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Unchained Hearts #4
Perdition
Emily
He was the boy she’d fallen in love with in summer school at 12, the young man she’d given her heart and innocence to at 17, the man she built a home and family with, the MC president she followed to hell and back…and now he was the monster who would break her to pieces.
Frost
She was the girl he’d adored in middle school, the woman he’d given his heart and loyalty to, the queen who was his ride or die…but somewhere along the way, he’d lost sight of what was most important. And when his loyalty is put to the test, he fails….
And the beautiful life he built with his wife, his haven, shatters to pieces.
But there’s one thing he’s learned as the president of the Unchained MC—failure is not an option, and neither is losing the one thing he’d give up everything for.
Perdition is the fourth book in the Unchained Hearts series. While the men in this book are members of an MC, this book will focus on the men, their women, and overcoming obstacles to find their happily ever after. As with all Eve's books, there is no physical cheating or cliffhangers.
Marriage-in-TroubleOW DramaBetrayalOverheardEmotional Cheating/Perceived CheatingPlus-sized HeroineMC President HeroForced ProximitySoulmates
He was the boy she’d fallen in love with in summer school at 12, the young man she’d given her heart and innocence to at 17, the man she built a home and family with, the MC president she followed to hell and back…and now he was the monster who would break her to pieces.
Frost
She was the girl he’d adored in middle school, the woman he’d given his heart and loyalty to, the queen who was his ride or die…but somewhere along the way, he’d lost sight of what was most important. And when his loyalty is put to the test, he fails….
And the beautiful life he built with his wife, his haven, shatters to pieces.
But there’s one thing he’s learned as the president of the Unchained MC—failure is not an option, and neither is losing the one thing he’d give up everything for.
Perdition is the fourth book in the Unchained Hearts series. While the men in this book are members of an MC, this book will focus on the men, their women, and overcoming obstacles to find their happily ever after. As with all Eve's books, there is no physical cheating or cliffhangers.
Marriage-in-TroubleOW DramaBetrayalOverheardEmotional Cheating/Perceived CheatingPlus-sized HeroineMC President HeroForced ProximitySoulmates
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Published September 25, 2025
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Eve Black
20 books324 followersEve Black is the sexy contemporary romance-loving alter-ego of a sweet historical romance author...who also writes dark, sexy medieval romance under another name. Eve is one of several personalities in one crazy package. When Eve isn't writing books, she is editing other people's books, freelance writing marketing content, or wrangling her children. For fun, Eve loves to read (obviously) sexy contemporary and historical romance books, binge-watch old Supernatural, Burn Notice, Leverage, and Lucifer episodes on Netflix, and play mind-numbing games on her tablet.
Eve lives in an untidy house on a little over an acre in rural Northeast Pennsylvania with her husband of 17 years and their four children, three cats, and one chicken.
Visit Eve online at: www.EveBlackBooks.com
Eve lives in an untidy house on a little over an acre in rural Northeast Pennsylvania with her husband of 17 years and their four children, three cats, and one chicken.
Visit Eve online at: www.EveBlackBooks.com
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November 9, 2025DNF 50%
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For me, emotional cheating is always worse than physical cheating…
In this book, Frost (MMC) and Emily (FMC) were childhood sweethearts and each other’s first & only everything and they went on to have a happy 20-year marriage. The heroine supported the hero for years, waiting at home without a single complaint while he was gone for days or even weeks on club business.
Now, after 20 years when their twins finally went off to college, she finally got the chance to pursue her dream job. And guess what? One year into her having something for herself, he suddenly can’t handle it. Instead of being supportive like she always was, he felt sorry for himself, whining about being neglected and left all alone.
So he starts spending more and more time at the club, where he meets one of the club girls (Sarah/OW), much younger than him and gets into an emotional affair with her for two months. He stops coming home, grows distant, ignores his wife… all while pretending it’s just friendship with OW. Yeah, right
He and his wife always had their own special things, just between them. But of course he went and shared most of it with the OW too. He even took her twice to their secret spot (the one full of memories with his wife, the place where they even lost their virginity to each other). And to top it off, he never gave nicknames to anyone but his wife and kids, but he gave one to OW too (he called her “Sugar” and his wife heard him).
He really pissed me off. And the worst part? He didn’t even think he was cheating!!! His own friends straight up told him he was a cheating idiot and they despised him. But he kept acting like he was the victim.
There’s a scene where he’s drunk and comes this close to sleeping with OW. Reading his inner monologue about how attractive she was and how he got hard for her? Absolutely disgusting.
There’s also a scene where his wife finds out about his affair… she actually hears them in his office at the clubhouse (which by the way, no one is allowed to enter) talking about his wife and how distant she is and how he deserves someone who actually cares about him!! I don’t buy any of his excuses. It pissed me off that he didn’t defend his wife from the moment the other woman brought her up.
If his wife hadn’t kicked him out of the house, thrown his clothes in the street and his friends hadn’t called him a cheating idiot and made him realize his mistake (I guess), he would’ve definitely crossed the line at some point and slept with OW.
The only thing I actually liked was when the heroine cut down their tree at their special spot and burned it in front of the hero and all his friends… Since it wasn’t special anymore, she decided to destroy it completely and the hero lost his mind over it.
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For me, emotional cheating is always worse than physical cheating…
In this book, Frost (MMC) and Emily (FMC) were childhood sweethearts and each other’s first & only everything and they went on to have a happy 20-year marriage. The heroine supported the hero for years, waiting at home without a single complaint while he was gone for days or even weeks on club business.
Now, after 20 years when their twins finally went off to college, she finally got the chance to pursue her dream job. And guess what? One year into her having something for herself, he suddenly can’t handle it. Instead of being supportive like she always was, he felt sorry for himself, whining about being neglected and left all alone.
So he starts spending more and more time at the club, where he meets one of the club girls (Sarah/OW), much younger than him and gets into an emotional affair with her for two months. He stops coming home, grows distant, ignores his wife… all while pretending it’s just friendship with OW. Yeah, right
“but…she hadn’t done anything wrong, and she was a breath of fresh air, and talking to her had stirred things in him that he hadn’t felt in a long, long time. Since that first night, he’d found himself seeking her out, talking with her for long hours, sitting beside her, laying his head on her shoulder when the weight of his responsibilities became too heavy.
Yes, he knew he was using Sarah for what he should be giving to Em, but Em, well…she was busy being the badass boss bitch at her business, a business she’d been dreaming about since she was thirteen. She was building success, and now that the kids were in college, she had more time to devote to her dream of being a professional florist. But where did that leave him?
Ignored. Forgotten. Pissed. Discontent. Out of sorts. Aching like a phantom limb.”
“Still…he hadn’t done anything truly wrong; he hadn’t touched Sarah with anything but comfort in mind. Sure, she was a fucking bombshell—tits, ass, plump lips, big eyes, a sensual innocence, and a sharp mind that was so refreshing he often found himself searching for her when he needed a break from club business. But that was just talking, sharing about their days, sitting together, being comfortable, eating together—not once had he wanted to do anything but…be with Sarah.
Not Emily.
Sarah.”
He and his wife always had their own special things, just between them. But of course he went and shared most of it with the OW too. He even took her twice to their secret spot (the one full of memories with his wife, the place where they even lost their virginity to each other). And to top it off, he never gave nicknames to anyone but his wife and kids, but he gave one to OW too (he called her “Sugar” and his wife heard him).
“Second, Frost had taken another woman to a place so deeply personal that she’d never told another soul about it…stupidly believing that Mads—Frost—felt the same way. Apparently, it meant nothing to him to take a woman who wasn’t his wife to sit beneath the red maple tree.”
“she probably knew he’d taken Sarah to their spot, their one special place that was just for them, where the tree symbolizing their life-long love for one another was standing, it’s shade having now covered him and another woman.”
“Why…why did you take her to our spot?” she asked, unable to comprehend that level of betrayal. That spot, that tree, was where her dreams were planted. Where their marriage had been planted, the roots deep and once well nourished, were now withering in soil too long left fallow.
A growl rumbled through the phone. “It’s just a fucking tree, Emily! I don’t know why you’re so fucking caught up on that! I took her there because I was going there and she just came along, okay? We ate lunch, we talked—it wasn’t anything special.”
Just…a…fucking…tree….
He really pissed me off. And the worst part? He didn’t even think he was cheating!!! His own friends straight up told him he was a cheating idiot and they despised him. But he kept acting like he was the victim.
It didn’t help that he’d been seen by two of the brothers doing things with Sarah they apparently didn’t appreciate. Not once had he crossed the line with the woman, but he could see how sitting close, touching her, and even holding her in his arms to offer her emotional support could be misconstrued as something more intimate. He also hadn’t missed how pissed the brothers were with him regarding his behavior toward Em.
He’d done nothing wrong…not really. He might be a goddamn motherfucker about many things, but he wasn’t disloyal to Em, no matter what these men thought of him.
You must have done something wrong for your most loyal brothers to look at you like you’re a piece of shit.
“I just…when I look at Sarah…I see how Emily and I used to be. How we were before all the bullshit of life aged us. I wanted that feeling again…that piece of my life from before it all got so serious.”
There was nothing wrong with wanting to remember simpler times—it wasn’t like he was making out with Sarah under the red maple tree, for fuck’s sake!
“I never crossed the line with Sarah, never!” Frost snapped, making Patriot’s eyes narrow.
“You don’t consider sitting close, in intimate distance, touching another woman, offering another woman comfort, letting her touch you, lean against you as lines crossed?” Red asked, incredulous.”
He had wanted to be with Sarah—though not sexually, at least not sober. Yes, she was attractive, and there had been that single moment when he’d been curious about what going there would be like, but he’d never, ever taken the steps to get there. Never touched her inappropriately, never kissed her, and he’d never gone into her room or let her into his. His room at the clubhouse was his and Em’s.
