Trish) .
2,831 reviews117 followers
December 3, 2023
Revenge never tasted so sweet and looked so good, but is it revenge when you give into desire and take what was never meant to be yours?


Harmon and Daria’s story is the first in this brand New Romantic suspense series from Rebecca Sharp! The Vigilante MC is a group of wayward men fighting wrongs that others turn a blind eye too. When Harmon is tasked with a job he comes face to face with a past he needs to set right, but matters of the heart are never easy!

I love how honest to goodness sweet Daria was. In a world of darkness she chose to see the best. She was gullible but she was strong and Harmon was definitely her other side! Harmon is broody, aloof but deep down this man is fueled by love!

The start to this series is a good one because I know that even though we got answers to what was happening there are some angsty loose ends that I can’t wait to see how they play out!!
51 reviews
August 12, 2024
Forced Read

This book was a tough one to finish. I pushed myself, but definitely won’t be reading the rest. Harmon had six things he did with his body. Locking his jaw, locking his teeth, rasping, croaking, and growling. On repeat the entire book. It felt like every line was copy and paste and I skimmed quite a bit. You could see the plot a mile away and the book struggled to keep my attention. The story felt slow and things that didn’t seem notable were described in detail whereas other things I would have liked to go deeper were addressed quickly. Spice was 3/5.
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7 reviews
September 9, 2024
For all the hype on BookTok, I was disappointed. There seemed to be the same conversations occuring between the MMC and FMC. I guessed the ending after the first few chapters. The antagonist's last name was Remington; I felt like I was reading "The Blacklist." The series is much better....
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1,538 reviews53 followers
May 4, 2024
This is a romantic suspense book, and I did find myself surprised, but that was not enough to keep me captured. I felt that some of the story dragged, and though this is a slow burn, I just did not feel the desire between the two characters. I can see why people love this book, but I think it just wasn't for me.
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185 reviews12 followers
November 27, 2023
I am a big fan of Rebecca sharp of the stories she writes. This was no different and it’s a the start of a whole new series set in the same world as the Covington security series.

Harm and Daria are an unlikely match but sometimes when two people come together they just work. Harm is a former green Barrett hired to protect the daughter of a very rich man under circumstances he knows nothing about. During the time his protecting her, he comes to find out she’s the daughter of his #1 enemy while he is is falling in love with her.

Everything about this was great. The story and turns keep me so engaged. It was alittle slow to start but I really liked it once it got going. It was a great combo of spicy and plot driven 🫠 (think price Albert and semi public setting) whew.

Read this book. All I know is I need Robyn and Remington’s book asap
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370 reviews30 followers
November 28, 2023
We’ve watched Harmon Keyes from the sidelines in several Covington Security books. Now we finally get his entire story. If there’s one thing Dr. Sharp knows how to do, and do well, it’s tease a storyline through not only multiple books, but multiple series.

This is the case with The Vendetta. This book sort of picks up where the last book in the Covington Security series, Braved, left off.

We get to watch as Harm, who thinks his lifestyle will never allow him to settle down and have a family realizes that all it takes for that to happen is the right woman. The story is full of suspense, danger, and action. I love seeing cameos from characters from the Carmel Cove and Covington Security books as well.
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54 reviews
November 26, 2023
This is my new favorite story and characters! I wasn’t sure anything could top the Covington series, but I was wrong. I have never been so happy to be wrong. Enjoy!.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
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889 reviews56 followers
December 14, 2023
Great start to this new series, the storyline had me hooked, secrets being revealed and shew the chemistry and spicy scenes 🔥 ...can't wait for the next one
8,785 reviews63 followers
November 22, 2023
When Harmon gets a job to protect the vigilantes enemies daughter he cant turn that down, but he didnt realise just how Darla would make him feel and when loyaltie are tested how will they fair? well written engaging steamy angst, enemeis to lovers romance.

