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Why I read it: I had to check out what all the fuss was about. Honestly, I expected to be underwhelmed. Imagine my surprise when I found myself sucked into the Kristen Ashley vortex. There is no going back.

What it’s about: (from Goodreads) Stuck in a colorless world, Tyra Masters decides to chuck her old life and starts searching for something. She doesn’t know what it is until she meets her dream man. The goateed, tattooed, muscled, gravelly voiced motorcycle man who plies her with tequila and gives her the best sex of her life. But she knows it isn’t the tequila and sex talking. He’s it. He’s who she’s been daydreaming about since she could remember.Until he makes it clear she isn’t who he’s looking for.Tyra slinks away from his bed, humiliated. The problem is, he’s her new boss. She just may or may not have forgotten to tell him that part.Kane “Tack” Allen has a rule. He doesn’t employ someone he’s slept with. And he lets Tyra know that in his motorcycle man way. Tyra fights for her job and wins it using sass and a technicality. Tack challenges her that if she hits his bed one more time, she loses her job.

Tyra is determined to keep her job and keep away from Tack. But she makes a big mistake. During their head-to-heads, she lets it all hang out and shows Tack she is who he’s looking for. And Tack has had a good woman slip through his fingers, he’s not about to let that happen again.

Although Tack colors Tyra’s world with a vibrancy that’s blinding, being with him means she has to live in his Motorcycle Club world. Full on, no holds barred. And since Tack’s world, not to mention Tack, is a little scary, Tyra isn’t so sure.

It’s Tack’s job to convince her.

What worked for me (and what didn’t): Oh man! Where do I start? The enjoyment factor of this book for me was off the charts. Sure, there were some problems with it. Mostly, those problems were related to writing tics and some problematic editing. But I now completely understand what other people have been talking about when they say that they wouldn’t want to see her books too heavily edited because part of the crazysauce is what makes the story so much fun. It’s a wild ride from start to finish and I lapped it up.

aka a kind of review and a rambling justification for why I like Reaper’s Property by Joanna Wylde.

As I start this post, I’m about halfway through the book but I wanted to start getting my thoughts down before they scattered. Reaper’s Property was recommended to me by DA’s Jane. She said it was “hardcore” and “intense and emotional” and she clearly loved it. Her recommendation was not without caveats however – she noted: “Anyway, warning warning warning. Know that you are getting an over the top sexist parade of MC full of violence and wrongdoing when you read this book”.

There has been comparison with Kristen Ashley’s Motorcycle Club (MC) books – I have 1 or 2 on my TBR but haven’t read any yet – I keep hearing about engaging stories but also poor grammar and sloppy/no editing and I’m kind of torn about taking the plunge in actually reading them because the latter things mean a lot to me. This book, a little shorter than a KA book and better edited, lured me because of the promise of engagement and curiosity did the rest. So I bought it.

I don’t usually like my heroes to be less than heroic. Why then am I enjoying this book, where the hero is named “Horse” (yes, it’s after the size of his dick) and is a violent criminal? It is this question I’m trying to answer and so my rambles begin.