There’s a scene where he’s drunk and comes this close to sleeping with OW. Reading his inner monologue about how attractive she was and how he got hard for her? Absolutely disgusting.
There’s also a scene where his wife finds out about his affair… she actually hears them in his office at the clubhouse (which by the way, no one is allowed to enter) talking about his wife and how distant she is and how he deserves someone who actually cares about him!! I don’t buy any of his excuses. It pissed me off that he didn’t defend his wife from the moment the other woman brought her up.
If his wife hadn’t kicked him out of the house, thrown his clothes in the street and his friends hadn’t called him a cheating idiot and made him realize his mistake (I guess), he would’ve definitely crossed the line at some point and slept with OW.
The only thing I actually liked was when the heroine cut down their tree at their special spot and burned it in front of the hero and all his friends… Since it wasn’t special anymore, she decided to destroy it completely and the hero lost his mind over it.
She’d cut down their tree.
It’s just a fucking tree….
He’s said those words, not meaning them, and she’d acted, quickly and efficiently proving him a liar. Because that had been more than just a tree to him…to them.
And now it was burning, the smoke rising into the twilit sky carrying their memories—their first kiss, their first brush of naked skin against skin, their first promises to one another.
Gone.
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October 2, 2025
I didn’t read the previous books, and IMO this can be read as a standalone. I never felt lost, but I’m not sure if I missed any lead up or background with more details of the emotional connection/time spent between Frost and Sarah (OW) that might’ve been addressed earlier in the series.
This pulled me in immediately because it opens with Emily overhearing a very painful conversation between Frost and Sarah. She’s completely betrayed and decides that she’s had enough and takes steps to cut him out of her life. This is the wake-up call he needs, and he spends the rest of the book trying to get her back.
I had some issues…
⚫There were some editing issues (especially typos), and the timeline was confusing at times. At one point, she plans to meet an arborist the next morning then works on the project all day. Then when we switch to Frost, he appears to be coming home the day before. It also flipped back and forth from past to present a lot and often we repeated scenes or lost time with POV switches.
⚫ Loads of repetitive internal monologues. Rather than the couple actually spending time together talking through stuff.
⚫ Constantly being reminded of Emily being curvy/plump/big/jiggly/etc. I hate when any h’s attributes are the biggest part of their characterization (she’s not like other girls, she’s feisty, super tough, etc.), but with curvy characters it’s almost always the same. The OW is going to be skinny and mean, she’s going to call her a fat cow, then the h is going to get all self-conscious about it, but every studly man in the book will have a six-pack and is going to think she’s the hottest thing ever. Followed by unnatural conversations like… You aren’t fat, my love, you’re curvy. You have hips, tits, and ass- and more and more actual men with actual balls are coming forward to say they love curves. It gets so repetitive. I’m here for Frost to kneel at Emily’s feet and beg for forgiveness, some emotional depth, and feels. (at the very least drama-llama from the crazy wannabe OW) I want to focus on the why and how not what they look like.
🟩 I always love a crazy wannabe OW and Sarah was nuts. I do wish Emily had been stronger and more confident with her. It isn’t much fun when the OW is cutting her to pieces.
🟩 I appreciated that Emily didn’t immediately forgive him, and I liked that when she finally agreed to talk to him that she laid it all out, but then it ended mid-scene, and we skipped to another and were told their conversation was interrupted. That was a major bummer because it was an important conversation and needed to happen.
🟩 I loved the part where she destroyed something that he symbolically destroyed. It was such a pivotal point in Frost realizing the damage and devastation he had caused.
Bottom Line- It was ok. I liked how he was never torn and cut the OW off fairly early but wish Emily hadn’t avoided him for so long because he can’t grovel if she’s ignoring him. I think it was understandable that Emily was insecure of the younger OW, but it would have been more enjoyable had she been confident and stood up for herself.
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This pulled me in immediately because it opens with Emily overhearing a very painful conversation between Frost and Sarah. She’s completely betrayed and decides that she’s had enough and takes steps to cut him out of her life. This is the wake-up call he needs, and he spends the rest of the book trying to get her back.
I had some issues…
⚫There were some editing issues (especially typos), and the timeline was confusing at times. At one point, she plans to meet an arborist the next morning then works on the project all day. Then when we switch to Frost, he appears to be coming home the day before. It also flipped back and forth from past to present a lot and often we repeated scenes or lost time with POV switches.
⚫ Loads of repetitive internal monologues. Rather than the couple actually spending time together talking through stuff.
⚫ Constantly being reminded of Emily being curvy/plump/big/jiggly/etc. I hate when any h’s attributes are the biggest part of their characterization (she’s not like other girls, she’s feisty, super tough, etc.), but with curvy characters it’s almost always the same. The OW is going to be skinny and mean, she’s going to call her a fat cow, then the h is going to get all self-conscious about it, but every studly man in the book will have a six-pack and is going to think she’s the hottest thing ever. Followed by unnatural conversations like… You aren’t fat, my love, you’re curvy. You have hips, tits, and ass- and more and more actual men with actual balls are coming forward to say they love curves. It gets so repetitive. I’m here for Frost to kneel at Emily’s feet and beg for forgiveness, some emotional depth, and feels. (at the very least drama-llama from the crazy wannabe OW) I want to focus on the why and how not what they look like.
🟩 I always love a crazy wannabe OW and Sarah was nuts. I do wish Emily had been stronger and more confident with her. It isn’t much fun when the OW is cutting her to pieces.
🟩 I appreciated that Emily didn’t immediately forgive him, and I liked that when she finally agreed to talk to him that she laid it all out, but then it ended mid-scene, and we skipped to another and were told their conversation was interrupted. That was a major bummer because it was an important conversation and needed to happen.
🟩 I loved the part where she destroyed something that he symbolically destroyed. It was such a pivotal point in Frost realizing the damage and devastation he had caused.
Bottom Line- It was ok. I liked how he was never torn and cut the OW off fairly early but wish Emily hadn’t avoided him for so long because he can’t grovel if she’s ignoring him. I think it was understandable that Emily was insecure of the younger OW, but it would have been more enjoyable had she been confident and stood up for herself.
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November 9, 2025
He really pissed me off
He wanted the other woman. He took her to him and his wife's special spot. He emotionally cheated big time bit he never kissed or slept with her. HD did touch her like hugs and pats and leaned his head on her shoulders and he wanted her one night really bad but he passed out. She was just vile. And I think she was mentally unhinged but I never got over my dislike of him unfortunately. I'm probably just in a bad place tonight because honestly I like OW drama, no physical cheating though, and no thoughts of the hero saying he wants her. So I say 2..5 stars maybe first time reading this author and I may try her again. I just really hate biker romances as a whole. I'm weird.
He wanted the other woman. He took her to him and his wife's special spot. He emotionally cheated big time bit he never kissed or slept with her. HD did touch her like hugs and pats and leaned his head on her shoulders and he wanted her one night really bad but he passed out. She was just vile. And I think she was mentally unhinged but I never got over my dislike of him unfortunately. I'm probably just in a bad place tonight because honestly I like OW drama, no physical cheating though, and no thoughts of the hero saying he wants her. So I say 2..5 stars maybe first time reading this author and I may try her again. I just really hate biker romances as a whole. I'm weird.
September 25, 2025
Marriage in trouble with emotional cheating.
Hmmm 🤔. Wasn't satisfying unfortunately. We've had quite the lead up through the other books, and sadly this didn't deliver. First of all there were a lot of inconsistencies with the timeline and when things were happening. Emily raged enough for me, but then let him back in too easily. Frost didn't grovel enough and if he didn't figure out Emily had locked him out of the house I think he would have physically cheated with club whore Sarah. When he got drunk it was close. Though they didn't touch his thoughts were all in yet screaming not to go there at the same time. The ending was rushed and I still didn't feel any big remorse from Frost unfortunately. His actions proved this. He didn't do anything with Sarah in the end. Val, Redtube's ol lady did. 🤷
Hmmm 🤔. Wasn't satisfying unfortunately. We've had quite the lead up through the other books, and sadly this didn't deliver. First of all there were a lot of inconsistencies with the timeline and when things were happening. Emily raged enough for me, but then let him back in too easily. Frost didn't grovel enough and if he didn't figure out Emily had locked him out of the house I think he would have physically cheated with club whore Sarah. When he got drunk it was close. Though they didn't touch his thoughts were all in yet screaming not to go there at the same time. The ending was rushed and I still didn't feel any big remorse from Frost unfortunately. His actions proved this. He didn't do anything with Sarah in the end. Val, Redtube's ol lady did. 🤷
September 26, 2025
He got off way too easy. You can’t put all the blame on a home wrecker when they’re only able to wreck homes with the front door left open. He should’ve been burnt along with the tree and then made to walk on his knees for the rest of his life. What a fucking rip off.
September 27, 2025
1. I’m confused. Emily said that she and Frost had first had $ex a couple of months before her 18th birthday. Later, Frost was thinking about that night and said that afterward, he had carved their initials in the tree that they’d planted 3 years ago, “when she was twelve and he was sixteen”. That would have made her FIFTEEN when they had $ex for the first time. 🤮
2. This wasn’t one of those stories where the H had an emotional affair without realizing that he was doing something wrong. Frost knew “he was giving Sarah what he should be giving Em”, but he continued to do it anyway.
3. Needed editing. Lots of mistakes and missing words.
4. This book gave me whiplash. It kept going back and forth from Frost saying that there wasn’t anything wrong with the things he’d done with Sarah to admitting that he knew it was wrong all along. Over and over again. He finally got his head out of his a$$ and admitted to himself that he was completely in the wrong and that he’d had an emotional affair with Sarah; all he wanted was to find Emily so that he could make things right with her. Yet, when she called him, he started yelling and swearing at her and got furiously angry when she had the nerve to question him about whether he’d slept with Sarah.
