Engaging!

Fast paced, action packed, sexy and very emotional. I couldn’t put it down!

I voluntarily read an advanced copy.

Dangerous, Deadly and Dirty…That’s Judgment Road. Torpedo Ink is not just a club but a family made up of kids who had lived through the unspeakable only to learn various skills and became highly efficient assassins. Reaper was the deadliest of them all and had a coldness to him that everyone knew could be unleashed at any time. Anya was a woman on the run and is hiding in the Torpedo Ink bar as a bartender and this is where Reaper notices her and feels a pull he has never felt before. Reaper also knows that he is too damagned to anyone in his life but especially this woman. Besides Anya there are three other very strong females with varying degrees of importance within the club.

If you don’t like dirty sex and violence this probably isn’t for you…but if you can handle it Ms. Feehan gives us that and so very much more. I cannot wait to see what stories will come out involving the rest of Torpedo Ink because I know they all will have one hell of a story to tell.

I received this ARC for a freely given and honest review.

I have many books by this author but this is a new genre for me to see her write in. She has magic with her words so she was able to pull me in to this one even when at first I was not to certain. Dark and Intense are two words that fit this one with love the sealer of the lives of these people even though they thought they know not how. Dark past but survival brings them together forming a well greased unit in Torpedo Ink. Each character has their own story with it really telling the most about Reaper and Anya. I was a bit agitated whenever I had to put this down for like work or sleep. I would say my eyes even leaked a tear or two at times with what I was given in this. Suspense and drama fills bits with heat so hot between some that your fingers will burn. Dang nab it I now have to read whatever comes after this one because I feel alot for these guys again thanks to the magic of the words to transform you to be right there this time.

I absolutely love snow days! 3 inches of snow in Georgia allowed me to not put this book down and read till I got to the end! Yeah snow!

This is the first book I have read from this author. I picked well. This was very action packed with hot sex and deep story line. I wish that she had started the series with Blythe and Czar instead, because even though it said book #1 it felt like I fell into a middle of a series or missed something. That was the only drawback.

Reaper was so deep and troubled. My heart went out to him in so many ways. He had love and compassion in that dark place in him. His character has many edges and sides. He was written with tons of depth and my heart ached over his flashbacks and how scared he was to hurt Anya.

Anya too had some hard times and I loved how she threw herself behind Reaper and showed him how he could love and have feelings, but still be tough as nails. Her reactions were true and not made up for the story.

There were so many side characters to make so many interesting stories. I loved all of them. I am so up for more of this series and I hope that the #1 in the title means there are going to be many more!

Received an ARC from the publisher through NetGalley. Thank you!

This book was awesome! I couldn't put it down! The characters are great and the story drew me in. This is a new series and it has started out real well. I can't wait for the next one!

This is a dark book with lots of triggers: mental and physical abuse, rape, torture, pedophilia and very descriptive violence. Some parts are hard to read/get through.

Torpedo Ink MC is comprised of Russian immigrants who escaped from their “home.” They were stolen as toddlers after their parents were murdered, raised together and tortured into becoming assassins for their government. Horrific things were done to these kids to remove all emotion from them. The MC is compromised of 15 men and 2 women. They each have their “specialty,” they can communicate telepathically and most have some supernatural “gift”.

Reaper is the MC Enforcer. Since leaving Russia a few years ago, he has no interest in women or sex. He lives for riding and fighting. He is a complete and total control freak with many, many, psychological and emotional scars.

Anya Rafferty is a bartender at the Torpedo Ink’s bar. She is hard working, a good bartender, outgoing yet guarded and kind hearted. She was raised by her mom, mostly in shelters, got her GED on her own and paid for bartending school.

When she starts working for the bar, Reaper is immediately drawn to her. He’s reeling since he’s never had an emotional reaction to anyone before, so he attempts unsuccessfully to get her fired. They both eventually cave and more struggles begin.

Blythe, Czar’s wife, seems to be the one positive note in all this. She’s the calm in the storm, the light to their dark. Everyone looks to her for guidance.

SPOILERS:
I’m on the fence about this book. I had things I liked and a few issues. I liked that this MC had 2 fully patched women. I liked that this group of people escaped, stayed together, supported each other and made it a priority to hunt down and “take care of” pedophiles and save the kids involved. I wanted to kick some ass when this group tortured Anya and no one tried to stop it. In fact, Reaper secured her to the chair. And she eventually forgives him, and them?! WTH?!

At 462 pages, this is a LONG book. It was like a train wreck. You can’t look away, and yet you‘re distraught/sickened by the carnage. I wasn’t left with any warm fuzzies after reading this. This is my first book by this author and I’m not sure if I’ll be looking for the next one in the series.

