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Beautiful Biker #1
Detour
Fall in love over and over with the Beautiful Biker series, a series of standalone but connected MC romances best experienced in order. These stories are filled with laughs, tears, feels, steam, found family, and a little bit of gritty darkness.These alpha male bikers put their women first. Responsible, good girl Ella Forker gets drunk and embarrasses herself in front of the hot new biker in town who saved her during an armed robbery. She's mortified that she blurted that no man had ever given her an O. He got her home safely despite her condition, so imagine her surprise when she wakes up the next night with Deacon Valentine in her bed with her.He's ready to show her what she's been missing in life with a sharp detour away from boring. Stories also available for Rider, Spencer, Fork, and Jesse with more stories to come. And... no need to say goodbye to your favorite couples as they feature as secondary characters in the other stories.
520 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 1, 2016
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D.D. Prince
49 books3,042 followersDD Prince -- author of dark, paranormal, contemporary, and mindf*ck romances. Creator of book boyfriends: Tommy Ferrano, Tristan Walker, Dario Ferrano, Deacon Valentine, Daxx Blackstar, Rider Valentine, Spencer Valentine, Alessandro Romero, Aiden Carmichael, Tyson Savage, Killian Coulter, and more.
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September 29, 2016
Deacon. He’s 28 and tall, dark, gorgeous, with tattoos, rings, and a manbun (yowza) He is also 100% alpha male. Third in command to the Dominion Brotherhood he sets his eyes on one delightful little package and will stop at nothing to make her his.
Ella Forker feels like cousin Marilyn Munster with her stoner musician dad and hippie gypsy mom. Not having had such great luck in the "love" department she's resigned herself to a boring humdrum life with only her vibrator for company. That's until one beautiful biker steps up to save her and declares her "MINE"
With outside forces spreading rumors about Deacon and a rival MC seeking revenge, can these two find their HEA in the chaos or will they be ripped apart before they even really have begun??
"No, baby. Don’t be sorry about that. It was beautiful. And that was just the beginning,” he told me, “I’ve got a feeling we’re gonna make a lot of beauty together."
What a delightful little gem of a story this was. I went into it TOTALLY blind. I just read the blurb, and no reviews. It's been ages since I just took a leap of faith on a book...
This reminded me A LOT of Motorcycle Man by KA only grittier. It is certainly KA length, and would have been a 5 star read had it been tightened up a bit. We get a lot of unnecessary details (IMO) especially in the beginning. That said, It kept me interested and I didn't feel the need to skim.
I enjoyed both the hero and heroine. Deacon was smokin (I mean tats, manbun, rings...YUMMY) He was also alpha, but had a lot of sweetness to him so he didn't come across like a total caveman. Ella was sweet, but also sassy and really FUNNY (drunk Ella was priceless) with a big heart.
This also had a PLETHORA of interesting side characters. From Ella's mom and dad and best friends, to Deacon's brothers and father. And of course a ton of MC brothers who could be getting books of their own. The MC storyline with the rival club was pretty gritty IMO. There were a few things that made me cringe a little, but I have read worse and that storyline wrapped up with good closure. This even had a "8 year in the future" epilogue (I'd skip this though if you want to avoid knowing what couples end up together in later books)
Overall a really enjoyable way to spend a few hours and I will for sure be keeping my eyes out for more books by this author.
June 2, 2023
FREE June 2-5'23 DETOUR
Deacon is a HOT alpha OTT protective alpha who is NOT an alphahole. He's not just book boyfriend material. Deacon Valentine is book HUSBAND material.
This is book one in what will be a set of standalone biker romances with no cliffhangers. HOT+ACTION+COMEDY+STEAM & because it comes from the brain of DD Prince,of course there's a little bit of darkness, too.
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Contains: smokin' hot steamy scenes, romance, drunk texting, erotic spankings, a battery-operated boyfriend, dirty-talking, shoe shot-put, celebrity and puppet impersonations, a soft drink war, pudding shooters, laughs, tears, a bit of darkness,
Oh... and an HEA.
Love an over-the-top possessive dirty-talking book boyfriend who is an alpha male biker without being an alpha-hole? You need to meet Deacon.
Vroooom. I bet he'll get your motor runnin'.
:)
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Books 2, 3, 4, and now 5 available too.
Deacon is a HOT alpha OTT protective alpha who is NOT an alphahole. He's not just book boyfriend material. Deacon Valentine is book HUSBAND material.
This is book one in what will be a set of standalone biker romances with no cliffhangers. HOT+ACTION+COMEDY+STEAM & because it comes from the brain of DD Prince,of course there's a little bit of darkness, too.
Check out the Goodreads reviews: bit.ly/gr-detour
Contains: smokin' hot steamy scenes, romance, drunk texting, erotic spankings, a battery-operated boyfriend, dirty-talking, shoe shot-put, celebrity and puppet impersonations, a soft drink war, pudding shooters, laughs, tears, a bit of darkness,
Oh... and an HEA.
Love an over-the-top possessive dirty-talking book boyfriend who is an alpha male biker without being an alpha-hole? You need to meet Deacon.
Vroooom. I bet he'll get your motor runnin'.
:)
Links:
US: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LZYGOPF
UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01LZYGOPF
CA: http://www.amazon.ca/dp/B01LZYGOPF
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September 25, 2021
Detour is book one in the Beautiful Biker series by D.D. Prince. This is my very first book by this author. It is told completely from the heroine’s POV.
Elizabelle (Ella) Forker is twenty three years old and has lived in Aberdeen, South Dakota all her life. She still lives with her parents but lives on the complete top floor of their home which has an outside entrance. Her parents are free spirited hippy types that barely scrape by month to month. She has a five year old little brother. Ella is always known as the practical one. She and her family are close and she helps as much as she can with her brother. She has a part time job taking calls at a local cab company. She rarely parties and is usually the designated driver when with her friends.
Ella drives a 1974 Impala that her dad fixed up for her. She does not love the car and it eats gas like crazy. But maybe that was a blessing because that’s what put her at the gas station that day, standing in line behind the most beautiful biker she has ever seen.
Deacon Valentine is twenty eight years old. He belongs to the motorcycle club, Dominion Brotherhood, or “The Doms,” for short. The Doms have just opened up a new chapter in town and have started three businesses, a motorcycle dealership, a garage, and a bar. The problem is, there is already an existing MC in town, the Jackals, who are the arch rivals of the Doms. The Jackals are mean and ruthless.
Ella’s life takes a huge turn from predictable to crazy. She finds herself face to face with a life or death situation and who is there to save her? Her beautiful biker! Deacon makes his intentions known pretty quickly. He’s intense, possessive, all alpha, and is ready to claim her as his own. Both of their lives are spun crazily out of control with one thing after another. Ella is scared with the speed their relationship has progressed but she is going to have to make a decision, in or out. Now add in Ella’s crazy ex-boyfriend that just can’t seem to let go! Deacon definitely has his hands full!
First, I have to admit that the first half of the book I was on the fence with Ella. She seemed immature to me. But the second half of the book I felt like she really came into her own and surprised me on several occasions with her actions. I loved Deacon. The stress he was under was crazy! They haven’t been in town long, they are threatened by their rivals, and he’s met the woman he wants for his own and has to keep rescuing her from danger. When I say Deacon and Ella’s life was off the rails, it seems like an understatement. Most of the book takes place during a two week span and there is just so much happening. I loved the epilogue. It gave me the perfect closure I needed. I looked ahead to see who the other books in the series were about so I didn’t mind seeing the peek at the other couples in the epilogue at all.
This was a crazy, wild ride. Even though I struggled a bit with Ella, I was surprisingly immersed in the story and found myself thinking about it constantly when I wasn’t reading. There was plenty of humor, sexy times and sweet times. I’m so glad I finally decided to read this one!
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Elizabelle (Ella) Forker is twenty three years old and has lived in Aberdeen, South Dakota all her life. She still lives with her parents but lives on the complete top floor of their home which has an outside entrance. Her parents are free spirited hippy types that barely scrape by month to month. She has a five year old little brother. Ella is always known as the practical one. She and her family are close and she helps as much as she can with her brother. She has a part time job taking calls at a local cab company. She rarely parties and is usually the designated driver when with her friends.
Ella drives a 1974 Impala that her dad fixed up for her. She does not love the car and it eats gas like crazy. But maybe that was a blessing because that’s what put her at the gas station that day, standing in line behind the most beautiful biker she has ever seen.
Deacon Valentine is twenty eight years old. He belongs to the motorcycle club, Dominion Brotherhood, or “The Doms,” for short. The Doms have just opened up a new chapter in town and have started three businesses, a motorcycle dealership, a garage, and a bar. The problem is, there is already an existing MC in town, the Jackals, who are the arch rivals of the Doms. The Jackals are mean and ruthless.