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247 reviews4 followers
November 22, 2023
Oh Harm…. This book was amazing! Harm and Daria’s chemistry was amazing! I loved her nonchalant French attitude! It made for some really funny scenes! I have so many questions about other characters though! I can’t wait for the next book to come out.
November 30, 2023
I haven’t met a Sharp book I didn’t like, and this one was no exception! I loved Harm and Daria’s story. Harm is like an alphahole cinnamon roll….he’ super protective, has been through some tough times, but he’s swoony and gooey and had quite a lot of dirty things come out of his mouth!

Harm and the gang are still trying to deal with the loss of their comrade and the events that lead to a huge betrayal and how to pick up the pieces to move on. They have a Vendetta to handle and nothing will stand in their way until a certain woman makes Harm question everything.

Daria is also dealing with a huge loss with the death of her mother and is forced to move from France to the US to be with her dad whom she has had no contact with for 22 years.

Harm is assigned to Daria as her bodyguard and the steam and angst is there from the beginning! Harm thinks he’s babysitting until he’s struck by a 22 yr old law student full of sass and sadness all in one. The age gap is 15 years but Rebecca does this so well that it’s not harped on and I easily forgot the difference because Daria is mature and they blend together so well. You can feel the tension and frustration (which Harm is in a constant state of 🔵🔵 😏) and when they finally begin to give in, 🥵. Can it just be about s3x for them…the answer is no. I’m pretty sure this was some of the hottest scenes on a bike I’ve ever read! Plus, Harm sports a Prince Albert and Daria is a puddle for this 🫠.

Once it’s known who Daria’s father is, the whole gang is riled up to take down the man who ruined their sister Robyn and in true Sharp style, you think you know, until you don’t. She’s a master at leading you on a path, only to get you to second guess yourself and then BAM lol. I love all the twists and turns, and this book easily keeps you intrigued.

I loved the BATB references as my favorite Disney movie and Rhys is definitely one character I’m ready to know more about.

If you’re looking for enemies to lovers, forced proximity, age gap, pierced hero, feisty heroine, secrets and lies, ex-military bodyguard, romantic suspense, with all a heartfelt story, then check out The Vendetta!
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1,461 reviews57 followers
June 24, 2024
3.5 but I’ll do 4⭐️ for Goodreads.

So Age Gap isn’t usually my cup of tea and, frankly, it’s still not. But I will say, this didn’t FEEL like a typical age gap. Daria’s a 22 yo law student who grew up in France. Not a virgin or inexperienced with men and has a very laid back mindset about sex and her own sexuality. Her mother had “friends” but no one ever permanent. Harmon is 37 but has spent a lot of time in special ops. So, truthfully, maturity wise they seem on equal footing.

Daria was also no doe-eyed innocent. Her mother had been murdered maybe a month prior, she’s starting to figure out nothing is quite what it seems and her reason for becoming a lawyer is because she’s done a lot of international volunteer work and sees how the system can be hurtful.

The plot was steady, if not OVERLY interesting. Truthfully, it felt more like a set up for Remington and Robyn’s story (which I’m 99.9% sure is coming even though the author doesn’t say it explicitly.)

My biggest hang up with this book were the names. He goes by HARM instead of Harmon?! REALLY?! (Not that Harmon is much better.) and Robyn goes by Rob which is also not the best. And Remington? Really?

I was hoping for a little more action in my bodyguard romance. It was a lot of her just… being stuck inside. But overall, enjoyable.
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1,299 reviews104 followers
November 30, 2023
The Vendetta by Rebecca Sharp.

Oh my goodness...y'all .. when my book bestie told me that Rebecca Sharp was writing a new MC series, I couldn't run fast enough to Amazon to check it out and one click that bad boy!!!

The next thing I would like to share is that I believe I remember a saying when I was younger, something about this is too hot for TV.

Well....Let me tell you, The Vendetta is too hot for your Kindle. LOL Goodness, this book was full of smoking HAWT $ex!! LOL

The Vendetta had me sitting on the edge of my seat, flipping those pages like a mad woman!!! There is soooo much MC drama and soooo much bodyguard drama I was in heaven!!! I love me a good ole' MC book written by Mrs. Sharp.

Sharp is bad a$$ at writing those MC men and those smoken hawt sex scenes!!! Ya, I know, I already mentioned that.. but it's worth saying it again. Haha
Mmmmm, they are Delicious!!!