5. I hate it when the h starts trying to take some of the blame for what the H has done. Emily was thinking about how she was partially responsible for the distance between her and Frost because she hadn't spent enough time at the clubhouse. She thought to herself, “Apparently, Cilla knew more about what was going on than Em did … and she only had herself to blame.” and, “You should be there, in the know, not thinking like an outsider you’ve made yourself to be.”
6. The book started out great but I ended up being so disappointed. I DNF at 75% when, even though nothing had been resolved between them, Emily lost any pride or self-respect she may have had and “claimed” Frost at the bar and kissed him in front of everyone because she was jealous that Sarah tried to talk to him.
2. This wasn’t one of those stories where the H had an emotional affair without realizing that he was doing something wrong. Frost knew “he was giving Sarah what he should be giving Em”, but he continued to do it anyway.
3. Needed editing. Lots of mistakes and missing words.
4. This book gave me whiplash. It kept going back and forth from Frost saying that there wasn’t anything wrong with the things he’d done with Sarah to admitting that he knew it was wrong all along. Over and over again. He finally got his head out of his a$$ and admitted to himself that he was completely in the wrong and that he’d had an emotional affair with Sarah; all he wanted was to find Emily so that he could make things right with her. Yet, when she called him, he started yelling and swearing at her and got furiously angry when she had the nerve to question him about whether he’d slept with Sarah.
5. I hate it when the h starts trying to take some of the blame for what the H has done. Emily was thinking about how she was partially responsible for the distance between her and Frost because she hadn't spent enough time at the clubhouse. She thought to herself, “Apparently, Cilla knew more about what was going on than Em did … and she only had herself to blame.” and, “You should be there, in the know, not thinking like an outsider you’ve made yourself to be.”
6. The book started out great but I ended up being so disappointed. I DNF at 75% when, even though nothing had been resolved between them, Emily lost any pride or self-respect she may have had and “claimed” Frost at the bar and kissed him in front of everyone because she was jealous that Sarah tried to talk to him.
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September 27, 2025
The betrayal did not match the grovel. And then the BBS? That’s a big fat NO from me. This book also, so desperately, needs editing.
September 26, 2025
3.5 stars
Romance lately has felt like a rush job: no editing, no plot, just spice and cardboard characters. So I didn’t expect much going in. But this book surprised me. It’s the first one by this author I’ve actually enjoyed.
What stood out most was the emotional depth. The hero doesn't quite know what to do when his kids move out of their home, and his wife channels her 'empty nest' energy into her business. He's left feeling adrift, so it's because of those feelings that he starts making stupid decision after stupid decision, to the detriment of his marriage to his one and only. But it's the heroine who surprised me the most. She’s quietly strong. She has a backbone without turning into a caricature of rage (aka screaming banshee). She feels real. She doesn’t lose herself in him, and despite loving him fiercely, she refuses to let him (or anyone else, for that matter) take her for granted.
The story follows a married couple facing a serious fracture, and I suggest going in blind to get the full effect. Let the journey unfold. There’s hurt, anger, and love that refuses to quit. Both characters fight for each other without becoming doormats, and that balance is rare.
Also… the tree. That moment was everything. A real gut punch that had me cheering. And then sad. And then laughing again.
This book wasn't perfect, but it was worth reading. Especially if you’re tired of romance that forgets what love actually looks like.
Romance lately has felt like a rush job: no editing, no plot, just spice and cardboard characters. So I didn’t expect much going in. But this book surprised me. It’s the first one by this author I’ve actually enjoyed.
What stood out most was the emotional depth. The hero doesn't quite know what to do when his kids move out of their home, and his wife channels her 'empty nest' energy into her business. He's left feeling adrift, so it's because of those feelings that he starts making stupid decision after stupid decision, to the detriment of his marriage to his one and only. But it's the heroine who surprised me the most. She’s quietly strong. She has a backbone without turning into a caricature of rage (aka screaming banshee). She feels real. She doesn’t lose herself in him, and despite loving him fiercely, she refuses to let him (or anyone else, for that matter) take her for granted.
The story follows a married couple facing a serious fracture, and I suggest going in blind to get the full effect. Let the journey unfold. There’s hurt, anger, and love that refuses to quit. Both characters fight for each other without becoming doormats, and that balance is rare.
Also… the tree. That moment was everything. A real gut punch that had me cheering. And then sad. And then laughing again.
This book wasn't perfect, but it was worth reading. Especially if you’re tired of romance that forgets what love actually looks like.
October 3, 2025
3.5-4🌟for this MC-Lite, marriage in trouble, betrayal book 4 in a series I have not read. This story is about damaging a marriage and working to repair it. That it occurs in front of of an MC-lite backdrop is immaterial. There’s not really much MC stuff happening except for the presence and influence of a crazy pants club whore.
The MC lite stuff cracks me up because I’m imaging that no MC is going to hold an intervention for their Prez in their Church room, essentially rescuing him from the clutches of a dirty scheming club whore. Gritty biker read this is not! 😅
This book describes the strange experience of being fresh empty nesters and the need for the couple to pivot to some new way of being a couple and family base. That challenge is real and can be disruptive, as it was for Mads and Em.
Because I wasn’t invested in the role of this book in a series I hadn’t read, I just enjoyed the story about a mature couple (although still really (!!!!) young for empty nesters!) confronting their new reality and working to repair the damage. It kept me reading until the end, which is no small task these days.
The MC lite stuff cracks me up because I’m imaging that no MC is going to hold an intervention for their Prez in their Church room, essentially rescuing him from the clutches of a dirty scheming club whore. Gritty biker read this is not! 😅
This book describes the strange experience of being fresh empty nesters and the need for the couple to pivot to some new way of being a couple and family base. That challenge is real and can be disruptive, as it was for Mads and Em.
Because I wasn’t invested in the role of this book in a series I hadn’t read, I just enjoyed the story about a mature couple (although still really (!!!!) young for empty nesters!) confronting their new reality and working to repair the damage. It kept me reading until the end, which is no small task these days.
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September 26, 2025
This started out fine. I’ve been pretty into the betrayal/redemption plotlines recently and this fit perfectly. But there were enough typos to be distracting. And the internal monologues were long and frequent. I ended up skimming through a lot of the character thoughts.
The plot twist was pretty cliche and the antagonist was… frankly over the top to the point of disbelief. I was to the point where I had approximately 20 pages left and decided I’d had enough.
I don’t want to say this was bad because I don’t really think it was. There were definitely problems and it was a bit cliche, but I also think the writing style just wasn’t to my taste. I can definitely see others reading this and finding they enjoy it.
Oh but the daughter’s name. I could not take that seriously. What kind of name is Sorsha??? It’s like Goofy trying to pronounce “Sasha.” So yeah I wasn’t feeling that at all. But that’s a me problem and doesn’t really speak to the quality of the story or writing.
Overall, a miss for me but not terrible by any means.
The plot twist was pretty cliche and the antagonist was… frankly over the top to the point of disbelief. I was to the point where I had approximately 20 pages left and decided I’d had enough.
I don’t want to say this was bad because I don’t really think it was. There were definitely problems and it was a bit cliche, but I also think the writing style just wasn’t to my taste. I can definitely see others reading this and finding they enjoy it.
Oh but the daughter’s name. I could not take that seriously. What kind of name is Sorsha??? It’s like Goofy trying to pronounce “Sasha.” So yeah I wasn’t feeling that at all. But that’s a me problem and doesn’t really speak to the quality of the story or writing.
Overall, a miss for me but not terrible by any means.
December 27, 2025
This was emotional cheating and heavy temptation of H for OW. He shared very specific special place for the mcs with ow…he picnicEd with ow at the married couples special place. He was really emotionally connected to younger ow. The h is constantly thinking of herself as unattractive and overweight. Bitch you gotta own that shit. We all age and most of us gain weight— it doesn’t mean you aren’t beautiful and the best. I think EB’a fmcs need to get some bigger egos!😁anyways this was angsty but also had alot of repetitive thoughts from
Both characters that made it a bit boring at times.
Both characters that made it a bit boring at times.
September 29, 2025
It was so repetitive. We initially hear the convo Sarah and Frost have through Emily’s ears. Then we read her tell Cheri, Frost tells his mc guys, they talk to their fucking KIDS about it.. Em tells the mc girls.. okkkkk we know we were there when it happened! Sarah was way too ott to be believable. And jfc with the tree, frost was right IT WAS JUST A FUCKING TREE! There were time jumps that didn’t make sense and sooo much internal dialogue.
September 28, 2025
★★★. I don’t think Frost should’ve been forgiven. He didn’t grovel. He called their tree “just a tree”. He admitted to this emotional affair because he didn’t feel needed. You can’t convince me if this happens again he won’t find someone else who needs help. Emily was strong and didn’t forgive him until the end to be honest. The only reason for the three stars was her. Even in the last chapter, she still hasn’t fully forgiven him and is making him work for her back.
I don’t like everyone rooting for him even though they knew he was being disrespectful to his wife?
His children being like okay with it after doing research and speaking to him once?? Now, forgive me, but if I were them, I’d be doing damage to him.
For my safety readers; safe-ish? There is emotional cheating. The mmc does get turned on and thinks about being with the other woman. He also admits to wanting to just be with her instead of the wife.
I don’t like everyone rooting for him even though they knew he was being disrespectful to his wife?
His children being like okay with it after doing research and speaking to him once?? Now, forgive me, but if I were them, I’d be doing damage to him.
For my safety readers; safe-ish? There is emotional cheating. The mmc does get turned on and thinks about being with the other woman. He also admits to wanting to just be with her instead of the wife.
October 11, 2025
✓ Grovel of sorts without redemption
✓ Spoilers in shelves
Did you fucking ever:
“Do you ever wonder what our life would be like if Sarah hadn’t done what she’d done…if you hadn’t had that emotional affair with her?”