Ella’s life takes a huge turn from predictable to crazy. She finds herself face to face with a life or death situation and who is there to save her? Her beautiful biker! Deacon makes his intentions known pretty quickly. He’s intense, possessive, all alpha, and is ready to claim her as his own. Both of their lives are spun crazily out of control with one thing after another. Ella is scared with the speed their relationship has progressed but she is going to have to make a decision, in or out. Now add in Ella’s crazy ex-boyfriend that just can’t seem to let go! Deacon definitely has his hands full!
First, I have to admit that the first half of the book I was on the fence with Ella. She seemed immature to me. But the second half of the book I felt like she really came into her own and surprised me on several occasions with her actions. I loved Deacon. The stress he was under was crazy! They haven’t been in town long, they are threatened by their rivals, and he’s met the woman he wants for his own and has to keep rescuing her from danger. When I say Deacon and Ella’s life was off the rails, it seems like an understatement. Most of the book takes place during a two week span and there is just so much happening. I loved the epilogue. It gave me the perfect closure I needed. I looked ahead to see who the other books in the series were about so I didn’t mind seeing the peek at the other couples in the epilogue at all.
This was a crazy, wild ride. Even though I struggled a bit with Ella, I was surprisingly immersed in the story and found myself thinking about it constantly when I wasn’t reading. There was plenty of humor, sexy times and sweet times. I’m so glad I finally decided to read this one!
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May 1, 2024
*3.5* Read like Kristen Ashley lite, but with dark themes. Ultimately it’s a decent book that is fun to read. You just have to get through the occasional word salad on hair, clothing, and shoes.
The info dump in the beginning was too much and almost made me DNF. I also wondered if the author had stock in this vibrator company? Why are there so many references to this toy, it’s mentioned over 16 times, it’s practically a side character!!!
She nicknamed her vag “cookie”and called the hero the Cookie Monster. I can’t.
Still, it was sexy and hot. The author good job in developing these characters. If you’d like a hero, that is ALL IN from the moment, he sees the heroine, this one’s for you.
He kissed me like he’d been dying to taste me. He kissed me like he had every right to. He held my face like I was precious and treasured, a precious treasured girl that he was going to fucking devour. Holy shit.
Please read the TWs, this is a biker romance, so you have issues like, OTT ow, drug/alcohol abuse, cheating (not mc), male on male rape (off page), and gang rape of a woman (off page, not mc).
The info dump in the beginning was too much and almost made me DNF. I also wondered if the author had stock in this vibrator company? Why are there so many references to this toy, it’s mentioned over 16 times, it’s practically a side character!!!
She nicknamed her vag “cookie”and called the hero the Cookie Monster. I can’t.
Still, it was sexy and hot. The author good job in developing these characters. If you’d like a hero, that is ALL IN from the moment, he sees the heroine, this one’s for you.
He kissed me like he’d been dying to taste me. He kissed me like he had every right to. He held my face like I was precious and treasured, a precious treasured girl that he was going to fucking devour. Holy shit.
Please read the TWs, this is a biker romance, so you have issues like, OTT ow, drug/alcohol abuse, cheating (not mc), male on male rape (off page), and gang rape of a woman (off page, not mc).
January 22, 2019
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟STARS.
So Detour is the first book in D.D. Prince's Beautiful Biker series and let me tell you its one doozy of a read.
It tells the story of Ella and Deacon and almost instantly upon starting this I was lost in the fantastic world that has born from this author's fabulous imagination.
So in Detour, we are introduced to Ella whos quietly living her life, a bit of a round peg in a square hole with her very diverse and colourful family.
And then Deacon whos new in town.
He and his family, while also owning the new biker bar and varies other businesses in town, are all members of the Dominion Brotherhood MC and they are here opening a new charter in town.
When Ella spots Deacon in the queue at her local garage shes quite smitten with her beautiful biker.
And the biker of her dreams already has Ella lined up in his crosshairs.
So Detour itself is very insta-love, which usually is not my thing.
Here it worked, maybe because there is still enough internal angst and action to keep this interesting and moving along.
So. this is written from Ella's POV which also worked and I didn't feel that this was a detriment to this story at all.
Both the main characters here are extremely likeable, I loved Ella's dedication to her family and Deacons smouldering intensity was also a charm.
And man Deacon was a hottie with a capital H.
In my opinion, There's something extremely appealing about a man knowing straight away what he wants and going after it with single-minded dedication.
And Deacon is one such male and he knows exactly what he wants, Ella.
“You’re in this with me? You’re in this there are no limits to what I do for you. A million chances if your heart is in the right place. You fuck up, I forgive you a million times if I need to. But you never ever cheat on me and don’t lie to me. I’ll never cheat. I’ll give you all the truth you want. Never hurt you. I will protect you. It’ll be unconditional as long as you’re only mine and have a mind to making me happy and not trying to make me be someone I’m not. I will fall deep for you and give you everything I can give you; I know I will. I’ve already started falling, Kitten.”
I’m telling you right now, I am fucking done. You’re it. You’re the one. No way I let anyone hurt you. Ever. I don’t want to wake up without you beside me. Safe, in danger, either way. You get me?”
Makes my heart melt, Deacon is such a babe of intensity and when he calls Ella his Kitten well let's just say I'm an absolute gonna.
So I found Detour to be the whole package, it has it all, just the right balance of romance, angst and hot criminal bad boy antics to keep you glued.
What I also loved about this is the fabulous supporting cast you also get thrown in for free.
Every individual portrayed here is so well rounded and its quite apparent how much work has gone into there creation, they're not just there for background scenery.
Each and every one seems so alive and vital, quite a feat in a fictional setting.
As such, I found myself equally invested in their futures.
So its safe to say Detour was a hit for me. and I can not recommend this enough.
This is the start of a fabulous new series.
D.D. prince has definitely become an auto-buy author for me.
I have loved each and every one of her varied books.
And Just a heads up that Detour is currently free with a KU subscription.
So Enjoy, I know I did.
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August 20, 2025
3.5 - 4 Smut Stars
I was here for the OTT possessive alpha male smut, and I can always count on DD Prince for that. The story was fine and the relationship was super insta-love. But again, I’m looking for smut and ridiculousness when I pick up her books. And this delivered, so I’m happy. Guilty pleasure.
I was here for the OTT possessive alpha male smut, and I can always count on DD Prince for that. The story was fine and the relationship was super insta-love. But again, I’m looking for smut and ridiculousness when I pick up her books. And this delivered, so I’m happy. Guilty pleasure.
October 10, 2016
I don't usually like MC books but this was a good one. The club stuff is a bit gritty (see warnings/triggers below) but I would say this is definitely milder and less descriptive than some which suits me fine!
I absolutely loved Deacon. He was so perfect. He saw Ella around town and decided she was his, end of story. I love a good alpha male who's not afraid to take what's his and I love the word "Mine".
Ella was a sweet character and I could see how she was loved by all the people around her. I got a little aggravated when she went back on a "promise" she made Deacon and listened to rumors. She got her head out of her ass and wonderful, perfect Deacon gave her another chance.
All the side characters are great and I look forward to reading their stories. It'll be interesting to see how it all plays out.
I did find myself a bit bored with all the "details" and skimmed a little during these times. I also found it drug a little near the end then the "climax" a bit rushed. I was a little irritated with the whole I ADORED the epilogue, which is 7 years out and lets us know of future hookups!
Warnings/Triggers:
I absolutely loved Deacon. He was so perfect. He saw Ella around town and decided she was his, end of story. I love a good alpha male who's not afraid to take what's his and I love the word "Mine".
Ella was a sweet character and I could see how she was loved by all the people around her. I got a little aggravated when she went back on a "promise" she made Deacon and listened to rumors. She got her head out of her ass and wonderful, perfect Deacon gave her another chance.
All the side characters are great and I look forward to reading their stories. It'll be interesting to see how it all plays out.
I did find myself a bit bored with all the "details" and skimmed a little during these times. I also found it drug a little near the end then the "climax" a bit rushed. I was a little irritated with the whole I ADORED the epilogue, which is 7 years out and lets us know of future hookups!
Warnings/Triggers:
November 21, 2018
3 stars
I think the shine has officially worn off the biker books for me. I would have loved this if I read it a couple of years ago. Reading it now, I just liked it. There's nothing wrong with it aside from some KAesque sentences here and there. It just didn't wow me.. It felt like just another run of the mill biker book.. Not bad but not spectacular either. The writing kept me reading and mildly entertained but didn't stir me beyond that.
I think the shine has officially worn off the biker books for me. I would have loved this if I read it a couple of years ago. Reading it now, I just liked it. There's nothing wrong with it aside from some KAesque sentences here and there. It just didn't wow me.. It felt like just another run of the mill biker book.. Not bad but not spectacular either. The writing kept me reading and mildly entertained but didn't stir me beyond that.
