Rhodie

by Cleo Browne

Tuesday Tombs’ greatest assets are her family and her genius mind. She’s a whirlwind of sass with a thirst for justice. Her latest target? To infiltrate Devil’s Rose MC. But things take a turn when she encounters Rhodie, the MC’s imposing Enforcer. His gruff exterior and soft spot for her throw a confusing wrench in her well-laid plans.

Rhodes ‘Rhodie’ Paxon lives by a simple loyalty, strength, and protecting his MC brothers. But when Tuesday, a neurospicy vigilante, bursts into his life, she upends everything he thought he knew about himself and what he wanted from his life.

Joining forces to fight against a shared enemy, Rhodie and Tuesday navigate their blossoming relationship, Russian Mobsters, a blood thirsty grandfather, and a penis loving fish.

Rhodie - Devil’s Rose MC is a 200+page blend of humor, romance, and a touch of torture. For 18+ audiences due to spice and violence with a curvy heroine, an alpha male, and a guaranteed HEA.

Genres: Romance, Dark, Contemporary Romance, Motorcycle, Humor, Contemporary

260 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 21, 2024

Reviews

[Intel Chicky Reads Romance (Kara Merideth)]

Just wow!!

Story: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Trope: vigilante
Angst: 😱😱
Smexy: 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

I don't even know where to start with this book! I love finding a brand new author that totally rocks it and this one was knocked solidly out of the park for me. I would have NEVER known this was a first time author based on the writing. Seriously. Just so many things I loved: great storyline, interesting characters, tons of laugh out loud moments, and it's all sprinkled with bit of gore, lol. It's well written, fast paced, and had a twist I never saw coming. And then lets talk tropes: 

✅ Over the top, protective alpha hero (not alphahole)
✅ Neuro-spicy heroine (term borrowed from the author to be forever used in my vocabulary)
✅ Morally ambiguous heroine
✅ Super spicy smexy times that valued quality over quantity


I am so excited to see what's coming from this author. She did a great job of setting up an entire world where we want stories on EVERYONE. She also left us some pretty solid breadcrumbs of where she's heading, which I absolutely loved. The only thing a bit weird for me was that the story was told from MULTIPLE perspectives, like at least six people. Maybe weird is the wrong word. Definitely just different from what I'm used to seeing and not sure how I felt about it. With that being said, this book is going in my best of 2024 pile and I'll definitely be keeping my eyes open for her next book. Highly recommend!!

[S]

So this is one of those books that comes along sometimes and is so much more than the cover suggests. I was expecting classic MC, and it is, but it manages to ride the fence and create its own little subgenre too. "Rhodie" was MC romance, but also a black comedy that somehow gave contemporary Romcom feels, in between toture scenes.
The characters are sweary, the violence is graphic and the sex is spicy, and still I can't describe it as 'dark'. But it works. The MMC is a rough biker, but is more Alpha-mallow than Alpha-hole. The FMC is quirky, sassy and borderline a serial killer. I haven't laughed out loud so much, at a book, in so long.

[Chalice]

The couple: Rhodie and Tuesday

Romance trope: MC
Series: Devil's Rose MC
Length: 260 pages

Plot: Tuesday is on a mission; she wants revenge for the death of her parents. That's how she ends up a local MC clubhouse, spying on someone who is spying on them. When she meets the club, they're not sure what to think of her, but pretty soon, Rhodie, the enforcer, is stuck to her like glue. Her family shows up next, and it's a big party to find out who is behind the murder, the spying, and a lot of other crimes.

Commentary: This one was pretty funny. There were times when I thought Tuesday's psycho-ness was a little overdone. But I did enjoy the portrayal of her autism, and the fact that she and her family were very open about it and what it was like. I also liked that Rhodie was very matter-of-fact about it and it wasn't a deterrent to him in his pursuit of her. I did find it a little strange that Rhodie mentioned several times that they weren't a criminal sort of MC - but then they were gleefully torturing people. Bad people, sure, but still torture. Also, the large number of POVs wasn't my favorite and that's what mostly took that last star off. However, I enjoyed the story and the characters and will be interested to read more in the series.

