The story is JUST beginning when the Northern Grizzlies' head Girlie becomes an Ol' Lady, much to the surprise of the man who had brought her into the clubhouse years ago. Betsy The Vice President of the Northern Grizzlies brought me into the club to be one of their Girlies and I would have followed him anywhere. Instead, I had to find a way to make the clubhouse my home without whoring myself out and as time went on, I got over Vice. While I had been wasting time with him, there was another man – watching me from the wings and waiting for me. Our time has finally come, I find myself pinching myself and daring to hope that everything I’ve ever wanted is within reach. Russian Club whores never did it for me and I don’t know what it was about her that caught my eye. Her shyness and backbone were definitely a different combination around the clubhouse. I soon found myself searching the bar until I saw her but waited until I saw her giving up on Vice. Giving her the family she dreams of comes with some hurdles, including eluding my father. PLEASE This book was professionally edited and updated version available as of October 1, 2018. This is a HEA book on the shorter side – about 42,000 words. Is it perfect? Nope! You just may find a handful of minor errors, but I hope you’ll enjoy catching up with characters from previous books and learning more about how/why Betsy ended up with Russian instead of Vice!
This like all the other books in the series was just as amazing. I have been waiting for Betsy's story and wow mind blown Russian was the perfect man for her and the crazy twists that went down in the end really made me think differently some characters I judge .
Delightful characters!! I loved Betsy and Artem (Russian). Betsy was resourceful and hard-working. If it hadn't been for her upbringing she'd be college/career oriented. She had a horrible upbringing and it didn't look promising to be brought back as a motorcycle club whore except for two of the fellows falling for her because she was clean and active in participating for benefit of the club. This story was MC with some gritty moments but the love story overshadowed it all. Russian had "book boyfriend" going on!!
The book starts in Summer 2016. It sets up how Betsy became the Girlie who takes care of the bar, keeps an eye on the washer and dryer (they need new ones and she is trying to figure out how to get them) and has been asked by Jasper to take over the planning of parties for the MC. Wrench’s ol’lady, Amy, has been doing it so she and Betsy need to get together and figure out how this is going to work.
The second chapter starts with May 2018. Vice has just ordered Betsy to go to the MC’s cabin to “Go keep Russian company.” He had been pulled over by a State Trooper expecting to find “the motherlode” in his saddlebags. Even though he barely had enough to roll a joint, the MC lawyer told him to lay low for four or five days. Thus, he is in the MC cabin for a few days. Russian decides the time in the cabin will be a good time to find out what Betsy has been keeping from him and get her to acknowledge she is his since he is the only one fucking her.
While at the cabin Russian gets a call that lets him know his stepbrother may be able to find him now, so he and Betsy are to stay there longer. With this info, Russian tells Betsy his life story after she tells him hers.
**~**~**~**~**~**~**~** Betsy. 1. Brought into the MC by Vice who told her when he first brought her to the MC: it’s my choice on who I spread my legs for, if I’m flirty and useful. 2. Called Little Bit by Russian. 3. By the time she was 15 her stepbrother, Eddie, started sneaking into her bedroom. Soon, his friends started noticing her, so he passed her around. At 17 she found out she was pregnant and the whole thing stopped. They all backed off afraid she would pin the baby on them. 5. Her mother and stepdad were always strung out, so they had no idea what was happening to her. 6. She went through an agency to find middle class parents to adopt her daughter. She asked for, and received, an apartment with a 6-month lease and living expenses. 7. While pregnant she also worked at the diner as long as she could. 8. Bethany, the adoptive mother, would check on her at odd times. She would leave groceries and an envelope of cash. 9. Her best friend is Amy, Wrench’s ol’ lady, who took care of parties at the club before Betsy.
Artem “Russian” Rusanov 1. Shoulder length light brown hair, dark blue eyes, 2. Member of the MC, from Russia, was given his road name from one of the old timers who heard his given name and gave him the road name. 3. Works security at one of the resorts outside of town. 4. Was born when his mother, Ana, just before she turned 17 17. 5. His grandmother was a “seer.” She could read almost everyone around her. His mother said to listen to any advice she gave him. Her best advice was to “leave the country” which he did. 6. He was raised in a fine apartment with his Baba (grandmother). a. His father would visit a couple of times a week. b. When he was 6 a tutor was sent in. She was French, could speak several languages. He was taught English with a North American accent and Italian as a third language. 7. Was the image of his father. 8. Excelled at martial arts, boxing and running. 9. The more he accomplished the more his father’s wife hated him. Her family was powerful and knew her son’s position was in jeopardy. 10. His Baba was dying when he was in his late teens. She knew he could challenge his half- brother’s position in their father’s operation. 11. Baba called for an ambulance and had him ride with her. The confusion at the hospital allowed Russian to slip away from the people who were constantly watching them. 12. As they had planned, he used fake papers for many years. 13. When he joined the MC, he used his real name but still had fake papers. Wrench got everything legit. There was no problem until he was arrested. 14. Wrench went in to scrub his name from the internet, but his name was flagged so the Russians know where he is.
