Happy Release to Carmen Jenner
Kick is LIVE!
RELEASE DATE: January 26th, 2015
Excerpt
“You gotta let go now, Princess. I gotta hand you over.”
Her panicked gaze meets mine. “He’ll shoot you.”
“No, he won’t.”
“Yes, he will.”
I smile down at her. “What are we just gonna stand here forever, you in my arms, your dad holding a gun to my head? If he shoots me, he shoots me. Ain’t nothing I can do about that, Princess. At least I’ll know I did one thing right.”
She takes a deep, shaky breath. “I’d be dead if it weren’t for you.”
I nod, because it’s true. If Slayer hadn’t come at a deal, Prez would’ve eventually killed her, and he’d have tortured her some more first. “Promise me somethin’?”
“What?”
“Get on your feet and then get the hell outta here. Prez will come looking for you again. He’s not a guy who likes to lose. Take as much money as you can, and get the fuck away from this life, otherwise you’re gonna wind up filling a body bag way too young.”
Lauren is wrenched away from me then. She screams as the Italian carts her off toward the clubhouse, flailing and slapping at him despite her injuries.
“Daniel!” she screams, reaching out toward me as he struggles to get her inside. Without thinking I take a step forward, but I’m attacked from behind. My knees go out from under me and I’m shoved face-first into the ground. Some heavy motherfucker sits down on my back. I buck, trying to unseat him, but I’m whacked in the back of the head until I stop.
“Well, isn’t that fuckin’ touching? The Angel scum, in love with my daughter? Didn’t I warn you away from her once before?” Slayer asks, circling me like a predator circles prey. The biker using me for a chair shoves his gun against the back of my skull.
“Yeah, I did,” Slayer continues, and he motions for the guy on top of me to force me to stand. I’m dragged up by the hair and presented to Slayer. “At the rally, where she fuckin’ went missin’!” His red, blotchy face almost touches mine. He’s so close I can see the blood vessels snaking out from the corners of his eyes. He’s fucking high. His daughter’s been locked up, raped, beaten, treated like a fuckin’ animal over some shit that she shouldn’t even have to know about, and the arsehole’s gettin’ high as a fuckin’ kite instead of findin’ her? He makes me sick. He’s everything I hate about the life. And he’s more than likely exactly where I’ll end up, because this is what we are—this is what livin’ in the club gets you: bitterness, enemies, and a shit-tonne of bad blood.
Unbelievable. This is the word I am choosing to use to describe this book. When Carmen gave us the warning at the beginning about what a sick and twisted b!tch she is in this book, I laughed, said yeah right, okay lady, whatever.....she wasn't exaggerating. Lol! It was bad, really bad. Not in the way you may be thinking, not in the writing style or flow- that was bad ass. The graphic nature and events within.....Teeth pulling, beating, kidnapping, rape. It was allllll in there. But I kept reading. I had to. Kick is a damaged, broken soul. Indy is a damaged, broken soul. And nothing says love and togetherness like holding a person hostage that has threatened to kill you the first chance they get. Seriously. It's in there.
This is NOT for the weak of heart, the "I need happiness and rainbows" the "Prince Charming is my favorite BFF" type of reader. This is for the bad shit happens every day to all kinds of people and I still believe in the bad guy doing the right thing and maybe even liking that bad guy in the end type of reader. Daniel, AKA Kick, has a story to tell, and you definitely want to read it. If you can handle it.
What I liked a lot about this book was how the chapters switched back and forth between the past and present day to give you an idea of the back story of Kick and why he's become the way he is- why he feels the need to save someone who may not even want to be saved. Why he feels the need to inflict pain, even on the weak. Why he has to look over his shoulder and defend his every move, all the time. Even with the back and forth, I never lost my place in what was happening. I never questioned what was missed- I didn't miss it.
I have never read a Carmen Jenner book, so I am not sure if the darkness with a peak of light is her normal way to tell a story, but I was absolutely sucked in by this book and couldn't wait to see where it took me. Like she said, this is not for pussies. I believe I passed the test. Can you? Five stars- I loved it. ~ Kellie, for Eye Candy Bookstore
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.
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Carmen Jenner
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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