Double Trouble

Bedlam Butchers MC #3

by Ruby Dixon

In the world of motorcycle clubs, a snitch is a dead man. And the Bedlam Butchers have a snitch who’s intent on taking down one of the newest members of their club.

Shy knows just who the snitch is, too–it’s her older brother. But she can’t do anything about it, because Shy’s got no one to protect her. If she tells what she knows, her brother’s going to sell her out to his new, dangerous buddies. If she keeps quiet, she’s still at risk from the Butchers. She needs someone at her back. Enforcers Muscle and Beast are the perfect solution… if she has the guts to make a play.

Beast’s big hulking form and a face only a mother could love drives most women away. Muscle’s pretty as could be, but he’s got a nasty attitude and a brick wall around his heart. No one wants to get in their bed…which means they’re perfect for Shy’s needs. When the three get together, it’s obvious that these men need Shy just as much as she needs them. And now she wants to stay for entirely different reasons than just safety.

But what’s going to happen when they find out Shy has been withholding information?

DOUBLE TROUBLE is a complete novella of 30,000 words. No cliffhangers—only hot and sexy romance. The Motorcycle Clubs series is romance for readers who want all of the heat and emotion, but who don't have all of the time.

HIS WILD DESIRE - Out now!
OFF LIMITS - Out now!
WANTING IT ALL - Out now!
HER SECRET PLEASURE - Out now!
PACKING DOUBLE - Out now!
TAKING IT ALL - Out now!
THEIR PRIVATE NEED - Out now!
DOUBLE TROUBLE - Out now!
HAVING IT ALL - Out November 12!

Genres: Menage, Romance, Erotica, Contemporary, Novella, M F M, Contemporary Romance

166 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 4, 2014

About the author

Ruby Dixon is an author of Science Fiction Romance. She likes fated mates, baby-filled epilogues, and cinnamon roll heroes. She also likes to write biographies of herself in the third person, because it feels more important that way.

Ruby also loves coffee and dirty books and will probably be a cat lady at some point. :)

Reviews

[Sophia Triad · Rating 3 out of 5]

Beast is tender, but with lot of insecurities about his appearance. Maybe he just needs someone to tell him how much desirable he is.
Muscle cannot stop having nightmares every night. Maybe he just needs someone to hug him while he sleeps.
Shy is a sweet virgin who stutters and she is in big trouble because she heard something that she was not supposed to hear. Maybe she needs a protector/protectors.
There is a snitch in Bedlam Butchers since book 1 and now it is time to reveal himself.
Quick and sexy story! If I understood correctly Beast, Muscle and Shy will have a few more books in the series.

[Whitney · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book made this series bounce back after the previous installment. YAY!



Cheyenne, aka Shy, needs protection from her own brother. He is part of the Bedlam Butchers, but he is going rogue. Shy overheard a conversation that wasn't meant for her to hear, and now she needs the help of the MC gang her brother is ratting out. She seeks out the biggest meanest pair she could find - Muscle and Beast. If she can overcome her fears, maybe they will decide to keep her. She will do anything to make them see that she is worth keeping.

I am so glad I didn't give up on this series. RD knocked it out of the park with this one. It was short, sweet, and smutty. It actually had a plot. The protagonist was relatable and real - unlike Kitty in the previous book. Her biker duo was a little questionable, but I liked them more than the previous alphas in this series. I caught myself swooning and getting a little flustered. |fans self|

3 STARS!

[Mia S. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Twist

So the reveal book, and starts off early finding out who the snitch is and I actually did a what no! The story did not feel rushed for a novella and good story line with plenty of spice. I can’t get over losing virginity in that way and little cringe so I get Muscle being upset, and loved Beast being a teddy bear. Loved!

[Barbara➰ · Rating 4 out of 5]

I gotta say, I didn't like Muscle to begin with and I'm not sure I like him still. Beast however is perfection.

[Dino-Jess ✮ The Book Eating Dinosaur ✮ · Rating 3 out of 5]

"What kind of cruel and sadistic torture is this to give a girl two cocks and then take them away?"

Goodness me, that was hot.

I felt for Shy - she has a nervous stutter (I do too), and every time she tripped over a word it made my heart hurt. And while I don't agree with the way she went about doing things, trying to become "property" of a pair of Butchers to get away from her evil brother, I'm willing to let it go because Beast and Muscle were awesome.

Beast. He is the gentle giant who knows when she is freaked out and comforts her when she is a stuttering, scared mess. He also has good manners.

"All right with you if I claim you now?"

Muscle. A cocky, but broken guy who is hiding a heart of gold under his self possessed facade. He also has a way with words.