“Come on, you have to admit we were both drifting, living in limbo, waiting for the other one to throw a rope over the divide and brave the gap.”
Em rolled her eyes, huffing. “So you’re saying that we’d be worse off if Sarah hadn’t stuck her tits in our marriage.”
Grabbing her shoulders, he turned her to face him. “Even the strongest metals are made even stronger when put to the fire.”
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
nfmaa
November 4, 2025Note to self
Emotional cheating is cheating
If the wife hadn't found out and kicked him out and his friends all up in his shit..... given the emotional connection and the physical attraction I do believe it would've escalated into physical cheating eventually. Bottom line MMC is a scumbag cheater to me and ion do those 🤢🤮
Emotional cheating is cheating
If the wife hadn't found out and kicked him out and his friends all up in his shit..... given the emotional connection and the physical attraction I do believe it would've escalated into physical cheating eventually. Bottom line MMC is a scumbag cheater to me and ion do those 🤢🤮
September 27, 2025
A 2.75 rounded up to 3 stars. Not terrible but not fulfilling.
- It felt as if the author was rushed in this book.
- Lots of small mistakes with words that could have been picked up by an editor (wrong words used - be instead of by, it instead of is, etc.)
- The ending was flat and anticlimactic.
- Frost said that he would do something to make up for the tree. And then he didn't. In line with his character, but wasn't he supposed to have changed?
- It was never exactly clear what Sarah's role as a spy was supposed to accomplish. Nor was it clear why the cartel was upset with Mad Dog - the book states there is money in the secret accounts. Or why Mad Dog planted her there. Did the patched over members know? This storyline just fizzled. It was an attempt to explain away Sarah, but the explanation was nonexplanatory.
- It felt as if the author was rushed in this book.
- Lots of small mistakes with words that could have been picked up by an editor (wrong words used - be instead of by, it instead of is, etc.)
- The ending was flat and anticlimactic.
- Frost said that he would do something to make up for the tree. And then he didn't. In line with his character, but wasn't he supposed to have changed?
- It was never exactly clear what Sarah's role as a spy was supposed to accomplish. Nor was it clear why the cartel was upset with Mad Dog - the book states there is money in the secret accounts. Or why Mad Dog planted her there. Did the patched over members know? This storyline just fizzled. It was an attempt to explain away Sarah, but the explanation was nonexplanatory.
October 11, 2025
I cut my MC reader teeth on more hardcore stories—for me, this is MC light.
Between his inner monologues and behavior, he’s weak. I find it hard to take seriously that he’s the founder/president of a MC. His kids have grown up, his wife is busy with her own business and he’s lost. I think I’m supposed to feel sorry for him? It’s two weeks before he realizes his wife has changed the home alarm code and dumped his personal possessions in the back of his truck in the garage.
Apologies are not a grovel, and there’s no redemptive arc.
1 star story, 1 star for writing.
Between his inner monologues and behavior, he’s weak. I find it hard to take seriously that he’s the founder/president of a MC. His kids have grown up, his wife is busy with her own business and he’s lost. I think I’m supposed to feel sorry for him? It’s two weeks before he realizes his wife has changed the home alarm code and dumped his personal possessions in the back of his truck in the garage.
Apologies are not a grovel, and there’s no redemptive arc.
1 star story, 1 star for writing.
September 30, 2025
Betrayal like this TSTL fidiot pulled with no grovel, along with miscommunication and BBS just doesn't work for me I'm afraid, which is a shame as this had such potential.
The editing issues were distracting and this, along with a LOT of repetition, made me lose interest so I skimmed to call it done.
The editing issues were distracting and this, along with a LOT of repetition, made me lose interest so I skimmed to call it done.
December 19, 2025
10% UPDATE
I am absolutely loving the midlife crisis, mental turmoil the MMC is running in his head right now. I desperately wanted to read this book. Instead, I tried to read the books in this series in order, as I didn’t know how interconnected they would have been written. I hated book one as the plotline was ridiculously childish. Book two was okay but boring. I finally just decided to skip book three because I couldn’t wait anymore to read this MMC’s stupid explanations for the purposeful destruction of his marriage that was seen in the lead up to this story. And now it makes sense.
Yes, they are empty nesters but it simply boils down to the MMC having a midlife crisis. He is bored and missing being young and care free. Along comes a young twat feeding his bullshit negative thoughts and feelings and he slowly slips his own morals, and the respect for his wife and marriage just disappears behind lame ass excuses that he hasn’t done anything “wrong”. Meaning no P in V, or tongues in mouths, or bodily fluid exchanges of any kind. BUT we all know that just like autism, “cheating” has a spectrum. And he definitely is on the full on cheating spectrum. He has held hands and has hugged on and cuddled with the trashy OW in full view of others and where his wife can see him. He knows his wife the FMC has full access to everywhere he is but he seriously thinks she hasn’t seen it. The man has fallen from the delusion tree and has a traumatic brain injury causing this degree of oblivious obtuseness to believe this level of extreme self lies.
I am so here for it!! FINALLY, something worth sinking my attention into! I don’t have much hope that it will play out completely to my satisfaction as the other books were so unappealing but I am enjoying it so far. Fingers crossed!
FINAL UPDATE
I loved the whole book minus some very minor continuity issues and the lame resolution of the situation. The MMC stayed delusional for well over the half way point of the book. Then while he accepted that he had crossed the emotional cheating line he still maintained that he never let it get too far. Dude fantasized on at least one occasion about having sex with OW! But what was full cheating to me was his constant comparisons between the OW and the FMC, his 20 year wife. That’s when he truly cheated in my book. Hand holding is almost just as intimate an act as sex is too, especially in the context in which he was doing it. He absolutely made the OW his side girlfriend. While he repeatedly stated they were “just friends” he treated her like his “GIRLFRIEND”girl friend. He continuously put her over his wife in nearly every way. And while he never let sex happen despite her repeated attempts, he basically stopped going home to his wife or responding to her texts and calls and he never called her. I also believe he would have had sex with the OW given more time.
As for time, there were definitely timeline issues. In all the other books, it is mentioned that the OW came down with the patch over members, which was a year ago around the time that his children left for school. But in this book it’s mentioned a couple times that the MMC was spending time with the OW for only two months or so. That is an extremely short amount of time for him to have developed such a connection with the OW based on how all the stories explained it. It was absolutely longer than two months that his inappropriate relationship was happening with the OW. Then we have the breakdown between this couple playing out for what seems like weeks but at the end of the book it’s mentioned that it’s only been one week. There is no way in hell this book only spanned one week! Just saying.
There were some character flaws that weren’t addressed regarding the MMC using his brother’s simply because he saved their lives at one time. Like he racks up these saved lives “vouchers” as owed debt. It is said repeatedly, that what he did to Locust and Nadia wasn’t like him, out of character for him, but he does it AGAIN in the last chapter of this book, when explaining that he would be calling in a life debt favor to get rid of the OW. So it’s NOT out of character for him and he does use his “brothers” when it suits him. This is never fully explored or broken down for him to learn that it’s not okay to demand payment for saving a life. Saved life does NOT equal an IOU.
Now what I didn’t like, was this author trying to use limerence as the cause of what the MMC was going through. While I do feel he was using the OW to feel good and young again, I mostly feel that it was plain and simple a midlife crisis. He had no new challenges in his life. And his life had reached a critical changing point with his kids leaving home and his wife having a business. He was bored of the same old same old with his club, no matter that he was moving in new members from another club which he claimed was problematic for him. Limerence has too many other points that he didn’t reach for me to be okay with this over simplified, new “it” term, explanation. At the end, he was asked where would they be if the OW hadn’t interfered in the main couples marriage and he states they would still be in a failing relationship limbo. He actually is grateful for the OW because she forced his behavior and the degradation of his relationship to face the dissonance they had fallen into. While that is twisted, it is an understandable perspective. And proves my point, that while he did fall into an infatuation with the OW, he was already having a crisis that would have still caused the failure of his marriage without the OW’s presence.
Most importantly for me, this book was ALL about the betrayal, the regret the MMC felt for failing their relationship. I mean, the tree was the absolute epitome of everything between the couple and it was destroyed because the MMC “DEFILED” it. First by bringing the OW there, more than once(!), and holding hands and being emotionally intimate and vulnerable with her. But also when he diminished its importance to the FMC in defense of his betrayal by calling it “Just A Fucking Tree”. It was the best scene I’ve ever read of vengeance! It was such a strong symbol of their relationship dying throughout this book, due to the MMC’s selfish narcissism. I loved every moment the MMC payed for his mistakes in this book. It wasn’t groveling even though he did say he was sorry. It was more him realizing the error of his ways by taking things away from him, since he was failing to learn any other way.
As for any redemption, there really wasn’t much. He realized he messed up but it was hard fought to get him to get past his “I didn’t do anything wrong” refrain. Up to 85% he was still saying that for himself and the OW, even though the OW was already showing her crazy. He only stopped defending her when her ulterior motives were revealed and NOT when she confronted the FMC with her intimate knowledge of the MMC’s body. So when the final confrontation happened I was expecting more, but it fell flat for me instead. It was so tame. Like, they should have buried her in a beer barrel, right under the nose of the OM who was cop in the same building at the same time, all while she cried and begged. This author unfortunately doesn’t do dark, or violence, or even real sex!
She claims she’s a smut writer but there is very little on page sex and most of it was poetically scribbled, utter nonsense, that I absolutely despised reading. Don’t put in your author bio that you write smut and then all I get is “hills rising and falling in the heavens”(that’s not an actual quote in this book), as some sort of sexual analogy. I don’t want to have to interpret sex scenes. I want full on messy, deep thrusting, digging for their souls, sex scenes! Spit, cum, slick juices all over the pages! I want my kindle to show my shame when I’m hiding what I’m reading from people next to me! I will share in my highlights a sex scene that my eyes glazed over reading because it was so pointlessly written.
