How do I go about getting my own Zion?? That's what I want to know!! Gosh, I just loved these guys. The entire MC just made me want to jump on a bike and take off, that's the sense of brotherhood that they convey. I was so glad that Aubrey and her grandmother had that, even if her grandmother was hesitant to accept it.
While I understood that Maureen and Echo had a rocky past, I did resent her a bit for trying so hard to keep Aubrey from Zion, when it was so obvious how much he cared for her. He was even willing to risk his relationship with Noah, his own flesh and blood, to walk away from his family and the only life he's known, to be with Aubrey. He knew from the first minute that she was it for him.
And as far as Aubrey, I loved that she trusted him so thoroughly, regardless of all the warnings she had been given, she knew his heart. She knew the man that he was deep down, and refused to give up on their love.
Ronnie did a great job with this book, and as it's the first that I've read of hers, I was glad to have that experience of finding a new go to author. I feel as though she accurately depicted the subject matter, and developed her characters and the story quite well. I look forward to reading more of her work in the future and am excited to read about Noah and Ellen!! 4 stars!!
Synopsis:
Being fearless has never looked so good . . .
Aubrey Evans needs to get her life back on track after her father is indicted for embezzlement. All she has to do to hightail it out of small-town Tennessee is save up money for college tuition and steer clear of hard-muscled boys on motorcycles. Yet there's no ignoring someone like Zion. A knight in black leather, Zion looks like every bad idea she's been told to avoid, but she can't resist him. Whenever she's in trouble, he's there. Appealing as his rough exterior may be, it's the protective, principled man beneath who tempts her like crazy.
Zion knows Aubrey doesn't intend to stick around. She claims to want only friendship, but he senses there's a naughty girl hiding on the inside—one whose intense desires match his own. For now, he'll be patient and play by her rules. But he knows it's just a matter of time before he weakens her resolve.
As they join forces to figure out who's behind a local crime spree, it's clear that the danger goes deeper than Aubrey guessed. And when she needs someone tall, dark, and undaunted to keep her safe, Zion intends to be there—now and always.
UNDAUNTED BY RONNIE DOUGLAS
SEPTEMBER 7
BADASS BLOGETTES
PERUSING PRINCESSES
SHAYNA RENEE’S SPICY READS
FICTSHUN
SEPTEMBER 8
FMR BOOK GRIND
THE INDIE BOOKSHELF
MOVIES SHOWS AND BOOKS
RAPID REVIEWER
SEPTEMBER 9
UNDER THE COVERS BOOK BLOG
BOOKS TO BREATHE
SEPTEMBER 10
BLUSHING BABES ARE UP ALL NIGHT
KITTY KATS KRAZY ABOUT BOOKS
DANA SQUARE
SCANDALOUS BOOK BLOG
SEPTEMBER 11
WHO PICKED THIS
READING BETWEEN THE WINES BOOK CLUB
SEPTERMBER 12
THE LUSTY LITERATE
FOR THE LIFE OF BOOKENDS
SEPTEMBER 13
THERE’S THIS BOOK
SEPTEMBER 14
FIC TALK
KRISTA’S DUST JACKET
VALLEY OF THE BOOK DOLL
SEPTEMBER 15
THIS WACKY MOMMA READS
MY SUMMER GIRL BOOKS
LOVE LIFE READ
SEPTEMBER 16
AVID READ AMY’S REVIEWS
SEPTEMBER 17
BOOK CRUSHIN
PUNYA REVIEWS
SEPTEMBER 18
STUCK IN BOOKS
THE BOOK BEACON
SEPTEMBER 19
BOOK LIT LOVE
SEPTEMBER 20
OOPS! I READ A BOOK AGAIN
SEPTEMBER 21
AFTER HOURS AT LILY BLOOM BOOKS
REESE’S REVIEWS
SEPTEMBER 22
RAMBLINGS FROM BENEATH THE SHEETS
THE BOOKWORMS OBSESSION
A BOOKISH ESCAPE
SEPTEMBER 23
FRESH FICTION BLOG
SEPTEMBER 24
LUSTFUL LITERATURE
READING ON THE ROCKS
SEPTEMBER 25
THE READING CAFÉ
STEPHANIE’S BOOK REPORTS
SEPTEMBER 26
THE BOOK JUNKIE
SEPTEMBER 27
BOOKSLAPPED
SEPTEMBER 28
THE BOOK BELLAS
THE IRISH BANANA REVIEW
ZILI IN THE SKY
SEPTEMBER 29
BETWEEN FANTASY AND REALITY
SEPTEMBER 30
SWEET N SASSY BOOK A HOLICS
OCTOBER 1
MRS LEIFS TWO FANGS ABOUT IT/ECLECTIC BOOKWORMS
CRAZY CHAOTIC BOOK BABES
OCTOBER 2
COCKTAILS AND BOOKS
SASSY MOMS SAY READ ROMANCE
IN BETWEEN THE PAGES
BOOKISH LIFESTYLE
OCTOBER 3
RAMBLINGS FROM THIS CHICK
OCTOBER 4
LIVE READ AND BREATHE
OCTOBER 5
READING DRINKING AND RELAXING
SOUTHERN BELLE BOOK BLOG
COCKTAILS AND BOOKS
CHAPTER BY CHAPTER
OCTOBER 6
TRUE STORY BOOK BLOG
RAMBLINGS OF A BOOK LUNATIC
I HEART YA BOOKS
THE PHANTOM PARAGRAPHER
OCTOBER 7
TRUE STORY BOOK BLOG
RUSTY’S READING
BOOKS AND FRIENDZ
EXCERPT:
UNDAUNTED by Ronnie Douglas
“You’re safe, Red,” he said in a softer voice. “I’ll take you to grandmother’s house.”
He watched me, obviously waiting for something.
The best my drunken brain could offer was, “The Big Bad wolf eats Red.”
He paused, grinned, and patted the seat. “You’re too drunk for that too.”
I blinked at him. Then his words sunk in, and I gasped. I hadn’t meant that, but now that he planted the idea in my mind, I couldn’t speak.
“You’re safe with me,” he promised, and then he patted the tiny seat behind him.
I wanted to tell him that I didn’t want to be safe, not after he’d planted such forbidden images in my mind. I yanked my mind out of the gutter and climbed onto the motorcycle, wrapped my arms around his waist, and tried not to shiver. I shouldn’t like the way he talked, but I did. I liked the whole package: the rescue, the insinuations, the motorcycle.
Maybe alcohol and fumbled petting with Quincy just skewed my judgment so severely that Zion seemed more tempting than he actually was. I wasn’t sure. I also didn’t think it mattered. By tomorrow, I would be too sober to think about kisses or any of the other things he might be good at doing.
He pulled my arms tighter around him, holding my hands together on his very taut stomach. It was a little embarrassing that being on the back of his Harley was doing far more for my libido than all of Quincy’s—and every other man’s before him—effort.
“Hold on, Red.”
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About the Author:
Ronnie Douglas is the writing name for a multiple New York Times bestselling author. Drawing on a lifetime love of romance novels and a few years running a biker bar, she decided to write what she knew—dangerous men with Harleys and tattoos. Her debut “Ronnie book” was indie-published as part of a series she created and wrote with friends in 2014.
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