Oh, and of course, when
those grumpy, alpha MC men have to choose between holding to his creed or listening to his heart.... That's when you fall hard for them and
yessss I fell hard for
Harmon Keyes!!

5 Schmexy Stars!!!

Another great read by Sharp!!!
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703 reviews89 followers
July 2, 2024
Great Romance

Final rating: 3.5

This is my first book by Dr. Rebecca Sharpe, and it probably won't be my last. I enjoyed this book, but I waffled between 3 stars and 4 stars because I loved the romance, but I also wanted more suspense since this book is billed as a romantic suspense novel. I also don't think this was an enemies-to-lovers romance because I didn't think this was the focus of the book - and it was Daria's father that was the enemy, not Daria herself.

Harm and Daria had the perfect age gap romance. I am a sucker for that genre - plus, the MMC is an alpha, which ticked all my romance boxes. I would have wanted there to be more spice, though.

What failed for me was the romantic suspense part. I felt that there wasn't enough of the suspense that I expected. For the most part, Harm was just following Daria around as her bodyguard.
1,068 reviews
December 4, 2023
I liked a lot about this book but found that in laying down the ground works for the series to come, there was a lot about this book I got a little lost in and it felt complicated. I admit I also found the age difference hard to stomach, not the number of years but the age of Daria who, despite the author trying to make her seem mature with her being French, felt young and naive.

Having said that, there were a lot of leads buried in this book for the stories to come and I feel like it’s going to be a good series.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
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21 reviews2 followers
November 29, 2023
Monsieur Protecteur..... Yes Please!!!
Another page turner from Dr Rebecca Sharp! In traumatic events, Darias' life gets turnt upside down, insert Bodyguard Harmon "Harm" Keyes, former Green Berets and you get the spice your after but of course not without some dramatic events and heroism. Strong willed and determined Fmc. Protective and loving Mmc. I could not put this book down and fully recommend to all, can't wait for the next installment to this series!.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
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808 reviews25 followers
October 4, 2024
An entirely unenjoyable read for me

First- I like this author, even if I haven’t loved every book. I enjoyed the Covington Security series and had been looking forward to this spin off series, preordering all the books. How could you not love some hunky motorcycle riding Robin Hood Vigilantes?

I started this book the day it was released and quit fairly quickly. I started and stopped this a dozen times minimum because I just couldn’t get into it. I enjoyed the related previous series and wanted to read the books that came after this one, so every time the next one was released I’d pick it up again and still couldn’t do it. I finally just force fed it to myself. Not sure it was worth it.

We are told Daria is so mature for her age, at the ripe old age of 22 yo, but God she felt so immature. I had to keep reminding myself she was in law school and not high school or a freshman in college. Harm is much older at 37yo, and should be more mature, but he’s not much better. I guess that makes the age gap work 🙄 They drool and lust after each other like teens. I didn’t buy their chemistry at all, and it always felt weird. It had zero to do with the age gap, because as I said they were both oddly teenage hormone lust controlled so they both felt similarly immature. And I always love a good age gap, so the age difference wasn’t the issue.

Harm is a former Green Beret turned vigilante of sorts, tasked with being a body guard to Daria- who he discovers is the daughter of his sworn enemy. All of that means nothing though because apparently her looks alone cause him to lose his brain cells, training, and thirst for vengeance. Not to mention loyalty to his family, in particular his sister. It must be looks because it happens at literally the first glance. 🙄 #InstaLust

I finally finished the book by getting the audiobook, thinking it would be easier to force feed if I listened to it while working. Not helpful. Nothing against the narrators- but I think it made it worse. I literally rolled my eyes and laughed at inappropriate times for the whole book.

For starters, Daria makes sure we know she is French at every single opportunity. I got sooo tired of hearing how French she is. ‘I’m so mature because I’m French, I’m so sexual because I’m French and we go to nude beaches and have free sex because we are French, everything is better when you are French.’ Seriously, we get it. 🙄 So hearing all that crap in a French accent made it even more obnoxious. I don’t think she had a single personality trait outside of being French.

