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She was the girl next door.
Then she broke my heart.
When she fell for my best friend instead of me.

Unwilling to come between them, I left LA. Found sanctuary in New Orleans with a brotherhood who calmed my storm.


She should have been safe.

She was his to protect.

The problem is—she should have been mine.

And now his mistakes have come back on her.

So when she shows up at the gates of the clubhouse seeking my help, how can I turn her away?
Especially when the trouble is caused by the man we both trusted.
My feelings haven’t changed, only intensified, the tension between us thick.
He deceived us both. So can I now betray him and act on my feelings?

From USA Today Bestselling Author K E Osborn comes the eagerly awaited second book in the NOLA Defiance MC Series.
This book can be read as a standalone.

274 pages, Paperback

Published July 26, 2022

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K.E. Osborn

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With a flair for all things creative, USA Today Bestselling Author K E Osborn, is drawn to the written word. Exciting worlds and characters flow through her veins, coming to life on the page as she laughs, cries, and becomes enveloped in the storyline right along with you. She's entirely at home when writing sassy heroines and alpha males that rise from the ashes of their pasts.

K E Osborn comforts herself with tea and Netflix, after all, who doesn't love a good binge?

Explosive. Addictive. Romance. www.keosbornauthor.com

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8,119 reviews201 followers
July 29, 2022
ISOLATE is the second instalment in KE Osborn’s contemporary, adult NOLA Defiance MC dark, erotic, MC romance series-a spin off from the Houston Defiance MC series. This is twenty three year olds, NOLA Defiance MC vice president Jett aka City, and physical therapist Isabelle ‘Izzy’ Buchanan’s story line. ISOLATE can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story line is revealed where necessary.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Izzy and City) ISOLATE follows the childhood friends to lovers relationship between twenty three year olds, NOLA Defiance MC vice president Jett aka City, and physical therapist Isabelle ‘Izzy’ Buchanan. Izzy and Jett have been best friends for as along as they can remember, doing everything together since a very young age but City’s membership with the Defiance MC LA brought Izzy up close and personal with City’s Defiance brother Dice, a brother who quickly fell in love with our story line heroine. Refusing to get between a ‘brother’ and his girl, City requested a transfer to the NOLA Defiance MC, where he battled to forget about the woman he loved. Now the NOLA Defiance MC’s new vice president, City struggles when an injured Izzy Buchanan is at their front door, asking for protection against the man she once loved, a man who has sacrificed her life for a debt owed. Dice is no longer the man they remember but a man whose habits have placed Izzy in the direct line of fire. What ensues is the rebuilding relationship and romance between Izzy and City, and the potential fall-out as Dice demands Izzy’s return placing Izzy once again in the direct line of fire.

The relationship between Izzy and City is a childhood best friends to frenemies to lovers relationship in which Izzy never understood City’s move to NOLA; his reluctance to reveal the truth, or the emotional ties between our leading couple. Not intending to play the two best friends against one another, Izzy not only made a target of City, but Dice’s lifestyle made a target of our story line heroine. The $ex scenes are intimate, erotic and intense.

There are a large number of colorful secondary and supporting characters including City’s former best friend Dice (Defiance LA), as well as several members of LA Defiance MC. We are reintroduced to Hurricane and Kaia (Gravitate 1), Kaia’s sister Lani, Felix, IT whiz Raid, Grudge, horticulturalist Maxxy, prospects Grey and Bodhi; Bayou, Hoodoo, Quarter; Hurricane’s step-siblings social worker Novah Harrington, and investor Nash Harrington, as well as club girl Frankie. The requisite evil has many faces with the return of the Novikov Russian Bratva, and loan shark/businessman Gambit. Nash’s story line can be read in Hostile Hearts.

ISOLATE is a story of betrayal and vengeance, power and control, addiction and desperation, acceptance and love. The fast paced premise is gritty and heart breaking; the romance is erotic and seductive; the characters are energetic, charismatic, and captivating.