Next book in the series: August: A Tombs Security + Devil's Rose MC Crossover

[Emily]

Tuesday Tombs is always after the bad guys and when she notices her newest target scoping out the Devil Rose MC she is even more intrigued. What she doesn't expect though is to encounter Rhodes "Rhodie" Paxon, their enforcer and they want answers. Tuesday is on the spectrum though and looks at things very differently, not to mention she connects in an unbelievable way with Rhodes. Will they figure out why they are being targeted and will Tuesday and Rhodie be each other's happily ever after.

This was hilarious, really enjoyed it and quickly picked up the next book. Tuesday is fantastic, her Pops though is a scene stealer. So much fun to read.

[T Rojo]

Dnf @35% meh idk I couldn’t get into it. Too many characters and seemed too instalovey.

[Alex(Books-In-A-Storm)]

This one was hilarious. I fucking loved it so much. I need the next book right now. I can't wait to read more about this mc.

[Cat H]

4.2 stars.
Tuesday is a certified psycho badass and I love her.
But her grandfather is still #1 in my heart.

[neus.dreamybooks]

This story is so different to others dark romance or MC romance. Maybe it's because of the FMC being "different" but it's something new to be reading an interrogation scene with a smile or a laugh.

Here we find an MC enforcer with instalust for Tuesday a curvy genius vigilante who loves to try new ways of torture for the criminals. And it's hilarious how he wants to protect here when she is strong and smart, maybe a bit clumsy.

I's a good fast read, I couldn't stop reading!! I would love to read more books about the Tombs brothers.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[Wendy]

Make no mistake, this story is dark. But there is so much humor in it that sometimes it was easy to forget that there was gory torture and human smuggling going on in other parts of the story. There's also spice and a cute love story between a big biker and a tiny neurodivergent hacker. Just adorable.

[Dawn Gee]

Very good start to series

Tuesday is an interesting character that is funny, brutally honest and pretty creepy at times. Rhodie feels the pull to Tuesday right away. Tuesday's brothers and grandfather add more depth to the story. The MC has some members that I hope het books. I enjoyed the storyline and am now following the author so I know when publishes the next book.

[Dahné "anotherbookchick"]

This book was chaotic in the best way. It's such a mix of genres! It's MC but comedic & also has mafia vibes 😂

I've not read anything like this! I absolutely adored the chaos of our FMC and due to her being on the spectrum it made everything with the romantic interactions that bit more wholesome! I loved this representation! I'm moving onto book 2!

Yay NZ author 🙌

[Rebecca]

Speeches

Wow what a read first time and I was left speechless.

Tuesday has been trying to work out what happened 13yrs ago. She has a condition her brothers help out.

Rhodie part of the MC has an attraction to Tuesday, how will it go?

And will they ever find out the truth?

What a read so much emotions 😢 💕loved it.

[Jacqui Hamblin]

Tuesday , my favourite character yet

I was laughing out loud from the first page. Although this book deals with some serious shit, the humour woven through it with Chewy's character and then Pops, took this book to another level. Autism/aspergers sensitively and courageously handled, giving us a heroine to love and cheer loudly for. Read this book if you love MC, Mafia and Bratva with seriously dark story lines. Then add in flowing descriptive text, lots of sexy spice and laugh out loud moments. This was something a bit different. Will be looking out for more from Cleo Browne.

[Double T's book buddies]

Rhodie and Chewy

This is brand new author to me and she did a wonderful job with this story. It was funny, dangerous moments, very quirky at times, but most of all entertaining and keeps you turning the pages.
I totally adored Tuesday/Chewy and her clever mind. And Pops was just an added bonus to the story.
Rhodie is the Enforcer of the club, but found himself dealing with Tuesday's quirkiness more often than not. The date was funny with both of them figuring things out, and then the excitement at the diner, lol.

Happy reading!! Definitely recommend!!

[Dankinia]

This was the first book I've read by Cleo Browne and I know it won't be my last. Tuesday is a vigilante who crosses paths with Rhodie and the DRMC when they discover they have a common enemy. Tuesday has a hard time dealing with anyone but her brothers and grandfather and is surprised when the DRMC members embrace the her differences and treat her like she belongs.

