REVIEW: Fire Inside by Kristen Ashley

Fire Inside

(Chaos #2)

by Kristen Ashley

4.5 HEARTS

From Goodreads

Lanie Heron isn’t looking for love—no surprise, considering her last serious relationship nearly got her killed. So when Lanie propositions Hop Kincaid, all she wants is one wild night with the hot-as-hell biker who patrols with the Chaos Motorcycle Club...

For Hop, Lanie has always been untouchable. She’s too polished and too classy for his tastes. But when she gives Hop the once-over with her bedroom eyes and offers him a night in paradise, he can’t say no. And he doesn’t regret it when he finds that Lanie is the best thing that’s ever happened to him—in or out of bed. Now the trick will be to convince her of that.

She did it, again! Fire Inside is the 2nd book in the Chaos series by Kristen Ashley and my favorite of this series, so far. To be honest, when I heard this story was Hop and Lanie's I was not excited at all. In the previous books Hop was not my favorite biker and I had no idea how Ms. Ashley was going to make him likeable after all that he did in Motorcycle Man. When am I going to learn to not question the master?

Lanie Heron has given up on men. She loved her fiance, truly loved him and that ended up worse than imaginable: her best friend was stabbed, Lanie was shot and he was dead. Granted this was all a result of really bad choices on his part, but Lanie was left to deal with the guilt of it all. That's why when she decided she was ready to "get back in the saddle" Hop was the perfect choice. After all, he's as hot as hell, but everyone knows that a great one night would be right up his alley. She had no idea....

"Every step, every breath, every second I lived on this earth, I'm thankful for, no matter how fu*ked up or whacked or hard or good, 'cause all that shit led me to you."

Hopper Kincaid is a member of the Chaos motorcycle club, a loyal friend and brother, a great father, a badass biker and he refuses to apologize or be ashamed of any of it. If nothing else, he's realistic about life and as much as he has always been attracted to Lanie he never thought to have her. That is until that night she walked up to him and asked him for one night that she would never forget. He gave her almost everything she asked for: there was no way he could ever stop at one night.

"The way you look at me when I tuck you in bed, like I gave you diamonds, something precious, something you wanna keep safe, something you want forever. Woman like you could get diamonds just crookin' her finger, so a woman like you shouldn't find a man tuckin' you in bed precious. But you do. It's also about you tellin' me you won't take it there with me but, I kiss you, you ignite. Some men like a game. Others like a challenge." His smile got wider. "You found a man who likes a challenge."

I seriously went from Hop's story being my least anticipated to my favorite of all. I swear I could hear his deep, gravelly voice as I read each page. I was sad to finish because I knew I would miss him. Lanie was great! She had tons of demons to battle and did her best to get through each day. I loved how she was finally able to heal with the love and help from Hop.

Thank you to NetGalley.com for the loan of this book in exchange for my honest review.

Hotness Rating 

5 out of 5

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REVIEW: Own the Wind by Kristen Ashley

Own the Wind

(Chaos, #1)

by Kristen Ashley

5 HEARTS

From Goodreads

Tabitha Allen grew up in the thick of Chaos--the Chaos Motorcycle Club, that is. Her father is Chaos' leader, and the club has always had her back. But one rider was different from the start. When Tabby was running wild, Shy Cage was there. When tragedy tore her life apart, he helped her piece it back together. And now, Tabby's thinking about much more than friendship...

Tabby is everything Shy's ever wanted, but everything he thinks he can't have. She's beautiful, smart, and as his friend's daughter, untouchable. Shy never expected more than friendship, so when Tabby indicates she wants more--much more--he feels like the luckiest man alive. But even lucky men can crash and burn...

I was in the mood for bad boy bikers and cruising Amazon for something like that. I saw Own the Wind and thought ‘what the hell’ and I bought it….. Holy shit what a book! Just freaking amazing!! Once I started I couldn’t put it down.

Tabby was a badass and she was not afraid of standing up for herself which I love in a heroine. She rebelled then got that horrible and dickhead scared straight showing and buckled down. I literally had tears running down my face when I read that her fiancée died. She kind of stopped functioning and was a empty shell until Shy helped her find herself again. I liked that she didn’t take a lot of shit from anyone and usually said what was on her mind. I was cheering for her when she told Tyra the things that needed to be said. She went through hell to show everyone she cared for her man and I did think it was a little unfair because she was an adult.

Shy was the epitome of a badass biker. He oozed off this sexiness that made him so easy to love (even when he was being an ass). He brought Tabby out of this hole and helped her actually live again. How couldn’t you love a man for that? I didn’t care for his manwhoreish-ness (yes that is a word I just made up) in the beginning but I get that it part of the life. He was loyal and fierce even when his brothers made him doubt their trust.

The plot was amazing and just kept getting better with every page. It was a brutal story told beautifully. I didn’t like that they didn’t tell anyone that they were together but after everyone freaked it made total sense. I really enjoyed all of the secondary characters and they were extremely well developed. Tack and Tyra were so in love and you could tell. I liked that Kristen Ashley hinted at who would be the second book (which I bought right after I finished this one lol).

I HIGHLY recommend this book to anyone who loves bad boy bikers. Sometimes they can feel like a bad version of SOA but this series is absolute genius. Trust me you will be wanting your own biker after you have finished reading it.

Hotness Rating

4 out of 5