Anyway, I did really, finally, enjoy this book by this author. I was impressed with how much improvement there was from book one’s stupidity to this book’s character focused plot line. It was betrayal from page one to almost the end. The MMC was remorseful but he didn’t lose any dignity in silly groveling. He just did his best to find his way back to his wife as respectfully as possible. The FMC totally took him back on BBS grounds but it actually did work here, for once.
My last gripe is that the author put a bonus chapter on her website that you have to go look for, and when I did ALL that I can’t even read it because the format doesn’t allow for making the TINY font bigger. It is basically unreadable except on a computer or laptop. Idk who reads their books on their pc’s but I don’t! I have expressed in many reviews how I HATE, LOATHE(!), this practice! I show my support to authors by purchasing the freaking books. Why do I have to go through any more rigmarole to finish a damn story!? Put the fucking chapter in the fucking book! FFS!!
Good luck.
P.S. UPDATE
I finally sat down to my laptop and read the bonus epilogue. It was 6+ months later. He gave her a new tree/bush to represent the past tree and their future together. It was sweet but honestly I would have liked it better if they had more babies together. They are young enough to have another set of kids to continue their story with. That’s one thing I like about Jordan Silver’s books. No matter their age or the drama, they will end with babies. This author needs to learn that in this context they should have had more children. It would have played out perfectly. Smh.
I am absolutely loving the midlife crisis, mental turmoil the MMC is running in his head right now. I desperately wanted to read this book. Instead, I tried to read the books in this series in order, as I didn’t know how interconnected they would have been written. I hated book one as the plotline was ridiculously childish. Book two was okay but boring. I finally just decided to skip book three because I couldn’t wait anymore to read this MMC’s stupid explanations for the purposeful destruction of his marriage that was seen in the lead up to this story. And now it makes sense.
Yes, they are empty nesters but it simply boils down to the MMC having a midlife crisis. He is bored and missing being young and care free. Along comes a young twat feeding his bullshit negative thoughts and feelings and he slowly slips his own morals, and the respect for his wife and marriage just disappears behind lame ass excuses that he hasn’t done anything “wrong”. Meaning no P in V, or tongues in mouths, or bodily fluid exchanges of any kind. BUT we all know that just like autism, “cheating” has a spectrum. And he definitely is on the full on cheating spectrum. He has held hands and has hugged on and cuddled with the trashy OW in full view of others and where his wife can see him. He knows his wife the FMC has full access to everywhere he is but he seriously thinks she hasn’t seen it. The man has fallen from the delusion tree and has a traumatic brain injury causing this degree of oblivious obtuseness to believe this level of extreme self lies.
I am so here for it!! FINALLY, something worth sinking my attention into! I don’t have much hope that it will play out completely to my satisfaction as the other books were so unappealing but I am enjoying it so far. Fingers crossed!
FINAL UPDATE
I loved the whole book minus some very minor continuity issues and the lame resolution of the situation. The MMC stayed delusional for well over the half way point of the book. Then while he accepted that he had crossed the emotional cheating line he still maintained that he never let it get too far. Dude fantasized on at least one occasion about having sex with OW! But what was full cheating to me was his constant comparisons between the OW and the FMC, his 20 year wife. That’s when he truly cheated in my book. Hand holding is almost just as intimate an act as sex is too, especially in the context in which he was doing it. He absolutely made the OW his side girlfriend. While he repeatedly stated they were “just friends” he treated her like his “GIRLFRIEND”girl friend. He continuously put her over his wife in nearly every way. And while he never let sex happen despite her repeated attempts, he basically stopped going home to his wife or responding to her texts and calls and he never called her. I also believe he would have had sex with the OW given more time.
As for time, there were definitely timeline issues. In all the other books, it is mentioned that the OW came down with the patch over members, which was a year ago around the time that his children left for school. But in this book it’s mentioned a couple times that the MMC was spending time with the OW for only two months or so. That is an extremely short amount of time for him to have developed such a connection with the OW based on how all the stories explained it. It was absolutely longer than two months that his inappropriate relationship was happening with the OW. Then we have the breakdown between this couple playing out for what seems like weeks but at the end of the book it’s mentioned that it’s only been one week. There is no way in hell this book only spanned one week! Just saying.
There were some character flaws that weren’t addressed regarding the MMC using his brother’s simply because he saved their lives at one time. Like he racks up these saved lives “vouchers” as owed debt. It is said repeatedly, that what he did to Locust and Nadia wasn’t like him, out of character for him, but he does it AGAIN in the last chapter of this book, when explaining that he would be calling in a life debt favor to get rid of the OW. So it’s NOT out of character for him and he does use his “brothers” when it suits him. This is never fully explored or broken down for him to learn that it’s not okay to demand payment for saving a life. Saved life does NOT equal an IOU.
Now what I didn’t like, was this author trying to use limerence as the cause of what the MMC was going through. While I do feel he was using the OW to feel good and young again, I mostly feel that it was plain and simple a midlife crisis. He had no new challenges in his life. And his life had reached a critical changing point with his kids leaving home and his wife having a business. He was bored of the same old same old with his club, no matter that he was moving in new members from another club which he claimed was problematic for him. Limerence has too many other points that he didn’t reach for me to be okay with this over simplified, new “it” term, explanation. At the end, he was asked where would they be if the OW hadn’t interfered in the main couples marriage and he states they would still be in a failing relationship limbo. He actually is grateful for the OW because she forced his behavior and the degradation of his relationship to face the dissonance they had fallen into. While that is twisted, it is an understandable perspective. And proves my point, that while he did fall into an infatuation with the OW, he was already having a crisis that would have still caused the failure of his marriage without the OW’s presence.
Most importantly for me, this book was ALL about the betrayal, the regret the MMC felt for failing their relationship. I mean, the tree was the absolute epitome of everything between the couple and it was destroyed because the MMC “DEFILED” it. First by bringing the OW there, more than once(!), and holding hands and being emotionally intimate and vulnerable with her. But also when he diminished its importance to the FMC in defense of his betrayal by calling it “Just A Fucking Tree”. It was the best scene I’ve ever read of vengeance! It was such a strong symbol of their relationship dying throughout this book, due to the MMC’s selfish narcissism. I loved every moment the MMC payed for his mistakes in this book. It wasn’t groveling even though he did say he was sorry. It was more him realizing the error of his ways by taking things away from him, since he was failing to learn any other way.
As for any redemption, there really wasn’t much. He realized he messed up but it was hard fought to get him to get past his “I didn’t do anything wrong” refrain. Up to 85% he was still saying that for himself and the OW, even though the OW was already showing her crazy. He only stopped defending her when her ulterior motives were revealed and NOT when she confronted the FMC with her intimate knowledge of the MMC’s body. So when the final confrontation happened I was expecting more, but it fell flat for me instead. It was so tame. Like, they should have buried her in a beer barrel, right under the nose of the OM who was cop in the same building at the same time, all while she cried and begged. This author unfortunately doesn’t do dark, or violence, or even real sex!
She claims she’s a smut writer but there is very little on page sex and most of it was poetically scribbled, utter nonsense, that I absolutely despised reading. Don’t put in your author bio that you write smut and then all I get is “hills rising and falling in the heavens”(that’s not an actual quote in this book), as some sort of sexual analogy. I don’t want to have to interpret sex scenes. I want full on messy, deep thrusting, digging for their souls, sex scenes! Spit, cum, slick juices all over the pages! I want my kindle to show my shame when I’m hiding what I’m reading from people next to me! I will share in my highlights a sex scene that my eyes glazed over reading because it was so pointlessly written.
Anyway, I did really, finally, enjoy this book by this author. I was impressed with how much improvement there was from book one’s stupidity to this book’s character focused plot line. It was betrayal from page one to almost the end. The MMC was remorseful but he didn’t lose any dignity in silly groveling. He just did his best to find his way back to his wife as respectfully as possible. The FMC totally took him back on BBS grounds but it actually did work here, for once.
My last gripe is that the author put a bonus chapter on her website that you have to go look for, and when I did ALL that I can’t even read it because the format doesn’t allow for making the TINY font bigger. It is basically unreadable except on a computer or laptop. Idk who reads their books on their pc’s but I don’t! I have expressed in many reviews how I HATE, LOATHE(!), this practice! I show my support to authors by purchasing the freaking books. Why do I have to go through any more rigmarole to finish a damn story!? Put the fucking chapter in the fucking book! FFS!!
Good luck.
P.S. UPDATE
I finally sat down to my laptop and read the bonus epilogue. It was 6+ months later. He gave her a new tree/bush to represent the past tree and their future together. It was sweet but honestly I would have liked it better if they had more babies together. They are young enough to have another set of kids to continue their story with. That’s one thing I like about Jordan Silver’s books. No matter their age or the drama, they will end with babies. This author needs to learn that in this context they should have had more children. It would have played out perfectly. Smh.
September 21, 2025
4.5 rounded up
This is a marriage in trouble book and it was well written and realistic.
H and h have been together since they were teenagers and have twins that are off to college. The h starts a business and the H starts to feel like he is not needed. He does not tell the h this instead he starts to pull away. At first the h continues to try to connect but after a while she stops. It gets so bad that he goes weeks not coming home.
A club girl starts flirting and the H starts to have a relationship with her not sexual but flirty and very much emotional. He even takes her to his and h’s special place where there is a tree with their initials. The H finds the club girl attractive and when drunk he has thoughts that a married man should not have but he does not act on them.
The h overhears the H and OW and finds out he took her to their spot.
The men stage an intervention with him calling him out for cheating on the h. I will say it’s funny Red was in there as he was having an emotional relationship with his h last book but was fucking others after they caught feelings and said it was not cheating. So him being in on this felt ironic and out of place as they were calling out H for having an emotional affair aka cheating. Anyway, he is defensive in the confrontation but he starts to realize they are right, honestly think he was catching on before.