October 27, 2016
I wasn't overly impressed with this book sadly, and I really wanted to be. What's not to like about a bossy, hot, protective, fierce Beautiful Biker with all his bossy, hot Beautiful brothers? I loved Deacon, but would have loved him more if he had a voice. See, this is where I struggled. When I read a biker book, I want to READ about the bikers, the club, their lifestyle, the world the author has built for them. Unfortunately because Deacon didn't have a POV all the MC action happened off page, I wasn't shown, instead I was told. This was supposedly a gritty read, this didn't have the desired effect again because it mostly happened off page.
Another issue I had was the overwhelming detail, it eased off a bit as the story progressed but a lot of it was waffle and flannel and could have done with a damn good edit to weed out all the unnecessary wordiness.
The bones of the story is terrific, as are the side characters that will probably be getting their own books. I truly hope the author gives her heroes/bikers a "voice", and not leave the by-the-by story telling to the heroine. In this case Ella was a total sweetheart but knew nothing about the MC lifestyle which is probably why I got to know very little about the Doms, apart from what Deacon told her about events after the effect. See what I mean about tell and no show?
Another issue I had was the overwhelming detail, it eased off a bit as the story progressed but a lot of it was waffle and flannel and could have done with a damn good edit to weed out all the unnecessary wordiness.
The bones of the story is terrific, as are the side characters that will probably be getting their own books. I truly hope the author gives her heroes/bikers a "voice", and not leave the by-the-by story telling to the heroine. In this case Ella was a total sweetheart but knew nothing about the MC lifestyle which is probably why I got to know very little about the Doms, apart from what Deacon told her about events after the effect. See what I mean about tell and no show?
March 23, 2020
it has potential but it needs more editing!!!
because of the heroine's ramblings & repetitive descriptions of every single detail...I was annoyed and just lost interest... it is unnecessary for the flow of the story and plotline...
I waited until I came across dialogue and things didn't work out even after that...
because of the heroine's ramblings & repetitive descriptions of every single detail...I was annoyed and just lost interest... it is unnecessary for the flow of the story and plotline...
I waited until I came across dialogue and things didn't work out even after that...
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September 28, 2021
R A T I N G: 4 'Beautiful Biker' stars! ★ ★ ★ ★
“Now I’ve got a question for you,” he said.
I just stared.
“How come, Kitten, every eye in this place is on you, watching you, but you look at me like I’m the only man in the world?”
Deacon is amazing. Ella is amazing. This story is just a burst of excitement. This first book in the Beautiful Biker series by DD Prince ticked many boxes for me, keeping my heart and mind occupied while I rode the risky road of detour.
Elizabelle Isabel Forker (yes, this is her real name) Is just as unique and spirited as her lyrical name, and distinct enough a character that I enjoyed reading from her perspective as much as my expectation of the story kept me on my toes throughout. Ella comes from the type of family that does not have the remotest space for the word ‘conservative’ in their lives. Ella’s family are quirky, eccentric, thriving in the arts but also dealing in unorthodox means, skating the line of autonomy.
‘My family are wild, loud, mismatched, and crazy and artistic people living in a jungle of wildflowers.’
Ella’s father has a wide circle of friends, and has a respectable reputation with the people in town, and so Ella grew up around versatile people, many of whom were bikers. Born to hippie parents, Ella never really felt an artistic bone in her body thrive. She is dependable, grounded, humble, hard-working and caring, but her path is yet to be determined because Ella doesn’t know where her commonplace life will take her, and whether she will have the kind of courage to take dangerous steps on hot coals.
“Sweetheart, I know you like your life to be a well-oiled machine, but let your old Dad give you some advice. Sometimes it’s good to go off course. You heard that old saying, go out on a limb; that’s where the fruit is.”
Ella isn’t outlandish like her non-conformist musician father, and she isn’t gentle like her bohemian mother, and she doesn’t perceive promise in herself like she does in her baby brother Beau. Ella isn’t sure how she was born into her family let alone how she fits into it. But sensible though Ella is, she certainly knows how to be wild, and would like nothing more than to exercise that wildness with Deacon Valentine , the new biker in town.
Deacon is a man shadowed in rumour and violent antics.
‘He was a mystery. An extremely attractive mystery.’
‘He crooks his finger I’ll just float in his direction, so strong will be the call of the beautiful biker.
Deacon is a novelty in the biker world, and one Ella has had the pleasure of meeting. He’s perilous, he’s penetrating and he’s painstakingly precarious – Ella knows that being with him would shoot her out of a cannon and as far away from ‘Boring-ville’ as possible and into the unfamiliarity of biker ethos. This tiger-eyed bad boy also seems to have a supernatural ability to save Ella whenever she finds herself in grievous hands.
‘As crazy as it might sound, that gaping hole of emptiness I’d always felt? The not knowing what about me was special or unique? Right not it felt like if I had someone like him I might have a chance of actually finding what made me happy.’
Deacon is a member of the Dominion Brotherhood – a new-to-town motorcycle crew that are staking ground and they’re here to stay. The Dominion Brotherhood have MC enemies, and now that they are in new territory, they have plenty more wishing to rival them for dominance, including the downright dirty debris of the biker world, the Jackals – some of which are Ella’s blood.
‘I’d been exposed to biker culture enough to know that MC’s were family that you chose for yourself and that there was fierce loyalty with a philosophy of living life to the fullest.’
Not sure about the extent of danger that she is subjecting herself to, Ella quite quickly finds herself in an exclusive relationship with the Beautiful Biker , not knowing much about him and his history but she knows it’s bad - gossip itself speaks as such. While Deacon has no qualms about going all in, Ella is more than cautious about the fast pace of their new relationship, and she isn’t ready to go all in. Surrounded by rumour, her own dubious scepticism, hearsay and spurious words Ella makes errors in judgement without really knowing the hurting man behind the rumour.
“I want wind and winding roads and to enjoy the ride…Haven’t had a lotta reason to laugh in the last few years and for the first time in a while I find myself wantin’ it. My girl’s gotta be there for the hard times In order to deserve the good…After you do time and live behind bars, after you lose someone to tragedy but find it in yourself to move on from that you decide what you want and you don’t want from life. I know what kinda woman I want. I know what kinda woman I don’t want. I live hard. Someone fucks me over, I fuck them back harder. No one, but no one fucks her over…I want a woman I trust, who trusts me and knows I will move goddamn mountains to keep her safe and give her everything she wants. If I can’t have that, all of that, I’m not doing it.”
Aside from their relationship troubles, the Doms and the Jackals are locked in an unending feud. The attacks against each other are becoming more gruesome and horrifically repugnant, and Deacon will do anything to keep Ella away from the worst of it because if she becomes a target he could lose her forever… and in the worst way possible, plunging into his own past of suffering and tragic loss. Deacon can’t go through something like that, not when his scars can be ripped open again and his enemies know just where it stings.
“But take my hand, kitten, and I’ll never steer you wrong.” He said it like a vow and his eyes twinkled.
‘I wanted to be worth it to him with a fierceness I didn’t know I was capable of.’
As far as storytelling goes, it was done well with a strong backbone that supported the story and the vivid characters, but I did have issues with the pacing and content from time to time - some areas of the book could have used a fine tune and tighter editing to really bind the story together. Ella is kept in the dark about most things, and she (as a character) agrees that as little as she knows the better for her well being, but though that may be fine as a character choice, we are also left in the dark. We're privy only to Ella’s thoughts, Ella’s life and her relationships with each character, but we aren’t privy to the dark side of the biker culture (most of it occuring off-page), so in essence this story is missing a necessary component: details of biker politics and biker conduct as they take place.
“Kitten, you definitely rock my sandwich world,” he remarked.
“You rock my world in general,” I told him and that earned me another beautiful smile.’
For this reason, I think the story could have profited with another point of view, Deacon’s to be precise. Deacon’s point of view would have been warmly welcomed if I'm being honest, not just because of the depth he adds as the male hero, but because we as an audience are left none the wiser about the biker proceedings that take place, which Deacon is a big part of; so we are missing half of the story. Also, can I mention how often he dispatched book boyfriend vibes?
‘I was terrified that he wasn’t going to give me another chance. I was also paralysed with fear that if he did, my life would be scary, crazy out of my control.’
With dual narration the content would have been more varied, creating more breadth, promising the reader with the kind of content assured with the biker genre of romance. This isn’t to say that Ella’s POV was lacking in any way, it isn’t, her narration is lively, bubbly and honestly eager, but the plot felt like it had been chopped in half, offering us a safe measure of what was acceptable.
“…You keep telling me I’m moving too fast and even when you aren’t saying, it I see it in your eyes but Ella, why wait for something I want? Why deny that when I life is so unpredictable?...”
I’m aware that misogynistic values often accompany biker romances, and though I wouldn’t peg the main male character as being misogynistic there are derogatory references made about women in the close-knit circles of biker dogma. Ella is not okay with this, and isn’t the type of female lead that will ever be accepting of that treatment, but this story is concentrated on her coming out of her comfort zone and accepting that some improper mores still exist even though she will never be one to humour them. All in all some categories of women are seen in a certain way, but notions such as cheating are explored from both men and women.
