INNOCENT RIDE
The Hellions Ride, #4
Chelsea Camaron
Release Date: February 20, 2015
Blurb
Opposites attract, or so the saying goes. When two people from different worlds come together by a chance meeting twisted with an element of danger, can their attraction remain innocent?
She's a corporate accountant. Her life is full of structure, routine, and organization. Settled, comfortable, and content, Caroline Milton, loves knowing what to expect every minute of every day. He's the Catawba Hellions VP and a wild one, refusing to be tamed. His motto, 'hit it, get it, and go; no repeats' where women are concerned, guarantees a new woman in his bed nightly. His life suddenly tilted on its axis, when his wild days come barreling back with a major responsibility. Drexel 'Rex' Crews finds he has a real reason to settle down his wild ways.
When a situation quickly spins out of control at work for Caroline, she reaches out to the one place she least expected to find herself dependent upon. The Hellions Motorcycle Club.
His cousin's ol' lady, Doll, comes to him with a personal favor, protect her best friend. He can't refuse. Protecting Caroline was supposed to be an innocent task.
The attraction from their first meeting is still a fire burning strong inside of them both. Neither can deny the pull. They come from different worlds.
Can Rex show Caroline the safety and security of the MC? Can Caroline tame the wild beast inside of Rex? Can their innocent ride become a journey to long lasting love?
The Man I Am
Copyright © Chelsea Camaron 2015
~Rex~
As the wind whips around me,
she dances violently, slapping the leather of my cut harshly against my T-shirt
covered chest. A storm is brewing in the air around me as another one rages on
inside my darkened soul.
The road before me is curvy.
They call it Dead Man’s Trail. Riding a ledge is what it feels like. With the
fine line of one wrong move, life and death are in the balance as the road
winds through a mountain.
I am hours from home, and I
still can’t bring myself to turn around and go back. I am not on a transport or
on a run for the club. I am out alone, just me, my Harley, and the open night
sky.
Not a star shines tonight as
the humidity rises and the wind swirls through the thick air. A summer storm is
in the midst. My mind races as the pipes on my bike scream out under the
pressure of my speed.
“Be
a man to be proud of. Carry your name—our name—with pride,” Pop’s
voice echoes in my head.
A name. My name. Our name.
Tessie gave my boy—her son, my
son, our son—my name. My fucking
name.
Axel Devon Crews. Mini-me. One
look and I fucking knew he was mine. My gut twists. Mine. My blood. My responsibility. My name. My fucking mirror
image.
Throttle down, I push on
faster, harder, needing to feel something slice through me besides the disappointments
running through my mind. My life is officially at a crossroads, every mistake
of my past now shoved in the forefront of my mind.
How did I get so lost? How have
I become so consumed in things that don’t matter? When did I become so
self-absorbed?
I would lay down my life to
protect the very cut moving across my back right now. Yet, the woman who freely
lay beneath me, giving her body, heart, and soul to me, I left without a glance
back. She ripped her body—literally—to give life to my seed, and I did nothing
more than wink, smile, and move on to the next woman. I was so focused on
myself I missed the signs. I should have known. Hell, I should have been there.
Then, when the opportunity came
for me to step up for her, did I do it? No. Shooter stepped in like I knew he
would. He is a far better man than I am. Tessie deserves a man like him, not
the mess that is me. No matter what life throws at them, he will be there to
have her back, to be her security. He will be her strength and her calm within
the storm. He will be her best friend and her lover. Everything that Tessie
needs, wants, and damn sure deserves is found in the man I now proudly call my
brother.
Sure, there was a time I wanted
to rip him limb from limb. He went after what could have been mine. No, he
didn’t go after her, not really, not if I keep it real with myself. I pushed
him there. I sent him to her. I gave him what could have been my future. The
only person to blame here is me. She needed me, and I tossed her off to him. My
mistakes. My losses. I know, if I am ever given a chance to have something good
again, I am not going to waste my opportunity.