Even so when h brings it up he is an ass to her at first and snaps that it’s just a tree about their special spot. So h gets the tree cut down and takes to the MC for a fire. The H looses it. He starts to try to repent and distance himself from the OW. There is very minor OM drama with a cop who likes the h but nothing happens and there is no relationship.
The issues they were having and the love they felt were real. That was all well done. A couple things made it 4.5 instead of 5. First the OW ended up being a plant and crazy. I felt that was a bit of a cop out. The H made the choices he did and it felt like by making the OW crazy it was excusing his choices. Second after they confront the OW they go home and instead of talking they have sex all night. They do talk in the morning but I wish the talking had come first. I understood why it’s written that way but their relationship was in trouble he had an emotional affair and they had not been intimate in ages so to not talk first felt a bit odd to me. The h did not have the whole story at that point. So that part felt backwards to me.
I also wish we had gotten a few chapters of actual grovel. I would have liked the talk first, some grovel, then the makeup sex. Overall, really enjoyed this book and the story was engaging. I enjoyed the first two books in this series but really disliked the third so I was nervous to read this one but I love Eve Black and think she is a very talented writer so I took the chance and I am glad I did. I finished it quickly and did not flip to anything else in between.
This is a marriage in trouble book and it was well written and realistic.
H and h have been together since they were teenagers and have twins that are off to college. The h starts a business and the H starts to feel like he is not needed. He does not tell the h this instead he starts to pull away. At first the h continues to try to connect but after a while she stops. It gets so bad that he goes weeks not coming home.
A club girl starts flirting and the H starts to have a relationship with her not sexual but flirty and very much emotional. He even takes her to his and h’s special place where there is a tree with their initials. The H finds the club girl attractive and when drunk he has thoughts that a married man should not have but he does not act on them.
The h overhears the H and OW and finds out he took her to their spot.
The men stage an intervention with him calling him out for cheating on the h. I will say it’s funny Red was in there as he was having an emotional relationship with his h last book but was fucking others after they caught feelings and said it was not cheating. So him being in on this felt ironic and out of place as they were calling out H for having an emotional affair aka cheating. Anyway, he is defensive in the confrontation but he starts to realize they are right, honestly think he was catching on before.
Even so when h brings it up he is an ass to her at first and snaps that it’s just a tree about their special spot. So h gets the tree cut down and takes to the MC for a fire. The H looses it. He starts to try to repent and distance himself from the OW. There is very minor OM drama with a cop who likes the h but nothing happens and there is no relationship.
The issues they were having and the love they felt were real. That was all well done. A couple things made it 4.5 instead of 5. First the OW ended up being a plant and crazy. I felt that was a bit of a cop out. The H made the choices he did and it felt like by making the OW crazy it was excusing his choices. Second after they confront the OW they go home and instead of talking they have sex all night. They do talk in the morning but I wish the talking had come first. I understood why it’s written that way but their relationship was in trouble he had an emotional affair and they had not been intimate in ages so to not talk first felt a bit odd to me. The h did not have the whole story at that point. So that part felt backwards to me.
I also wish we had gotten a few chapters of actual grovel. I would have liked the talk first, some grovel, then the makeup sex. Overall, really enjoyed this book and the story was engaging. I enjoyed the first two books in this series but really disliked the third so I was nervous to read this one but I love Eve Black and think she is a very talented writer so I took the chance and I am glad I did. I finished it quickly and did not flip to anything else in between.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 26, 2025
so so
First half of the book - 5 stars! Tree scene will
Be one of my favourite ever scenes ever ! So good
But the second half just felt flat/ rushed / and then just a sudden end . I wanted so much more.
No one ever said anything when Sarah was calling Emily fat among other names and it drove me crazy. She just got away with too much. A lot of continuity errors and spelling errors too.
Wish there was a longer epilogue.
Overall I did enjoy and thought this had such great potential , just wanted more
First half of the book - 5 stars! Tree scene will
Be one of my favourite ever scenes ever ! So good
But the second half just felt flat/ rushed / and then just a sudden end . I wanted so much more.
No one ever said anything when Sarah was calling Emily fat among other names and it drove me crazy. She just got away with too much. A lot of continuity errors and spelling errors too.
Wish there was a longer epilogue.
Overall I did enjoy and thought this had such great potential , just wanted more
September 22, 2025
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐: You know I am going to be reading this one again and again and …. well you get the picture.
This is the book we have all been waiting for. We have been watching the marriage of Frost and Emily slowly crumble, what we didn’t know was how far Frost had fallen, this book will answer that question.
What we have is an extremely emotionally raw marriage in crisis book. Emily and Frost have been in love since they first meet as teenagers. They were the perfect couple until they weren’t. If you have read the other books in this series, and I really suggest you do, you are already going to be mad at Frost. The start to this book is going to kick that up a level for sure.
Eve really struggled with writing this book and I can sympathise because it is painful to read at times. Em’s pain is visceral and jumps off the page at you. What surprised the heck out of me was my reaction to Frost, it didn’t take long for me to thaw and start rooting for him. Let me be clear there is no physical cheating this book, there is an element of emotional cheating though, so reader beware.
Em is one tough customer, and she is the heroine was all want to be. She overhears a conversation between Frost and Sarah, the other woman, and she wastes no time kicking Frost where it hurt more than once. Once Frost realised the depth of his mistake and where he was headed and what it has cost him, he was rightfully horrified. He wastes no time figuring out where he went wrong and trying to correct his mistakes, of which there are many. Let’s be honest here there were mistakes made by both Frost and Em in their marriage and Eve does a great job of exploring this.
Frosts panic when he realises that he may not win his wife back is delicious to read, add in the realisation that there is another man sniffing around her and our tough as nails MC president losses his ever-loving mind. I had doubted Frosts feelings for Em but it is clear early on that he actually does love Em and when he realises how bad he has stuffed up I believed in his remorse.
I love the men of this club and the way they support their Queen in this book by calling Frost on his BS is fantastic. This is one of my Favorite series and Eve is one of my favourite authors. You are going to love this book. While it can be read as a stand-alone I really recommend you read the whole series.
This is the book we have all been waiting for. We have been watching the marriage of Frost and Emily slowly crumble, what we didn’t know was how far Frost had fallen, this book will answer that question.
What we have is an extremely emotionally raw marriage in crisis book. Emily and Frost have been in love since they first meet as teenagers. They were the perfect couple until they weren’t. If you have read the other books in this series, and I really suggest you do, you are already going to be mad at Frost. The start to this book is going to kick that up a level for sure.
Eve really struggled with writing this book and I can sympathise because it is painful to read at times. Em’s pain is visceral and jumps off the page at you. What surprised the heck out of me was my reaction to Frost, it didn’t take long for me to thaw and start rooting for him. Let me be clear there is no physical cheating this book, there is an element of emotional cheating though, so reader beware.
Em is one tough customer, and she is the heroine was all want to be. She overhears a conversation between Frost and Sarah, the other woman, and she wastes no time kicking Frost where it hurt more than once. Once Frost realised the depth of his mistake and where he was headed and what it has cost him, he was rightfully horrified. He wastes no time figuring out where he went wrong and trying to correct his mistakes, of which there are many. Let’s be honest here there were mistakes made by both Frost and Em in their marriage and Eve does a great job of exploring this.
Frosts panic when he realises that he may not win his wife back is delicious to read, add in the realisation that there is another man sniffing around her and our tough as nails MC president losses his ever-loving mind. I had doubted Frosts feelings for Em but it is clear early on that he actually does love Em and when he realises how bad he has stuffed up I believed in his remorse.
I love the men of this club and the way they support their Queen in this book by calling Frost on his BS is fantastic. This is one of my Favorite series and Eve is one of my favourite authors. You are going to love this book. While it can be read as a stand-alone I really recommend you read the whole series.
October 24, 2025
Summary: This is a motorcycle club romance.
Additional tropes:
✅ Other woman drama
✅ Marriage in trouble
✅ Overheard
✅ Cheating
Detailed spoilers/trigger warnings (if any) and final thoughts can be found below.
The FMC is Emily. Her and Madsen (Frost) have been together for many years, having known each other much longer. They were literally each other’s firsts for everything. Recently there’s been a strain on their marriage that neither has really tried to address. One day the FMC arrives to the clubhouse and overhears a conversation between the MMC and the OW that leaves her heartbroken. She immediately packs up some stuff to go stay with her friend to figure out her next step.
In the meantime, the MMC relentlessly goes on about missing his wife and questioning his actions as some members in the club call him out for the time he’s been spending with the OW, who is very manipulative and who we later learn had an ulterior motive. That doesn’t mean she can’t cause a ton of drama, which includes visiting the FMC at her job to ridicule and insult her.
Finally the main characters meet to talk where the MMC apologizes profusely but no resolution of any issues takes place. More drama ensues and a confrontation happens revealing all the truths leaving the FMC to decide if her marriage is worth fighting for.
⚠️SPOILERS/SPICE/DETAILED TRIGGERS⚠️
*The OW is off her rocker in this one but she’s there to seduce the MMC as a spy for the President of the MC club she used to be a part of. But I think even though that’s how it started, her infatuation with the MMC was real.
*Emotional affair
🌶️: 1/5: There was only one actual in the moment scene with the main characters but there was a lot of explicit talk of what has been done or what would like happen.
Final thoughts: I wanted to like this one. The OW drama, regardless of why she was there in the club, was really good. This was almost a DNF for me several times until the confrontation in the flower shop, which definitely peaked my interest to continue. I wish the FMC had handled that differently but it is what it is.
At that point, this repeated so badly I just sped read through most of it to get to the toward the end to see if there would be any comeuppance for the other woman, and was happy there was.
Between the repetitiveness and some weird time jumps that were confusing and some cringy comments, this book just didn’t work for me. I’ve read other books by this author and have enjoyed them so maybe this was just a one off. At least I hope so because the blurb for the next book in the series looks very good.
