Redemption Weather: Aces High MC

Aces High MC - Cedar Falls #1

by Christine Michelle, Christine M. Butler

When I married Walker Smithson, I thought it was the happiest day of my life.
My family was there, we had a bright future ahead of us, and the world was ours for the taking.
Then the storms started coming.
First, there was the one that took my family.
Then, there was the one that took my husband.
Moving to a new town, new state, and starting a new life was never on my agenda until I couldn’t take the ghosts, both living and dead, that haunted my every waking moment in the town I’d grown up in.
I’d been wrong about my life before. Being wrong brought me to Cedar Falls, West Virginia and left me on the doorstep of the same motorcycle club that had failed me before. It took me to a place where my future was waiting for me.
You know what they say about smoke? Where it appears, flames aren’t far behind. I wasn’t ready for the scorching passion that developed between us, but my Smoke withstood the storms and brought me through to the other side where the only mark left on me was the one that he burned into my heart.

Aces High MC - Cedar Falls Series
(Books 1 & 2 are a duology and should be read in order. Other books in the series can be read as standalone books)
1 - Redemption Weather
2 - Smoke and the Flame
3 - Proven
4 - Evermore
*Redemption Weather is a full-length, stand-alone novel in the Aces High MC World of Books and is meant for adult readers.
**New cover as of March 25, 2022

Genres: Romance, Contemporary, Contemporary Romance, Firefighters, Family Drama, Surprise Pregnancy, Erotica

360 pages, Paperback

First published January 29, 2019

About the author

Christine Michelle runs on coffee and giggles as she writes her angst-fueled romance stories (motorcycle club, rockstar, paranormal, college, & other contemporary as well as women's fiction and marriage in trouble novels).
She is a mom to four humans (2 girls, 2 boys – all grown now).
When she's not writing books, she enjoys reading, drawing, hiking, or feeding her soul with live music at concerts.
Christine is a traveler and has lived all over the USA (and other parts of the world). She currently lives in Rapid City, South Dakota with her two fur babies.

Universal links to everything
(website, social media, book links, and more)
https://linktr.ee/christinemichelle



Reviews

[Sometime · Rating 3 out of 5]

The first few chapters where the h comes to terms with the fact that her 10 year marriage is over were riveting! This is a pretty standard MC romance and I really liked the H/h. There was a lot of manufactured drama and plenty of "club business" that was never explained. They were a MC because they say so.

Generally, I'd say this is a decent romance with likable characters but was a bit insta and shallow.

Safety OM drama as the ex-husband is a cheater and is delusional that he'll ever win the h back. The H has an ex that he broke off with 6 months ago. She shows up to try to get him back but he wants nothing to do with her. The OM/OW drama was very low angst and just not a big deal to me.

Death of a family member, infertility

2nd Read 11/2022 I thought I'd give this a re-read and it was pretty much as I remembered. The h enchants every man who meets her and the H is the perfect firefighter/biker alpha. I did notice one thing that really bothered me this time The h is married to her ex for 10 years. She finds out after she left him that he had been cheating on her, not for 2 months, but for 4 years. FOUR! My issue is that not a single person in her former MC (including her very good friend Snake) bothered to tell her that her husband was a cheater? They all just let her go on her merry way being blind to the public disrespect of her husband? Surely the women in the club knew, but no one told her? And this is all swept under the rug and never brought up. She should be pissed at her ex, but equally pissed at the whole MC for keeping his dirty secrets and humiliating her. Ugh.

[Lu Bielefeld · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 ⭐⭐⭐ - OK decent reads.
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Our heroine is betrayed in the worst possible way by her husband and the club turns its back on her. Only a friend helps her.
Gradually she discovers all her husband's infidelities and betrayals.
She decides that the marriage is over and files for divorce and leaves town.
Her brother belongs to another chapter of the club and takes her to live with him.
There she begins to adapt to the new life and meets our hero.
I enjoyed the development of the story and got hooked to the end.
Our heroine is well accepted by the club members and notices that her ex husband never really included her in the club life as an old lady should be included.
Insecurity, doubts and personal growth and finally the happy ending with her wishes fulfilled.
I recommend.

On this day, the anniversary of my family’s deaths, during a storm so similar to the one that had taken them he couldn’t be bothered to contact me? The fact that he had left me to grieve alone and worry about him on top of that spoke volumes. His cell going straight to voicemail for me while

I knew that car, who was driving it, and none of it equated to good things with that in conjunction with the man who walked through my door being my husband.

That car belonged to a woman I had once called a friend, and her signature perfume wafted in on the wind before my husband could make it through the door fully enough to close it behind himself.

You’re also the one who came to our home looking freshly fucked, smelling like my ex-best friend, wearing lipstick that certainly isn’t mine, and having her drop you off in my driveway.”