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620 reviews54 followers
July 22, 2022
ARC kindly provided in exchange for an honest review

NOLA Defiance MC Series is improving very quickly. Isolate had the heartache and tension that I expected since I learned about City & Izzy's story in Gravitate, but the plot was much more complex than what I thought, with new threats to the Club and hints of possible stories to come, plus it helped me A LOT to learn more about the rest of the MC members and now I can't wait for their books.

This book starts very strong showing us the whole situation where Izzy has to escape from Los Angeles, to seek the protection of City, and I have to say that I was a little nervous at first with the way K.E. Osborn was dealing with the triangle between these two and Dice, but I immediately discovered that the situation with him was much more complex than Gravitate let us see, and that I loved reading it, pus I liked a lot, although it also made me suffer, the bond that the three shared and that I was able to read throughout the book.

Another thing that I also really liked discovering little by little was the beautiful friendship that City & Izzy have shared for so many years and how important they are in each other's lives. I think City is the cutest biker I've ever read from K.E. Osborn, of course he also has his strong and impulsive side, but he's a little less complex, although his feelings for Izzy are not, for City it's very natural to show what he feels, how much he cares about the people who are important to him, he takes his position within Defiance seriously and I loved reading him adjusting more and more to this new club. Izzy was a character that I liked much more than I expected, she is an independent, strong and very brave woman who takes her life in her hands when everything gets complicated with Dice, her current boyfriend and member of LA Defiance, I was very surprised to find out how much Izzy has lost because of that relationship, especially regarding her relationship with City, and although I didn't like it at first, her attitude towards him when he arrives at NOLA, I think his reaction is completely understandable, and very funny too.

I think the love story between Izzy & City was beautiful, tender and sexy, but it was also full of doubt, guilt and regret on both sides, which made him quite complicated and fun to read, I also loved that City was the one who silently suffered from his secret love for Izzy and that despite the pain that her relationship with Dice caused him, he was ALWAYS willing to take care of her, comfort her and help her solve her situation. I also really liked reading Izzy gradually discovering her feelings for City, her fear of ruining their friendship and losing him again, which added to the plot of the MC, which included a bit of Nash and made a totally amazing book.

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NOLA Defiance MC Series está mejorando muy rápidamente. Isolate tuvo el sufrimiento y la tensión que esperaba desde que conocí la historia de City & Izzy en Gravitate, pero la trama fue mucho más compleja de lo que pensaba, con nuevas amenazas para el Club y guiños de posibles historias por venir, además de que me ayudó MUCHO a conocer más del resto de los miembros del MC y ahora no puedo esperar por sus historias.

Este libro comienza muy fuerte mostrándonos toda la situación por la que Izzy tiene que escapar de Los Angeles, para buscar la protección de City, y tengo que decir que al principio estaba un poco nerviosa con la forma en la que K.E. Osborn estaba tratando el triangulo entre estos dos y Dice, pero inmediatamente descubrí que la situación con él es mucho más compleja de lo que Gravitate nos dejó ver y que amé leer, además de que me gustó mucho, aunque también me hizo sufrir, el vinculo que los tres compartieron y que pude leer a lo largo del libro.

Otra cosa que también me gustó mucho ir descubriendo poco a poco fue la amistad tan linda que City & Izzy han compartido por tantos años y lo importantes que son el uno en la vida de la otra. Creo que City es el motociclista más adorable que he leído de K.E. Osborn hasta ahora, claro que también tiene su lado rudo e impulsivo, pero él es un poco menos complejo, aunque sus sentimientos por Izzy no lo son, para City es muy natural demostrar lo que siente, lo mucho que se preocupa por las personas que son importantes para él, se toma en serio su posición dentro de Defiance y me encantó leerlo adaptándose cada vez más a este nuevo club. Izzy fue un personaje que me gustó mucho más de lo que esperaba, es una mujer independiente, fuerte y muy valiente que toma su vida en sus manos cuando todo se complica con Dice, su actual novio y miembro de LA Defiance, me sorprendió mucho descubrir todo lo que Izzy ha perdido debido a esa relación, especialmente en lo que respecta a su relación con City, y aunque al inicio no me gustó del todo su actitud hacia él cuando llega a NOLA, creo que es completamente comprensible su reacción y actitud, además de muy divertida.

