Damon

by Olivia Stephens

I just wanted someplace where I would be safe.
CASSIE
Instead, I ended up at a truck stop outside of Poughkeepsie, New York, counting out change for a meal and trying not to freak out.

… Then I saw him.

Voice deep and raspy as a motorcycle engine. His kutte vest had so many patches on it I couldn't decipher even half of them, and his steel blue eyes said he'd been places.

Bad places.

Places that he’ll take me to.
Places that I’ll never want to come back from.

It's not kidnapping if I'm saving her goddamned life
DAMON
She was one of those girls begging to be saved with those big sad brown eyes. Worn out from playing tough too long, scared to death underneath, looking for a rock to cling to.

I'm her rock tonight.

But I'm going to do it my way.

And when the ride's done, I'll be seeing that she pays for the trip in my bed.

And I’ll be goddamn sure to leave her begging for more.

Damon is a full-length, standalone romance novel with steamy hot sex, strong language, a happily every after ending and NO CLIFFHANGERS. Contains dark and disturbing themes, and over the top sexiness that may be uncomfortable for some readers.

Genres: Romance, Adult

94 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 9, 2016

Reviews

[Kristina Taylor farrell · Rating 2 out of 5]

I feel that it is only fair that since I am giving this book a lower rating that I at least explain why.

Lets start with how this book was written. While it is understandable to find the occasional grammatical error or typo, this book exceeded what is exceptable. In addition to the to the typos, the author often switched from first person to third person perspective and usually within the same sentence. There are many times when they did not even bother to remain consistent on the back stories and many of the minor details of the book. For example, the first time they introduce Breaker's dog his name is Max and then maybe a chapter or two later they are calling him Danny. The first time that they discuss Damon's mother being killed by his father he is supposedly five years old and then later in the book the same story is told but now he is eleven years old.

Another fact that I do not like, and this is just a personal preference, is the way that the characters were written. Damon's character, who I think was meant to be a badass, seems to always fall short of that fact. It just doesn't work with him only ever being a half of a badass. Cassie is just a little too whiny and weak for me. One minute she is being thrown to the wolves and the next minute she is thanking them for being such great guys. All the while they both talk a good game but never truly have a back bone between the two of them. And then there is Carl, lets not forget him. He is supposed to have been the one to lead these guys into doing the right things as human beings. First there are stories about standing guard at the funeral of fallen service men and then he is willing to let a defenseless women get beaten to death to protect his payday.

[Carole Shelby · Rating 3 out of 5]

It switched from different P.O.V.s repeatedly without warning so it became confusing. I also think the story went too fast. I'm not a fan of when the characters fall in love in 48 hours.

[Erika · Rating 1 out of 5]

It started great, with Cassie running away from her abusive husband and Damon coming to her rescue. I thought it was going too fast, but then the plot changed from her trying to hide from her husband to hiding from the police. I don't know if, at first, I was too focused on the story to notice or if it just got worse as the book advanced, but at the end, I was going crazy with the errors, the voice changed from first person to third person in the same paragraph and it was driving me crazy, things like:"It was something she'd asked myself." The story started to fall apart and I started to notice the errors more and more. I wouldn't recommend the book because of that, but if you don't care about details like editing and plot holes, maybe you could enjoy it.

So, it starts with Cassie running away and Damon finding her and taking her to his clubhouse. But it turns out that her husband was so controlling that he had a tracker hidden in her purse, so he followed her and started asking her to get out of the clubhouse and back to his house, she refuses and he threatens to get the police involved. Damon doesn't want her away, but the club president is afraid the husband will bring the police and cause problems for them, so when Cassie offers to leave, he agrees and sends her away. Her husband finds her and is trying to kill her when Damon arrives and kills him. He gets rid of the body and everything seems fine, but then a cop that her husband contacted starts asking questions and using her husband's disappearance as an excuse to search the clubhouse. They don't find anything in the clubhouse, and the cop that has been trying to find something on them for years is beyond mad, so he goes after Cassie, who is at a hotel. Cassie had no idea that the bag that the president had given her had drugs, but when Damon finds out that she has it, he tells her to run, intending to take the fall, but she takes the bag with her to save him.

And here is the first thing that threw me off, in the book they explain how she hides the bag in the hotel's basement and goes to take cover in some old cabin, but what I don't understand is why she is hiding if she doesn't have the bag? And what is even weirder, one chapter ends up with her sleeping in the cabin after leaving the hotel, and the bag, and the next she is running through the woods with the bag and the police after her. When, and why did she go back for the bag? After she hides the bag, again, she keeps running from the cops, again, why? It's not like they can prove she had the bag, running away only makes her more suspicious.

So once Damon finds her, he tells her they have nothing on her and just let them interrogate her, after that they have to wait to get the bag back. During that time Damon and his president fight a lot, Damon is mad that he put Cassie in danger, and the president is mad that they don't have the bag. They fight a lot and threaten each other, but as soon as the bag is back, they are all friends again, so easily. So they solve their problems and live happily ever after.