I voluntarily reviewed an ARC provided by NetGalley and the publisher.

3.5 Stars

Anyone familiar with Christine Feehan’s other types of series, especially the paranormals, might be surprised at this new trope. The founding members of the outlaw motorcycle club, Torpedo Ink, are bloodthirsty in a different way than vampires. They grew up under heinous and horrifying conditions in a Russian orphanage. After moving to a small town in the Pacific Northwest where they now own a biker bar, they establish a secret business which is something quite different from most clubs. Trained as assassins, each of the men and the two women members have emotional and physical scars that are almost unimaginable. Reaper is the club enforcer whose job requires him to be a killer without mercy or conscience. He believes himself to be soulless and undeserving of love or any happiness outside of protecting those he considers family in addition to his brother. Anya has her own issues from a difficult childhood and is on the run from a group that is causing problems for the local MCs. Working as a bartender at the Torpedo Ink’s club, she attracts Reaper’s attention. Once this very powerful man focuses on someone, he does not let go for good or ill. One bit of a paranormal element comes in the form of certain psychic abilities the club members have developed from their time in hell on earth back in Russia.

This is a very dark, intense, and gritty read because of the situations Reaper and the Club deal with giving Anya a harsh introduction to his lifestyle. Their mutual attraction is powerful and passionate, but Reaper considers himself too damaged and broken to deserve Anya. He constantly pushes her away, but conversely, does not want to let her go. Anya sees Reaper for who he is with all his scars, physical and emotional, finding him beautiful despite them. A small thing that seemed odd to me is though Reaper’s real name is given in the beginning of the book for readers, Anya never asks him what it is.

After their experiences in Russia, the club has become a type of Robin Hood group. They are former bad guys who have become good guys doing illegal things to take out a certain kind of criminal element. They have taken the skills their abusive trainers meant for evil turning them into a noble cause; however, most of what Torpedo Ink does is quite illegal and deadly. Life for men and women in motorcycle clubs is portrayed here with a certain amount of romanticism; however, the treatment of women often seems very unattractive since in many respects, they are second class citizens. Except for the two women members in Torpedo Ink which is very rare, most are either wives known as “old ladies,” or women who hang around the club good for only serving the member’s needs. Life in this MC and others they deal with is very much a man’s world. Anya and Reaper work fairly well as a couple though he did some really wrong things, mostly because of his background, clueless state when it comes to relationships plus recurring nightmares. Hearing about Reaper’s and the other members’ back story is quite hard to take so be warned. While the relationship between Anya and Reaper drives the book hence its romance category, graphic violence, killing, and mayhem is not for everyone. Clearly Ms. Feehan’s talent as a writer shows in this book as it will take riders on quite the emotional ride.

A big thank you to NetGalley and Berkley for the ARC. I am voluntarily reviewing this book. I admit up front that I enjoy almost all of Christine Feehans books. I thought this was a new series but it felt like Czar's book should have been first. Really enjoyed the.characters. Their stories are complex and tortured. I rate this a 5 There is a lot of sex so just be prepared. Overall I think most romance readers will enjoy this book.

I was delighted to get this ARC at NetGalley, I really didn't expect it. I have read all of Christine's Carpathians so this was a treat. It was pretty typical Feehan, lots of description and restating things a few times and kinda slow pacing, but I was expecting that. I have found I must put my internal editor away and just go with it. Her books are worth it. Warning this has a LOT more sex than usual.

These bikers are so damaged but not broken. They somehow have good hearts and bleed for those who are abused as they were. They are the survivors of a Russian spy's training "school" using the most horrific techniques imaginable to shape these children into assassins. Many have certain gifts that help them in their operations. They kill to protect or defend now. Their mission now is to hunt pediphiles and rescue their victims. Reaper, Savva Pajari is a Sergeant at Arms with his blood brother Savage, Savin. Their job is to protect the leader, club president Czar, Viktor Prakenskii. They are VERY good at their job. They have side businesses, one of them is a bar where Anya Rafferty works. She's running from a bad group of men because she overheard something she wasn't supposed at their casino/bar. She's a very good bartender by trade and they hired her for her skills. Reaper is drawn to her immediately but he's not interested in a relationship and has few skills. He also has a phobia of being touched. There's some sex problems as well. When he discovers she's sleeping in the wilderness in her rattle-trap car he steps in and brings her to the compound. The intrigue and action in this book are fabulous as only Christine can write it. I loved these character's hearts and dedication to each other.