This book is the start of a series, but the story is pretty much resolved and as there is the standard HEA ending since it is a romance novel. It was pretty much instant love/lust which I prefer over a slow-burn with lots of angst and there was no third act breakup. Rhodie was protective, morally grey, and took all of Tuesday's unique qualities in stride. Tuesday was a strong and morally grey badass who proved she could take care of herself.

This is a book I'll read again for sure which puts it at 5/5 and I've already downloaded the next in the series. There was a good mix of plot to spice with open door scenes that were pretty detailed so I'd put it at about 3/5 on my spicy scale.

Date Finished
07/06/2025

[Olivia]

This book was okay but I was more interested in reading more about some of the side characters than this particular book. There was almost A little too much going on. With A few too many characters that it didn't feel like an MC book but more A book with some MC characters in it. I only remember actually two MC members and the president as really being a part of the story with others just as names to get things done. There were some funny characters and plots so as A first book in the series it was pretty good. The romance between Tuesday and rhodie just felt like it fell by the wayside to introduce all the different people.

[Mrs Moa]

I am thirsting for more in this incredible series.

When the FMC and her grandad bond over testing out torture methods on unsuspecting bad guys, you know you’ve got a winner.

🖤 mc romance
🖤 curvy neurospicy FMC
🖤 morally grey
🖤 vigilante
🖤 touch her and die
🖤 found family
🖤 he falls first
🖤 overprotective brothers

I absolutely adore this book with the geeky sassy naive queen x big powerful MC enforcer - give me more!

[VoraciousReader]

1. Needed editing. Awkward writing. Lack of punctuation.
2. I quit reading at 33% and the two MCs haven’t even kissed yet. *yawn*
3. Yeah, I’m really not interested in a FMC that gets off on torturing and killing people.

There is NOTHING romantic about this book. 🤮

[Grinning Cat]

Cat’s Stats
MMC/FMC- Rhodie and Tuesday
Genre- MC Romance
Length- 22 chapters and epilogue; about 250 pages
Heat- ☢️☢️☢️☢️☢️ everything but the kitchen sink
Series? Y
Safety? N, but no cheating
Triggers- graphic violence (including excruciating torture), S.A., graphic violence, language, graphic violence, explicit erotic content, graphic violence, kidnapping, and more graphic violence.
Tropes- Badsass Heroine, Badass Grandpa, Black Comedy, Instalove (He Falls First), Meet Cute, More Triggers Than An NRA Swap Meet, Neurodivergent Heroine, That Didn’t Come From Amazon.
Mewsings
I loved this book! Loved it! I loved the heroine and her quirks (and her extreme intelligence and talent). Loved the hero, who is on my list of Ultimate Book Boyfriends. Loved the sidekicks and good guy side characters, especially Pops, whom I would not want to meet in a dark alley, but whom I would love to have as a dinner guest. This was a page turner that had me fascinated from page one. The plot was engaging (but violent). Added to the “Reasons I’m Probably Going to Hell” list is the fact that I found so much of this book to be hysterically funny (and I think that as more people read this book, I’ll have company there. We’ll form a club!). Even in the most violent parts (and this book was extremely, graphically violent) there was a lot of black humor. The ending was satisfying and opened the door for more books set in this universe. I’m about to go read August, Browne’s second book, and I don’t know how it can possibly compare to this one (but I’m hoping it will come close). I borrowed this book on KU and as soon as Double Points Day rolls around in Kindle Rewards, I’m buying it because I’m going to want to read it again and again.
Can we talk about- the cover. Rhodie is described as having dirty blonde hair and that cover ain’t it.

[Andrea]

3
Kindle
I thought based on reviews I would find a new series. It didn’t do it for me. I was bored and finding so many characters hard to follow and having to take myself out for he story line to figure out who was who and what they had to do with the story. MC, russian mob, another MC, and the mc brothers also have a secured business and they are involved. so many moving parts it seems like it should have been longer. Also Femail mc was autistic. A lot going on and very vague. The ssex scenes were ok and explored into territory I enjoy but were brief and lacked the connection. Just not my jam!