Creo que la historia de amor entre Izzy & City fue hermosa, tierna y sexy, pero también estuvo llena de dudas, culpa y arrepentimiento por parte de ambos, lo que le hizo bastante complicada y divertida de leer, además me encantó que City fuera quien sufría en silencio por su amor secreto por Izzy y que a pesar del dolor que le causaba su relación con Dice, SIEMPRE estuvo dispuesto a cuidar de ella, consolarla y ayudarla a resolver su situación. También me gustó muchísimo leer a Izzy descubriendo poco a poco sus sentimientos por City, su miedo a arruinar su amistad y a perderlo otra vez, lo que aunado a la trama del MC, que incluyó un poco a Nash hicieron este libro totalmente increíble.
Profile Image for Teresa Lara.
3,429 reviews51 followers
July 27, 2022
Love this series
Love Defiance nola mc
Broken heartstopping intense emotional twisted amazing 2nd chance love story of City and Izzy
All the feels
Ready for Nevaha and Bayou
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11.7k reviews189 followers
July 27, 2022
Isn't it funny how it can seem like forever when waiting on the next story in a series or just in general from a favorite author?! That's how I feel about Isolate, and honestly, it hasn't been too long but if I don't have the next book from KE Osborn on my kindle at the same time I have the previous books, well then the time slows down to a stop LOL, and I really wanted this story in the worst way! Izzy & City grew up together, and they became best friends, however, he harbored secret feelings for her the whole time but never acted on them. It was a shame too since she ended up with their third best friend, Dice, and City transfered to the NOLA Defiance MC when an offer was presented to him, and he didn't even say goodbye. It's too bad he didn't speak up because Dice wasn't the right guy for Izzy, especially now since she's in trouble from his bad decisions so she comes for City's help to keep her safe. The sparks are flying all over the place, but still it's a bit slow going because of all the complications, not to mention danger from several different directions that had the twists coming in hot. These two are absolutely perfect for each other but you know there's still Dice, so will they ever take that final step to a new future together?! Well, you'll have to hit those one click buttons to find out as I HIGHLY HIGHLY HIGHLY RECOMMEND!
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3,495 reviews136 followers
July 27, 2022
Amazing Yet Again!!

Ms. Osborn writes some of the best MC romances always throwing everything at me that I love. If you love your books steamy with a lot of drama and suspense Isolate is a book you don’t want to miss.

City and Izzy had grown up together and were best friends but its when City joined Defiance MC, he became friends with Dice. Things weren’t going as he had hoped because it was Dice and Izzy that became a couple and he sat by the wayside feeling heartbroken. So when the chance came for City to move to the NOLA Defiance MC, he took it because he couldn’t bear seeing Dice and Izzy’s relationship.

Dice ran into trouble with his own making which sent Izzy running to City in order for him to protect her from Dice’s enemies. It was a life-or-death decision and now City was the man who was able to show Izzy just what she meant to him.

I highly recommend this book, this series as well as other books by that author because she’s that good!!
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1,601 reviews9 followers
July 31, 2022
City left LA, Izzy, and Dice behind because he couldn’t watch his oldest best friend fall for his new best friend especially when he’s always loved her. Now, he’s the VP of NOLA Defiance and Dice has put Izzy in harms way and the only person she trusts to take care of her and keep her safe is the person running from her, City. Through chases, storms, stranded on Lake Pontchartrain, loan sharks, and the Bratva Izzy and City find where they’re meant to be in each other’s lives.

Izzy and City are a great addition to the Nola Defiance series. They gives us the ultimate friends to lovers, all the shared memories, and heat that could fuel a category 5 hurricane. I’m so looking forward to seeing more of them in the next book and falling more in love with all the members and women of NOLA DEFIANCE.
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3,047 reviews73 followers
July 21, 2022
I’m really loving this series! It just keeps getting better and better. City moved from the LA chapter of his MC to the New Orleans chapter, he knew he needed a new start. The girl he loves is with his best friend and it hurts to much to stay. Izzy is in trouble and needs City’s help. Can they fight this together? Can he keep her safe? As the VP, City is doing everything he can to protect the woman he loves. These two share a tight undeniable connection. This was a great read with a lot going on. As we learn more about the MC enemies this story is getting more intense, in the best possible way. I’m already excited about the next book in the series.
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2,410 reviews24 followers
July 26, 2022
Oh my goodness, KE Osborn is my FAVORITE author to read when I am looking for a nitty gritty MC Romance that still has tons of heart and steam! Isolate is no different, but I loved the spin that was put on this as I thought it was going to be one way and ended up being completely different. I freaking loved Izzy and City and seeing their story unfold- yes please!