Additional tropes:
✅ Other woman drama
✅ Marriage in trouble
✅ Overheard
✅ Cheating
Detailed spoilers/trigger warnings (if any) and final thoughts can be found below.
The FMC is Emily. Her and Madsen (Frost) have been together for many years, having known each other much longer. They were literally each other’s firsts for everything. Recently there’s been a strain on their marriage that neither has really tried to address. One day the FMC arrives to the clubhouse and overhears a conversation between the MMC and the OW that leaves her heartbroken. She immediately packs up some stuff to go stay with her friend to figure out her next step.
In the meantime, the MMC relentlessly goes on about missing his wife and questioning his actions as some members in the club call him out for the time he’s been spending with the OW, who is very manipulative and who we later learn had an ulterior motive. That doesn’t mean she can’t cause a ton of drama, which includes visiting the FMC at her job to ridicule and insult her.
Finally the main characters meet to talk where the MMC apologizes profusely but no resolution of any issues takes place. More drama ensues and a confrontation happens revealing all the truths leaving the FMC to decide if her marriage is worth fighting for.
⚠️SPOILERS/SPICE/DETAILED TRIGGERS⚠️
*The OW is off her rocker in this one but she’s there to seduce the MMC as a spy for the President of the MC club she used to be a part of. But I think even though that’s how it started, her infatuation with the MMC was real.
*Emotional affair
🌶️: 1/5: There was only one actual in the moment scene with the main characters but there was a lot of explicit talk of what has been done or what would like happen.
Final thoughts: I wanted to like this one. The OW drama, regardless of why she was there in the club, was really good. This was almost a DNF for me several times until the confrontation in the flower shop, which definitely peaked my interest to continue. I wish the FMC had handled that differently but it is what it is.
At that point, this repeated so badly I just sped read through most of it to get to the toward the end to see if there would be any comeuppance for the other woman, and was happy there was.
Between the repetitiveness and some weird time jumps that were confusing and some cringy comments, this book just didn’t work for me. I’ve read other books by this author and have enjoyed them so maybe this was just a one off. At least I hope so because the blurb for the next book in the series looks very good.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 26, 2025
had good bones, needs some edits
Pick an age and stick to it!! It is wholly distracting. Knowing they got married when she was 18 and he was 21, cause they were pregnant. They’ve been married 20 years, so she should be 38 and he’s 41. There should be three years between them. But then we’re talking about them being 12 and 16, which I HATE … loathe, why is a 16yo hanging out with a 12yo?! (It’s never addressed) honestly he should be 15! Then when you’re in the present thinking she’s 38, you’re told she’s 36! Ok… factually incorrect but ok, then suddenly he’s telling us he’s 40… so she should be 37! JUST STOP WITH THE NUMBERS OF THEY’RE NOT GOING TO BE CORRECT!! Then he’s telling us that “There was almost four years between them… that when he was looking at eighteen, and she was still fourteen” WHAT DO YOU MEAN?? How do you figure?! Why is the math all over the place. Half the time the ages aren’t even important!! It’s just so distracting.
There were also issues with the wrong word being used. “They” instead of “the” and “soppy” instead of “sappy”. “Or” instead of “of” Not actually a big deal, but annoying all the same. “her breath smiled” clearly they meant smelled. “Was” instead of “War”. “then you own me a conversation,” owe, the author meant owe. “She same to my shop” came, the author meant came. “The all” really should be “they all”. Just to name a few.
Most flashbacks were italicized except for the flashback in chapter 13. I’m not sure why.
I’m deeply saddened by the cutting down of their tree… I thought she was genuinely moving it to somewhere else. Like why am I sad about a fictional tree, “a silent goodbye to a tree she’d known since it was a sapling, green and so full of potential. Like she’d been. Like their future had been.” ?!
The repetition over Locust and Nadia, was extra annoying. Like so many iterations of the same thing, it worked out. Maybe once or twice it could be mentioned but every time they were brought up the story was told or if they just randomly wanted to bring it up. Same with Redtube being a thirst trap. The same sentence, every time.
I genuinely don’t understand why Em keeps referring to herself as wifey. It’s odd and it takes me out of the story every time.
I just read Frost kicking out Sarah … two pages later, I’m getting a synopsis of something I’ve already read… why???
The back and forth between chapters to catch up with where Frost/Mads is versus Em is a bit much. I don’t need to keep going backwards to go forwards. I don’t need to know the things I missed by being in someone else’s pov. Specifically, having the bar showdown from Frost’s pov to then have a new chapter where we have to see Em catch up to the reveal is unnecessary and annoying.
I don’t need a book to have explicit s€x - you can do some innuendo … but I do care if the only s£x scene is a flashback and then when they’ve reconciled you’re gonna use flowery words … why not just skip it all together???
Overall, I did enjoy this book, but needs some edits. The story was good. Everything else just kept pulling me out of it.
Pick an age and stick to it!! It is wholly distracting. Knowing they got married when she was 18 and he was 21, cause they were pregnant. They’ve been married 20 years, so she should be 38 and he’s 41. There should be three years between them. But then we’re talking about them being 12 and 16, which I HATE … loathe, why is a 16yo hanging out with a 12yo?! (It’s never addressed) honestly he should be 15! Then when you’re in the present thinking she’s 38, you’re told she’s 36! Ok… factually incorrect but ok, then suddenly he’s telling us he’s 40… so she should be 37! JUST STOP WITH THE NUMBERS OF THEY’RE NOT GOING TO BE CORRECT!! Then he’s telling us that “There was almost four years between them… that when he was looking at eighteen, and she was still fourteen” WHAT DO YOU MEAN?? How do you figure?! Why is the math all over the place. Half the time the ages aren’t even important!! It’s just so distracting.
There were also issues with the wrong word being used. “They” instead of “the” and “soppy” instead of “sappy”. “Or” instead of “of” Not actually a big deal, but annoying all the same. “her breath smiled” clearly they meant smelled. “Was” instead of “War”. “then you own me a conversation,” owe, the author meant owe. “She same to my shop” came, the author meant came. “The all” really should be “they all”. Just to name a few.
Most flashbacks were italicized except for the flashback in chapter 13. I’m not sure why.
I’m deeply saddened by the cutting down of their tree… I thought she was genuinely moving it to somewhere else. Like why am I sad about a fictional tree, “a silent goodbye to a tree she’d known since it was a sapling, green and so full of potential. Like she’d been. Like their future had been.” ?!
The repetition over Locust and Nadia, was extra annoying. Like so many iterations of the same thing, it worked out. Maybe once or twice it could be mentioned but every time they were brought up the story was told or if they just randomly wanted to bring it up. Same with Redtube being a thirst trap. The same sentence, every time.
I genuinely don’t understand why Em keeps referring to herself as wifey. It’s odd and it takes me out of the story every time.
I just read Frost kicking out Sarah … two pages later, I’m getting a synopsis of something I’ve already read… why???
The back and forth between chapters to catch up with where Frost/Mads is versus Em is a bit much. I don’t need to keep going backwards to go forwards. I don’t need to know the things I missed by being in someone else’s pov. Specifically, having the bar showdown from Frost’s pov to then have a new chapter where we have to see Em catch up to the reveal is unnecessary and annoying.
I don’t need a book to have explicit s€x - you can do some innuendo … but I do care if the only s£x scene is a flashback and then when they’ve reconciled you’re gonna use flowery words … why not just skip it all together???
Overall, I did enjoy this book, but needs some edits. The story was good. Everything else just kept pulling me out of it.
September 29, 2025
It wasn’t horrible it just felt like there were a couple of plot holes leaving me a little unsure at times. And yes I’ve read all in the series.
You can’t fault the tree plot though that was epic.
I also have to make mention that it needs a good edit. There are a lot of grammatical and spelling errors
You can’t fault the tree plot though that was epic.
I also have to make mention that it needs a good edit. There are a lot of grammatical and spelling errors
January 1, 2026
Trigger Warnings:
Their romance was somewhat controversial in that he was a legal adult when they’d first had sex, but they’d been careful to follow Pennsylvania’s Romeo & Juliet laws.
Yea this book was not for me. Firstly, our MMC, Madsen, knew the FMC, Emily, since she was 12 and he was 16. They were best friends from when she was 12 to when she was 16. At 16, they started dating and he was 20. They waited until she was close to 18, meaning she was still 17, and had sex. Then she got pregnant when she was nearing 18 and he was 21. That is a huge nope for me. This is grooming, even if the MMC was younger. He was still old enough to know better. Even this book knew this age gap was controversial. And if you move past this, the drama in present day makes this gross too. The MC Club name for Madsen was “Frost”. He has an emotional affair with a club whore. Just a heads-up that this is a motorcycle romance. So the language used is icky, they call women club whores and sluts. I hate it, but this is a thing with all MC books. Continuing on, the OW in this book is 22 years old. Frost and Emily have 2 kids that are 19. So that makes the OW 3 years older than the kids. Not only did he have a relationship with a minor, now, in present day, when he is 40, he is attracted to someone half his age. Plus, the girl is a couple of years older than his kids. So not only did he have a relationship with Emily at a young age, he is attracted to young women. Do you see what I mean? It’s gross man.
Regardless, I wasn’t a fan of the writing. It was chunky paragraphs with a lot of inner monologues. The book would transition between past and present with no indication, making it confusing. I didn’t read the previous books so I couldn’t enjoy the story (I recommend you read the books in order). All the characters from the previous books appear in this, and there are many references you will miss out on. The whole point of this story was for Frost to make up for his betrayal to Emily. But it took 44% for us to even reach their first conversation. For the first half, we see Frost and Emily talking to others about their relationship. We have mountains of repetitive inner monologue. And the reasoning behind the betrayal just proved even more that Frost was a manchild, I could not stand the guy. And Emily had her moments, but she was meh. They make pop culture references, but it was too much. They also reference Wattpad terms or romance terms. It felt like breaking the fourth wall, which is unique but not for me. Like the characters discussing what BBS was. Funny, but I hated it, cuz it ended up happening. Anyway, regret starting this, but I’m glad it’s over.