[Shellie Johnson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well, I really wanted to love this book. I read it from front to back BUT, there were SEVERAL areas where the writer forgot names correctly like Max the dog in 1 chapter then the next he is Danny. Also a lot of he she him her mix ups. I don't know how this person was writing because there are sentences like "Cassie grabbed her so and so while he loved it she couldn't make him move." Was using 1st and 3rd speakers and it got confusing for me to understand.
Also when a certain chapter ended she fell asleep after stashing the "bag" then the next time she is awake she is running for her life with the "bag". Completely forgot where they were when writing this and what they had said prior. This book needs serious beta and editor reading. Needs to be republished. I'm not saying I could have written it better just would have had someone read it before I published it. Overall though the story line was really good and I wanted to find out what happened.
Will I read more from this author? I don't know...

[MyzanM · Rating 1 out of 5]

It's in terrible need of editing. POV is changing in the middle of paragraphs, and even in the same sentence some times. Names get mixed up, like Max, the dog. The author is not consistent in her writing and sometimes her train of thought gets derailed and gets off track completely.
Retelling of past events get changed from one telling to the other. The story of the death of Damon's mother is one stellar example.

I actually liked the story - the first 2 chapters or so... Then....
I think the author had been toying with different ways of telling the story but forgot to clean the other trail up. After Cassie flees from the hotel room she stashes the big bag of loot in the basement of the hotel before grabbing a backpack stuffing it with blankets and taking off for the woods. She ends up in a abandoned cottage where she hunkers down in the blankets falling into a peaceful sleep. The next thing we know she is running for her life in the dark woods WITH the damned bag which she then hides in a hollow logg. WTF!? Keep your story line clean! At this point I seriously thought about quitting, but I needed to know if the author could redeem her self in some way. Unfortunately she couldn't. The story didn't go down hill, it crashed and burned!

There were several hints about things that never got resolved, like that they might have had a leak in the club telling the cops about what to expect in the safe and where the content might have gone. And I wonder why Cassie never got in touch with the friend she supposedly had left. Especially after Andy was no longer a threat.

Cassie was one of the most annoying and unlikable heroines I've ever encountered. Damon felt like he was written by three different authors and while Carl started out rather decent he turned out to be an ass and the smallish apology in the end did noting to turn him around and both Damon and Cassie had to be imbeciles not to se how false that was.

[Ruth · Rating 1 out of 5]

Great cover.....,BUT this book needs to be edited! It is so all over the place!!! It actually made me quite frustrated when I read it. I really suffered through this book - & it's a shame because it has the potential to be a really good book. I was frustrated when I had to read 2 different versions of how & where Cassie hid the bag. It was also annoying trying to figure out which characters point of view I was reading the story from. The ending was so rushed & unfinished. It really shouldn't be available to buy yet until it's been properly edited.

[Denise MacDonald · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book needs an editor. It switched between the first and third person within the same sentence many, many times. There were a lot of instances where words were left out. And it seemed like there was a serious mess up within the plot at one point. If all those things were fixed it would be a really good story.

[Ciara · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not your typical biker book. Although I read it all I was jumping paragraphs and was get bored and annoyed. The relationship between Carol and Damon was odd. The emotions of the characters ran hot and cold throughoutand there were some really dumb decisions made. I hoped it would get better but it didn't. Won't be reading anymore of the series.

[Halee Ludwick · Rating 2 out of 5]

Repetitive

Awful, repeated different versions of the same chapters over again. Characters were repeating the same information and thoughts too. Also, there was missing words in the sentences. By far a product of poor editing and revising.

[LuDena · Rating 4 out of 5]

The story is good

It's a Good story but I gave it a 4 star rating because I do not like Carl. I also felt there was a few loose ends. Maybe she plans on writing a sequel and tie up the story I then give it 5 stars

[Serenity Klaysmat · Rating 1 out of 5]

Poorly written. Needs a spelling check

I may not be the greatest at spelling and grammar but let's say when you publish a book and it goes from first person to third in the same sentence there is something very wrong

[Stephanie Luevanos · Rating 2 out of 5]

In dire need of professional editing

It was so hard to get into this book. It flipped narration during the same sentences that I couldn't even finish.

[Lisa Brode · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hard to follow

This book was hard to follow at times. Went from first person account to third person in the same sentence. Words were missing in some cases.

[Toni Pulley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good book

I loved reading about the Black Dragon's MC. This book was written really good. I really loved this author, Olivia Stephens.

[Diana · Rating 2 out of 5]

was alright, needs editing and one part about her hiding the black bag those chapters over lap and don't make sense.

[Lenna Wright · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sounded great but it got confusing after a while, the story line was good but the multiple p.o.v.'s in each paragraph or in with in the paragraph got to me.