All in all this book is a MC romance through and through, but also included so many things that had me feeling some kind of way. It checks ALL of the boxes that I look for in a romance and can't wait to see what is next for the NOLA Defiance MC!

PS: Thank you to KE Osborn and Grey's Promotions for allowing me an advanced copy of the book to read and review honestly!
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3,390 reviews2 followers
July 27, 2022
4.50 Stars

Wow. This one started off with a bang. Izzy was in trouble due to her boyfriend and his drug use.. She has had enough, so she decides to leave and go to her best friend City in New Orleans...

City moves from the LA Chapter to the New Orleans chapter. His reason was to get away from his best friend and the girl his been inlove with forever. And now the girl he would do anything for is at his door asking for help...

I loved this story. Izzy was a independent take no prisoners kind of girl that you see from the start. City was so inlove with her that i wondered how she didnt see it.
Lots of action, drama, suspense, friendship and steamy hot chemistry💖 Definitely a good read and good addition to the Defiance MC series😊💖

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881 reviews46 followers
July 29, 2022
MC Romance

I had a hard time getting into this. I’m not sure if it’s because I didn’t read the first one but I was a bit lost in the beginning. I also felt the romance moved really fast. I would have liked them to discuss their issues more before getting together. But the action was really good and so were the steamy scenes.
I may have to go back and read book one.
2,673 reviews24 followers
July 20, 2022
5*
Izzy & City grew up together best friends always, when City joins the club he meets Dice and they hit it off.
When Dice & Izzy become a couple City knows what he needs to do.
Moving chapter was never City's intention but Hurricane's offer came at the right time.
When Izzy needs protection City is her first and only demand.
Another great addition to the series wonderful characters.
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2,595 reviews50 followers
July 26, 2022
City & Izzy ... what a ride!!!

WOW!!! JUST WOW!!!

Talk about an emotional, gritty, dramatic, heartbreaking ride. KE Osborn brought everything to ISOLATE, book #2 in the NOLA Defiance MC series, and I couldn't put it down. Let's just say, not only was I blurry eyed (yes tears), I was also bleary eyed from reading until the early hours of the morning. I thought Gravitate, Hurricane and Kaia's story was mesmerising, but City and Izzy's is on a whole new level.

"I thought I was okay with cutting all ties. I thought I was okay leaving her in my rearview. But seeing her now cements the fact I miss her like fucking crazy."

City and Izzy grew up together, childhood friends, they were inseparable even when City joined the LA Chapter of Defiance MC. That's when everything changed, Izzy fell for his best friend Dice, and it broke City, so he left and went to New Orleans, where he is now VP. Even though he left his heart in LA, City is beginning to move on with his life. All that changes when Izzy unexpectedly turns up on the doorstep of the NOLA Club. She's in danger, thanks to Dice, so she goes to the only man she can trust to keep her safe, City. Seeing Izzy again opens up old wounds for City, but he vows to protect her in any way possible. Can he keep his feelings for Izzy a secret? What about Izzy, is she discovering that she is harbouring feelings for City?

"We do this, there's no going back. You're finally mine!"

The chemistry, the lust, the desire, all of them are off the charts. City and Izzy sizzle. A day seeing the sights of New Orleans ends in disaster, it also becomes the turning point in their relationship, but not in the way you would think. For Izzy it is an enlightening moment. The trust and friendship they shared was deep, at times so deeply it hurt, but after twenty plus years of knowing and being there for one another meant emotions and desires were constantly tested. The heat was boiling between them, especially when it came to the bathroom and City's bike. OH. MY. GOD!! THE BIKE!! Talk about going for a ride!!