Frost has been spending less time at his home with his wife Emily. When Emily overhears Frost at his MC Club, she is done with him. But Frost will do anything to win Emily back.
Now for spoilers
Stay safe folks!
Their romance was somewhat controversial in that he was a legal adult when they’d first had sex, but they’d been careful to follow Pennsylvania’s Romeo & Juliet laws.
Yea this book was not for me. Firstly, our MMC, Madsen, knew the FMC, Emily, since she was 12 and he was 16. They were best friends from when she was 12 to when she was 16. At 16, they started dating and he was 20. They waited until she was close to 18, meaning she was still 17, and had sex. Then she got pregnant when she was nearing 18 and he was 21. That is a huge nope for me. This is grooming, even if the MMC was younger. He was still old enough to know better. Even this book knew this age gap was controversial. And if you move past this, the drama in present day makes this gross too. The MC Club name for Madsen was “Frost”. He has an emotional affair with a club whore. Just a heads-up that this is a motorcycle romance. So the language used is icky, they call women club whores and sluts. I hate it, but this is a thing with all MC books. Continuing on, the OW in this book is 22 years old. Frost and Emily have 2 kids that are 19. So that makes the OW 3 years older than the kids. Not only did he have a relationship with a minor, now, in present day, when he is 40, he is attracted to someone half his age. Plus, the girl is a couple of years older than his kids. So not only did he have a relationship with Emily at a young age, he is attracted to young women. Do you see what I mean? It’s gross man.
Regardless, I wasn’t a fan of the writing. It was chunky paragraphs with a lot of inner monologues. The book would transition between past and present with no indication, making it confusing. I didn’t read the previous books so I couldn’t enjoy the story (I recommend you read the books in order). All the characters from the previous books appear in this, and there are many references you will miss out on. The whole point of this story was for Frost to make up for his betrayal to Emily. But it took 44% for us to even reach their first conversation. For the first half, we see Frost and Emily talking to others about their relationship. We have mountains of repetitive inner monologue. And the reasoning behind the betrayal just proved even more that Frost was a manchild, I could not stand the guy. And Emily had her moments, but she was meh. They make pop culture references, but it was too much. They also reference Wattpad terms or romance terms. It felt like breaking the fourth wall, which is unique but not for me. Like the characters discussing what BBS was. Funny, but I hated it, cuz it ended up happening. Anyway, regret starting this, but I’m glad it’s over.
Frost has been spending less time at his home with his wife Emily. When Emily overhears Frost at his MC Club, she is done with him. But Frost will do anything to win Emily back.
Now for spoilers
Stay safe folks!
September 26, 2025
this would have been a 4⭐ book if it hadn't had so many typos that kept taking me out of the story, having to go back in my mind and figure out what I was reading.
October 15, 2025
very insulting for women who have had a child
Very disappointed how the story focused so much on the FL having twins at 18 (19?) so her body was wrecked. That’s such an insult to women who have had babies. And then at 36 the author has her having a hard time getting up off the floor because she’s too old?? Seriously? Some women start having babies at that age. The way Emily was talked about and body shamed throughout the story was like she was a woman in her sixties with health issues. I wouldn’t recommend this story if body shaming a woman for having babies is a sensitive topic for you.
Very disappointed how the story focused so much on the FL having twins at 18 (19?) so her body was wrecked. That’s such an insult to women who have had babies. And then at 36 the author has her having a hard time getting up off the floor because she’s too old?? Seriously? Some women start having babies at that age. The way Emily was talked about and body shamed throughout the story was like she was a woman in her sixties with health issues. I wouldn’t recommend this story if body shaming a woman for having babies is a sensitive topic for you.
October 18, 2025
H was a moron, h rolled over too quickly. Please explain to me why it took 65% of the book for them to finally have a proper conversation about what went down. The constant repetitiveness & regurgitation of the same old damn talking points was driving me insane. Basically, in almost every chapter, you have either the H or h repeating the same thing or recapping what happened in the previous chapter. The constant mentioning of how hot or a bad ass the H is was tiring and the mention that he was a soldier didn't need to be pointed out every single time. The H gave me whiplash he constantly stated that he didn't cheat because it wasn't physical but at the same time recognized that he did things he shouldn't have. That man talks about not being attracted or getting a hard on for no one but his wife but did, in fact, get a hard on for that peanut brain of an ow. Honestly if his wife didn't lock him out of their place that man would have slept with the ow, he was so close to doing it previously if he didn't end up being so drunk and passing out.
September 24, 2025
bold text: I am generally stingy with stars.
I have been waiting for *Perdition*. If you've read the rest of the *Unchained* series, you've watched the foundations of Frost and Em's marriage slowly crack. While this book centers on their unraveling and rebuilding, longtime fans will appreciate the glimpses of other couples woven throughout.
My biggest surprise? The "brothers" of Unchained. The MC men rally around Em, calling Frost out and supporting their queen. It's a refreshing twist on the usual MC dynamic, with emotions taking center stage. At times, it felt almost unbelievable—adult men talking about problems. Adult men discussing inappropriate behavior and feelings. Adult men being loyal to their friend by telling him he was making a mistake. And yet, it worked.
Emily has been in love with Madsen Flowers—known to most as Frost—her entire life. They grew up together as friends who became more. She became pregnant, and they married immediately after high school. Madsen was a legal adult; Emily was just 18. She supported him through military deployments and the early chaos of building the MC, all while raising their twins, who are now off at college.
Emily was used to playing support. She endured Frost’s silences during deployments and MC business. She was accustomed to taking a backseat when Frost needed to focus. But from the start of this book, you’ll feel Em’s anguish leap off the page. Her pain is visceral, her strength inspiring. She’s no damsel in distress—when she overhears Frost emotionally confiding in Sarah, the club whore, she doesn’t hesitate. She tosses his things into the truck bed, changes the locks, and leaves.
And yes, Sarah is a troublesome handful. Manipulative, audacious, and venomous, she injects herself into Em and Frost’s lives with lies and poison. Frost starts setting boundaries too late. Sarah is not pleased. She confronts Em at her flower shop, spewing lies about what she and Frost did under the red oak tree. She knows details about Frost’s anatomy no one else should know.
Frost, meanwhile, is a mess of contradictions. You’ll want to beat him with a frozen, rotten fish for his emotional betrayal—for sharing pieces of himself that belonged to Em. He struggles to define what he was doing as emotional cheating. Frost is very defensive both to his brothers and to himself. The moment he realizes he might lose her��and that another man sees her worth—is a turning point that shakes him to his core. Frost's remorse is genuine, his panic palpable, and his journey back to Em is marked by hard-earned growth.
Frost still fumbles, especially when he dismisses the tree they planted as children and first committed to each other under as “just a tree.” He had taken Sarah there for food and talks. Em’s symbolic destruction of something Frost once minimized is unforgettable—a moment of reclaiming power and self-worth that will stay with you.
The story explores their loneliness, pride, and the small decisions that snowballed into heartbreak. Perdition is messy, painful, and unforgettable—and I wouldn’t have it any other way.
I have been waiting for *Perdition*. If you've read the rest of the *Unchained* series, you've watched the foundations of Frost and Em's marriage slowly crack. While this book centers on their unraveling and rebuilding, longtime fans will appreciate the glimpses of other couples woven throughout.
My biggest surprise? The "brothers" of Unchained. The MC men rally around Em, calling Frost out and supporting their queen. It's a refreshing twist on the usual MC dynamic, with emotions taking center stage. At times, it felt almost unbelievable—adult men talking about problems. Adult men discussing inappropriate behavior and feelings. Adult men being loyal to their friend by telling him he was making a mistake. And yet, it worked.
Emily has been in love with Madsen Flowers—known to most as Frost—her entire life. They grew up together as friends who became more. She became pregnant, and they married immediately after high school. Madsen was a legal adult; Emily was just 18. She supported him through military deployments and the early chaos of building the MC, all while raising their twins, who are now off at college.
Emily was used to playing support. She endured Frost’s silences during deployments and MC business. She was accustomed to taking a backseat when Frost needed to focus. But from the start of this book, you’ll feel Em’s anguish leap off the page. Her pain is visceral, her strength inspiring. She’s no damsel in distress—when she overhears Frost emotionally confiding in Sarah, the club whore, she doesn’t hesitate. She tosses his things into the truck bed, changes the locks, and leaves.
And yes, Sarah is a troublesome handful. Manipulative, audacious, and venomous, she injects herself into Em and Frost’s lives with lies and poison. Frost starts setting boundaries too late. Sarah is not pleased. She confronts Em at her flower shop, spewing lies about what she and Frost did under the red oak tree. She knows details about Frost’s anatomy no one else should know.
Frost, meanwhile, is a mess of contradictions. You’ll want to beat him with a frozen, rotten fish for his emotional betrayal—for sharing pieces of himself that belonged to Em. He struggles to define what he was doing as emotional cheating. Frost is very defensive both to his brothers and to himself. The moment he realizes he might lose her��and that another man sees her worth—is a turning point that shakes him to his core. Frost's remorse is genuine, his panic palpable, and his journey back to Em is marked by hard-earned growth.
Frost still fumbles, especially when he dismisses the tree they planted as children and first committed to each other under as “just a tree.” He had taken Sarah there for food and talks. Em’s symbolic destruction of something Frost once minimized is unforgettable—a moment of reclaiming power and self-worth that will stay with you.
The story explores their loneliness, pride, and the small decisions that snowballed into heartbreak. Perdition is messy, painful, and unforgettable—and I wouldn’t have it any other way.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
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