Rhodes is being hunted on MC property by a woman who they capture and then her brothers show up because she is there to find out what Rhodes has to do with her parents being killed when she was a kid. Roads is clueless and they end up finding out he had a high school girlfriend who was somehow correlated to the same Russian mob that killed her parents. So she, the main female of character. Chewy is on a hacker and found out about roads that way, and then came after him.of course there’s instant attraction and they go after each other. Claims her she’s autistic and tries to fit into his world for the first time. She feels like she’s making friends. There’s weird torture scenes. Grandpa’s involved the brothers are involved. The male MC characters are involved so much moving parts in this book end she left a lot of nuggets for future books. Kind of rushed, but I will be reading more of this series.

[Mr D]

Outrageously Good

With a neurospicy FMC and a tough as nails biker expect shenanigans. The world would be a much more honest and hopefully better place if more people were neurodivergent/ neurospicy.

Tuesday Tombs works in the security industry alongside her older brothers. Adept at hacking she prefers to stick to White Hat hacking where possible because the dregs of humanity hang out on the dark web, although identifying scum does work in her favour because it puts them firmly on her kill list. In her spare time she tracks any leads to whoever was responsible for killing their parents in a home invasion several years ago. Her brothers support her endeavours, just as well because they usually do clean up duty.

Whilst tracking her latest target she encounters two men from the Devil’s Rose M.C., face first or rather face to chest. They aren’t happy about the intrusion and they apprehend her. Then things get interesting.

The Tombs family is like a breath of fresh air in literary terms. I’d describe it as M.C. lite but that could change further into the series. Despite the graphic elements it doesn’t really come across as gory more of a lighthearted fun read it’s either a masterful piece of writing or I’m just more weird than I thought. Either way it’s well worth reading.

[Brody Hitchcock]

Gory strong teddy bears

This book follows Tuesday Tombs, a brilliant and sassy vigilante who sets her sights on infiltrating the dangerous Devil's Rose MC. However, her well-laid plans get incredibly complicated when she crosses paths with Rhodie, the club's imposing enforcer. As Tuesday completely upends his world, the two of them are forced to team up against a shared enemy, navigating a chaotic blossoming romance amidst Russian mobsters, ruthless family members, and a whole lot of danger.  

​I absolutely loved this book. There is so much gore and killing throughout the story, but I honestly loved every single bit of it. The unapologetically dark, unhinged vibe was exactly what I was looking for. I loved the nerodivergent representation as well!

​One of my favorite parts of the story was the dynamic of the motorcycle club itself. I love how everyone in the DRMC is essentially a big, fluffy, protective teddy bear on the inside, but they have this incredibly hard, strong outer shell. They will do absolutely anything and take any extreme measure to protect their club and the people they care about. I am completely hooked on these characters and will definitely be jumping into the rest of this series right away!

[Pam Evans]

I must be missing something

Review after review was like “Read it, she’s so funny.” Honestly, I didn’t find her funny at all, in fact I only found two scenes in this whole book that were funny where I laughed. Both were situational moments not anything she said or did.

I do like that the author was working hard to make a point that a person’s differences doesn’t make them unlikable, unhealthy, or unappealing. There were some scenes where “normalizing” her made me cringe, because there was a bit of stereotyping.

Ultimately, were there a few funny/hysterical scenes? Yes. Was the FMC funny? No. Was she different and did those differences sometimes create said funny scenes? Yes, but literally it was two scenes and IMO they were very small funny moments.

There are funnier and also fun books than this one Cee Bowerman’s “Time Served MC” has some absolutely funny characters and moments throughout the series. This book was not badly written or poorly edited, just not funny and IMO too many characters with different agendas all over the book was distracting.

[Wendy Smith]

Rhodie

Well that was a door bursting wide open approach at starting the Devil’s Rose MC series and let me tell you this is a must read. I absolutely loved Rhodie and Tuesday’s story ❤️❤️❤️ Tuesday known as Dayz by her blood brothers and Chewy by the MC brothers weaves her magic throughout the MC and generally everyone she meets, her sweet innocent demeanour wraps around people and draws them closer, she even managed to make me love her and her sweet, loveable, bad@$$ ways, she’s small and tiny, definitely a surprise package. Rhodie is hooked from their first meet up and although she can look after herself she has Rhodie’s, all his brothers, her brothers and their security business, Tombs security as well as some Bratva watching her back. This book has the pages flipping in double time, so entertaining. 100% recommend this book to everyone ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ you will not be disappointed 😎