Thank you Berkley for granting me this NetGalley ARC.

Judgment Road is the first book in the new Christine Feehan series Torpedo Ink and it is amazing! This is the story of Reaper and Anya it is a stand alone book, but if you want to find out a little more about some of the characters in the book you should read the series "The Drake Sisters" by Christine Feehan you won't be sorry it is another amazing series by her, but to get back to Reaper and Anya this is such an amazing story, both Reaper and Anya have lived very hard lives and they have gone through horrible things, but they are both so strong and they both need and deserve so much love! Reaper is hard as nails and he doesn't know what to do about Anya and tries to push her away and hurting her, but he knows that she is the one for him and Anya is fascinated by Reaper, but her past and his are about to collide and it will be a crazy ride and an wonderful ending, I couldn't put it down till the last page!

We met a lot of these characters in the final book of the Sea Haven series, Bound Together. They intrigued me then so I was especially excited to see that Christine Feehan was going to spin them off into their own series. I definitely wanted to know more about them!

The members of Torpedo Ink have been through the unimaginable and they don't believe they could ever live normal lives. Czar and Blythe are trying to teach them how to live in society without the constant killing. However, Torpedo Ink still does runs to help the innocent.

Reaper is one of Torpedo Ink's deadly enforcers and has BTDT. However, he cannot understand his reactions to the new bartender at the club's bar. He wants her fired to try and stop his obsession, but truly he doesn't think he can stay away even if she was to be fired. Reaper has serious issues. These make him dangerous and he believes unable to have a normal relationship. But he just can't stay away from Anya.

Anya has secrets of her own. Like why she is living out of her car in the campground. She is a great bartender though and can't understand why Reaper wants her fired. Then they start to have a relationship. They seem to be slowly finding their way with each other until Anya's secret comes out and Reaper is left to choose between his club and his girl. That is just the tip of the iceberg for this couple's problems.

I was on an emotional roller coaster this entire book. I've had a spot in my heart for the club members from the beginning and watching Reaper go through these things in life he's never had before was heartbreaking. He'd make progress, then things would get torn apart. One step forward, two steps back. My heart ached for the both of them during some scenes and the tears, they were pooling.

I think we get the hint of who our next couple is going to be and it will be between two clubs. That is going to be interesting because you can't leave Torpedo Ink. Of course, there are 18 survivors that form Torpedo Ink, so there are a lot of stories that could be told. I hope this is a long series. Especially if they are all like this one.

Christine Feehan doesn't hold back on the action or the romance. The depraved characters the club go up against really turn your stomach and a lot of issues get addressed. Nothing is too much, and that just pulls you through all your emotions. Be prepared going in that you are not going to want to put this book down.

I received an arc from Netgalley. This was an amazing but deep read. Not for the lighthearted. This book delves into some deep emotional, physical and sexual abuse topics but the love story between Anya and Reaper is breathtaking.
Reaper carries a lot of baggage but his feelings for Anya brings him out of the depths of despair. He learns what it means to love and open his heart to Anya. She is his light in his dark world. Beautiful story.
(Sigh)There is just something about a bad biker romance.

Wow, this is another smashing book from this author. I can't wait for the next book, from this series. I am planning to buy this book from my friend. Totally worth the ☆☆☆☆☆. Thanks to Netgallery for allowing me to review this book . My thoughts and opinions are my own.

This is Christine Feehan's best book yet. Reaper doesn't trust anyone except his brothers and sisters of Torpedo Ink So when he meets Anya, things change for him. Falling hard and past history makes life extremely difficult. A must read. Also a must buy book for your shelf.