"Every pussy is different, like a snowflake. And every woman is different. You need to figure out exactly what it takes to make her melt on your tongue. That is part of the challenge and pleasure of tasting a woman."

This story, as per usual is absolutely ridiculous, but I loved every second. Ruby Dixon is the best at writing sex. She's so good at writing sex that I forget about everything else that is going on and just focus on the man sandwich that is being made before my eyes.

I will keep reading these. Bring on the next man sandwich please.

3.5 no-holes-barred Stars

"I want all of this. I want both of these men, and I want to love them the way they deserve to be loved. And I want them to love me the way I deserve to be loved too."

[Ava · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a short romance novella between Shy, Muscle, and Beast. Shy is trying to seek salvation from her abusive brother, so she turns to the biggest and baddest men she knows of- Beast and Muscle. These two are partners in a motorcycle club called the Bedlam Butchers. Once they take Shy under their wing, they realize that they never want to let her go.

This was super fun and hot! Definitely my favorite book in the series so far!

TW: death, murder

TROPES: brooding hero (Muscle), contemporary, damaged hero (Muscle), damaged heroine, kindle unlimited, motorcycle club, novellas, sweet heroes (Beast)

[♠ TABI⁷ ♠ · Rating 3 out of 5]

Yeah, yeah, I'm only rating this higher because I really liked the guys in here as individuals . . . but they gotta lose their over-the-top straightness because threesomes like that are anything but straight. Also . . . the boys should kiss.

[Chris · Rating 3 out of 5]

Shy's story... this time, I didn't like Jason as a main character... it was ok... but I liked more Tamra's story... This one felt rushed. Well... let's read the next book...

[LaRisa · Rating 2 out of 5]

Loved this series, super short and sweet for all of them. The perfect gym reads. 😮‍💨

[eilidh · Rating 3 out of 5]

all of these are just fine.. and it pains me to say that as ruby dixon is god but i do think it’s so interesting to see how far she’s come as an author and also show how sci-fi romance is HER genre and she doesn’t need to do anything else 😭😭

[Shay · Rating 5 out of 5]

I just finished Double Trouble and I just loved it. Im a biker girl through and through and this did not disappoint. This follows the BEdlam Butchers MC club and this can be read as a standalone but to get the full effect, read them! This one is about the Warlords of Butchers, Muscle and Beast. No one wants to be around them, they are scary as hell. Shy is sisters with Stuart and he turns out to be the snitch. She is beyond scared because Stuart will kill her for telling on him. She runs to they panty raid looking for protection. She sees Muscle and Beast and needs their help. But to do that she will have to take them both on. This is an awesome read and one of my favorite of the series. It quick, sexy as hell and oh so yummy!

[Kimmylongtime · Rating 5 out of 5]

Muscle, Beast and Shy are the best butchers !!!

[phoebess · Rating 4 out of 5]

Oh, I loved this story, I'm always happy to see when heroes or heroines aren't absolutely flawless creatures. And this trio was exactly that. Perfectly imperfect.

[Melanie Parker · Rating 3 out of 5]

Super spicy and the protection aspect (the guys immediately protecting her) was good. I’ll definitely continue the series.

[Natasha Books · Rating 3 out of 5]

Muy fuerte.
Pero sigue sin gustarme la saga.

[Kit Sinatra · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love a sweet and shy heroine. It’s so refreshing from most FMC who are overly independent and take charge. Shy just wants and needs to be taken care of and in return she’ll take care of her men.

[Laurie · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the third book in the Bedlam Butcher’s series. I liked Double Trouble more than the first two. There was more of a story here which helped a lot.

Shy is our virginal, super shy and timid h who finds herself caught between a rock and a hard place when she figures out her abusive brother is snitching against his club, The Bedlam Butcher’s, to a rival club. Her brother threatens to give her to the rival club if she talks so she takes drastic action. She attends an MC panty raid and throws herself at the biggest brother and his partner that she can find, Beast and Muscle.

Things don’t go well for Shy when she first meets these two, but Beast quickly figures out something is not right and smoothes things over with Muscle for her. Shy was an okay h, but I like my h’s strong and she started out unbelievably weak. As the story progressed, she grew. To offer herself up to the biggest and baddest of an MC Club required smarts and strength, but she still came off like a doormat several times in the book which drives me nuts.

Muscle was an ass at first, not only to her but to Beast. The way he treats Shy in the diner scene screams douchebag. He redeems himself in a big way but still, that just pissed me off. Beast was my favorite of the three. He seemed the scariest, but ended up being the gentlest and sweetest with Shy.