“I was in love with him. Not the American falling in love… No, this was the French kind of love.” 🙄🙄


Overall, I didn’t buy the chemistry. I didn’t find her to be this intelligent mature for her age woman who wanted to right all the wrongs in the world by going into international law, yet a man she never met shows up and says “your mom was murdered but no one can know, also come with me and do exactly as I say” and she just says “oh… ok”. Maybe if she was a sheltered child, but that wasn’t the persona she presented when talking about her life with her mother and how French she is.

And Harm… Green Beret, vigilante, loses his mind by seeing a clueless pretty little girl? Forgets the vendetta entirely, forgets how to bodyguard. He goes full PTSD crisis TWICE at a frat party and then just swipes it under the rug like it was nothing.

Overall not at all enjoyable. It took me literally forever to finish and I hated most of it. I’m leery to start the rest of the series, but have been looking forward to them, so I hope this was a one off.
14 reviews
November 30, 2023
Good start for a new series, but I still have questions.
The Vendetta is the start of a new series from Rebecca Sharp. We’ve seen the Keyes brothers, Harmon & Darius, occasionally in the Covington Security series. Now we get the stories of this motorcycle vigilante group.

I feel that this story flowed well. I like how this age gap relationship between Harm & Daria developed. It didn’t feel too rushed and the spicy scenes were well spaced out without being too vulgar like some other books by this author. Things can be hot without being exceptionally crude.

We get to see a couple of the “bad” guys mentioned in previous books. Magnus Sinclair who Robyn has been after for years and Damon Remington whose name came up in Braved, the last book of the Covington series. We even get a cameo of Kane from that same book.

I’m giving this book 4 out of 5 stars for the story. If I took into account the questions I have for what I listed below, my rating would be 3 stars. Some of the details are irritatingly distracting and take me out of the story because they make no sense.

I do have questions. Daria has been hidden from “fill in the blank” for her life, living with her French mother Sandrine Decatur. Hidden enough that only the mother’s name is on Daria’s birth certificate. So why does Daria have her birth father’s name as her last name? Just doesn’t make sense to me.

My big thing I have questions about is the compound for the motorcycle garage. There is a 2 mile drive to the garage. Once at the garage, in the non-public area in the back, there's a secret elevator with a biometric keypad entry that descends to a 50-yard hall where there are six staircases to the six cabins above ground. These cabins are hidden in a forest behind a tall fence with hi-tech security features. How hidden are these cabins really? The fence is open, like chain link or something similar, so you would able to see through it to the forest and cabins beyond. 50 yards is half of a football field. Not very far at all for these 6 cabins to branch off from. And where did these ex-military men get the millions of dollars needed to build this compound on so much land. So many questions… I’m a big reader and can take time travel like in the Outlander series, and other worlds in fantasy or sci-fi books. But this is supposed to be in “real” life now so it’s kind of hard for me to suspend my disbelief.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
December 2, 2023
Excellent beginning to spin off series!!

I haven’t met a Sharp book I didn’t like, and this one was no exception! I loved Harm and Daria’s story. Harm is like an alphahole cinnamon roll….he’ super protective, has been through some tough times, but he’s swoony and gooey and had quite a lot of dirty things come out of his mouth!

Harm and the gang are still trying to deal with the loss of their comrade and the events that lead to a huge betrayal and how to pick up the pieces to move on. They have a Vendetta to handle and nothing will stand in their way until a certain woman makes Harm question everything.

Daria is also dealing with a huge loss with the death of her mother and is forced to move from France to the US to be with her dad whom she has had no contact with for 22 years.

Harm is assigned to Daria as her bodyguard and the steam and angst is there from the beginning! Harm thinks he’s babysitting until he’s struck by a 22 yr old law student full of sass and sadness all in one. The age gap is 15 years but Rebecca does this so well that it’s not harped on and I easily forgot the difference because Daria is mature and they blend together so well. You can feel the tension and frustration and Harm likes to remind us of his situation, and when they finally begin to give in, hot, hot. Can it just be about s3x for them…the answer is no. I’m pretty sure this was some of the hottest scenes on a bike I’ve ever read! Plus, Harm sports a Prince Albert and Daria is a puddle for this.