"I am in awe of her. Completely and utterly smitten. Always have been. Always will be"

Once again KE Osborn has blown me away with her words and a couple who deserved happiness and love in their lives. Through angst, heartache, and drama, City and Izzy travel a rough road, however it was one they needed. I love that Kim writes about the camaraderie of the club members, the friendships the women form, the loyalty and love that make them all one large dysfunctional family. ISOLATE had my heart beating rapidly from the moment I picked it up, and it escalated through the suspense, danger, and drama that the club and its members confronted from both old and new enemies. That ending ... OMG ... I cannot wait for Hesitate to arrive.

ISOLATE: another chilling, emotional read from KE Osborn.

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✨✨✨✨✨ FIVE BRILLIANT STARS ✨✨✨✨✨
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379 reviews6 followers
June 9, 2022
Izzy and City have been friends most of their lives. He was the one she ran to when things went wrong in her childhood. It only makes sense that she go to him when things go wrong as an adult. The only problem, she is his best friend's girl and City is in love with her. This is their story. It is amazing to watch things unfold. This book made me laugh, but it made me cry also. I love the Defiance men, and even though City is new to NOLA Defiance, he is definitely Defiance. Defiance men love hard and City is no different.
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July 15, 2022
4/5 ⭐
4/5 🌶️

I loved City and Izzy's story and all the tropes it included. Super high angst, best friends to lovers, amnesia and of course mc. This one didn't have as much action as Gravitate, but was still highly entertaining. I enjoyed their journey a lot, getting flashbacks to their childhood and watching them navigate their way to being a couple was a joy.

After City takes off to NOLA, things go from bad to worse with Dice and Izzy back in LA. Dice is so deep in debt with a loan shark, that they're now after blood, Izzy's blood. She needs protection and the only person in the world she trusts is City, so she forces her way to NOLA to be under his care. City ran to keep his feelings for Izzy in check, but now with them in constant close proximity, things are going to get heated.

I loved all the mini climaxes we got with Izzy and City, one of my favorites being the boat in the storm. I really loved how that came back in the end too! I was really hoping that would be the moment they finally came together, but you could feel the change in Izzy at that point which was great. This story was suchhhh high angst, at times it was hard to handle (in a good way). I was rooting for them so much and on the edge of my seat waiting for it to happen.

The villains were a plenty. We got to see the Bratva again (of course), but also Gambit the loan shark and Dice too. I love how it was all intertwined and how it sets up further storylines.

The steam was fantastic. The bathroom scene, what can I say? I've never had spice turn me on and simultaneously give me secondhand embarrassment lol Both bike scenes were off the charts hot too. It took a minute to get there, but these two really set the clubhouse on fire once they got started.

I've fallen in love with the NOLA Defiance MC and I'm looking forward to so many more of their stories! I'm unreasonably excited for Hesitate, Bayou and Novah's story!
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1,991 reviews66 followers
July 27, 2022
K.E. Osborn is a new author to me and being a lover of MC and friends to lovers romances I thought I would give Isolate a try. Well, I am so glad I did because I believe I have found another author I will be reading through her series.

Isolate is a story of two friends that grew up together, City and Izzy. When City joins the LA chapter of the Defiance MC club he becomes good friends with Dice. Well, this is where his life takes a turn for the worst. Dice and Izzy end up falling in love and City cannot handle it. Why? Well, he secretly has loved Izzy since they were kids. He decides to leave LA and join the Nola chapter to get away from Izzy and Dice but when Izzy shows up at his doorstep looking for help and protection, how could he say no. She had to leave LA as there were loansharks after Dice and anyone that he loved. He was spinning out of control and the only person that Izzy felt would keep her safe was City. Will this be the beginning of something new or will she break his heart again? There were so many situations that had Izzy and City so close to crossing that line from friends to lovers and it was interesting to read their internal struggles with it. When they did take the leap of love boy was it hot and spicy. Talk about setting the scene on fire, especially the motorcycle scene towards the end of the book. They did have to deal with some suspense and danger that the MC had to deal with. I loved the push/pull, dancing around their feelings that happen between Izzy and City.

