Beau McIntyre is driven by a past smothered in blood and covered in bruises. Though tragic, it's help shape his future and define the man he's become.

Day in and day out, he's reminded of his failures in the faces of the women he saves. But what happens when one girl threatens to blow all of that apart? Will Beau lose his grip on the controlled lifestyle he abides by?

Mackenzie Moore is running from a past she needs to forget. A past that has molded her into a woman living in fear. One fateful night, her carefully constructed world is pulled down around her, forcing her to make a decision she's not sure she can live with. 

Turning to the Knights Rebels MC for help is the last thing she wants, but everything she needs. 

Can Beau save her once again, or is what she running to far worse than what she’s running from? 

Eighteen months after Beau McIntyre helped Mackenzie Morre escape her abusive husband and relocate, she walks back into the Knights Rebels clubhouse and back into his life. She is the one woman he has saved that got under his skin.

She needs his help. He wants to keep her safe.  She trusts Beau due to their past, but is afraid to get close to others and put them at risk.

Beau has taken a tragedy in his past and tried to turn it into something positive by helping women in need. He's usually a man of few words, but of action. He is devoted to his brothers and his calling to protect women. He is intense, bossy, and dominant, but has a tender, caring side as well. But he is also not afraid to take care of business however he sees fit. 

This brings back all of the Knights Rebels and their women  Nix and Kadence,  Sy and Holly,  Jesse and Bell, and Brooks and Kelly. I love the support, humor, and rapport this group has with each other. Tiny is featured since he works with Beau on their special project. And Brooks and Kelly also have a significant story line in this one that should bleed into the next installment.  This had some surprises and twists, danger, mystery, romance, and steam. I really liked Beau and Mackenzie together and enjoyed this installment.

When Beau rescued a broken Mackenzie Morre 18 months ago, he knew there was something about her that drew him in, but he also never thought he’d see her again. When Mackenzie makes her way back to the Knights Rebels’ clubhouse, she is running away from her nightmares once again, and running to the only place she ever felt safe.

This was not a fast moving story, but it moved at the perfect pace for the situation. As an abuse victim, Mackenzie is jumpy and it doesn’t take much to send her into panic attacks and flashbacks. But I loved the way that Beau took his time for Mackenzie to settle in. Their relationship began before either really recognized what was happening.

Since so much time is spent at the clubhouse, established couples play a big role in the sidelines of the story. The women, especially, help Mackenzie settle into the new surroundings. It was great seeing Kadence, Holly, Bell, and Kelly as they help Mackenzie settle in and open up. These women have formed a bond that is only cemented when one of their own is in need.

I kind of saw the big reveal before it came. Too much of the tension pointed one particular direction for me to draw any other conclusion. But thinking I knew where things were going didn’t stop me from devouring this story completely, and there was that part of my mind that kept wondering if I had read the signs wrong. 

Infatuation held a darkness simply because of the things Mackenzie had survived and was running from. While none of the Knights Rebels books have been what I would call light, this one felt particularly ominous as Mackenzie’s safety is directly at stake through the whole plot. It was one of those reads where I wanted Mackenzie to find something perfect because of her past, but I also wanted her to heal before starting anything with Beau, especially because of his own sensitivity to women in abusive situations.  

ARC provided by Author in exchange for an honest review.

Incandescent  (Knights Rebels MC #1)

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Phoenix ‘Nix’ Knight thought pulling his club out of the illegal shit his Pops got them into was difficult.

Until he meets Kadence. 

Kadence Turner has no business lusting over a student’s father, especially the president of the Knights Rebels MC. Nix is crass, obnoxious and dangerously sexy and for some reason, Kadence can’t seem to hate him for it. The bossy biker breaks down her defenses, but unlike the old Kadence, the woman she is today won’t give in without a fight.

The tension is undeniable, the attraction fierce. A man that wants what he wants and a woman that will fight him every step of the way.

Honor.
Courage.
Commitment.

Three things Jesse Carter has lost. A former Marine, Jesse used to stand proud of his achievements and live by the code. But when circumstance made him question everything he believed in, those most basic values didn’t feel so important after all.

Sex.
Lies.
Knights Rebels.

Three things Jesse Carter has found. Reborn into a brotherhood not so different from the one he left behind, Jesse finds it all too easy to block out his past and claim the role as the Rebels' fun loving player.

Until he meets Bell.

Shy, awkward, and with troubles of her own, Bell Johnson's no stranger to hiding her pain. When Jesse forces himself into her life, she’s at risk of her defences crumbling.

Does Bell have the strength to survive Jesse and his demons or is she fated to become another casualty in the self-destruction of Jesse Carter?

River Savage is the Author of the Knights Rebels MC Series. She released her debut novel, Incandescent, in August 2014. 

An avid reader of romance and erotic novels, her love for books and reading fueled her passion for writing. Reading no longer sated her addiction, so she started writing in secret. She never imagined that her dream of publishing a novel would ever be achievable. 

With a soft spot for an alpha male and a snarky sassy woman, Kadence and Nix were born.