[reader_dreamer_4life]

Rhodie and Tuesday (aka Chewy)

What a ride this was!
OMG Chewy!!! I'm absolutely obsessed with this character. Diagnosed with autism, Tuesday definitely has her quirks but... this woman is also a strong and smart badass. During her 'torture' moments I found myself smiling, laughing and thinking good lord.
I mean she even had some burly MC men feeling a little squeamish. haha.
I really enjoyed the instlalove between Rhodie and Tuesday. Rhodie was instantly drawn to her. He accepted all of her quirks and 'torture' craziness and never looked back. It was kind of funny how he wanted to be all protective alpha for her when really she didn't need it. Poor Rhodie!
Being book 1 in a new series we get to meet a whole lot of new characters and some of these MC men have me excited of what's to come. The banter, the humour and the whole brotherhood was so fun and intriguing.
A great start to a new series! I'm looking forward to Book 2!

[Melissa]

This was not what I was expecting. I have never read an MC romance but I was expecting brotherhood and spice, which this book delivered but it was the plot that blew me away.
The plot was so interesting with lots of little pieces that needed to fit together. It was a mystery sleuth book and I got to be in on the action as it unfolded.
The characters built it up so well. Each person was so unique that I could not stop reading. Rhodie was hilarious but super sweet and Chewy was an incredible and weird (but perfect) representation of autism that I live for. I'm on the higher functioning end of autism but I relate to the struggle of eye contact and reading emotions.
This book sometimes exaggerates things a little too much, but it did not take away from the overall experience.
The relationship building and the sex positivity was refreshing and I am already tracking down the next books. It was un-put-down-able.

[Amollia Hayes]

I loved this book!

This is, by far, my favorite read of the year. I absolutely love Chewy/Dayzy. She is my new favorite MFC. Close to my favorite character in a romance novel. Definitely top 10.

Rhodie is also a great character. He never shied away from Chewy's quirks. Yeah, he screwed up and let his mouth get ahead of his brain, but his heart was in the right place. It's got to be difficult to want to shelter and protect someone but also let them be independent and show how awesome they are without worry, especially for a natural protector. What I wished he would have realized sooner is that they protect each other. Chewy wanted to protect Rhodie just as much. They are an amazing couple, and I can't wait to read more from this author and this series as it grows.

I can't wait to get more of this group!

[Leslee]

If you love MC romances with strong heroines, this book is for you! Not only is there action and steam, there are some serious laughs to be had in here! Tuesday is a neurodivergent hacker with a passion for inventive ways of getting information out of people and taking out the trash (iykyk). Her search for answers when it comes to what happened to her parents leads her to the Devil's Rose MC, she meets Rhodie. He is so intrigued by her, loving her quirks. The cast of characters, the humor, the action all worked together to create a compelling and entertaining read. There is amazing chemistry between these two, so steamy! I had so much fun with this story, I loved every minute! I cannot wait for more from this incredible debut author!!

[Olga]

The problem with this book's characters is that there are no boundaries and no filter.
We're talking about DIFFERENT organizations, who start working together, just because it happened to work on the same case.
There is a lot of humor throughout the book, but when there's tooooo much humor it takes away from the story. All the characters (apart from one) are over thirty years old and still they appear to act middle school with all the snickering and smirking. Just because they are not above torture and killing, doesn't mean that they don't appear ridiculous with what comes out of their mouths.
Since it's CB's first, I'll try the next one, because as a whole there was potential in the story. But there is a thin line between funny and cringey😕

[Gabi]

How can you not love a character who has the "spatial awareness of a roomba?" For me, this was a great introduction to a new MC series pairing up Rhodie the biker who didn't know what hit him when he met Tuesday, er, Dayz, er, Chewy. It was fun watching his fellow bikers coach her on how to interact with Rhodie (remember the hug?), to seeing her enigmatic brothers adjust to seeing their beloved sister in a new light. And let's not forget Pops and Mad Dog. But it's not all laughs and giggles. Women are being snatched. By who? Why? You'll have to read the book to find out. And I hope you do!

If you like MC light-ish written with a natural sense of humor (think Mirrah McGee, Lola Wright, Jan Daelman), then this is a book for you.