It pained me to admit this to myself, but even if he hadn’t had evidence of another woman on him when he came home last night, I had reached my breaking point. The fact that he was no longer interested in having a family with me – no matter how we had to go about that – and the fact that he had forgotten something so damn important to me, I had found the straw that always proverbially broke the camel’s back. Only this time, that straw was breaking my already battered heart.

I also heard the talk in town about how he wasn’t exactly being chaste during our separation either. Apparently, he’d given each and every one of the club whores a workout they wouldn’t soon forget.

“We may have been separated, but we were still married, Snake. We were still under the vows of marriage, and I was still taking in his last words to me when he never came back, called, or did anything but let me find out from strangers, and former friends, that the reason he never came back, called, or anything was because he was too busy buried balls deep in other women. I have to say, as a way to show you love someone, that falls pretty damn flat.”

“Really?” I asked. “You broke our marriage vows and you thought you were coming back here to me?” I asked in a serious, if quiet tone. “I did what?” He snapped back while turning an accusatory glare Snake’s way.

Apparently that was Julie. The ex-girlfriend. The one who was clinging to Smoke like she was the one who had just lost her sister and she couldn’t live a minute more without his arms wrapped around her.

Better yet, I’d like to know why Smoke hadn’t been with us during the service when he was clearly here and had plenty of time for Julie.

This day is different. This is redemption weather, come to wipe the slate clean and set things right. Those storms took too much from you before, now it’s time to give back. Your family is giving over our boys to us, and this storm is their way of blessing them.

[Vintage]

You lost me at shart.

[Cheryl · Rating 3 out of 5]

Started with a Bang!

Started out strong in the beginning and then lost steam. The first few Chapters when we see what Walker has done to Poppy and it was intense. However, soon after she move to another Charter and even though she finds love and friends the book gets boring.

The ending was also good. I would have like more of the book was more intense and a little shorter.

[Nikki ღ Navareus · Rating 3 out of 5]

This wasn't a bad story, it just kind of stalled out in the middle, and got a little stale for me. I was sucked in at the beginning of this story. The angst of Poppy being treated so shitty by her cheating POS husband of 10 years, and her finally getting the backbone to pack up her life and move on with out him was beautifully angsty. I adored it. Then the story got a little boring through a lot of the middle of it. The ending helped a bit, witnessing the (soon to be) ex husband and the ex girlfriend getting the boot for real and letting our Hero and heroine finally move on with their lives together.

I have to agree about the sharting part being gross AF, and the birth scene was gross too. I could have definitely lived with a toned down version of the birth scene, and erased the sharting scene all together. 🤮

Anyhow, this story wasn't bad, it just didn't keep me glued to the ending. The next story in this series is this story, but from Smoke's POV. I'm going to give that one a pass.

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[Jac K · Rating 3 out of 5]

This started out strong with Poppy being betrayed by her husband Walker. That part was emotional because he did her dirty, but then she moved and met Smoke, and it was good because Poppy deserved Smoke, but it started to slow down a bit because nothing was really going on. Other than a few VERY minor things they had no conflict, so there was minimal drama. And I love the drama… especially with this author.

I REALLY wish the ex would’ve showed up more to spruce stuff up, but there was ZERO real OW drama. Smoke put her in her place straightaway. Man, the dude was dedicated.

Bottom Line- It was ok, Smoke was Ol' Man GOALS, and Poppy deserved it after that asshole Walker, but it made for a drama-lite read.

[Josie · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5 stars out of 5 stars

Once again Christine Michelle took my on a journey that left me emotionally hungover and happy at the same time. I MC romances novels, I love the ugly, grit, brotherhood and the alpha sexiness.

Poppy's story is hard yet so full or promise, what she goes through by the man who was supposed to love her unconditionally broke my heart, I am not even gong to go into the betrayal of the MC itself.

This author amazes me in the sense that she does not shy away from giving readers real heartbreak and insecurities. This is not a cookie cutter novel, there are issues our heroine has to work through and the author takes her readers along for the ride.

I read the Other Princess by this author, and she has become by go to author, her writing style is flawless, her character development is relatable and the story line memorable.

I cannot wait to get my hands on the next book.

[Judy · Rating 3 out of 5]

First time author for me. The book started out with a bang and immediately drew me in. About a third of the way in, the story started dragging. It seemed like there was so much mundane things discussed and re-discussed so many times. Then the last third of the book picked back up. The first part of the book made me think it was going to be 5 stars but it ended up 3 stars. There are good characters and a good base story. I would classify it as MC lite with little or no grit, violence.

