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The cover of Ricochet has been playing on my mind for awhile. See, I saw this cover and was spellbound. At first, I was consumed with wanting. Then I heard some talk, and I hesitated. For starters, people were talking about the darkness, the violence and the fact that the heroine is kidnapped and the hero was her captor. But…I was still consumed with the cover. How could that man on the cover be violent and a kidnapper? Would I want to become attached to a bad man? Then, it got worse. I heard that the man was a shell. His life had been taken from him when he lost his family. Oh geez. I’m now supposed to see him find a new love. No, I can’t do it. This will be too hard. I’m not strong enough to handle the pain. I shelved my desire to read Ricochet and left it sitting on my wish list on Amazon. I’d see it sitting there and ask myself if I was ready…until one day, I bit the bullet. Now, even though it was sitting on my kindle, I still couldn’t bring myself to read it. I’d look at the cover and think, soon…ish. Lo and behold, the wonderful Lana, from Dirty Girl Romance, was holding a competition for Backfire #2 in the series and I thought to myself, if I win Backfire, I’ll know it’s time to read Ricochet. Guess what I won…and my journey behind the cover began.

Ricochet is a story that sucked me in from the very first page. I was bracing myself for the violence and abuse knowing that it could get quite ugly. In my previous reading experiences, I’ve found that I’m somewhat able to blank out violence, death and destruction. I get a little upset, but I’m kind of able to compartmentalise it. What I didn’t really brace for was how close to home this story hit. I’ve been where Nick has been. No, I didn’t take a bullet to the head, but I did have a head trauma after a car accident. I had the stabbing headaches, the need to rub the pain away, pull my hair out, scream my frustrations. I also dealt with extreme anger as the part of the brain affected was my short fuse. Years later, I can laugh about it, but at the time, I wasn’t the only one who suffered. Everyone around me suffered too. So, while in Nick’s case it was extreme RAGE and emotional trauma, I understood him. I was just a little nasty and took it out on those I loved. In Nick’s case, he had to deal with his head injury AND keep living knowing that the most important people in his life were gone. His only way to deal with living was to make his life a dedication to REVENGE AND CULLING.

Aubree Culling is living a lie. Her scars are hidden and the smiles on the outside are the mask to her true feelings. She’s married to a monster and every attempt at reaching for freedom is squashed with repercussions. The monster is the Mayor with the ability to hide his evilness behind a crooked chief of police and pollies in his pocket. Who would have thought that by being kidnapped gives her a taste of freedom?

There are times in Ricochet where your heart is pounding. That accelerated heartbeat is caused by the characters feelings of anger, frustration, lust and loss. I could see the emotions, feel the emotions, live the emotions. I was watching a movie in my head and at times, I wanted to scrunch my eyes closed so I wouldn’t feel so much. I loved both Nick and Aubree and felt the pain from their pasts. Was their love a perfect love? Probably not, but to two people who have lived through hurt and betrayal, sometimes an imperfect love is perfect.

Did this story leave me on a high? Yes!! Did it end the way I wanted it to? Yes!! Do I condone violence? No!! Did I understand the violence, where it came from and why it was so extreme? Kind of. It made sense to not trust that justice will be served because you don’t trust the men in power. Ricochet has made it to my Best-of-the-best Goodreads lists.

I need a break now from death and destruction, but I sure will be picking up Backfire soon…ish. ;)


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Ricochet A Vigilantes Novel edition by Keri Lake Julie Belfield Romance eBooks Reviews

OMG! This book was amazing! A very good movie could be made of this story. There were some exciting action scenes, some really harsh, dark ones, and this story was full of hot sex scenes. These in perfect combination.
Nick went through a lot of bad things. His wife and son were murdered, and he saw everything. These scenes brought tears to my eyes. He lost everything and he wanted revenge.
Michael Culling was responsible for his family's death. So he decided to kidnap Aubree Culling, Michael's wife. Eye for an eye.
But things changed when he became to know Aubree more. He hated her because of her husband and became fond of her while she was his captive.
I totally understood Nick, why he wanted revenge. He was a good man and changed after the murder.
He became a monster, a killer. he wanted to kill everyone who was responsible for his family's death. He was fearless and loveless, or he thought... until Aubree changed everything
Aubree had a dark secret, she wasn't the perfect politician's wife who was seen on the TV, and beside the major. Her life wasn't as perfect as everyone thought
I loved that the book was written in alternate POVs, so we could understand more Aubree's and Nick's feelings and motives too.
And I definitely liked to read the Police Chief's thoughts too.
Nick and Aubree saved each other. Nick saved Aubree by kidnapping her from her husband. And Aubree wanted to help Nick whose head was full of mixed feelings, and traumatized. She helped him heal.
This story was a heart-breaking romance and at the same time exciting thriller. It was an emotional rollercoaster for me. I loved the author's style, I felt everything what the characters felt anger, revenge, heartbreak, hope, lust, love. I recommend this book to those who love dark romance.
Keri Lake was a new author to me, Ricochet was my first book from her, but not the last! And I love the cover, I think the guy on the cover is perfect Nick! (Good choice!)
I read and loved Ripple Effect so I immediately wanted to read another book by Lake. I am not much of a fan of PNR and I particularly don't want to read about demons (which is odd I guess since I love books about criminals and outlaws) so Ricochet was the obvious choice. Turns out, I liked it even more than Ripple Effect!

