Title: Alpha Knight
Series: Wolf Ridge High, #2
Author: Renee Rose
Genre: High School Bully Romance
with a PNR twist
Series: Wolf Ridge High, #2
Author: Renee Rose
Genre: High School Bully Romance
with a PNR twist
Release Date: February 9, 2020
Summary
SHE’S GETTING A FAKE BOYFRIEND — ME.
WHETHER SHE LIKES IT OR NOT.
The leggy car thief is trouble with a capital T.
My brother went down because of her
I need to find him before the cops do.
Which means I’m not letting her out of my sight.
Anywhere the human goes, I go.
I’ll play her fake boyfriend.
Sleep in her bedroom.
Go to her prep school classes.
Take her to the homecoming dance.
I will learn all her secrets, find out all her games.
By the time I’m done with her, she’ll be sorry.
Sorry she ever set foot in our shop.
Sorry we met.
Sorry she made me fall for her.
~ BOOK REVIEW for Alpha Knight ~
****(4) out of 5 Stars!
While not quite as good as the first volume (Alpha Bully), this was a very good addition to this series. Sloane and Bo meet under rather unusual circumstances, when she is working with his brother Winslow to clean up for sale a car that she's stolen. The reasons behind this Cave Hills High School "princess" jacking cars are something that doesn't become know to Bo for quite some time. And they really precipitate almost all of the action in the book.
The fact that Sloane is stealing cars as a way to try to get out of the trouble that she's in is one of the main things that I did not enjoy about the book. Despite being told that the money she'd earn from doing so isn't enough to cover someone else's debt that she is being forced to pay, she continues on with this dangerous and pointless course of action. Sloane also refuses to seek help from anyone in her life, even though there are people around that she could probably trust and who might even be able to help her. Bo also, once he discovers her secrets, doesn't ask for help from his or a nearby pack, or from any of a number of (some rather powerful) adults who might be able to assist them. Instead, he takes on his own dangerous attempt of trying to earn some money that they both know will not be anywhere near enough. Shortly thereafter, in spite of knowing what Sloane is probably thinking and things that may have led her to abandon him, does nothing but wallow in his hurt, leaving her alone in this dangerous situation for an extended period of time. Even the ending, while it appears that they have made it out of their predicament freely, does not entail a resolution that necessarily guarantees their long-term safety. Really, I often just wanted to smack one or the other of them upside the head!
Aside from those annoying plot points and character flaws though, the remainder of the story is actually quite good, and the writing itself superb. Despite both of their efforts to hold the other at a distance and keep their feelings in check, Bo and Sloane fall hard and fast for one another on a variety of levels. Their physical attraction is strong and powerful, while the emotional connection that they form is meaningful and substantial.
There aren't an awful lot of sexy time scenes in this book, but the ones that they do share are quite hot. Again, while there are, as in the prior book of the series, instances of power-exchange and punishment, there's a strong vibe of implied consent that runs through their interactions. Bo evens asks Sloane on more than one occasion if she's okay with things that have transpired between them, just to be sure; and he leaves her with various options to protest, or even to get rid of him should she actually be so inclined.
There are a few peripheral characters mentioned in the book, although not many who come in to play very much at all. Some of the players from Alpha Bully reemerge, and some of the same events are covered. But overall there is not a lot of interaction with any of them. There is, however, serious implication that there will be future stories in the series starrring other members of the Wolf Ridge High alpha-holes clique. And I, for one, definitely look forward to reading them!
The fact that Sloane is stealing cars as a way to try to get out of the trouble that she's in is one of the main things that I did not enjoy about the book. Despite being told that the money she'd earn from doing so isn't enough to cover someone else's debt that she is being forced to pay, she continues on with this dangerous and pointless course of action. Sloane also refuses to seek help from anyone in her life, even though there are people around that she could probably trust and who might even be able to help her. Bo also, once he discovers her secrets, doesn't ask for help from his or a nearby pack, or from any of a number of (some rather powerful) adults who might be able to assist them. Instead, he takes on his own dangerous attempt of trying to earn some money that they both know will not be anywhere near enough. Shortly thereafter, in spite of knowing what Sloane is probably thinking and things that may have led her to abandon him, does nothing but wallow in his hurt, leaving her alone in this dangerous situation for an extended period of time. Even the ending, while it appears that they have made it out of their predicament freely, does not entail a resolution that necessarily guarantees their long-term safety. Really, I often just wanted to smack one or the other of them upside the head!
Aside from those annoying plot points and character flaws though, the remainder of the story is actually quite good, and the writing itself superb. Despite both of their efforts to hold the other at a distance and keep their feelings in check, Bo and Sloane fall hard and fast for one another on a variety of levels. Their physical attraction is strong and powerful, while the emotional connection that they form is meaningful and substantial.
There aren't an awful lot of sexy time scenes in this book, but the ones that they do share are quite hot. Again, while there are, as in the prior book of the series, instances of power-exchange and punishment, there's a strong vibe of implied consent that runs through their interactions. Bo evens asks Sloane on more than one occasion if she's okay with things that have transpired between them, just to be sure; and he leaves her with various options to protest, or even to get rid of him should she actually be so inclined.
There are a few peripheral characters mentioned in the book, although not many who come in to play very much at all. Some of the players from Alpha Bully reemerge, and some of the same events are covered. But overall there is not a lot of interaction with any of them. There is, however, serious implication that there will be future stories in the series starrring other members of the Wolf Ridge High alpha-holes clique. And I, for one, definitely look forward to reading them!
I received a free eBook copy of this title from Give Me Books Promotions,
and have willingly provided an honest review.
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Excerpt:
Teri offers, “It’s a good thing you came because she’s probably going to win Homecoming Queen, and she wasn’t even going to go.”
That’s right. Homecoming.
And I’m her date.
“When is that?”
Teri narrows her eyes. “Tonight,” she says with a what-the-hell-is-wrong-with-you expression.
Tonight. Right. Fuck—I have a football game.
I wink, though. “I know, I meant what time?”
“Seven,” Teri and Samatha say at once.
Seven. That might work. The game is at four. If Coach lets me play, I still have time afterwards to shower, put on a tie and get back to Cave Hills. Might be a little late, but that’s fashionable.
“We don’t need to go,” Sloane attempts.
“Of course we do, babycakes.” I reach over and thumb some peanut butter from the corner of her lips, loving playing the doting boyfriend role because it pisses her off. “That’s the whole reason I’m here. And you might get crowned queen. And here I just thought you were a princess.”
She elbows me.
I catch her around the waist and pull her back on my lap as punishment. When she struggles, I tickle her, then open my knees to trap her in the hole between them, so I can cage her with legs and arms.
It’s way too intimate, and I know that fucking drives her crazy.
I like torturing her.
I also like the way she feels in my arms. Her scent all up in my nostrils, her soft skin under my hands.
I normally don’t have a thing for humans, but I could honestly say a girl like this one would be worth making an exception for.
Too bad I don’t trust her as far as I can throw her.
And she hates me.
And she destroyed my family.
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Author Bio
USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR RENEE ROSE
loves a dominant, dirty-talking alpha hero!
She's sold over a half million copies of steamy romance with varying levels of kink.
Her books have been featured in USA Today's Happily Ever After and Popsugar.
Named Eroticon USA's Next Top Erotic Author in 2013, she has also won Spunky and Sassy's Favorite Sci-Fi and Anthology author, The Romance Reviews Best Historical Romance, and Spanking Romance Reviews' Best Sci-fi, Paranormal, Historical, Erotic, Ageplay
and favorite couple and author.
She's hit the USA Today list five times with various anthologies.
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