Once it’s known who Daria’s father is, the whole gang is riled up to take down the man who ruined their sister Robyn and in true Sharp style, you think you know, until you don’t. She’s a master at leading you on a path, only to get you to second guess yourself and then BAM lol. I love all the twists and turns, and this book easily keeps you intrigued.

I loved the BATB references as my favorite Disney movie and Rhys is definitely one character I’m ready to know more about.

If you’re looking for enemies to lovers, forced proximity, age gap, pierced hero, feisty heroine, secrets and lies, ex-military bodyguard, romantic suspense, with all a heartfelt story, then check out The Vendetta!.

As part of Rebecca’s ARC team, I received a copy of this book. Thoughts and options are my own.
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2,357 reviews14 followers
December 1, 2023
The Vigilante series takes place in the same world as the Covington Security and Carmel Cove series. Using Damon Remington’s name leads to a debt owed that Harmon Keyes steps forward to cover for his friend and his adopted sister Robyn DuBois.

Harmon is surprised to find the daughter he’s volunteered to protect isn’t 5, but a beautiful 22 year old. Daria is an incredible character - she’s grieving the murder if her Maman/best friend and her world has been upturned by a father she never knew.

The storyline slowly builds as the author introduces readers to both Harmon and Daria, their pasts and the worlds they inhabit. Daria grew up somewhat a free spirit in France and has a very different idealistic sense for justice. She is attending Berkeley Law School and wants to be a justice seeking attorney for the less fortunate. She is musically gifted and fierce given how much she has endured.

I loved how Harmon can’t resist Daria’s sweet and kind beauty despite his determination and best intentions. He discovers a surprising connection between her father and his adopted sister’s quest for justice that knocks Harm for a loop.

The story builds layer upon layer of suspense and intrigue that seems to create insurmountable obstacles for a happy ending, but the Vigilante MC crew have some unexpected help to met out justice.

While Harmon and Daria’s storyline wraps up in this book, the author sets up several questions to be picked up in future books within this series.

This book can be read as a standalone and is definitely one I’d recommend.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
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376 reviews5 followers
November 23, 2023
This is a steamy age gap, enemy’s daughter, found family, ex-military MC romance. The Vigilantes are a Robinhood-esque motorcycle club who believe in family first and justice for all. Harmon “Harm” Keyes is a tortured hero who is fierce yet loves hard. Daria Sinclair is strong and independent despite the hardships and loss that she has incurred. Theirs is a forbidden love but their chemistry is undeniable and their love blossoms and grows despite it all. The book itself said this best with “…sometimes, love wasn’t a choice or decision to be thought over, but an instinct to hold on to what you’d found for as hard and as long as you could.” Harm, Daria, Ty, Rhys, Dare and Rob are all very relatable and interesting characters that pull you into their stories both individually and collectively. This book has plenty of suspense and twists and while the primary story line of this book is resolved, there is also an overarching revenge plot for the series which makes me sure to pick up future books in this series. This book is very well written and an engaging read with its great tropes, characters, plot and satisfying HEA. Daria summed up her journey to an HEA with Harm this way, “I believed in love like I believed in justice. Sometimes, it wasn’t easy. Sometimes, it wasn’t fair. Sometimes, rules had to be broken and lines had to be blurred to find it, but once you did… once you did, there was nothing that felt more right.” Right, indeed!

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1,568 reviews50 followers
November 29, 2023
"Harmon Keyes lives by a singular motto: Family first, justice for all. It’s the creed that sustained him when he left special forces and started an ex-military motorcycle club. There, his creed drove him to put his unique skills to good use righting the wrongs left unpunished by the law."

