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Mettle (Spartan Riders MC #2)

J.C. Valentine

Why we're reading this: Talia McKinnon said goodbye to love the day she signed the divorce papers and moved across the country lo…more
[close] Talia McKinnon said goodbye to love the day she signed the divorce papers and moved across the country looking for a fresh start. With work occupying her days and nights, a relationship is the last thing on her mind, until a run-in with a hot-as-Hades, leather clad biker changes her mind. He’s everything she shouldn’t want but has to have. The problem is, he’s not that easy to catch.

Tucker “Country” Abrams believes in two things: brotherhood and women. He takes his job seriously and his women hard, but at the end of the day, the only loyalty he has is to his club. So when a night with a beautiful stranger threatens to change everything, he’s quick to apply the brakes. But when a little detective work reveals that Talia may be much more than a one-night stand, Tucker is tasked with an impossible decision. Will he push her away, or go against every instinct he has and pull her closer?

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Jul 18, 2016 Jan rated it really liked it

Shelves: great-characters, series, arc, hot-read, women-with-backbone, mc

4 sugar stars

Another brilliant read by JC Valentine and another great love story surrounding the Spartan Riders MC

Great characters, Country otherwise known as Tucker and Sargent in Arms is a hot straight talking biker and like any other MC member a one night kinda guy, not wanting to settle down and loves the single lifestyle, until he meets his match with Talia

Talia is undercover FBI and doesn't back down in any argument, feisty and everything Tucker wants in a woman. Sent in to get close to t ...more

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Jul 26, 2016 Beth rated it it was amazing

I received this book from the Author in exchange for my honest review.

OH.....EM.......GEE.......Love this book. Yum!

Talia is an undercover agent being brought in after other undercover agents have not been contacted and she has to fight for her chance to get in. She is good at what she does, and she is going to get the job done. Stubborn, strong, beautiful, but also a bitter heart when it comes to feelings. She can't help that she had to learn that from her ex-husband. All the edges she has she I received this book from the Author in exchange for my honest review.

OH.....EM.......GEE.......Love this book. Yum!

Talia is an undercover agent being brought in after other undercover agents have not been contacted and she has to fight for her chance to get in. She is good at what she does, and she is going to get the job done. Stubborn, strong, beautiful, but also a bitter heart when it comes to feelings. She can't help that she had to learn that from her ex-husband. All the edges she has she uses to help her be the agent she is, not to mention who she is as well.

Tucker (aka Cowboy) is the vice president/second in command of his MC gang. They are all brothers and they protect one another. Tuck is a woman loving, brutally honest, arrogant, hotter than hell man. So when he is trying to rid himself of a clingy "bunny" he takes a ride, has an ice cold beer and looks into the eyes of a woman who makes him want things.....mainly her.

Talia is undercover (as mentioned above) so lying is part of the job. She sees Tuck pulled into a parking lot at the club and is struck. She doesn't want to get caught taking pictures (as she was actually doing) but she also is struck by this gorgeous one. He finishes his beer and leaves. She is wanting to follow him. Not just to get the "bad guys" but to get this bad boy. Tuck sees her but doesn't really know what to think. Parts of him think fun for tonight and parts of him seem to want to get with her and not just for one time.

There are events that happen and Talia happens into the bar that Tuck is drinking at. They strike up a conversation, next thing you know he is treating her to the "Cowboy" way, and it is far from the vanilla style she is used to. She at first was a bit nervous and skeptical about what she saw (while snooping around in his drawers) but with him it all seems to fit and she seems to fit. Does she want to fit with him? Does he want her to stay right where she is?

She leaves him, not usual for him as he is the one who usually needs to get the girls to leave. He likes that about Talia, she seems to be like him in that way. But he gets a pang of he doesn't want her to go. He has baggage, and he fights a ragging battle with himself that he is not falling for this woman - HARD.

More things happen, and they are getting deeper and deeper into the feelings territory that neither want but can't help being there. He finds out she is an undercover agent and he is pissed. She tried hard to tell him she was sorry, to explain, however he has shut down to her completely. She finally puts balls to the wall and confronts him, and that is when all the fireworks start all over again. Neither wanted to fall in love and open up completely but they do and they finally admit that they love each other. The thing of it is, you won't want to miss a single minute of HOW they got there and all the delicious chemistry they share getting to this awesome place. It really is delicious. There are ups and downs, angry moments, laughter, tears and everything in between. You become a part of them, you feel like you are along side them. I LOVE IT! ...more

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