Review: Nickel's Story (Steel Bones MC Series Book 2) by Cate C Wells

Nickel's Story by Cate C. Wells
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Sweet Stripper and The Angry Biker

Story is 21 years old and works as a stripper at The White Van, the strip club owned by the Steel Bones MC. Her mother worked there before she met her rich dentist boyfriend and she gave up stripping. Story's mother is only 37 and been more like a sister than a mother to Story.

Story is sweet, with a sunny disposition and she loves to dance so much that she doesn’t care if she does it in front of a crowd of drunk men in her underwear. She also loves Nickel and has done since she was rescued by him aged 15 from a group of horny football players.

Nickel thinks Story is the most beautiful person he’s ever seen. Not just because she looks stunning but because her personality is pure sunshine and she brightens up every room she enters. He knows he’s no good for her. He’s much older, more angry and out of control than is good for a sweet girl like Story.

This book is about Story and Nickel finally trying to make a go of it and failing miserably, the first time round. It’s also about Nickel learning to fight the demons of his horrific childhood, which isn’t helped when one of his older brothers gets out of prison and stirs up old memories.

We also learn a little bit more about the Rebel Raiders and why they hate the Steel Demons. This overarching plotline is slow-moving and mostly background to the main romance plot.

This is a sweet and yet tough book. There are difficult subject matters raised but through it all sweet Story’s voice reminds us of what Nickel is fighting for. I love that Story isn’t academic, but she’s trying really hard to better herself. I love that she is filled with joy when she slaps on her pasties and dances to Elvis songs. She’s just a really wonderfully happy character that gets up to fight another day no matter what slaps her down. She’s exactly the sort of person that would make a hard, bitter and angry man try to fight his way out of the darkness.

I really enjoyed this book and look forward to reading the rest of the series.

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