‘Why were so many women so competitive? The world would be a better place if everyone was more down-to-earth and less worried about being the prettiest or the one with the best clothes…’
Side characters don’t always have such a prominent role in stories, nor are they sometimes given much attention, but in this book they are all special in their own right; they are engaging and interesting and bring almost as much to the plot as the Both Ella and Deacon do. The side characters actually contribute to a large chunk of the story, and I wanted to get to know as many of them as I could. I love what the author did with Chris (Ella’s cousin) for example – I went from not liking him to praising him to the universe and back.
“You’re not a douchebag,” I informed him.
He let out a big barking laugh, “That might’ve been the nicest thing you ever said to me, Lezzy-belle.”
‘Detour’ had me from the first page, and I knew from Ella’s voice alone that I was going to love reading from her. I also adored her as a lead. I then met Deacon, and I knew I was going to love him. He now proudly holds a spot in my book boyfriends library. This story is about breaking free from safety, toeing the rope of risk when it’s for someone else more than it is about your comfort. It’s about Ella crossing that line knowing that Deacon will break her fall, and walk with her in this new world as she experiences.
“You’re in this with me? You’re in this there are no limits to what I do for you. A million chances if your heart is in the right place. You fuck up, I forgive you a million times if I need to…I’ll give you all the truth you want. I will protect you. It’ll be unconditional as long as you’re only mine and have a mind to making me happy and not trying to make me be someone I’m not. I will fall deep for you and give you everything I can give you; I know I will. I’ve already started falling, Kitten.”
Deacon is an intense breath of complicated but fresh air and though not as eccentric as her family Ella is just as colourful. I love Deacon’s ability to process what has happened to him and still be as strong as he is. They both complement each other and light up each other’s lives in a way that made me want to keep reading. I shed a few tears and felt quite a lot while reading this.
‘I thought before that he was the most beautiful man I’d laid eyes on and at that instant I decided I’d known nothing of the beauty he could show me until he’d shown me that smile.’
Ella is a relatable character – (drunk Ella was also amazing) - I loved her dynamic with her family, I loved her nature as a person and her relationship with her lovely younger brother Beau. Beau was cheeky and charming, and children always seem to heighten a story too, offering sunlight and molification, and Beau definitely did this.
In this story there are also the definite presence of unconventional family values, though some are toxic.
“I think so, too. Lella’s boyfriends need to bring me stuff when they visit. You butter me up and I talk you up to her. That’s how it works.”
“Is it?” Deacon looked like he was fighting a grin.
“Beau!” I exclaimed, shocked.
Beau looked at me and gave me a ‘Leave this to me’ look.
‘Detour’ by DD Prince did have its problem areas much like many books do, but the pros were stimulating enough to dwarf the negatives. I can tell that the author put her whole efforts into this book. I felt the passion and the force as I read through it, and it’s a story that offers its characters a special kind of glow. Traversing the unsavoury rudiments of biker culture and darker themes in general, this story focuses on the rising tension between MC’s and the promised retribution from both sides, which makes for a tension-filled story with lots of drama, both personal and political. But above that it’s about a 23-year-old girl who is surrounded by people who cross the lines of principle and into autonomous jeopardy. About Ella who took a ‘detour’ from mediocre fear and a standard life when she hopped on the back of her tiger’s motorcycle and decided that a detour – though daunting - was the best decision she’d ever made.
“…I will never ever make you regret taking that road away from predictable with me.”
Trigger Warning: Violence, rape, gang rape, attempted rape, blackmail, swearing, kinky sex, themes of toxic relationships, alcoholism, paedophilia, and drug dealing. There are also threats of abuse and conversations about grievous harm and sexual assault in the past tense. Some of the biker’s in the MC believe in infidelity so there is cheating too.
This book also refers to the dark side of porn, when the fantasy of porn crosses into reality, and makes you think about what you are watching as well as the consequences of gang rape culture in the porn business. There are some heavy topics integrated in this book so I wouldn’t read it if the triggers are difficult subjects for you. Even I found some instances of assault a bit difficult to stomach.
“Now I’ve got a question for you,” he said.
I just stared.
“How come, Kitten, every eye in this place is on you, watching you, but you look at me like I’m the only man in the world?”
Deacon is amazing. Ella is amazing. This story is just a burst of excitement. This first book in the Beautiful Biker series by DD Prince ticked many boxes for me, keeping my heart and mind occupied while I rode the risky road of detour.
Elizabelle Isabel Forker (yes, this is her real name) Is just as unique and spirited as her lyrical name, and distinct enough a character that I enjoyed reading from her perspective as much as my expectation of the story kept me on my toes throughout. Ella comes from the type of family that does not have the remotest space for the word ‘conservative’ in their lives. Ella’s family are quirky, eccentric, thriving in the arts but also dealing in unorthodox means, skating the line of autonomy.
‘My family are wild, loud, mismatched, and crazy and artistic people living in a jungle of wildflowers.’
Ella’s father has a wide circle of friends, and has a respectable reputation with the people in town, and so Ella grew up around versatile people, many of whom were bikers. Born to hippie parents, Ella never really felt an artistic bone in her body thrive. She is dependable, grounded, humble, hard-working and caring, but her path is yet to be determined because Ella doesn’t know where her commonplace life will take her, and whether she will have the kind of courage to take dangerous steps on hot coals.
“Sweetheart, I know you like your life to be a well-oiled machine, but let your old Dad give you some advice. Sometimes it’s good to go off course. You heard that old saying, go out on a limb; that’s where the fruit is.”
Ella isn’t outlandish like her non-conformist musician father, and she isn’t gentle like her bohemian mother, and she doesn’t perceive promise in herself like she does in her baby brother Beau. Ella isn’t sure how she was born into her family let alone how she fits into it. But sensible though Ella is, she certainly knows how to be wild, and would like nothing more than to exercise that wildness with Deacon Valentine , the new biker in town.
Deacon is a man shadowed in rumour and violent antics.
‘He was a mystery. An extremely attractive mystery.’
‘He crooks his finger I’ll just float in his direction, so strong will be the call of the beautiful biker.
Deacon is a novelty in the biker world, and one Ella has had the pleasure of meeting. He’s perilous, he’s penetrating and he’s painstakingly precarious – Ella knows that being with him would shoot her out of a cannon and as far away from ‘Boring-ville’ as possible and into the unfamiliarity of biker ethos. This tiger-eyed bad boy also seems to have a supernatural ability to save Ella whenever she finds herself in grievous hands.
‘As crazy as it might sound, that gaping hole of emptiness I’d always felt? The not knowing what about me was special or unique? Right not it felt like if I had someone like him I might have a chance of actually finding what made me happy.’
Deacon is a member of the Dominion Brotherhood – a new-to-town motorcycle crew that are staking ground and they’re here to stay. The Dominion Brotherhood have MC enemies, and now that they are in new territory, they have plenty more wishing to rival them for dominance, including the downright dirty debris of the biker world, the Jackals – some of which are Ella’s blood.
‘I’d been exposed to biker culture enough to know that MC’s were family that you chose for yourself and that there was fierce loyalty with a philosophy of living life to the fullest.’
Not sure about the extent of danger that she is subjecting herself to, Ella quite quickly finds herself in an exclusive relationship with the Beautiful Biker , not knowing much about him and his history but she knows it’s bad - gossip itself speaks as such. While Deacon has no qualms about going all in, Ella is more than cautious about the fast pace of their new relationship, and she isn’t ready to go all in. Surrounded by rumour, her own dubious scepticism, hearsay and spurious words Ella makes errors in judgement without really knowing the hurting man behind the rumour.
“I want wind and winding roads and to enjoy the ride…Haven’t had a lotta reason to laugh in the last few years and for the first time in a while I find myself wantin’ it. My girl’s gotta be there for the hard times In order to deserve the good…After you do time and live behind bars, after you lose someone to tragedy but find it in yourself to move on from that you decide what you want and you don’t want from life. I know what kinda woman I want. I know what kinda woman I don’t want. I live hard. Someone fucks me over, I fuck them back harder. No one, but no one fucks her over…I want a woman I trust, who trusts me and knows I will move goddamn mountains to keep her safe and give her everything she wants. If I can’t have that, all of that, I’m not doing it.”
Aside from their relationship troubles, the Doms and the Jackals are locked in an unending feud. The attacks against each other are becoming more gruesome and horrifically repugnant, and Deacon will do anything to keep Ella away from the worst of it because if she becomes a target he could lose her forever… and in the worst way possible, plunging into his own past of suffering and tragic loss. Deacon can’t go through something like that, not when his scars can be ripped open again and his enemies know just where it stings.
“But take my hand, kitten, and I’ll never steer you wrong.” He said it like a vow and his eyes twinkled.
‘I wanted to be worth it to him with a fierceness I didn’t know I was capable of.’