All in all, a better book than the last but I’m still not a fan of the Bedlam Butcher’s as a club. I love reading about gritty MC’s but I do need them to have at least some redeeming values. Muscle and Beast went a long way towards redemption in how they treated Shy, but they still come off as thugs in their everyday activities for the club. I’ll definitely keep on with the series because they are part of The Motorcycle Clubs series, but I am definitely hoping they continue to improve.

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[KaleidoscopicCasey · Rating 3 out of 5]

Book three in this series is the best of the three that I read. In reality this is probably around a 2.75 but I'm rounding up because there was at least some story development in this one. I think the first three in this series (they are all fairly short in length) had only one story arc and all of the couples featured in each story get together in the same night so their timelines run concurrently. I don't know if that remains consistent throughout the rest of the series because I only read volume one which contained the first three.

[Judy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another hot erotic novella about the Bedlam Butchers with likable characters. Interesting story that can be read in one sitting when you don't want to start a full length novel.

[Christina · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book starts with promise and instantly sucked me in. Cheyenne, also known as Shy because well she's shy and stutters, lives in a trailer with her sadistic and abusive brother who is part of the MC The Bedlam Butchers. She is doing laundry and over hears him talking to a rival gang member snitching on his Prez's sister. There was some beef in the first book that this goes with. Her brother, Taco-yeah not touching that name because it's not that he loves tacos that he got it, finds out Shy was eavesdropping and threatens to sell her or kill her if she snitches. Scared of her brother and the prospect of her being sold, she's a virgin btw, she decides she needs protection. So where does she go? Well to the same club her brother belongs to of course, because that makes total sense. She even attempts to pick up Muscle and Beast a few feet from where her brother is standing which she's not even allowed to be there. So beyond that annoying and kinda stupid plan, she picks Beast because he's big and scary and Muscle because he comes with Beast. Literally. okay okay I know dirty lol, but that's the point of the Bedlam butchers they do everything in pairs including their women.

I liked Beast right away. He picked up on her fear right away and was the more mature out of the three. Muscle on the other hand, well he can go find his way out of the book because he was not someone I wanted to read about. Turns out Shy is a virgin and doesn't tell them and well Muscle goes first and just goes at it with out even a warm up for Shy. He gets pissed, pulls a dick move and leaves. Beast convinces Shy to apologize...let that sink in a moment and they end up having some pretty hot sexy time that had me fired up until Muscle kept opening his mouth. Like dude, no one likes you right now you're here because you have to be.

The book was great in smut and sexy time. I thoroughly enjoyed it even though Muscle made me want to throat punch him but I guess he has some issues that will be explored in other books. It also ended well, though it was glossed over fast at the end which I'm noticing in these books the content is kept light and that is fine by me.

[Yolène Belette Bavarde · Rating 1 out of 5]

TW: DUBCON

This was a very disappointing writing from Ruby.

Let's be clear: I'm not a fan of dark romance but I can still appreciate some things though. I have no problem with violence (even SA if it not between MCs) and I love kinks. But even in BDSM, consent and trust is the foundation of everything.
So, knowing that: I just hated Muscles behavior in the first 25% of the book and that's why I can't give more than 1 star to this book even though the rest was ok. Beast was a real teddy bear and I love kind "monsters". 🫶

So... I didn't see any trigger warnings but there is a dubcon scene which I didn't expect. She is a virgin and is seeking protection. She thinks she will be ok with trading sex for that protection but then, when Muscles feels she is dry, he's still goes in and then has the audacity to bitch about her being a virgin without telling him ?! Yes, she probably should have told him but hey maybe he could have done something to get her excited ?! When your partner is dry, even if it's a one night stand, you kiss her and lick her until she isn't. You don't bitch about it and get offended. IT DOESN'T MATTER IF SHE'S A VIRGIN OR NOT.
And then, SHE HAS TO APOLOGIZE ?! Sorry, no. Just no. I do understand he didn't know she was a virgin but IT DIDN'T MATTER. If your partner isn't excited, you either do everything to get her excited and wet OR YOU STOP. That's the only 2 good answers.
Sorry for the rant but Muscle got on my nerves...

After the 25% it gets better but it's because she did apologize. Since Muscle didn't, I'll keep my review at 1 star and I will not apologize either. 😒

[Ashleah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Double Trouble by Ruby Dixon is an erotic romance novella and the third book in the Bedlam Butchers MC series. The audiobook is narrated by Hollie Jackson.

Shy is terrified of her older brother, who's also a snitch in the Bedlam Butchers. The only two people who might be able to protect her are Enforcers Muscle and Beast, she just has to convince them to take her in.