[Marie Vayer · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great story and I loved it but this was the worst book of the whole series with HORRIBLE HORRIBLE editing errors! she doesn't use the right words (walked threw the door / instead of through) misspelled words (bsuy), missing words in sentences / from/form, the/they etc most are lazy typing errors that should be caught if she has a proofreader or an editor. For the books she charges for, shame on her for charging $4 for books in this condition! This was a 0$ so I didn't lose any money...

[Kate · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another fucking fantastic read from
This author. cant wait to see what is next

[Danny Lea · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars. Definitely prefer this author's MC books. This was quite entertaining and angsty. The h is married to cheater Walker and comes to the conclusion that for ten years she's been left out of the goings on about club life. She's had enough finally and asks her brother to help her move to the state he's living in, in a different chapter, though same MC. Smoke who becomes the new H was honestly perfect and I'm not used to that in my MC books. They always mess up one way or another. Not him. He's all in and there's no doubt Poppy is it for him. Overall enjoyed it. The most disappointing thing in this though was Snake. He was supposedly Poppy's friend and knew Walker was cheating on her yet didn't say anything. Even though the MCs are affiliates they're run very differently. Where the Sierra Falls is run by club and brother's come first, the one in WV where the h moved to does not.

[Joanne Farley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Finally a book where the woman moves on from an ahole of a husband to a better man. I really enjoyed this. The author is going to realise Walkers book where he gets his redemption arc, there is no way I am reading that. He is a POS and I want him suffering for the rest of his life,

[Tmstprc · Rating 2 out of 5]

I love the concept, but the execution doesn’t work for me. Pushed to finish, based on other reviews, it’s probably a me thing.

[LaBlue · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book has had me crying in so many places it was so good! I had avoided reading this book because I have been disappointed by this author in several of her other books. This author has great ideas and has the chops to write them but more often than not her characters are illogical and out right self sabotaging. In this book that character was the ex husband walker and his club in Georgia. But literally everything else in this book played out exactly how a HEA should. Yes some characters were lost but that was a part of the heart of the story.

I do feel that the FMC was very direct when she confronted the ex in the beginning but in the final confrontation she should have pointed out how terrible he was to her in the entire ten years they were together. She should have told him all the things she had learned that he had kept from her AND how he had purposely endangered her in past lockdowns that he left her out of. How he had lied to his clubs president over a minor thing but a lie nonetheless. I was glad that she finally got the truth out of him about the cheating though. That was just sad that it hit him then that he sabotaged their chances on having children with his cheating. He absolutely did not come off as intelligent at all at this point. And that’s on top of being selfishness and immature.

I really did love this story. I was left happy and I absolutely wanted more. I do know that the MMC has his own book with his POV of this story that I am totally going to read. But I absolutely want more of this club and couple.

Why aren’t there more books in this series? I want a book for chief, snake, Kent, Brantley. This is the best MC this author has written so far. Because her other clubs are pure disasters of their own making. They don’t need outside enemies when each individual character is their own enemy and towards each other. And honestly as shitty a character as walker was I want to know what happened to him. Does he ever grow up or does his life end up worse than he already made it for himself?? Like I didn’t get closure on his character. Yes he got more and more desperate but really what motivated him and how does someone so destructive stay in the club?? I need answers!

UPDATE!!

The author was so fantastic and gracious enough to answer my question about books for the side characters I mentioned above and she stated that all but Kent would get books eventually! I am so thrilled to hear this and I will keep my fingers crossed for Kent anyway. It doesn’t hurt to make wishes. Enjoy!!

[Stefanie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed Redemption Weather, I was hooked from the beginning and wanted to see if Walker would get his act together. But I'm glad he messed up because it got Poppy to where she was supposed to be, with her family.
Poppy was such a good person and everyone could see that from getting to know her and then what happened to her made her think she couldn't trust her instincts. Then she meets Smoke with whom she had such an instant connection with. I could see where it was going and couldn't wait to see it play out. Smoke had a troubled passed just like Poppy and her brother Chain. I think it !are them more relatable with each other.

Poppy realized that difference in treatment she received when married to her ex and with Smoke. She deserved more that what she was getting and it was about time she got her happiness.

But it doesn't always go as smoothly as we like, lots of bumps along the way. And a bit of Smokes passed comes back to create a bit of drama, totally could have been avoided with one conversation. And I wasn't expecting what had happened. It was heartbreaking.

Then everything that happened afterwards. Things were finally settled down and Walker thought it would be a good idea to fight for her when he realized what he had lost it, didn't change his ways but he learned real fast that Poppy wasn't taking any more from anyone!
I loved the ending!! Poppy made me laugh out loud!!

[TP · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was an ok read.
It was entertaining, i liked the characters. But it wasn’t like I was gripping the pages with excitement.
I would have preferred more action and plot instead of being stuck in her head most of the time.

