Striker by Daphne LovelingMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
The Biker And The Lawyer
This is an ongoing series and this book in particular ties into the previous one, so reading this as a standalone is probably not the best way to enjoy the story.
In the previous book, Tank, Tank and Cady got together after Tank had a little girl, Wren, dropped on his doorstep with a note telling him that she was his daughter. To try and do all the paperwork to keep his new daughter and for Cady to get her divorce they approach a family lawyer, Ember.
Cady’s ex is a bad guy and they are worried that he might object to the divorce so they want to put protection on Ember until they find out what his reaction will be. Tank asks his best friend Striker to guard Ember.
Striker is going through a bit of a rough patch. He misses his best friend, he feels guilty for indirectly enabling the kidnap of Cady and Wren and he’s disappearing into a bottle of booze. Putting him on Ember’s protection is the first step in pulling him back to normality.
Ember objects to the protection but Striker is a determined man and she finally gives in. That he’s very attractive doesn’t hurt. Ember is separated from her husband, but no one knows about it except for Ember’s best friend, receptionist and ex-husband’s cousin, Margot. That Margot is on Ember’s side despite not knowing the full story tells you everything you need to know about her ex.
I like that this isn’t just a romance. It’s also about both Ember and Striker deciding what they want from life and how to set about getting it. Striker doesn’t pull his act together just for the sake of romance but for other reasons too. I hate romances that have the messed up person being magically fixed by their new partner, and this isn’t quite at that level.
I enjoyed this book and look forward to reading the last book in this series next.
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