As far as storytelling goes, it was done well with a strong backbone that supported the story and the vivid characters, but I did have issues with the pacing and content from time to time - some areas of the book could have used a fine tune and tighter editing to really bind the story together. Ella is kept in the dark about most things, and she (as a character) agrees that as little as she knows the better for her well being, but though that may be fine as a character choice, we are also left in the dark. We're privy only to Ella’s thoughts, Ella’s life and her relationships with each character, but we aren’t privy to the dark side of the biker culture (most of it occuring off-page), so in essence this story is missing a necessary component: details of biker politics and biker conduct as they take place.
“Kitten, you definitely rock my sandwich world,” he remarked.
“You rock my world in general,” I told him and that earned me another beautiful smile.’
For this reason, I think the story could have profited with another point of view, Deacon’s to be precise. Deacon’s point of view would have been warmly welcomed if I'm being honest, not just because of the depth he adds as the male hero, but because we as an audience are left none the wiser about the biker proceedings that take place, which Deacon is a big part of; so we are missing half of the story. Also, can I mention how often he dispatched book boyfriend vibes?
‘I was terrified that he wasn’t going to give me another chance. I was also paralysed with fear that if he did, my life would be scary, crazy out of my control.’
With dual narration the content would have been more varied, creating more breadth, promising the reader with the kind of content assured with the biker genre of romance. This isn’t to say that Ella’s POV was lacking in any way, it isn’t, her narration is lively, bubbly and honestly eager, but the plot felt like it had been chopped in half, offering us a safe measure of what was acceptable.
“…You keep telling me I’m moving too fast and even when you aren’t saying, it I see it in your eyes but Ella, why wait for something I want? Why deny that when I life is so unpredictable?...”
I’m aware that misogynistic values often accompany biker romances, and though I wouldn’t peg the main male character as being misogynistic there are derogatory references made about women in the close-knit circles of biker dogma. Ella is not okay with this, and isn’t the type of female lead that will ever be accepting of that treatment, but this story is concentrated on her coming out of her comfort zone and accepting that some improper mores still exist even though she will never be one to humour them. All in all some categories of women are seen in a certain way, but notions such as cheating are explored from both men and women.
‘Why were so many women so competitive? The world would be a better place if everyone was more down-to-earth and less worried about being the prettiest or the one with the best clothes…’
Side characters don’t always have such a prominent role in stories, nor are they sometimes given much attention, but in this book they are all special in their own right; they are engaging and interesting and bring almost as much to the plot as the Both Ella and Deacon do. The side characters actually contribute to a large chunk of the story, and I wanted to get to know as many of them as I could. I love what the author did with Chris (Ella’s cousin) for example – I went from not liking him to praising him to the universe and back.
“You’re not a douchebag,” I informed him.
He let out a big barking laugh, “That might’ve been the nicest thing you ever said to me, Lezzy-belle.”
‘Detour’ had me from the first page, and I knew from Ella’s voice alone that I was going to love reading from her. I also adored her as a lead. I then met Deacon, and I knew I was going to love him. He now proudly holds a spot in my book boyfriends library. This story is about breaking free from safety, toeing the rope of risk when it’s for someone else more than it is about your comfort. It’s about Ella crossing that line knowing that Deacon will break her fall, and walk with her in this new world as she experiences.
“You’re in this with me? You’re in this there are no limits to what I do for you. A million chances if your heart is in the right place. You fuck up, I forgive you a million times if I need to…I’ll give you all the truth you want. I will protect you. It’ll be unconditional as long as you’re only mine and have a mind to making me happy and not trying to make me be someone I’m not. I will fall deep for you and give you everything I can give you; I know I will. I’ve already started falling, Kitten.”
Deacon is an intense breath of complicated but fresh air and though not as eccentric as her family Ella is just as colourful. I love Deacon’s ability to process what has happened to him and still be as strong as he is. They both complement each other and light up each other’s lives in a way that made me want to keep reading. I shed a few tears and felt quite a lot while reading this.
‘I thought before that he was the most beautiful man I’d laid eyes on and at that instant I decided I’d known nothing of the beauty he could show me until he’d shown me that smile.’
Ella is a relatable character – (drunk Ella was also amazing) - I loved her dynamic with her family, I loved her nature as a person and her relationship with her lovely younger brother Beau. Beau was cheeky and charming, and children always seem to heighten a story too, offering sunlight and molification, and Beau definitely did this.
In this story there are also the definite presence of unconventional family values, though some are toxic.
“I think so, too. Lella’s boyfriends need to bring me stuff when they visit. You butter me up and I talk you up to her. That’s how it works.”
“Is it?” Deacon looked like he was fighting a grin.
“Beau!” I exclaimed, shocked.
Beau looked at me and gave me a ‘Leave this to me’ look.
‘Detour’ by DD Prince did have its problem areas much like many books do, but the pros were stimulating enough to dwarf the negatives. I can tell that the author put her whole efforts into this book. I felt the passion and the force as I read through it, and it’s a story that offers its characters a special kind of glow. Traversing the unsavoury rudiments of biker culture and darker themes in general, this story focuses on the rising tension between MC’s and the promised retribution from both sides, which makes for a tension-filled story with lots of drama, both personal and political. But above that it’s about a 23-year-old girl who is surrounded by people who cross the lines of principle and into autonomous jeopardy. About Ella who took a ‘detour’ from mediocre fear and a standard life when she hopped on the back of her tiger’s motorcycle and decided that a detour – though daunting - was the best decision she’d ever made.
“…I will never ever make you regret taking that road away from predictable with me.”
Trigger Warning: Violence, rape, gang rape, attempted rape, blackmail, swearing, kinky sex, themes of toxic relationships, alcoholism, paedophilia, and drug dealing. There are also threats of abuse and conversations about grievous harm and sexual assault in the past tense. Some of the biker’s in the MC believe in infidelity so there is cheating too.
This book also refers to the dark side of porn, when the fantasy of porn crosses into reality, and makes you think about what you are watching as well as the consequences of gang rape culture in the porn business. There are some heavy topics integrated in this book so I wouldn’t read it if the triggers are difficult subjects for you. Even I found some instances of assault a bit difficult to stomach.
October 4, 2016
☆☆☆☆4 1/2 stars☆☆☆☆
After knocking multiple extremely short stories out, Detour was a refreshing change. There was great character development and a detailed storyline.
It was a little slow at first but with some encouragement (thanks Janie!) I held on and was rewarded. In the first several pages, the author gives us a detailed description of the characters and surrounding area. It was a MC story that was grittier than some other MC stories.
Deacon was a fantastic hero. He was strong, sexy and confident. Long hair, tattoos....dreamy! Ella referred to him as her beautiful biker until she learned his real name. Although he didn't come across as a manwhore in this story to me, he admittedly had his fair share of women. Even had a couple relationships that ended badly. Which is why he had not been in a relationship for over 3 years prior to the heroine. He fancied himself in love twice (didn't like that)....yet it was nothing like what he felt for Ella. I never felt that Ella was second best to anyone. Deacon was possessive and bossy and keeping Ella safe was his number one priority. Ultimate alpha hero!
Ella was a lovable heroine. She came from a eclectic family and compared to them, she was a boring plain Jane (think, Marilyn Munster) The family dynamic was so loving. Her dad was a pot smoking cab driver, her mom a modern day hippie and her little brother Beau was adorably cute. I loved some of his scene stealing. They never hesitated to show their love for each other. She was hesitant to give Deacon a chance because she knew he could do her heart in. She was so attracted to him. She had a crazy ex that didn't want to let go, and Deacon stepped in to help her out on more than once occasion .
Being a MC story, your typical biker story antics that included -
--clubwhores
--violence
--strong alpha biker
--funny smart and likeable heroine
--heroine pushes hero away for about a day
--no cheating-both h/H are devoted and never stray
--some steamy hot sex scenes
--ow drama--see above
--om drama
--great secondary characters
--great epilogue
I enjoyed most of the secondary characters. The storyline was wrapped up nicely. It even had an epilogue that was 7 years out that involved other characters from the story. Deacon's brothers, Spencer and Rider, are already on tap for their own stories. Interested to see how Rider pulls it off to be honest.
After knocking multiple extremely short stories out, Detour was a refreshing change. There was great character development and a detailed storyline.
It was a little slow at first but with some encouragement (thanks Janie!) I held on and was rewarded. In the first several pages, the author gives us a detailed description of the characters and surrounding area. It was a MC story that was grittier than some other MC stories.
Deacon was a fantastic hero. He was strong, sexy and confident. Long hair, tattoos....dreamy! Ella referred to him as her beautiful biker until she learned his real name. Although he didn't come across as a manwhore in this story to me, he admittedly had his fair share of women. Even had a couple relationships that ended badly. Which is why he had not been in a relationship for over 3 years prior to the heroine. He fancied himself in love twice (didn't like that)....yet it was nothing like what he felt for Ella. I never felt that Ella was second best to anyone. Deacon was possessive and bossy and keeping Ella safe was his number one priority. Ultimate alpha hero!