Ana Rusanov. 1. Had applied to work at a factory. 2. The plant manager sent her picture to the plant owner, was a Bratva, his oldest son, Artem Kuznetsov, decided he wanted her. 3. Her mother dropped her off to work her first day, but she wasn’t there at the end of her shift. No workers, nor police, would speak to his grandmother. 4. Seven months after she disappeared, a sedan pulled up in front of his grandmother’s house. She was told to pack a bag and she would see her daughter. 5. The son had a wife and 4 daughters. When he found out Ana was pregnant with a son, she had value to him and he allowed her mother to join her. 6. Ana thought Artem, her baby's father, would leave his family and whores for her. 7. When Russian was five his father’s wife had a son, Josef. Ana killed herself
Northern Grizzlies MC 1. Jasper a. President b. Emma is his wife. 2. Vice a. Vice President b. Owns a building/remodeling company. c. Has his nice guy routine toward women perfected. d. Brings in most of the Honey Holes and the Girlies who become more permanent. 3. Deb – one of the girlies 4. Lucy “Diamond” a. One of the Girlies. b. Betsy refers to her as a “train wreck.” 5. Wrench a. Computer guru. b. Amy is his ol’ lady. c. Amy still helps Betsy with stuff at the clubhouse. 6. Stacy – one of the girlies. 7. Shade a. Is on the road a lot doing the jobs nobody else wants to do. b. Met a girl named Rosy the last time he was out. He told Betsy he sent her away and now doesn’t know how to find her. 8. Hawk a. His ol’lady is Anne. b. Marc, his son, is at the compound when most of the MC are out to help other chapters, and Vice finds out a group of 25 bikers are headed their way in an attack. c. Flint puts Marc in the Comm room, which is reinforced. He will be manning the monitors and keeping the brothers and probies up to date on locations and activities. 9. Flint – former president of the club 10. Roy a. One of the older members. b. Vice’s uncle. c. He took Vice in and raised him when he didn’t have anyone else. d. Living with the woman who runs the sheriff’s office. e. Was a Medic in the military and patches up members when needed. 11. Tanker a. Claims his “baby momma” Amber as his ol’ lady. 12. Smithy 13. Mick a. A probie b. Gets killed in an attack on the clubhouse. 14. Madda a. A probie b. Flint has taken a special interest in Madda. SO has his wife, Bree. c. Gets hung on the fence by the bikers who attacked the clubhouse. d. Russian tells Jasper that Madda’s back looks like grated cheese. e. Roy and Flint take him downstairs so Roy, a medic in the army, can work on him.
I liked Betsy and Russian but I never really connected w/them like I did the last two books.... I absolutely LOVE a good menage where all the romantic and sexual interest revolves around the woman..... lol 😂,how awesome would that be ? I’d love to find out.. and while I’m beyond sick and tired of the whole young virgin and the “man hoe” kinda trope,I loved Connal and Charlie and Jake getting together and though Tabby got on my last nerve more then one ( Tabby= wha an angry spitting kitten she was at times ) but I loved watching her and Mike Micheals getting together they had a great chemistry and were fun to watch... But Russian and Betsy ? Their relationship seemed to start off camera, with bits and pieces slipping to us un books past,that was ok kinda like Riley and Gunner... and that’s ok, but unlike Gunner and Riley we weren’t really treated to the beginning of their story, we don’t get to see how it first began ,and we NEVER to get to fund out why Russian/Artem is soo obsessed w/shower sex / shower fantasies ..... With Gunner and Riley we get to actually see the first time they met,we get that beautiful moment when a man sees/ meets a young woman at one of her lowest moments, a moment where her world 🌎 🌍 feels like it’s caving in on her and he says she’s it,she’s the one for me..... Wow, 😳 just wow.... that was. Beautiful moment for me .... I mean to think your future love 💕 sees you brought low and breaking down and their first is I want her ,your just sitting there feeling low looking the person thinking what a mess you are,and their looking just seeing your strength and beauty... Wow, we all need some of that... I know I do... but here we don’t get that, here these two seen Ti have started working towards something together years back that much like the secrets about Russians shower fantasies we are never privy to and maybe that’s why I never felt connected to these two , because it felt like I was coming in late to a movie that had already started and I failed to connect because I /we don’t get to be there and grow w/the very beginning? Or maybe they just weren’t for me,though either way I really wish I could have witnessed their true beginning .... Love these two or not, it was wonderful to be back with my Northern Grizzlies again ,a twist I totally didn’t see coming,a loss I didn’t expect at all,I’d thought their book would be next... Soo I did get a surprise ,just not a good one... Was also hoping maybe we might get a book where we get to see how Wrench and Amy came together, I mean this isn’t the end but ..... Well things aren’t going where I’d hoped... O, well I love 💕 this series and I look forward to where ever the writer wants to take us... Good book,decent story just not my fave... Thank you ...