[Jacqueline · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nice light MC romance. The original H was a loser. But you don’t realize how big of a loser until later in the story. It is an insta love story which I like. I did feel bad for snake. But maybe he will be given a story 🤞. Writing was good. Storyline kept you interested with no lags.

[Nephy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Feel good with just right amount of drama.

[Iman · Rating 3 out of 5]

The start drew me right in, but about 2/3rd in it got a bit repetitive.

[~*~Happy Hour Prez~*~ · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.25 STARS

[Tammy Callahan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Redemption Weather had such a strong beginning I was disappointed when after the initial shock of Walker's betrayal the story slowed way down. Most definitely MC lite...the book revolved around Poppy's relationship with her ex and her new love interest, Smoke. Not much club business, probably because it's told through her point of view only...OW drama but not a lot of angst involved. My biggest issue with this book was with the editing. Wrong words used, words missing, extra words. It was really distracting from the story.

[Kathyjacks · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing story

This book was everything and more ! It is one of my favorite books that I’ve ever laid eyes on and anyone who knows how much I read knows that’s saying a lot. There was heartache and heartbreak but then came a different kind of storm. Redemption weather where the storm gave happiness . Poppy got her HEA with Smoke and they just melted my heart . It was perfect and gave me all of the feels. Their story was epic and I couldn’t ask for more . I can’t wait to read more about the characters in Cedar Falls!

[L · Rating 5 out of 5]

Christine Michelle is one of my favorites and this book is no exception. I just love her characters. I would've liked our h to be single a bit longer between relationships, she hooks up with Smoke before she is even introduced to the new club, but when you find a keeper I guess you lock it down no matter the timing. The only way this story could have been improved is an update on Walker, I was curious to hear how he ended up in later years but I haven't seen this pop up in any of the later books.

[Maria (Ri) · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 stars

Very different than I was expecting. The long paragraphs and chapters bothered me at first but I got used to them. My heart hurt and the beginning of the story as Poppy was going through a major ending in her life.

I'm glad she got the chance to move on and rediscover herself. Strong characters, storyline, and proof the happy endings do happen.

[Smo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Unlikeable heroine at the start (first 2 chapters) Her ex was a dog however it was tough to read the trying to have a baby drama that spanned over years. A lot of pressure to put on anyone and hard to respect when it become obsessive. Ruined the story for me at first however I got over it as soon as she packed up house and left to live near her brother. Great story

[Cassi Thomas · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good

One of the better MC books that I have read. The only part I had a problem with was the writing ahe missed spelled some words and some sentences dont make sense because of a word spelled wrong but I know that happens.

[Heather Hungate-Brown · Rating 5 out of 5]

I couldn't put this book down. Poppy goes threw a lot but it makes her stronger. And Smoke completes her. Their attraction was intense from the start. Love all the characters in this book.

[Mara · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lust/love at first sight.
Realism: 0
Sweetness: 10

[Jamie Ellis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Where do I freaking start with this review....oh how about a thought from Poppy.

How do you walk away from the one person your heart had ever sung for??

This book started off with such heartbreak for me as a reader. I was so broken and felt heartsick for Poppy at the beginning. I mean we start out in Sierra High, Georgia with the Aces MC Chapter and a brother named Walker. Some say they felt sorry for him well let me tell you not this reader no freaking way. I felt sorry for Poppy and heartbroken. Spent the first 20% of the book feeling that way. The only one her corner after her blowout with her hubby was a brother named Snake. I really liked this supporting character and the support he showed her. NOT one person but him helped her. I'm not going to give all the circumstances away just know it's heartwrenching.

So her brother Keith (Chief) comes to help her move to where he lives. Which btw, you get to meet some more amazing characters from the Aces High MC from Cedar Falls, West Virginia the mother chapter of the MC. You are going to see some new faces and old if you've followed each of the series and all chapters. So pay attention....that's what I love about Christine's books they are all intertwined in some way. Always meeting new characters...but I digress again. I'm good at that. So she moves to be close to her only living relative her brother. BEST decision EVER!! This is where she meets Smoke and just let me say he's drool worthy in my readers mind. He basically claims her right away and a claiming that is so freaking HOT to boot!

This book was just brilliantly done...we got angst, laugh out loud moments, TRAGEDY, hot AF sex scenes, a pretty strong heroine in Poppy, and a hot alpha male. Oh and let's throw in a very adorable little boy name Brantley! And of course we've got obstacles abound. So come enjoy the ride in this amazing addition to the Ace's High MC. I don't want to give it all away just know it's a great MC book.

And just an fyi...when you figure out the meaning of the title of the book I bet it makes your heart smile because mine sure did.

This author is definitely a one-click fangirling author for myself. She draws you in from the first page of her books to the end. I highly recommend this author and her books.

thanks jamie nibarger ellis