Ella was a lovable heroine. She came from a eclectic family and compared to them, she was a boring plain Jane (think, Marilyn Munster) The family dynamic was so loving. Her dad was a pot smoking cab driver, her mom a modern day hippie and her little brother Beau was adorably cute. I loved some of his scene stealing. They never hesitated to show their love for each other. She was hesitant to give Deacon a chance because she knew he could do her heart in. She was so attracted to him. She had a crazy ex that didn't want to let go, and Deacon stepped in to help her out on more than once occasion .
Being a MC story, your typical biker story antics that included -
--clubwhores
--violence
--strong alpha biker
--funny smart and likeable heroine
--heroine pushes hero away for about a day
--no cheating-both h/H are devoted and never stray
--some steamy hot sex scenes
--ow drama--see above
--om drama
--great secondary characters
--great epilogue
I enjoyed most of the secondary characters. The storyline was wrapped up nicely. It even had an epilogue that was 7 years out that involved other characters from the story. Deacon's brothers, Spencer and Rider, are already on tap for their own stories. Interested to see how Rider pulls it off to be honest.
October 1, 2016
Oh how I loved this book. It had the perfect mix of grit, humor, romance and suspense. I definitely found a new book boyfriend in the Beautiful Biker Deacon. He loved Ella with everything he had and was never afraid to say it or show it. Ella was a little leery in the beginning because she's used to her safe life in Boring-ville. She decides to step out of her comfort zone and it was the best decision of her life. I can't say enough about the awesomeness that is Deacon. He's a super hot, alpha, possessive loving man. The sex was hot. The secondary characters were amazing and I absolutely can't wait for Rider and Jenna's story. This is the first book I've read by this author but it definitely won't be my last. Thanks to my fabulous friend Eve for taking one for the team and going in blind lol.
October 6, 2016
The heroine was so annoying and too bloody horny all the time!
October 26, 2016
The Good
-Kindle Unlimited
-Elizabelle, has a sweet and sassy Kristen Ashley heroine vibe to her and it helps since you spend the entire story in her head. That’s not everyone’s cuppa but I’ll say that it worked...to an extent. More on that later.
-Some genuine action and danger in the plot. It’s an MC book, but alot of the real dark stuff happens off page. Still, I’d rate it around a 2-3 on the WTFery scale.
-Decent setup for future books, even if you pretty much know exactly what will happen (that's one detailed epilogue).
The Bad
-The problem is you spend the whole time in her head. That rambling narrative is crying out for an editor. The level of detail doesn’t help propel the story, it just bogs it down. Sometimes the rambling is charming, but more often than not, it’s distracting.
-Alot of the action happens off page (for ex, at one point Deacon is off to take care of a situation, so we as the reader get to …. Hang out and do laundry with Ella). When it comes to their scenes it’s not bad, but it feels like a very insulated type of MC book. There’s definitely descriptions of bad stuff happening, and dramatic moments, but you’re mostly told about them, instead of shown them. Which leads me to...
-For the bossy alpha, Deacon’s thoughts are needed to balance out some of his more high handed actions. This is where I’d recommend subscribing to KA’s first person heroine/third person hero narrative formula, which can really serve to clarify the feelings of the hero for the reader in a way that the heroine’s singular POV cannot.
It was ok. There’s potential here, even if the story meanders a bit much and alot of that meandering doesn’t lead anywhere. I wouldn’t rule out a return to this ‘verse.
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October 2, 2016
DNF @ 33%.
The h's father is someone who smokes, grows and sells pot. He even spends the family's money on a boat he wants so they don't have enough for rent. But everyone just smiles and goes along with it bc hey, he is such a nice guy. Nevermind the fact there is a small child in the house whose wellbeing should be the first priority. The h resorts to looking through couches for change to support the family. She doesn't have any goals and works at a cab service just getting by. She is also incredibly horny. The story starts with her lusting after the guy in front of her at the gas station. We are forced to read pages and pages of her lustful thoughts about him. Her friends were no different. All the girls in this book just want to be around hot guys. The h is very superficial and mentions at least a hundred times that the H is hot and so are his brothers. Women are smart, brave, strong and so much more than how they were protrayed in this book. Look, don't get me wrong, dressing up, looking good, having a guy take an interest in you is awesome too. But it is not everything. Women deserve to be written as the amazing creatures that we are and this book does us a disservice. I also didn't get other guys found the h desireable. There just wasn't anything about her that stood out. In sum, neither the story nor the characters were good enough to keep me interested.
The h's father is someone who smokes, grows and sells pot. He even spends the family's money on a boat he wants so they don't have enough for rent. But everyone just smiles and goes along with it bc hey, he is such a nice guy. Nevermind the fact there is a small child in the house whose wellbeing should be the first priority. The h resorts to looking through couches for change to support the family. She doesn't have any goals and works at a cab service just getting by. She is also incredibly horny. The story starts with her lusting after the guy in front of her at the gas station. We are forced to read pages and pages of her lustful thoughts about him. Her friends were no different. All the girls in this book just want to be around hot guys. The h is very superficial and mentions at least a hundred times that the H is hot and so are his brothers. Women are smart, brave, strong and so much more than how they were protrayed in this book. Look, don't get me wrong, dressing up, looking good, having a guy take an interest in you is awesome too. But it is not everything. Women deserve to be written as the amazing creatures that we are and this book does us a disservice. I also didn't get other guys found the h desireable. There just wasn't anything about her that stood out. In sum, neither the story nor the characters were good enough to keep me interested.
October 5, 2016
I really enjoyed Detour. I have to admit at first I really struggled to get into it. It wasn't until around the 30% that I started really liking the story but after that I didn't want to put it down. If it wasn't for that I would have given it 5 stars. Now I can't wait for the rest of the series. Highly recommend.
HEA
Cheating/OW/OM:
Any push/pull
Any couple separation
Angst Level: Medium
Heat Level: Extremely high
HEA
Cheating/OW/OM:
Any push/pull
Any couple separation
Angst Level: Medium
Heat Level: Extremely high
August 15, 2019
Sorry but could not complete. Didn't make it across the first chapter even🤔😥
The female protagonist kept going on and on about his features and loads of unnecessary details I don't care for.
It was difficult 😔 to keep on track with all the details being thrown at me. While I understand that sometimes it's important to use the words and details to paint a picture but I really don't need that many details that I can say what is the pattern of the zipper 😂
Wasn't one for me😝
The female protagonist kept going on and on about his features and loads of unnecessary details I don't care for.
It was difficult 😔 to keep on track with all the details being thrown at me. While I understand that sometimes it's important to use the words and details to paint a picture but I really don't need that many details that I can say what is the pattern of the zipper 😂
Wasn't one for me😝
January 12, 2020
Great book. This is the story of Deacon and Ella. First book of the Beautiful biker series. Club name Dominion Brotherhood MC.
Warning:. The first and maybe the second chapter, I don't remember are all in her head thinking stupid stuff. I almost put the book down but if you can get through that then you have a great story to read until the end. Sorry but I hated the very end because it ended like hitting a brick wall. Smack!! I took a point off my rating due to the epilogue. Unless you want to know how everyone else ends up @7 years later don't read it as it has ruined the next books of the series for me.
Ella was miss responsible. Often volunteering at the animal shelter and nursing home where her grandmother lived. She ever helped out her parents paying bills.
Deacon was new in town as his MC just opened up a new chapter there. His dad was the president and his two brothers were also part of the MC.
Deacon had seen her around a lot and took notice not just of her looks but what everyone was saying about her. How sweet she was and a good person. She hadn't seen him until he ended up in line in front of her at the gas station. She began calling him her beautiful biker.
There is another MC next town over that is run by her slimy Uncle. The Dom's are there to put the other MC out of business. You will learn just how bad they are. This couple has to go through a lot of ups and downs that some wouldn't be able to do.
Only a few editing issues.
For adults only please
I do recommend this book
Warning:. The first and maybe the second chapter, I don't remember are all in her head thinking stupid stuff. I almost put the book down but if you can get through that then you have a great story to read until the end. Sorry but I hated the very end because it ended like hitting a brick wall. Smack!! I took a point off my rating due to the epilogue. Unless you want to know how everyone else ends up @7 years later don't read it as it has ruined the next books of the series for me.
Ella was miss responsible. Often volunteering at the animal shelter and nursing home where her grandmother lived. She ever helped out her parents paying bills.
Deacon was new in town as his MC just opened up a new chapter there. His dad was the president and his two brothers were also part of the MC.
Deacon had seen her around a lot and took notice not just of her looks but what everyone was saying about her. How sweet she was and a good person. She hadn't seen him until he ended up in line in front of her at the gas station. She began calling him her beautiful biker.