Following the cryptic instructions of a man his vigilante MC has been chasing for years, Harm takes a position as a bodyguard with the hint that it will be beneficial to them both. He thinks he'll be guarding a child, but Daria is nothing like he expected. A twenty two year old law student who tempts him like no one ever has before, but when he finds out she's the key to his plan to avenge his sister, he has to make an impossible choice. Daria, or the vendetta he's been planning for years, because he'll lose her forever if she finds out who he really is.
I've been looking forward to reading more about Harm and his MC group since Kane stayed at Sherwood in the Covington Security series. The group's "tributes" to a fallen friend made for some extra spicy scenes (and curiousity for the rest of the group 😉). I like how strong Daria is, willing to make up her own mind in doing what's right and speaking up for what she really wants. And the way Harm protects her, especially after he develops feelings is swoon worthy!
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
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5,108 reviews86 followers
February 3, 2024
When French reared Daria Sinclair’s mom is killed on a NY street, her dad, Marcus moves her to an LA apartment with 24x7 guards. Working Braved’s dangling thread, Harmon Keyes intercepts Remington’s note to Robyn advising calling the number on the note would satisfy both her debt to him and her vendetta. Rather than pass the note on, Harm calls and is only given an amount, an address and told he has a 30-day babysitting gig.

Seeing the 22-year-old, exotically sexy, enticing and too young for him baby, Daria, Harm knows he needs answers fast. A day or so later Harm realizes Daria is the daughter of Robyn’s (therefore, his) target for the last decade. Harm’s plate is suddenly full with his strong feelings for Daria, hatred for her elusive father, trying to keep his family from finding out about Daria, his new anxiety attacks as lonely Daria reaches out to him as an anchor and a man with a fiery kiss.

After losing the battle fighting his feelings for Daria, Harm struggles with his next move but a botched attack has him grabbing Daria to shelter at home base. Mixed feelings from everyone else about Daria sends Harm into over-protective but he learns part of rival crime kingpins Remington and Sinclair’s complicated history.
Rating: 4.25stars
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2,084 reviews13 followers
November 28, 2023
The job was simple. All Harmon Keyes had to do was be Daria bodyguard for three months. He didn’t know who the client was. Daria was a strong woman that just lost her mother, she never knew her father and is trying to get her law degree. Her world is all new, even the new bodyguard Harm. When he finds out who she is related to, things take a turn. Harm is loyal to the brother of his club but at the same time is torn with what he is starting to feel for Daria. I have to say you never know for sure if he is going to break her heart or come clean. I love that Daria is a strong woman. Granted she has to deal with her loss, but she always stays together. I love that about her. She doesn’t even jump to conclusions or pushes when she finds out the truth. She just wants to know what happened to her mother and who was responsible. And WOW, I love the world that is within the garage. I would love to live there. I am looking forward to reading about the other members: Ty, Rhys, Lawson, Robin “Rob”, Hazard, and Darius. I really have to read the Covington Security series with Kane in “Braved.” This is the first series I read of Rebecca’s. I am looking forward to reading about Rhys and Merritt in “Verdict.”.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
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1,296 reviews26 followers
November 29, 2023
I can never get enough of these books.

Harmon has been hired to be the bodyguard of Daria. We are starting there because trying to explain how he got there is difficult. You have to read all the books. So Harm doesn’t know who he is working for until the puzzle pieces start to fall..and the man that is paying him is none other than a criminal he and his fam have been searching for, for years.

Daria is a law student whose life has been turned upside down. She just met her father, after a tragic event, and now she has a bodyguard everywhere she goes. A hot bodyguard, but still a bodyguard.

As each day passes, Harm and Daria have a difficult time keeping their relationship professional. Their chemistry is off the charts but Harm keeps pushing away. Then they find themselves in danger and off to the farm and Daria doesn’t know what is going on. Harm is also having a hard time knowing who to trust and who the real enemies are.