Every book in this series has overlapping timelines, and we dig further into the snitch storyline. Beast is the best and deserves good things, and I enjoyed Shy's growth arc.

These are great quick reads if you're looking for some plot and lots of steam.

I noted this in my CWs, but I wanted to put it directly here: the "r" word is used once in this novella by a horrible person.

CW: domestic abuse, violence, murder, brief animal cruelty, threatened sexual assault, dubious consent, "r" word mentioned

I received a copy of this book to review. All opinions contained herein are my own.

If you want to see more from me, check out my blog, Bookstagram, TheStoryGraph, or Twitter.

[Sue · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Bedlam Butcher short story series continues with Shy, Muscle & Beast. I thought the Prez's story was my favourite, but these 3 have just blown that out of the water. 3 characters so different, but they just gel together so perfectly. You have the cockiest most arrogant club member & his ride brother Beast, who will literally scare the pants off any hard core bikie, who both succumb to the sweet. innocent virgin. My initial reaction to Muscle was that I didn't like him that much, you'll know why if you read it, but he did redeem himself and Beast I just loved right from the start. I give a high five to Shy because she just rocks it out of the park, she is such a sweetie that comes into her own. Their story goes over 3 books. A really enjoyable read.

[Amber · Rating 2 out of 5]

when a girl by the nickname is shy over here is her brother and one of the butchers club members going to double cross them she decided she needs to find help before they kill her. she goes to a bar looking for the biggest baddest but your members to sleep with and hopes for protection. she finds them and they take the bait and take her back home just to find out she is a virgin and they don't feel comfortable about that. I know there must be more she's hiding in the game questioning her. she then confessed she needs some for protection from her own brother and another butcher member who's double crossing them but doesn't believe they will believe her because she is not a member. but they do and they ask her to set up her brother if she does.

[Myfanwy · Rating 4 out of 5]

It’s possible this is the best thing that Ruby Dixon has ever written. Not because it’s lyrical or deals with emotional subject matter or anything else, but because it has internal and external conflict, which I have found lacking in most of her work, leaving them stagnant and boring, despite all of the wild alien sex. If I had a complaint to make it’s that the climax kind of comes out of nowhere, using characters that haven’t been set up or introduced in this book (some of them have been set up in previous books, but since this is supposed to be able to stand alone I don’t think that counts). But oh well.

[Brandi · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars

Another quick & dirty installment in the Bedlam Butchers MC series.

I liked this threesome but feel like we only got the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Muscle, Shy & Beast. They really know how to burn up the sheets together but I need to know more about the guys' pasts. There's a whole lotta hurt buried up in them & they need to open up so Shy can help them heal!

Love the whole double team/paired up aspect of the Butchers. It definitely makes them stand out as a MC & makes them more memorable! On to the next book in the series, Double Down!

[Lula Pantoofle · Rating 3 out of 5]

Shy needs protection from her evil brother so she goes to the panty raid looking for some massive bikers to protect her. Beast and muscle step in. Poor Shy isn’t really into it. She’s just shit scared. The initial get together was pretty uncomfortable which soured the read for me a bit really but it was a good story. Shy was a bit of a tiny wet rag which isn’t my favourite heroine. She felt more like she was 12 sometimes.

[I'm Fine, Just Tired · Rating 3 out of 5]

Beast, Shy, and Muscle! (Caleb, Cheyenne, Jason)

This threesome is my favorite! Three Novellas in total for their story which is super exciting because I'm into them!

The boys are sweet, beside Muscle being a little too cocky for my taste but BEAST? Oh boy, Beast is my kind of guy. Big, mean, grumbly, but that gentle, caring dominant that I adore so much.

I'm so glad Shy was able to get the help she needed and found a home with these two enforcers!

[v'sreadingjourney · Rating 3 out of 5]

Method: audiobook
Rating: 3/5 stars
Hero rating: 4/5 - Muscle
Hero rating: 4/5 - Beast
Heroine rating: 4/5 - Shy
Drama: 3/5
Trope(s): mc
Thoughts: will review later

[La'Jacinth · Rating 5 out of 5]

Shy is a stutterer and when she is upset or scared to death of her brother Taco. But she needs help and she is going to get it one way or the other.

Shy needs protection and she found it in Beast and Muscle. Although the first meeting didn’t go well with Muscle..the second set the stage for their union and gave her strength and backbone she needed.

I love Ruby Dixon and the way she writes...whether it is poly, big blue aliens or medieval romance set in outerspace....#RubyRocks