There is another MC next town over that is run by her slimy Uncle. The Dom's are there to put the other MC out of business. You will learn just how bad they are. This couple has to go through a lot of ups and downs that some wouldn't be able to do.
Only a few editing issues.
For adults only please
I do recommend this book
dnf
August 7, 2021DNF #2… picked this one up to fulfill a book group reading challenge… H with a name that starts with D… opened it and noticed that it looked like I had bailed at 39% at some point. I remember NOTHING 😅… started over…. Aaaand the h is promiscuous. Since I’m not a fan of this genre anyway, and there’s already been pages and pages of descriptions of casual drug use, I think I’ll just put this one back on the shelf. ✌🏻 #notforme
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
February 11, 2019
DNF @ 2%. IDK - the whole racist comments were hard to get over. Maybe I'll try again later if I feel like I can be offended but still keep reading.
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I don't know if I can finish this book. Or get any farther than I am right now.
As I've said before, I don't expect a lot from my trashy erotica...
...but I DO expect it to not be racist as all fuck.
The Simpsons have been getting criticisms about the character Apu - and have had major articles written about Apu being a problematic character since 2016. Case in point - this Vox article dated April 2016: The Simpsons is confronting its biggest stereotypes in its 27th season https://www.vox.com/2016/4/10/1139588...
There are ELEVEN instances of "Apu-Singh" in this book. IDK if I should finish it - thius paying the author for being a douche.
Things that make you go hmmmm....
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I don't know if I can finish this book. Or get any farther than I am right now.
As I've said before, I don't expect a lot from my trashy erotica...
...but I DO expect it to not be racist as all fuck.
The Simpsons have been getting criticisms about the character Apu - and have had major articles written about Apu being a problematic character since 2016. Case in point - this Vox article dated April 2016: The Simpsons is confronting its biggest stereotypes in its 27th season https://www.vox.com/2016/4/10/1139588...
...the kinds of jokes The Simpsons makes about Apu and Smithers have largely fallen out of favor over the past 20-plus years. Never mind the fact that both characters have largely been presented sympathetically over the course of the show's run. The simple fact of Apu being a broadly drawn racial stereotype — voiced by Azaria, a man who's not of Indian descent — is the sort of thing a show starting in 2016 probably wouldn't do.
Heck, Aziz Ansari's Netflix series Master of None did an entire episode on these sorts of pernicious stereotypes and how they affect actors of Indian descent.
There are ELEVEN instances of "Apu-Singh" in this book. IDK if I should finish it - thius paying the author for being a douche.
Things that make you go hmmmm....
June 28, 2021
dnf tbh just got bored it was like reading a book about 16 yr olds and oh my god the internal thoughts and ponderings by ella were monotonous and never ending.
i tried i really did but i'm still only at chapter 7 and its taken me forever to just get there!
TOO MANY BOOKS IN MY TBR LIST TO CONTINUE.
disappointed!!!
i tried i really did but i'm still only at chapter 7 and its taken me forever to just get there!
TOO MANY BOOKS IN MY TBR LIST TO CONTINUE.
disappointed!!!
December 11, 2017
I loved this book! It did have that KA flavor of a great alpha male and strong heroine, bikers, possessiveness, protectiveness, no cheating, adventure, drama. I loved it all. I'm just hoping that this isn't a standalone book and she will be writing about other brothers in the MC and their women.
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January 14, 2022Out of the damn gate - page one, and I’m already wondering if I’ve just been cursed to pick books that make no damn sense at all.
One word: Spastic.
FMC: 23 years of immature.
MMC: Unknown, but I could pick his ass out of a line up blindfolded.
Plot: Hell if I know.
Writing: Smorgasbord of word vomit.
A For Effort… F For F’me
I was standing in a gas station and convenience store line-up, behind him, and my eyes were hard at work, roving over every visible inch of the back of him as well as his profile. In profile, I could see that he had the longest eyelashes I’d ever seen on a man. Eyes light golden brown, with swirly bits of darker brown and amber, like a tiger’s. …… And he had a tiny pewter barbell in his left eyebrow.
Bless your lil heart. If you’re BEHIND him, then how the hell do you see his eyelashes, eyebrow, and eye color? Profile or not, I dare you. Double dog dingaling dare you to stand behind… hell, even beside someone, and see their eye color. It’s impossible.
He finally turns around….
My eyes moved from his mouth up to his eyes and his left eyebrow was still notched.
Still notched? In the time you’ve spent standing behind him in the line to pay for gas, did you not expect his eyebrow to still be pierced? 🤨
His sunglasses were propped up on his head. They looked like they were expensive ones. He was wearing a black leather jacket and black leather motorcycle boots. Both looked expensive
I got it. Expensive encompasses his outfit.
I’d bet the pink fuzzy dice hanging in my shit box of a car that he did.
How the hell am I supposed to respect anyone from this damn decade hanging pink fuzzy dice up like it’s still 1990?
I spent lots of time doing community service type stuff so I knew a lot of people.
But, did you graduate, die, or just get simpleton brain along the way to community service? This sentence reminds me of that DAF rollin’ with the homies chick in Clueless. Like for real and stuff. Forget the use of lots and a lot in the same damn sentence. Now, that’s a lot.
YOU Don’t Say: Your Dad Is A Non-Biker Surrounded By Bikers…
1) My uncle is a biker and Dad has plenty of biker friends who’d come over and jam and / or party with him in our garage, known as Dad’s man cave.
2) Most of Dad’s biker buddies smelled like garages and usually a mix of tobacco and beer. And weed (but that might’ve just been due to the ever-burning cannabis potpourri in Dad’s garage).
3) Dad wasn’t a biker, he was a part-time musician, part-time cab driver but he had an eclectic mix of buddies and I’d grown up around people in the motorcycle culture. Dad was often partying with bikers in their clubhouse or in one of the biker bars in town and again, they were frequently at Dad’s man cave buying weed or sitting around smoking it.
4) they were frequently at Dad’s man cave buying weed or sitting around smoking it.
5) Rarely did a day pass without one or more of my dad’s buddies hanging out in his man cave for at least a while. But none of the bikers I’d met, nor their biker-in-training sons, in my twenty-three years had affected me like this.
6) And the messy garage’s door is almost always open because Dad is always out there in his man cave because Mom won’t allow him to smoke in the house and he’s always smoking, nearly always entertaining one or more of his buddies, and usually playing 60-70’s acid rock.
^^ You got that? I mean it’s mentioned six or more times within the FIRST TWO PERCENT OF THIS BOOK. So, I hope you didn’t miss dad having biker friends in his man cave but not being a biker himself.
BTW, almost every facet is reiterated at least once.
Is This Your Parent’s Story?
Wtf kinda shit is this? I’ve learned the life story - detail by detail - of her mom and dad. I can almost tell you their fucking Social Security number. Do a keyword search…
Mom - 189 times + 63 for mother
Dad - 449 times + 45 for father
I shit you not. Info-dump don’t even begin to name it.
This Chick Is On Crack
This FMC is like someone on speed possessed a stoner’s body. It drags through giving you every damn detail possible about something - imagine quicksand - to suddenly take off sprinting through anything and everything like bullets fired at you - big boobs, ex can’t find my clit, vibrator is the shit, oh everyone is mad in this long ass line, dayum fine biker *licks lips*, let me tell you about my bestie, back to my dad for a min, look it’s my crazy ringtone and you need to hear why I have it, my mom is a coupon queen, eek biker dude is fine, my dad has a fuck ton of wildflowers, mom is a hippie dip, did I mention I have big boobs, fuck I love Betty Boop, my car is a pile of shit, sexy biker yummy…..
^^^ You think I’m exaggerating, but I’m actually leaving out soooo very much that this is like a peek a boo into the insanity.
Don’t Do It
My brain hurts. Seriously f’ing feels like whiplash has slammed it across the cement for however long it took me to get to four percent. ^^^ That shit is FOUR PERCENT of this book. I don’t know whether to be impressed or horrified, but I can’t take no more.
🤕
One word: Spastic.
FMC: 23 years of immature.
MMC: Unknown, but I could pick his ass out of a line up blindfolded.
Plot: Hell if I know.
Writing: Smorgasbord of word vomit.
A For Effort… F For F’me
I was standing in a gas station and convenience store line-up, behind him, and my eyes were hard at work, roving over every visible inch of the back of him as well as his profile. In profile, I could see that he had the longest eyelashes I’d ever seen on a man. Eyes light golden brown, with swirly bits of darker brown and amber, like a tiger’s. …… And he had a tiny pewter barbell in his left eyebrow.
Bless your lil heart. If you’re BEHIND him, then how the hell do you see his eyelashes, eyebrow, and eye color? Profile or not, I dare you. Double dog dingaling dare you to stand behind… hell, even beside someone, and see their eye color. It’s impossible.
He finally turns around….
My eyes moved from his mouth up to his eyes and his left eyebrow was still notched.