I look forward to the next booking in the Nola Defiance MC series. I am sure that if it is anything like Isolate it will be a must-read.
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3,153 reviews61 followers
July 26, 2022
Isolate has ensured that K.E. Osborn has a hit MC series on her hands with the NOLA Defiance. As you would expect from this author, Isolate is a best-friends-to-lovers story that is hot, OMG, I am still blushing from the bike scene near the end of the book, it was the sexiest scene I have read this year!

When it becomes clear that City can no longer watch his best friend since childhood Izzy and his best friend in the MC together, he decides to leave and patch across to the NOLA MC in New Orleans, a fresh start and clean break seem the best course of action, until months later Izzy comes crushing back into his life, afraid and needing his help, one City is only happy to give as long as he can keep his feelings for Izzy is check, Izzy knew the only person who could help her was City, but she is still hurt and bewildered as to why he left LA all she knows is the tingles she always felt around City and brushed aside are stronger than ever, and the danger Izzy thought she left in LA appears to have followed her, with the MC constantly under threat this new twist is something they could do without, once again Ms Osborn takes the reader on a twisted suspense-filled ride with the NOLA Defiance MC, the men are hot, the danger dark but they will do anything for the women they love.

Ms Osborn always make's sure that you get a real feel for the MC, the description of the club and the men and women are spot on, so even though you can read this series as stand alones you will get so much more pleasure reading them all.
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1,168 reviews29 followers
July 27, 2022
I really recommend you read Hurrican first and he is a new prez to this chapter and City is the VP. They are still getting settled and it's was colourful journey

City & Izzy are childhood sweetheart that just never admitted their love towards each other until this moment...no spoilers

I LOVE their childhood flash back because you can feel how close they were as children and now adults...let just say adult brain are less braver to children's brain;

"Izzy, just think...when we're a little older, we can run away togther."
"Create our own kingdom."

With all that history there was heart break and its takes for Izzy to leave a messy & dangerous relationship from another chapter. Because of Dice her ex he put her in danger...the only person she knows that will protector is City. I just LOVE the tortured love & feelings they had for each other and when they finally address, its a joyful sigh of relief, thank you Lani for the final push....no spoilers

Do not worry there not only a romance that been in the making for years but action and suspense too. Get ready for blood and a surpise twist of fate

I will live by this quote
"Fuck them! Eat bacon. Enjoy life, Iz."

☆MUST READ & FAV☆
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1,055 reviews24 followers
July 27, 2022
Isolate is the second book in the Defiance MC of New Orleans, and it was an exciting follow-up to Gravitate. Hurricane is still large and in charge of the club, with Kaia and her sister Lani becoming essential parts of the continuing story. But this City and Izzy's story it's a sweet friend to lover, with a side of MC badness, strong women, and the dangers of addictions.

City left the LA Defiance Club because of his love for Izzy and not wanting to cause problems for his best friends, Dice and Izzy. Now, Izzy is in New Orleans, and City must protect her. We go through the inner struggles as both Izzy and City struggle with their feelings and a fear of damaging their friendship that had been there since they were six. Blended in with this story are the ongoing battles with the Russian mob that is in New Orleans and new threats. We also get to know more club members, who undoubtedly will have stories in upcoming books. The Defiance of New Orleans continues to be an excellent spicy MC series, and I look forward to reading more. Hopefully, Le Fin will continue to have slightly humorous cameo appearances.
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2,374 reviews59 followers
July 24, 2022
City and Izzy have been best friends for years. When Izzy falls for Dice, well, City struggles with his feelings since he never told Izzy how he felt, always afraid that she didn’t love him and it would ruin their friendship. He takes an opportunity to leave LA and moved to New Orleans. For Izzy, City leaving is a shock but when Dice gets in trouble with a loan shark, Izzy finds herself in the line of fire so she needs City to protect her. For City, being around Izzy is a challenge. There isn’t anything he wouldn’t do for her but hiding his feelings is a huge challenge but when Izzy reveals that she isn’t with Dice anymore, well, his will power is truly tested. Izzy is happy to have her best friend back but she needs to understand why City left her in LA. I love the friendship that City and Izzy share and felt the love that they were both afraid of from the beginning. The road to happiness isn’t easy for them as they deal with all the craziness that Dice has brought into their lives. I voluntarily read an ARC of this book and this is my honest review.
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4,723 reviews46 followers
July 9, 2022
Izzy and City were childhood best friends but she chose his friend and so to avoid the pain of watching them while loving her he left and went to New Orleans. Now she is back and needs his help to protect her from bad guys that the man she chose has pissed off. So he just can't turn her away and turn down her request for protection - the problem is his feelings for her have never changed and as she is there with City can he betray his friend and act on his feelings?