It is very rare that I do not see a plot twist coming, but I only figured out this book right before "all" was revealed. In fact, I had thought that there were some annoying inconsistencies that the author had not addressed, some things just did not make perfect sense. Well, I was wrong, Lake tied everything up perfectly. I always want characters' feelings and motivations to make sense. It bothered me that I did not understand why Nick's family was attacked. It bothered me that I did not really understand why Aubree married Michael. It bothered me that we did not know more about Alec. Most of the time when there are little holes in a story you just have to resign yourself to ignore them. Not so in this gem. Lake really wrote a perfectly crafted, violent, exciting book. I loved it!

I am moving on to Backfire now. I really, really hope Lake sticks with this genre!
The cover of Ricochet has been playing on my mind for awhile. See, I saw this cover and was spellbound. At first, I was consumed with wanting. Then I heard some talk, and I hesitated. For starters, people were talking about the darkness, the violence and the fact that the heroine is kidnapped and the hero was her captor. But…I was still consumed with the cover. How could that man on the cover be violent and a kidnapper? Would I want to become attached to a bad man? Then, it got worse. I heard that the man was a shell. His life had been taken from him when he lost his family. Oh geez. I’m now supposed to see him find a new love. No, I can’t do it. This will be too hard. I’m not strong enough to handle the pain. I shelved my desire to read Ricochet and left it sitting on my wish list on . I’d see it sitting there and ask myself if I was ready…until one day, I bit the bullet. Now, even though it was sitting on my kindle, I still couldn’t bring myself to read it. I’d look at the cover and think, soon…ish. Lo and behold, the wonderful Lana, from Dirty Girl Romance, was holding a competition for Backfire #2 in the series and I thought to myself, if I win Backfire, I’ll know it’s time to read Ricochet. Guess what I won…and my journey behind the cover began.

Ricochet is a story that sucked me in from the very first page. I was bracing myself for the violence and abuse knowing that it could get quite ugly. In my previous reading experiences, I’ve found that I’m somewhat able to blank out violence, death and destruction. I get a little upset, but I’m kind of able to compartmentalise it. What I didn’t really brace for was how close to home this story hit. I’ve been where Nick has been. No, I didn’t take a bullet to the head, but I did have a head trauma after a car accident. I had the stabbing headaches, the need to rub the pain away, pull my hair out, scream my frustrations. I also dealt with extreme anger as the part of the brain affected was my short fuse. Years later, I can laugh about it, but at the time, I wasn’t the only one who suffered. Everyone around me suffered too. So, while in Nick’s case it was extreme RAGE and emotional trauma, I understood him. I was just a little nasty and took it out on those I loved. In Nick’s case, he had to deal with his head injury AND keep living knowing that the most important people in his life were gone. His only way to deal with living was to make his life a dedication to REVENGE AND CULLING.

Aubree Culling is living a lie. Her scars are hidden and the smiles on the outside are the mask to her true feelings. She’s married to a monster and every attempt at reaching for freedom is squashed with repercussions. The monster is the Mayor with the ability to hide his evilness behind a crooked chief of police and pollies in his pocket. Who would have thought that by being kidnapped gives her a taste of freedom?

There are times in Ricochet where your heart is pounding. That accelerated heartbeat is caused by the characters feelings of anger, frustration, lust and loss. I could see the emotions, feel the emotions, live the emotions. I was watching a movie in my head and at times, I wanted to scrunch my eyes closed so I wouldn’t feel so much. I loved both Nick and Aubree and felt the pain from their pasts. Was their love a perfect love? Probably not, but to two people who have lived through hurt and betrayal, sometimes an imperfect love is perfect.

Did this story leave me on a high? Yes!! Did it end the way I wanted it to? Yes!! Do I condone violence? No!! Did I understand the violence, where it came from and why it was so extreme? Kind of. It made sense to not trust that justice will be served because you don’t trust the men in power. Ricochet has made it to my Best-of-the-best Goodreads lists.

I need a break now from death and destruction, but I sure will be picking up Backfire soon…ish. ;)