Running on Diesel by Melissa FosterMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Big Growly Biker and Sparky
I’d probably give this book 4.5 ⭐️ if I could.
This is book 9 in an ongoing series that revolves around the Dark Knights MC and the Whiskey family in particular. This series is linked to other series by the same author but can be read independently of them without missing anything. There is no cliffhanger, but there is a hook to get you interested in an upcoming new series.
Diesel Black is a nomad member of the Dark Knights. He was, until recently, a bounty hunter. Now he works behind the bar for the Whiskeys, as a favour, and has done for 2 years. Diesel is a loner who doesn’t even like people to touch him. He has empty sexual encounters and holds himself back from everyone. However, he is protective and loyal.
Tracey is a waitress at the bar where Diesel works and his boss and friend Red asked him to keep an eye on Tracey when she started working there 2 years ago. She had just escaped an abusive relationship and felt she had nowhere else to turn so ended up at the shelter. The Whiskeys have taken her under their wing and she has begun to thrive again. She’s so much stronger mentally and physically from all the martial arts training and having the loving support of her new friends.
Tracey and Diesel are very attracted to each other but are unaware how the other feels. Then one day Diesel cracks his restraint and all bets are off.
I love these books. The rough talking, hard loving Dark Knights are a lot of fun to read about. They are all about the community and family and aren’t afraid to get their hands dirty in the name of protecting the things that they love. Diesel may be less gregarious than his fellow MC brothers but he has the strong protective thing down pat.
This book starts out as something that looks quite predictable; damaged growly biker falls for cute vivacious girl and they all live happily ever after. It doesn’t stay that way though as there are lots of layers to this book. There are the parts which are about the dangers that women face and how they can protect themselves, there are parts about family and friendship, parts about navigating a relationship and trying to do the right thing to make it work and there are parts about working out what will make you happy. There is an awful lot about family in this book, which is no different from the other Whiskey books, in particular the love of mothers who are no longer around. There are some pretty poignant moments as well as the sexy romantic times we expect from these books.
I very much enjoyed this book and can’t wait to read about Redemption Ranch, now we’ve been introduced to the people there.
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