Wow - sexual tension is off the charts in this story which started with them both torturing each other with all of the oppressed feelings, then tentative moves towards an accord between them, then the chaos of an unfortunate incident that just blew every piece of progress that had been made out of the water. I was so rooting for City and hoping against hope that everything was resolved and that he would get the HEA that he justly deserved. Contains mature content and the hoped-for HEA.
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873 reviews5 followers
July 25, 2022
Wow loved this was definitely a page turner with a lot of action. In essence it’s a friends to lovers story City and Izzy have been best friends since childhood. But another MC member joins the trio. Now three best friends, with Dice and City members of The MC. When Dice gets together it becomes to much to stand for City and moves to different chapter of the MC club. When Izzy finds her life being threatened (as a direct result of Dices actions) she opts to fly to New Orleans so City can take car of her and keep her safe.

It’s clear that there’s a real connection between City and Izzy Izzy. But a brotherhood is just that and poaching other MC members Old ladies is not tolerated, even though Izzy has left Dice.

What follows is a whirlwind of events involving not only Izzy and City but Dice and other MC members. It’s a pretty explosive ending with a lot of promise for the book in the series.
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521 reviews2 followers
July 27, 2022
I adore everything that Kim writes. She’s one of, if not, my favourite author and as always she’s knocked it out of the park again.

City is an amazing guy. His love for Izzy is obvious from the very first few words he speaks. He has left his previous club because Izzy is in a relationship with his best friend Dice. He wants the best for them but can’t stay and watch his best friends, one of which is the love of his life, be together. He escapes and joins NOLA. Until Dice messes up and Izzy needs him to protect her.

It is one of those situations whereby you would just wish they had an honest conversation with each other, but are afraid of ruining a friendship they have had since they were kids.

Poor Izzy really suffered but City was there for her and they got their happy every after.

Get to see a bit more of Nash in this book, which sets up his own book coming next. Poor Nash. Looking forward to seeing how he moves on without his father breathing down his neck!!
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1,164 reviews31 followers
July 21, 2022
Isolate is book two of the NOLA Defiance MC series of interconnected standalones. I absolutely love this book and this series! It is quickly becoming one of my favorite MC series!

City and Izzy have been best friends since they were little. But when Izzy falls in love with Dice, City’s other best friend and MC brother, he can’t sit around and watch them. He decides to move chapters so that he doesn’t have to watch his best friends be in love. But when Izzy’s life is in danger she knows that City is the only one that can protect her. And City will do anything for Izzy!

