KICK by Carmen Jenner

RELEASE DATE: January 26th, 2015

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Blurb

When I was ten, my father indoctrinated me into the family.

A brotherhood who would fight, protect, and give their lives for one another. A club whose ties ran thicker than blood, murkier than the dirt and grime that tainted my soul. Stronger than the bonds that connected me to my own family.

A band of brothers, where loyalty was kept and paid in a currency of blood.

When I was twenty-seven, I betrayed that brotherhood.

I’ve spent every day since running, avoiding paying back that debt.

My name is Daniel Johnson. I have betrayed everyone I ever loved.

And I’ll betray her too.

This is my story—if you’re screwed up enough to want to read it.

Warning: KICK contains graphic violence, profanity, drug use, and explicit sexual situations of a taboo nature. Intended for an 18+ audience only. Not intended for pussies.

Excerpt

I take a deep shuddering breath, close my eyes and stretch my hand towards him. His touch is gentle this time, far more gentle than I’d ever thought someone with so much uncontained violence to him could be.

“Spread your fingers,” he commands. I do, and he lifts the roll of tape, presses the edge to my skin and begins winding it over my knuckles. I close my eyes. The strident sound of it stretching out from the roll makes me want to flee. It makes me want to run as far from his touch—from any man’s touch—as I can possibly get.

The feel of the tape against my flesh, binding, holding, is so much worse. I tug on my hand, but he won’t let go. My heartrate skyrockets, and sweat beads erupt over my brow and upper lip. I’m in that room again, struggling, screaming, trying to fight them off, and failing.

Biker knows it, too. His dark eyes challenge, they dare me to run, but they also implore me to stay. It’s ironic that the only thing keeping me here, keeping me grounded, is the man who abducted me.

He holds my gaze. I don’t know exactly what is hidden in his dark blue one, but it suffocates the panic within me, douses it like water flooding flames. He bends his head to my hand. Taking the paper tape in his mouth, he rips it with his teeth.

I still. I soften. His gaze doesn’t leave mine, not even once. Not even when he starts in on my wrist, gently biting through each piece of tape before pressing it down with his rough hands. I’m mesmerised by his mouth, the piercing, and the soft, full lips. The light catches a silver chain around his neck, something I’ve never noticed before—but then I try not to make a habit of staring too closely at him. Not now, though. Now I watch every twitch, every blink, every intake of breath, and every inch that is swallowed up by his mouth moving closer to my flesh.

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My Review of KICK by Carmen Jenner

I love the broken ones because for a brief second, in the heat of the moment, I can forget how fucked up I truly am inside. I can forget about the darkness that I crave. I can forget who I am and focus on someone else’s pain, because that has to be infinitely better that wallowing in my own.

Holy crap. Kick (a.k.a. Daniel) is a sex-on-a-stick-bad-ass-bad-boy-with-a-decent-heart. Did you get all that? Kick is someone you really don’t want to like (you know, bad boy) but you can’t help but feel for him and for everything he’s been through in his life. He’s truly F*d up, in more ways than one, but that doesn’t stop him from trying to fix the broken ones.

We met Kick in the Sugartown series, as he was in the same MC as Elijah/Ethan when they were younger. He’s the one that showed up in Sugartown, at Ana and Elijah’s house. Not giving you the rest of that story, in case you haven’t read the Sugartown series yet. BTW, what are you waiting for?

I love this story of loss, betrayal, love, and bad-assery. There’s a ton of bad-assery, along with super smoking sex scenes. But, before we go there, Carmen has a huge Preface before Chapter 1. She warns that “KICK is not for the faint of heart. KICK is brutal, graphic, and make you question my sanity.” So, there you have it. There are some not so pretty things that happen, but just know that everything that happens makes Kick the way he is today.

The book switched between present day and two years ago. We get flashbacks of Kick two years ago and what his mindset is today. Carmen has also written KICK from two points of view, Kick and Indie. Okay, I’m not really into pet names like sweetie or honey-bunch, but when Kick calls her Little Spitfire and Indie calls him Biker – I actually like it.

Back to Kick’s bad-assery – even if you start out not feeling fond of Kick, I promise you will change your mind. He’s been through sh*t that no one should have to go to and all because he was born into this life.

KICK is a gritty, heart-stopping, action-filled, roller ride of emotions. One minute you’re hoping Kick gets his ass kicked and the next you are wanting him to get the girl. *Don’t think bad of yourself if you end up liking him, too.

So, stop reading this review and go buy KICK by Carmen Jenner. You’ll want a glass of whiskey or some vodka on hand when the worst of the crap starts, but I’ll tell you that Kick is one of my favorite characters. Carmen has given him so many flaws, but he still has some redeeming qualities that will make you swoon. Honestly, I did. What a great ride, and I can’t wait to read more of the Savage Saints MC series.

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Stars

KICK as a BBF: ★ ★ ★
Hotness Level: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Swoon Level: ★ ★ ★

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About the Author

Carmen Jenner is a thirty-something, USA TODAY Best Selling Author, doctor, pilot and CIA agent. She’s also a compulsive, flagrant prevaricator who gets to make things up for a living.

While Sugartown may not technically exist, Carmen grew up in a small Australian town just like it, and just like her characters, she always longed for something more. They didn’t have an Elijah Cade, though.

If they did, you can be sure she would have never left.

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