Without Mercy by Victoria L. James and LJ Stock



Book: Without Mercy (book #2)

Author: Victoria L. James and LJ Stock
Genre: Contemporary M/C Romance

 

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Synopsis

Ayda Hanagan’s life took a whole new road to hell when she agreed to lay down beside Babylon’s very own devil in disguise, Drew Tucker. With an evolving love and the world she once knew now gone forever, Ayda’s toes were no longer dancing on the edge of the flames. She’d jumped straight into the fire, dragging her younger brother, Tate, along for the ride. No matter which way they both turned, Harleys and leather were their new reality, and they had to get used to the fact that acts of war and bad blood were never far away.

All that seemed so easy for Ayda to push aside when she was resting in the arms of the man she never expected to love, but when lust, need and sex became as important to her as the air she breathed, it was only going to be a matter of time before reality decided to slap her around the face harder than ever before.

Lost in the screwed-up perfection of their new fairytale, Drew and Ayda thought they could handle anything life threw at them. For every cop, whore or enemy that tried to tear them apart, they found strength in each other and a new weapon to fight back with. Only not all assassins wore their patches on their chest, and before they could even see the eyes of the wolves in the shadows waiting to bring them to their knees, they were all out of places to run.

With everything they’d ever believed in suddenly at risk, fear was no longer an option and Drew and Ayda soon found themselves in the middle of a war that looked impossible to get out of alive. In order to survive, they had to learn how to fight together.

Without restriction.
Without thought.
Without mercy.

Even if that meant sacrificing everything they’d worked for, including each other.

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Reviews:

Tanya Rae’s Review: 4.0 stars

I enjoyed reading Without Mercy even though it was a little slow at first but, it built momentum and finished great! No need for me to reiterate the synopsis of Without Mercy.  I did say in my review for Without Consequences there was a war a brewing and it happened.  And, Drew d*mn near got himself killed.  What a journey for Drew and Ayda & Tate (Ayda’s brother).  Drew became a much better person by the end of the book.  And, “as one door closes,  another one opens” is so true.

I enjoyed this book and I am looking forward to reading more from Victoria L. James and LJ Stock.  I don’t know how 2 authors can write one story but, they do it well.  I give Without Mercy 4 stars.  I was gifted a copy of this book for an honest review.

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Nikki K’s 4 Star Review:

Three words can change the world!

This second installment of The Babylon series brings us more insight into the lives of Ayda Hanagan and Drew Tucker. Circumstances lead the couple to a place where they find themselves fighting for love. Ayda fighting to save Drew from himself,  while Drew fights to save Ayda from the MC life. The result is more powerful than anything either would imagine.

As in Without Consequences, this book is more about the people and thier struggles to find happiness and peace in their world. Once you catch up with the couple find put where their heads are at all hell breaks loose and they are forced to dig deep for their very survival. Find out what drives them to succeed.

Without Mercy is a good story, full of heavy emotion, a few tears and a deep story. I enjoyed this book and look forward to the next chapter in the world of the Hounds of Babylon. I’m really looking forward to seeing where life takes Tate, Ayda’s younger brother.

I give Without Mercy a 4 star rating.

*I was gifted a copy of this book for an honest review.

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Lita Thomas’s Review: 3.5 stars

Without Mercy by Victoria James and L.J. Stock is the second book in the Babylon series. The story picks up with a little snippet of a scene of violence that the Hounds take place in as retribution for the bombing. Drew now has to deal with the fallout of his actions, he has to deal with keeping everyone safe, a gang of wannabees teens, strange bikers in town and his relationship with Ayda.  Ayda has to deal with her insecurities of being Drew’s woman, her place in the club and her 15 year old brother Tate. She has had to care for him since her parents were killed and now with them living in the hut Ayda worries her brother is being exposed to a life that can lead him down a path Ayda is not prepared to deal with. The story has so many different things going on that sometimes I got lost in what was really going on with the direction of the story. This installment was not as good as the first book. I still loved Drew and Ayda. Once the story began to tie all the loose ends together I was quite shocked at the turn of events. It was nice to see Drew change from who he started out to be to the man he evolved into by the end of the book. I give this story 3.5 stars.

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Author Bio

L.J. Stock on Victoria L. James ~ What can I say about Victoria L. James? Loads actually, she’s an amazingly talented author and I had the absolute distinct pleasure of writing with her. I also call her a friend. When we first met, we bonded instantly over our love of music, Victoria tends to be as eclectic as I am with her tastes. She finds stories in lyrics and feels the moods in the melodies.
When we first started writing together, I’ll admit I was intimidated. Here is this woman with a huge passion for putting words onto paper and painting pictures so clearly that you are completely immersed in them. How was I going to keep up with that? I’m not sure I ever did, but over time we’ve built up a repertoire. We bounce off one another and bring our characters to the forefront and hope that the interactions are as real as they appear for us.
On a more personal note, Victoria is bright, smart, kind, intelligent, funny, caring and witty. She can see so much in the world around her and always has time for anyone. Victoria lives in sunny ole Yorkshire with her family and her cats – had to mention them – and can normally be found in the playground of her imagination, listening to the Foo Fighters.
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Victoria L. James on L.J. Stock ~ There aren’t many people you bump into in life that you want to both work and spend your free time with. From meeting L.J. through the wonder that is the internet, we soon came to realise that we had a hell of a lot in common. Music was where our friendship truly began, but our writing partnership flourished not too far behind. I always felt like my writing was missing something, and it was only when I read L.J.’s work that I realised what exactly that was. It was missing her influence!
After spending over a year working together, day in, day out, not a moment goes by where I don’t thank the Twitter Gods for bringing this amazingly strong and talented woman into my life. She’s an inspiration, a positive force in every situation and one hell of a talented writer. To say I’m honoured that she wanted to create a new world with me is a gross understatement. I’m blown away. One day, I hope I get lucky enough to visit her in Texas, where she lives with her family and her zoo of animals, so we can write by her pool and take part in our other dream… The great Taylor Kitsch Road (stalking) Trip. Who needs a yacht in the Caribbean when we have that to look forward to, right?

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BOOK 1: WITHOUT CONSEQUENCE









Synopsis

There are two kinds of prison sentence that try to break us: the ones served behind iron bars and the ones served through a lifetime of guilt. Some people are handed just one. The unfortunate are given both.
Drew Tucker, despite his formidable reputation, was a man shrouded in darkness who had been dealt every kind of sentence known to man. His only path of survival was to fight and conquer. After five years of solitude, with nothing to keep him company but old ghosts and relentless demons, Drew was finally out, and he had a plan in mind to reign supreme once more.
But everything had changed since he’d left the small town of Babylon, Texas, and where he once fit into the world around him, he now felt misguided, misplaced and misunderstood. Freedom wasn’t free anymore and it sure as hell didn’t come cheap.
That only got worse when he crossed paths with Ayda Hanagan. Legal guardian of her teenage brother, over worked, underpaid and clinging onto sanity by the skin of her teeth, Ayda should have been easier for Drew to beat down and manipulate. She should have been easier to keep quiet. But, as with everything in his life since he got released, nothing seemed to make any damn sense, and the walls were caving in on Drew now more than ever before.
Determined to stay on the road he was born to travel, he was willing to fight whoever got in his way or blocked his path to the top. Even the blue-eyed blonde who seemed to have more mouth than sense. His actions were about to shake up the whole town again, and Drew didn’t care whether that came with or without consequences, or what the hell that meant for the likes of Ayda Hanagan.
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