This book has action, suspense, heartbreak, drama, secrets, revenge, mystery, and spice! This book made me laugh, cry, get angry and also put a smile on my face! I can’t wait for the next book and more of the NOLA Defiance MC!
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2,783 reviews29 followers
July 28, 2022
Where are Izzy and Dice at the beginning of the story? What is happening? Who is Gambit? What happens when they get back to the clubhouse? Who and where is City? Who are the men at NOLA Defiance? Why does Izzy go there? What happens when she goes out to 'see the sights' of NOLA? Where and with whom does she get stuck? When and how are they rescued? Who is thought to be behind what caused them to get stuck? What happens when Dice shows up? What does that prompt Alpha to say and warn/threaten? When NOLA Defiance decides to head to the local casino, what happens? Why do they go? Who are Nash and Novah? What situations are happening with each of them? Can Hurricane and Bayou help them? Read and see what happens! I cannot wait for book 3!!!!!
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677 reviews6 followers
July 16, 2022
What a great MC romance. The characters and plot are amazingly well developed and you really can feel the turmoil, guilt, angst, and heat from City and Isabelle. I also love all of the secondary characters; it’s such a sign of an awesome author when I love everyone and not just the main hero and heroine of the story. There’s plenty of action and drama from the club and we learn more and more about the NOLA chapter. Hurricane is hilarious in this and it’s so much fun to see him head over heels for Kaia. There’s a side plot of helping Nash and also drama leading to the next two books. It will be hard to wait for them but I know that they are coming soon!
1,224 reviews18 followers
July 23, 2022
WOW!! Another fantastic book. This author kicks butt with her writing. And the use of the tattoo was fantastic. Loved it. There was so many emotions going on in this story. I loved City and Izzy and their emotional relationship. Sometimes I wanted to wring both of their necks but that’s what makes this book so great. I loved City being such a protector of Izzy and his brothers. This author also shows you what happens to people when they get addicted, they lose themselves and their relationships to others. But after everything Dice put them through they still loved him. This such a phenomenal book and highly recommend it.
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1,550 reviews18 followers
July 10, 2022
4.5⭐️
I loved how Izzy was such a strong character, definitely not a frail woman! City, Izzy and Dice have so much history together but City has to step away when Dice and Izzy got together. So when Izzy shows up on the NOLA chapter’s club doorstep City is put in a weird place. As things progress and the threat to Izzy follows, City’s emotions are running wild. When Dice shows up all hell brake loose and heartbreak follows but in a way that no one could imagine. I’m in love with the guys from this chapter of the MC and I can’t wait for more!
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2,290 reviews144 followers
July 16, 2022
This was a good, fast paced read.
For me personally it wasn't quite the standalone it was supposed to be, there were so many people from multiple charters that I feel like I would of had a better grasp on things reading book 1 first.
Apart from that I was mostly enjoying it, but then skimmed a bit when the heat ramped up as wanted to get back to the actual storyline as the premise of it was good so hated when it got interrupted.
Could just be the head space I'm in and I'm going to shut up so you can come up with your own conclusions.
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859 reviews53 followers
July 27, 2022
卂𝘳ᥴ 尺ꫀꪜ𝓲ꫀ᭙
𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐨 - City
𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐞 - Izzy
5 𝐈𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐬
𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐎𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧

𝐈𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝑩𝒚 𝐾.𝐸. 𝑂𝑠𝑏𝑜𝑟𝑛

First read by this author and I loved every second of it!!!

Izzy, finds herself in the middle of her boyfriend Dice's problems. Trusting only one person to keep her safe, she leaves for the New Orleans Defiance chapter and to be protected by her best friend City.

City, has always been in love with Izzy, and not being able to handle her relationship with his friend and not wanting to compromise his friendship with Izzy or Dice he leaves, without explanation. Months later, he thinks he can finally move on, only to have his best friend show up on his doorstep, needing his protection.

Izzy and City find themselves on new ground, things were always easy for them, but with Izzy knowing City's reasonings are untrue and City not wanting Izzy to know truth, led to some intense moments between these two.

Izzy and City's chemistry was off the damn charts🔥, the push and pull...steamy as hell moments🥵 and action filled moments made this one hell of a page turner.

𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬

Loved Izzy and City's friends from the club. Looking forward to Nash's book.

And after that ending, can't wait for Hesitate📚

𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬
𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐨 🏍️🏍️🏍️🏍️🏍️
𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐞 🏍️🏍️🏍️🏍️🏍️
𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
𝐏𝐥𝐨𝐭 📚📚📚📚📚
𝐄𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐋𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 💧
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966 reviews22 followers
July 20, 2022
City & Izzy grew up together since childhood. They never told each other how they felt and Izzy moved on with one of City's club brothers. Unable to see them together he moved to another chapter of the MC as he tried to put them out of his mind until Izzy came to him for protection.

City will do everything in his power to protect the woman he loves, Izzy should have been his from the start, is now the time to make her his forever.

Another fantastic read and a great edition to this series. K.E can do no working with this series.
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