These books are so great. I agree with some that the beginning was a bit slow but once it takes off, it is off and running until the end. You don’t have to read the other books but they do interconnect so I recommend. These are so good, so entertaining, keep you intrigued throughout..highly recommend.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
1,533 reviews
December 7, 2023
The Vendetta is the first book in the Vigilantes series and it's a fabulous beginning. Harmon Keyes, and his brother
Darius, Rhys and Tynan came home from Afghanistan with a singular motive, to get answers and revenge on the man who killed their brother. Ryan was murdered in front of them and they changed. From that moment on, they lived by their creed...Family first. Justice for all. The Vigilantes don't operate outside the law and their mission is to mete out justice, not create chaos. When Harm gets a call from a man who wants them to protect his daughter, he can't refuse the half a million dollars with a million dollar bonus. Besides, how tough can it be to keep an eye on a kid, but the person he is to guard 24/7 is anything but a kid; she's a gorgeous woman, Miss Daria. From the very beginning of their time together, their words and behaviors are intensely personal and they grew naturally. They were witty and suggestive in their baner, but it was the calm before the storm. Daria is Daria Sinclair, the daughter of their sworn enemy, Magnus Sinclair, the criminal who took everything from their sister. But, as with most of Ms. Sharp's stories, nothing is exactly as it seems. The writing is exceptional and there are many complex layers to this story that weave together perfectly. The characters are so carefully fleshed out that they come to life. 
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657 reviews
November 29, 2023
Story:9/10
Spice:3/5
Spice Hierarchy: Spicy

ARC Review-Releases 11/30

Harmon (Harm) Keyes is tasked with doing a favor for his sister, take a security guard job. Easy enough, he’s done security before with his military training and now Vigilante MC. Daria has lost everything and moved to a new country. Her dad has hired Harm to protect her from the person that changed her life. Now Harm finds himself falling for the girl he has sworn to protect who just happens to be the daughter of his enemy. Can he let his vendetta go or does he get the revenge he has sought for years?

I knew the men of Sherwood would be getting their own stories all the way back when I read Isla’s story in Branded (Covington Security-book 5). Of course it took some time but it did not disappoint. Getting glimpses in each of the books that came after Branded set it all up so well. The suspense has carried over and built connections to previous series. If you’ve read Covington Security series, you will find yourself trying to rationalize a character from Bargained. If you’re new to the worlds that Rebecca creates, you’ll find yourself trying to solve the mystery. Yes, reading the previous series will add to the enjoyment but it’s not necessary.

This story has parallels to Beauty and the Beast with characters even referring to Daria as their Belle and Harm as their Beast boss. There is so much angst between Daria and Harm. I kept waiting and waiting for her to learn about his piercing. 🥵

This sets up the rest of the series so well.
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December 6, 2023
I am a HUGE fan of Rebecca Sharp. When I first stumbled upon the Covington Security Series I figured I would give it a go and see what happened....to say I was absolutely captivated is an understatement. From there i BINGED everything. When I heard we were FINALLY getting a story about Harm and his crew i was beyond excited and she did not disappoint. I LOVE when authors create and entire world within multiple series like Rebecca does.

Harm, former Military and current Vigilante, was hired to protect the daughter of a rich and powerful man which he had no information on. Shortly after taking the job he finds she is none other than the daughter of the one person he has been trying to track and take down to avenge his sister, Robyn.

Daria was raised by a single mom. Never bothered to question who her father was, where he was, or the life her mother was able to provide for her until one fateful night and her world was turned upside-down.

This entire story had me captivated from the moment I started, as do all of Rebecca Sharp's books. There was a great balance of spice, drama, and plot to keep you hanging on by a thread.

I can't wait to see where the rest of this series goes, from all the other guys from the garage, to Robyn!
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December 27, 2023
Our purpose: to right the wrongs the law left unpunished...

The Vendetta (The Vigilantes) is the first in the Vigilantes series. This is the first time that I've read Dr. Rebecca Sharp and she did not disappoint. The tension, chemistry, and excitement she generated throughout the book was steamy! A definite page-turner. I loved reading this first book so much, I can't wait for the rest of the series. In fact, I'm currently reading another of her books: Covington Security.

In this first book, Harmon Keyes follows his team's motto: Family first, justice for all. It's what has kept his team and his family together during their darkest times. Dedicated to this goal, they take on clients and cases where they can do the most good in hopes of bringing down the man who destroyed Harmon's sister.

Daria is an innocent bystander in her father's sadistic schemes. She is also a victim to his past crimes as her mother tried for many years to protect them both until she couldn't any longer. Torn between wanting to know a father who is a stranger to her and struggling to understand the truth, Daria is desperate to learn who actually killed her mother.

Uncertain who to trust, Daria must uncover the horrible truth and decide if she can believe in Harmon.
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