When the clouds open up, the
hot rain comes down, pelting me in the face, on my arms, and all my exposed
skin. The road beneath me gets slick as I push on. Soft gravel gives way, and
my back tire shifts under me. I don’t correct the movement. The delicate
balance keeping me upright drops as does my bike, and my body hits the pavement
hard. Gravel digs in even through the denim of my pants as the material rips. I
feel my arms shred as my bike is no longer under my now broken body, only the
unforgiving road.
Broken, shredded, a bloody mess
of a man—that is what I am.
Pops’ voice is the last thing
to sound through my head as I succumb to the blackness consuming me.
One Ride (The Hellions Ride, #1)
Forever Ride (Hellions Ride, #2)
Merciless Ride (Hellions Ride, #3)
Innocent Ride (Hellions Ride, #4)
~Review by Erin~
I love this series and all of these characters. I can't wait to see where the next installment leads!
~Review by Leeann~
Stubborn, scared, fierce and vulnerable are all words that could be used to describe Caroline aka Lux.
Conceited, cocky and arrogant fit Drexel aka Rex to a tee.
Put Lux and Rex together and sparks fly! Rex is VP of the Hellions MC. Up until now he lived a fly by the seat of your pants kind of life when it came to women.
He has no commitment to anything other than his club. And that's how he likes it. He feels he has failed at too many things in life to want or deserve anything better.
He has no commitment to anything other than his club. And that's how he likes it. He feels he has failed at too many things in life to want or deserve anything better.
Lux has strive to be what she is not all of her life. She is a secret love child of a high ranking politician, although she is unaware of that fact. She has aspirations to climb the corporate ladder at any cost to get to the top.. or so she thought. She quickly realizes that to get to the top she will have to swim with sharks and there are some things she is just not willing to do.
Lux has no idea what life in a MC is like and finds herself passing unfair judgement on Rex and her best friend who is not just an old lady but also the daughter of the Hellions MC top man.
When it comes to light how much danger Lux is in, her best friends father quickly pulls her off her high horse and puts her in her place.
Lux has no idea what life in a MC is like and finds herself passing unfair judgement on Rex and her best friend who is not just an old lady but also the daughter of the Hellions MC top man.
When it comes to light how much danger Lux is in, her best friends father quickly pulls her off her high horse and puts her in her place.
Secrets are exposed and life as Lux knows it will never be the same. Rex Is her knight in denim and leather. He will do anything to keep her safe.
He has never wanted forever with a woman before, but he wants it now.
He has never wanted forever with a woman before, but he wants it now.
This is new territory for other Lux and Rex and they quickly learn to navigate their path together.
This is a well written story and shows a different side to the MC world. It is rough and violent and there are a lot of things that happen that no one wants to know about, but at the end of the day, they are family and they protect what is theirs.
I enjoyed the story and the twist and turns Lux and Rex are faced with.
This is one of this books that you need to grab your coffee or glass of wine and settle in to read it in one go. It is a quick but interesting read that will keep you holding your breath waiting to see what happens next.
This is one of this books that you need to grab your coffee or glass of wine and settle in to read it in one go. It is a quick but interesting read that will keep you holding your breath waiting to see what happens next.
About the Author
Chelsea always wanted to be a writer, but like most of us, let fear of the unknown grab a hold of her dream; she realized that if she was going to tell her daughter to go for her dreams, that it was time to follow her own advice.
Chelsea grew up turning wrenches alongside her father, and from that grew her love for old muscle cars and Harley Davidson motorcycles, which just so happened to inspired her ‘Daddy’s Girls’ series. Her love for reading has sparked a new love for writing and she currently has a few more projects in the works.
When she is not spending her days writing you can find her playing with her kids, attending car shows, going on motorcycle rides on the back of her husband’s Harley, snuggling down with her new favorite book or watching any movie that Vin Diesel might happen to be in.
She hates being serious and is still a big kid at heart. She is a small town country girl enjoying life and, Chelsea hopes that her readers remember not to take life too seriously and to embrace your inner five year old, because five year olds know how to enjoy the simple things in life and how to always have fun.
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