Title: Vendetta Road
Series: Torpedo Ink bk 3
Author: Christine Feehan
Genre:Paranormal/Romantic Suspense
CW: Abuse, Human Trafficking
Isaak “Ice” Koval is on a club mission when he sees a woman who stops him dead in his tracks. Soleil is a sweet, sexy, girl-next-door type. She’s an innocent who should be nowhere near the rough-and-ready world of the Torpedo Ink motorcycle club. But Ice knows Soleil belongs with him—and he’ll do whatever it takes to keep her.
After a life of drifting from one thing to the next, Soleil Brodeur is determined to take control of her life. When her breakup with her manipulative fiancé turns ugly, Soleil searches out the stranger who offered her a lifeline and ends up in a Las Vegas biker bar where she meets a gorgeous, dangerous man straight out of her most secret fantasies.
High on adrenaline, she finds herself falling faster than she thought possible. But Soleil knows little about the territory she’s stumbled into, and even less about what it really means to be Ice’s woman.…
Thoughts: I’ve been reading Christine Feehan for close to twenty years and romance for more than thirty years and I can honestly say that I don’t think anyone is writing this content matter in the way that she is, that is bringing to light something that no one wants to talk about. Human trafficking. I will say that I get this series and content isn’t for everyone due to the nature of the abuse that is talked about.
When I finish one of these books I want to scream why aren’t we talking about this? Why aren’t we doing something about it. So I’m glad that she is.
Okay now to the story. Ever since we met Ilya back in the Sea Haven Series I’ve been in love her Russians and their story. With this series we get to see how the other kids like him were treated and effected by the corrupt Russian officails who stole their childhood and how they’re fighting back.
My heart broke for Soleil. She hasn’t had an easy life. In fact it kinda sucked. That doesn’t mean that she’s a doormat. When her ex-fiance hits her for standing up for herself and her money, she walks. Right into the bar where Ice and his club are.
Ice…holy crap did he have a spectacularly sucky childhood. He is broken, in so many ways and he owns that. He fully expects to be alone for the rest of his life, and while he hates it, he accepts. Because no woman should have to deal with his brokenness. Not on a permanent basis.
From the moment they meet it’s instant attraction. Their journey to HEA is full of hot, extremely hot sex in lots of interesting places. Dealing with her ex who wants her money and her dead. Oh and shutting down a human trafficking ring focused on kids. The best part of their journey however is that neither one of them try and “FIX” the other. They accept the effects their lives have had on each other and love them anyways.
I LOVED every single minute of their journey. I loved it so much that as soon as it was done I went back to the beginning and read it again.
I will say that I get this series and content isn’t for everyone due to the nature of the abuse that is talked about.
Grade A
