Stephanie Tyler's (Defiance #2) Redemption

[Eva Millien]

Blurb:

(off Goodreads)

Matthias Robichaud is looking for an alliance. The Defiance motorcycle club is a stronghold in the dangerous world that’s become the new norm and he’s driven to prove he’s tough enough to be sworn in as a full member. But when he sees a beautiful, spirited girl abducted by a rival MC, rescuing her jeopardizes all he’s worked for.

Politician’s daughter Jessa Everson knows what’s expected of her—obedience, loyalty and silence—but that doesn’t mean she doesn’t fight when she’s kidnapped by the Lords of Vengeance. Having Matthias save her is like gaining an avenging angel in leather and tattoos. But Defiance is known for brutal justice, and she may have just traded one bad situation for another.

Matthias’s urge to protect is too strong to ignore, no matter how much trouble Jessa brings to Defiance’s gates. There’s no room in the post-Chaos world for weakness so if Matthias and Jessa have any chance of surviving, they’ll need to put their full strength behind the MC…and hope that the MC will do the same for them.

My Review:

The second book in the Defiance series is an intriguing story that brings motorcycles clubs to a post apocalyptic future.

Matthias is driven to prove he’s tough enough to become a member of the Defiance motorcycle club, but when he sees a beautiful, spirited girl abducted by a rival MC, he rescues her knowing that it jeopardizes all he’s worked for.  Kidnapped by the Lords of Vengeance, Jessa Everson fights every way she can and having Matthias save her is like gaining her own guardian angel in leather and tattoos.  But now Jessa has to decide whether she’s strong enough to stay in the only place she’s ever known freedom or go back to the very people who betrayed her. Meanwhile, the people of Defiance have their own problems with the mafia and LoV’s.

This steady paced plot is full of suspense, romance, self discovery, some action and the fight for survival in a world in chaos. The author makes the reader feel as if they are part of the story by bringing it to life with vivid descriptions and strong compelling characters that capture the reader’s imagination. 

The attraction between Jessa and Matthias radiates from every page and the sex scenes explode with passion. The relationship is fraught with turmoil and suspicion and the characters aren’t quite ready to trust that there’s such a thing as happiness.  Matthias is a strong alpha male with protective instincts that make him the perfect hero in this post apocalyptic tale. The author uses great details that make the characters seem real and easy to relate to which leaves the reader waning to know more about not only the main couple, but all the characters in this futuristic world.

The world created by the author takes concepts from the present and puts them into a future full of chaos which adds a lot of depth and understanding to the story and the story, as well as the characters are belivalbe. I haven’t read the first one yet and I had no problem picking up where the characters stand and what is going on, although I do wish I had read the first one first so I would have had a little more background.

4 STARS  3 FLAMES

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Defiance series:

(off author’s site)

The Defiance series is a New Adult post apocalyptic motorcycle club book. I originally pitched it as Sons of Anarchy meets the apocalypse, and it deals with a struggle between the older and younger generation of the Defiance MC and their struggles to survive after a massive series of storms named the Chaos.

And coming soon:

Salvation

About Stephanie Tyler

(off author’s site)

Hi – I’m Stephanie Tyler – and I was born a writer – there’s no other way to say it. When I tell people things, it’s in story form. I use dialogue tags in emails. I carry a notebook with me all the time, even to dinner with friends. They ask me if I’m planning on writing if they bore me and I tell them, maybe.

I also don’t really like to be told what to do, which is why I adore writing. Even though the characters tell me what they’d like to do (and, most of the time, I listen) - and eventually, my editor tells me what she’d like done (and again, most of the time, I listen) I still rule my created world for those four hundred plus pages. And, when i¨t’s done, I get to do it all over again.

So writing for a living was absolutely my dream, but I never thought it could be a reality.

In college, I was a double major – English Lit and Creative Writing. I wrote poetry and short stories and then I graduated and had no idea how to make a living from writing.

For a long time I did things that circled around the writing world. I was a manager in a bookstore. I went back to school for a Masters in English Lit – and finished half a PhD as well, while completing a Masters in Secondary English Education (there’s that only child, overachiever thing. Add to it a strong dose of impatience and a sense of, I must do it all, at once, and you’ll understand.) And then I taught – middle school and college, at the same time, which was fun. Except I wasn’t writing. I was too busy being creative for my students and had nothing left over for myself.

I also got married – traveled to Africa a couple of times and decided that one day I must live there. And then my daughter was born in 2001 with some serious medical problems and my world changed completely. I left teaching. And I went back to writing and I haven’t stopped since.

It took me about four years and ten manuscripts before I got my first sale call. Which was quickly followed by another, and then another, and so in one year, I was offered contracts for eleven books. Three years later, Hold on Tight hit the New York Times Bestseller list. Persistence pays off – as does practice. And so what I’ve learned is that, even if you try to give up on your dreams, they somehow have a way of finding you.

Where to find the author:

http://stephanietyler.com/

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https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/239128.Stephanie_Tyler

http://stephanietyler.com/blog/

 

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