Betsy has been such an important side character since she arrived at the Northern Grizzlies MC, I found myself wanting her entire back story and her HEA. Finally book 6, and I get what I wanted.
The chemistry between Betsy and Russian...so hot and so powerful. They went through A LOT to get to their HEA, I found my heartbreaking and a few tears falling reading their story. But a good MC story tends to have a bit of grit, bloodshed and loss in the journey...theirs is no exception.
M. Merin has me hooked on this series...I'll probably keep reading them out of order since that's the way I started but I know I'll get to them all now.
I love this series and was excited to read Betsy’s story makes me want to reread the whole series again! Didn’t really see this coming but what a twist. Never know how things will end up. This story carries true to the characters and story lines being so strong. How can anyone not love a close and crazy MC with growly alpha males and strong ol ladies! Yep even the steamy parts are shower hot!! I do however NEED Shades story like yesterday!!!
I have been excited to get Betsy's complete story since Charlie and I wasn't disappointed. Man I enjoyed this book so much. I'm glad that Russian made Betsy an Ol Lady. I can't imagine being in her situation and pining after Vice for so long. I was proud when he stepped up for Russian. He put someone else's happiness above his own. Loved this book and can't wait to read Shade's story
Russian and Betsy finally cement their relationship and make their claim to each other. This is an emotional story about their love and the Grizzlies who support them. I had tears of joy for them and tears of sorry for Vice that he did not get his happily ever after. What a loving and selfless last gesture he made so that Betsy would have the life she deserved. I am wrecked after reading this book but I look forward to the next chapter of the Grizzlies. I will be sad to see this series end. These characters have embedded themselves in my heart forever!!
The author is an amazing writer who deffently has a way with words. The books are so good and they become as if I knew them and wanted know what's next never wanted it to stop .
Betsy is book 6 in the Northern Grizzlies MC series and Another wonderful story from M. Merin. I love reading MC romance stories!I enjoy catching up with characters from previous books and also more about the other brothers in the club. This is Betsy and Russian story. Enjoy the ride, I very highly recommended!!!!!!Looking forward to the next story, Shade!!!
The men of the Northern Grizzlies MC don't disappoint in the love department. The hot steamy sex and and passionate love will bring you to your knees. A great story that will have your pulse racing.
I really love the closeness all the brothers have for one another and the familys ! Everybody always gets the happily ever after and the brothers will always be there to help !
The laughs and tears were in abundance with this book. I thought at one point I would not be able to finish it, did not want to read the heartbreaking words. Absolutely loved this book the in-depth look into the mc world. This author gave everything. Well done
I was happy that Betsy and Russian get their happy ending. This was a great story that kept me interested. I do have to say that this book needed more proof reading for misspelled words.
Russian has been in love with Betsy for awhile, but she was hung up on Vice? When she finally realizes Russian is for her, how does Vice handle it? Not well, as he always thought she would be there. Great storyline with lots of ups and downs, but ends with a HEA! Definitely recommend this book.
The first time I met Betsy in Jasper's book, I knew she was different than the other girlies, and in this book, we finally know why !!
Betsy is definitely an Old Lady material, and even if she didn't know it at first, I think she always had been in love with Russian since she met him !!
Russian is a good man, since the first time he saw Betsy, he knew he would wait for her, to get away from Vice to made her his woman !!
Together they're sparkling, this couple is just beautiful and their story is heartbreaking !! I love how they evolved together !!
This is a fun well written totally entertaining series full of likeable characters. There's action, steamy sex, and cast of characters that either make you shutter or make you smile, the line between the two is thin.
What a heartbreaker of a story. It was great to see Russian stand up and get Betsy and how everything went south for them so quickly. What a great story in this series.
So this one was full of tension and suspense ... along with some heartache... the best man most definitely got the girl... Betsy deserves so much more than what she has been settling for ... they go through so much in this short book, but come out so much stronger ...
This book was really good. Twists and turns plus romance with some action. Everything you want in a good book. Looking forward to the next installment in this series.
Betsy has always longed for someone to love her and a family of her own. Russian escaped his family and made one of his own choosing. He will do anything to protect her, but the past always comes back. Will Betsy get what she has always longed for? Will Russian be free of his family once and for all?
ABSOLUTELY loved getting to see Betsy's story after having met her in previous books. I love how gentle and patient Russian is with her and how he is determined to show in little ways, how he feels about her. I liked the fact that despite what she thought of herself, I viewed Betsy as being strong. She was a survivor and was determined to do what she could to keep those she loved close. Great read!
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