Still notched? In the time you’ve spent standing behind him in the line to pay for gas, did you not expect his eyebrow to still be pierced? 🤨
His sunglasses were propped up on his head. They looked like they were expensive ones. He was wearing a black leather jacket and black leather motorcycle boots. Both looked expensive
I got it. Expensive encompasses his outfit.
I’d bet the pink fuzzy dice hanging in my shit box of a car that he did.
How the hell am I supposed to respect anyone from this damn decade hanging pink fuzzy dice up like it’s still 1990?
I spent lots of time doing community service type stuff so I knew a lot of people.
But, did you graduate, die, or just get simpleton brain along the way to community service? This sentence reminds me of that DAF rollin’ with the homies chick in Clueless. Like for real and stuff. Forget the use of lots and a lot in the same damn sentence. Now, that’s a lot.
YOU Don’t Say: Your Dad Is A Non-Biker Surrounded By Bikers…
1) My uncle is a biker and Dad has plenty of biker friends who’d come over and jam and / or party with him in our garage, known as Dad’s man cave.
2) Most of Dad’s biker buddies smelled like garages and usually a mix of tobacco and beer. And weed (but that might’ve just been due to the ever-burning cannabis potpourri in Dad’s garage).
3) Dad wasn’t a biker, he was a part-time musician, part-time cab driver but he had an eclectic mix of buddies and I’d grown up around people in the motorcycle culture. Dad was often partying with bikers in their clubhouse or in one of the biker bars in town and again, they were frequently at Dad’s man cave buying weed or sitting around smoking it.
4) they were frequently at Dad’s man cave buying weed or sitting around smoking it.
5) Rarely did a day pass without one or more of my dad’s buddies hanging out in his man cave for at least a while. But none of the bikers I’d met, nor their biker-in-training sons, in my twenty-three years had affected me like this.
6) And the messy garage’s door is almost always open because Dad is always out there in his man cave because Mom won’t allow him to smoke in the house and he’s always smoking, nearly always entertaining one or more of his buddies, and usually playing 60-70’s acid rock.
^^ You got that? I mean it’s mentioned six or more times within the FIRST TWO PERCENT OF THIS BOOK. So, I hope you didn’t miss dad having biker friends in his man cave but not being a biker himself.
BTW, almost every facet is reiterated at least once.
Is This Your Parent’s Story?
Wtf kinda shit is this? I’ve learned the life story - detail by detail - of her mom and dad. I can almost tell you their fucking Social Security number. Do a keyword search…
Mom - 189 times + 63 for mother
Dad - 449 times + 45 for father
I shit you not. Info-dump don’t even begin to name it.
This Chick Is On Crack
This FMC is like someone on speed possessed a stoner’s body. It drags through giving you every damn detail possible about something - imagine quicksand - to suddenly take off sprinting through anything and everything like bullets fired at you - big boobs, ex can’t find my clit, vibrator is the shit, oh everyone is mad in this long ass line, dayum fine biker *licks lips*, let me tell you about my bestie, back to my dad for a min, look it’s my crazy ringtone and you need to hear why I have it, my mom is a coupon queen, eek biker dude is fine, my dad has a fuck ton of wildflowers, mom is a hippie dip, did I mention I have big boobs, fuck I love Betty Boop, my car is a pile of shit, sexy biker yummy…..
^^^ You think I’m exaggerating, but I’m actually leaving out soooo very much that this is like a peek a boo into the insanity.
Don’t Do It
My brain hurts. Seriously f’ing feels like whiplash has slammed it across the cement for however long it took me to get to four percent. ^^^ That shit is FOUR PERCENT of this book. I don’t know whether to be impressed or horrified, but I can’t take no more.
🤕
did-not-finish
November 5, 2016I tried but had to call it quits around 30%. The writing style of the author needs help, the story is just constant ramblings in the head of a very immature for her age heroine who got annoying quickly. The author showed promise of being able to create interesting characters but needs to work on being more concise and just making her characters act and think like adults.
December 27, 2016
The heroine came off as a huge ditz to me. She grew up with bikers and has biker friends but acts like she doesn't understand biker culture....
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February 20, 2024
This unfortunately did not do it for me. It was just ok. It started out really cringy. The h Ella was constantly, and I mean constantly thinking about sex. It was exhausting. Lot's of talk about porn and her vibrator. This is definitely insta love and when the H and h get together it is cheesy. Example: she called her vagina cookie and Deacon's c*** the cookie monster. Even used the voice at one point 🤦😂. They were over the top lovey dovey. Stars in their eyes. There's no cheating with the main characters so you're safe there. It's a deal breaker for both H and h. No ow's, but Ella runs into a previous hook-up of Deacon's at the club house, but said girl was not mean at all just gave facts not knowing who Ella was. H is an alpha with a touch her and die vibe. Very protective. The usual possessive MC type.
The writing was ok. A little immature. Like I said the beginning was cringy and had a big info dump. Too much to be honest. Could have been cut down because some of it was useless information and just dragged. It picked up in the middle and I was Iike "Yay!" But then around 80% started to tank and we started getting useless info again.
The h Ella annoyed the crap out of me, but she had some good moments as well. Deacon was hot, but had some cringy moments. See above with the cookie monster voice 😂. All in all I don't regret reading it, but it definitely wasn't the best. And definitely too long
CW: gang rape of side characters.
The writing was ok. A little immature. Like I said the beginning was cringy and had a big info dump. Too much to be honest. Could have been cut down because some of it was useless information and just dragged. It picked up in the middle and I was Iike "Yay!" But then around 80% started to tank and we started getting useless info again.
The h Ella annoyed the crap out of me, but she had some good moments as well. Deacon was hot, but had some cringy moments. See above with the cookie monster voice 😂. All in all I don't regret reading it, but it definitely wasn't the best. And definitely too long
CW: gang rape of side characters.
May 11, 2023
Deacon is a super protective male alpha but as their relationship is so new it worries Ella as he is intense and her friends think they are helping by filling her in on his history, but it just creates problems.
I enjoyed the book, the only fault I felt was at the beginning there was quite a lot of monologue were Ella tells the reader of her history and family situation, to be honest I got a bit bored and skipped some, I still enjoyed the story and didn't feel I had missed anything.
There are quite a few openings for other story-lines as we met other family members and people from their past, including Deacon's mum who is a real dream... Not!!
On a reread I stand by my original review, the author does ramble at the start, much too much information, paragraphs of it.
But the actual story I enjoyed.
I accept you have to accept the macho Alpha male Hero but I feel for this genre/troope it really works.
There are no intimate scenes other than the Hero and heroine.
They are pretty quick getting together, despite a slight blip at the start.
Both have relationship history.
Lots of scope for the series.
The rest sort of cover a similar timelines and interwine with each other and events certainly have a knock on effect for future books.
I enjoyed the book, the only fault I felt was at the beginning there was quite a lot of monologue were Ella tells the reader of her history and family situation, to be honest I got a bit bored and skipped some, I still enjoyed the story and didn't feel I had missed anything.
There are quite a few openings for other story-lines as we met other family members and people from their past, including Deacon's mum who is a real dream... Not!!
On a reread I stand by my original review, the author does ramble at the start, much too much information, paragraphs of it.
But the actual story I enjoyed.
I accept you have to accept the macho Alpha male Hero but I feel for this genre/troope it really works.
There are no intimate scenes other than the Hero and heroine.
They are pretty quick getting together, despite a slight blip at the start.
Both have relationship history.
Lots of scope for the series.
The rest sort of cover a similar timelines and interwine with each other and events certainly have a knock on effect for future books.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 31, 2022
Absolutely loved it!
Story: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Trope: instalove, heroine in peril
Angst: 😱😱
Smexy: 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Seriously loved this book and have no idea why I hadn't tried this series yet! The writing in the beginning is a bit rambling at first, but it really just comes across like the heroine's quirky personality 🤷🏻♀️. Don't know if it was intentional or not, but it definitely settles as the book goes along. The character development was awesome. Loved Ella. Loved how fiery she was and how she flew off the handle, but wasn't afraid to admit when she was wrong. Loved how OTT Deacon was, but how he still was sensitive. Storyline was great, moved well, and had a good amount of hot smexy. Really enjoyed the epilogue and can't wait to dive into the next book in the series!
Story: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Trope: instalove, heroine in peril
Angst: 😱😱
Smexy: 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Seriously loved this book and have no idea why I hadn't tried this series yet! The writing in the beginning is a bit rambling at first, but it really just comes across like the heroine's quirky personality 🤷🏻♀️. Don't know if it was intentional or not, but it definitely settles as the book goes along. The character development was awesome. Loved Ella. Loved how fiery she was and how she flew off the handle, but wasn't afraid to admit when she was wrong. Loved how OTT Deacon was, but how he still was sensitive. Storyline was great, moved well, and had a good amount of hot smexy. Really enjoyed the epilogue and can't wait to dive into the next book in the series!
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