PROMO TOUR: REVIEW AND EXCERPT: Whiskey Neat by Lani Lynn Vale

Title: Whiskey Neat

Series: Uncertain Saint’s MC

Author: Lani Lynn Vale

Genre: MC Romance

Release Date: March 3, 2016

Photographer: Furious Fotog https://goo.gl/8fL7kW

Cover Model: Chase Ketron https://goo.gl/HKvBeX

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27227621-whiskey-neat

Griffin Storm wasn’t prone to violence, but when someone takes what Griffin holds dear, the world as he knows it is gone.

Retaliation, revenge and rage fuels him. His MC, The Uncertain Saint’s, do their best to offer support, but Griffin is beyond redemption. He’ll do what he has to do. Kill who he has to kill.

He doesn’t care if that means he dies. If it gets him what he wants, then it’s worth it.

He fakes it all until the night he walks into a sex shop for batteries and lays eyes on a woman that will change his life.

Lenore makes him think past tomorrow. Makes him want to see just what the future might bring.

But his life’s a dangerous one built around pain and deception, and not for the faint of heart.

He won’t give up the past, not until he’s done what he promised to do.

And if that means she’s not there when the dust settles, he’ll risk it.

Lenore, though, won’t give up on him. She’ll fix him, whether he wants her to or not.

“I’ve made no secret of the fact that I’m Lani Lynn Vale’s #1 fan. I love her work, I’ve read all of it, and a lot of it I’ve read more than once. I’m thrilled with the direction she’s going in with the Uncertain Saints MC series. There is a clear and distinct difference to Vale’s writing here. Her voice is a bit edgier in Whiskey Neat, and it absolutely had me sitting up to take notice.”

~Danielle from Red Cheeks Reads

“Whiskey Neat is a great start to her new series, with feisty heroines and hotter hero’s. I can’t wait for the next in this series”

~Erica from A One-Click Addict’s Book Blog

“I have LOVED LOVED LOVED every book that I’ve read by this author, and Whiskey Neat is no exception.”

~Jennifer from The Power of Three Readers

“Come on, Doogan,” I urged, giving his collar a tug.

Doogan didn’t budge, which was why I had a front row seat as a man sailed over the railing of Mr. Marshall’s porch, and landed about ten feet away from where I was standing.

“Oh, my God,” I breathed.

I didn’t move, though, because the man was suddenly surrounded.

Men in leather were everywhere…but the one man that held my attention was stomping down the porch steps and heading straight to the man on the ground.

Griffin, the man who’d bought batteries from me just two days ago, was well and truly pissed.

When his eyes swung to me, I didn’t know what to do.

Should I run?

Stay where I was?

Question after question barreled through my mind, leaving me shaking in fear…and something else I wasn’t ready to admit to just yet.

“Go home,” he ordered.

I blinked, looking to my left and right to be sure he was talking to me.

Since I didn’t see anyone else around me, I decided he was talking to me, but I just couldn’t get my legs to cooperate out of fear.

Not to mention that I would have to walk through the lot of them to get to my house.

When I didn’t move fast enough, he issued the order again, only this time it was biting.

“Go. Home,” he snapped.

I turned on my heel and started walking, coming to a sudden stop when Doogan still refused to move.

“Mother of God,” I whispered. “Come on Doog,” I whispered frantically. “Let’s go.”

He did move, just not in the correct direction.

No, he walked straight up to Griffin and licked his hand, a hand that was stuck out, not in invitation to approach, but instead to stop the dog from getting too close to him.

“Can’t you control your fuckin’ dog?” He grated out angrily.

Tears were stinging my eyes, because, by that point, I had the attention of not just Griffin, but the whole freakin’ lot of them.

My heart was beating frantically in my chest as they watched me, and I just knew that if I didn’t get the hell out of there I’d get the hell beaten out of me…or worse.

“Where do you live?” Griffin asked, taking a hold of Doogan’s leash.

It slipped from my hands, and I watched in helpless horror as it did.

And what did Doogan do?

He freakin’ followed him!

“Umm,” I whispered. “Three duplexes down from here.”

“Be back,” Griffin said as he took my hand in his free one and started to walk me back to my house.

The men returned their stares on the man they were circling, and I glanced over my shoulder just in time to see one of the big ones kick the poor guy on the ground next to his feet.

He didn’t say a word, and neither did I.

I was too scared.

What if he beat the shit out of me?

Raped me?

What if…

“I’m not going to hurt you,” Griffin growled, interrupting my inner diatribe.

“I know,” I lied.

He snorted. “Stop shaking. I said I wouldn’t harm you. I’m a cop.”

Yeah, but good cops didn’t beat the shit out of people in the dark of night.

Griffin and Lenore’s story is one filled with revenge, suspense, and redemption. From the beginning of the story, Griff only has one thing on his mind and that’s payback, and he doesn’t care how many laws he has to break to get it because his responsibility was to protect those he loved, and he feels like he failed, so he’s going to do whatever it takes to destroy the men who took his heart away. Amidst the grief and guilt, Griff wasn’t looking for or expecting Lenore, but he soon realizes that he needs and wants her in his life and, although it’s dangerous, he can’t get enough of her.

Lenore can definitely hold her own against alpha men, and she gives Griffin a run for his money when it comes to him bossing her around and taking off on her without looking back. She’s fighting her own battle, which reveals how tenacious of a woman she is and why Griffin never stood a chance once they met and he spent time with her because she’s an innocent light that he needs in order to get out of the dark.

I love the fact that Whiskey Neat takes place in a town called Uncertain and Griff’s motorcycle club is the Uncertain Saints because I see a deeper meaning present in those names. It makes it feel like the events that happen in the story can happen anywhere to anyone because there are flaws in the justice system everywhere and people do take the law into their own hands when they don’t feel like they’re getting anywhere through righteous means. Griffin and his brothers all know how it feels to lose something, so they band together, partly due to their professions and partly due to their loss, in order to create a network that can help in multiple ways.

Lani Lynn Vale always creates alpha male heroes who are a bit damaged and a whole lot of sexy and then she connects them to women who are independent and unwilling to be treated any differently than what they think they deserve – Griffin and Lenore fit those descriptions well and the push and pull that exists between them as well as the danger coming at them makes Whiskey Neat another great read from an author definitely knows how to keep her readers’ interest in every book she writes.

A complimentary copy was provided in exchange for an honest review.

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