I’ve been looking for a new biker series so I got all kinds of excited when I saw Judgment Road pop up. I’ve only read a couple of Christine Feehan’s books, but what I have read, I liked. Plus a biker series with a touch of paranormal too sounded all kinds of interesting to me. This is a spinoff of Ms. Feehan’s Drake Sisters and her Sisters of the Heart series and I have to say, although this can be read as a standalone, I think I would have enjoyed it more had I read the other two series first, or at least the Sisters of the Heart series. The President of the Torpedo Ink MC’s story is told in the last book of that series and I did sense I’d missed out on some things although I did piece it all together.
I do feel like I need to issue a warning. Every single member of Torpedo Ink is broken. They share a horrific history where they are the only survivors of a nightmare childhood that killed hundreds of other children. Their story is dark and is full triggers like child trafficking, rape, and unbelievable amounts of violence. If you have issues with any of the above, it would be best to steer clear.
In the beginning, I had no idea how to take Reaper. He came off as a grade A asshole but then as his story was slowly doled out and it became clear the kind of demons he battled, I grew more and more fond of him. As strong as he was, he was terrified of the feelings Anya elicited from him but even more terrified he would hurt her.
As for Anya, it was obvious she had secrets and was on the run. As her story unfolded, I just knew there would be a train wreck of epic proportions, and I was right. It's good she was strong because she needed to be. She did make some choices that had me a bit...perplexed but there was so much else going on, I decided to just ignore them.
The story was riveting, but at times it didn’t flow well making me feel like I was on a jerky rollercoaster. Whether it was the emotions of the characters themselves or some of their actions, things would change so quickly I found myself rereading paragraphs to see if I missed something. Another issue was the repetitiveness of some things. I can’t tell you how many times we were told Reaper and his brother could fade into the shadows and just disappear, or how badass and crafty the women club members were. I said more than once “Yeah, yeah, I got it the first ten times this was explained.”
Although Reaper and Anya are in a good place, with danger all around, the club is in a precarious spot. Even broken, the members are each extraordinary in their own way, and also extremely dangerous. They also realize that this doesn’t mean they are bulletproof and can’t be brought down, key reasons the story speaks to me and makes me want more, despite having a few issues. I will definitely be looking for the next one in the series to see what happens next. It should be a fun ride.
3.75 Broken But Strong Stars

Loved this book! Another member of Torpedo Ink has found love and its one who was almost lost forever. Spell binding with the love and care they show. Great read!

Three words describe this book: Deep, Dark, and Depressing. Haven’t read a work of fiction so intense in years. Despite the violence, pedophilia, and sexual assault, I read the entire story which encompasses all that is dark in the world.
Though I am naive and cannot claim I know anything personally about MC clubs, except from reading, this book is like no other. It portrays a lifestyle that is foreign to most people and eye opening.

Bikers. Russians. Sex. Violence. Romance.

Mix all those elements together with a paranormal twist and you have Ms. Feehan’s debut Motorcycle Club (MC) Romance novel, Judgement Road.

I have read ~almost~ every book Ms. Feehan has ever written so I feel like I can say with confidence, her fans are going to love this series. Now as a disclaimer MC Romances are, by nature, grittier and Feehan really leans into that world. This book is dark, unforgiving, and filled with beautifully flawed characters. In the immortal words of Forrest Gump, Feehan heroes and MC Romance goes together like peas and carrots.

Reaper is a deeply tormented hero who has found solace with the Torpedo Ink MC brothers and sisters he “grew up” with in Russia. By grow up, I mean they were systematically physically and mentally abused together. The group decided to settle in a small town right outside Sea Haven, yes there are cameos from the Drake Sisters series and the Sisters of the Heart Series. The final SotH novel, Bound Together is actually a bridge to the Torpedo Ink Series and I highly recommend reading that book first. Anya, a former shelter kid running from something or someone, is hired as the bartender at the Torpedo Ink bar. Reaper can’t stay away from her light and Anya falls in love with his flaws. There is a subtle paranormal element which permeates the plot.

As a hero, Reaper is a delightful combination of a scarred assassin and alpha lover. But my favorite character was Anya. Unlike some relatively spineless heroines in Feehan novels past, Anya doesn’t put up with unfair sh*t from Reaper or the entire MC. When Reaper messes up (big) she really makes him work to get his HEA and really, who doesn’t love a good grovel? It was an extremely refreshing turn of events for long-time Feehan fans like moi.

Is there a lot of sex? Yes (also, it was a little kinky which I enjoyed). But Feehan does a good job mixing up the scenes so they didn’t become repetitive. Due to Reaper’s issues surrounding sex, I always felt there was a strengthening of their relationship through each intimacy, a necessity in my eyes. Of note, everyone walking around naked made me laugh and relate to Anya as a character (read the book, you’ll understand).

Feehan is one of the best in the business at building intense, high-octane worlds with violent and scarred men and women. This genre was made for her and I am excited to see her jumping in with both feet. I wanted to be a member of the Torpedo Ink MC and I am truly excited to see what where this crazy, violence-prone family goes next.

Judgement Road debuts January 23, 2018.

Anya is a bartender at the Torpedo Ink biker bar. Reaper is a club enforcer, a man who has survived horrific things and is still only surviving by being the hunter he needs to be for his sanity. Reaper doesn't want love and tries to get the sexy bartender fired because he doesn't need the distraction. All that changes when Anya stands up to him when he attempts to fire her. Anya ends up keeping her job and working her way into Reaper's mind to the point that he can't stop thinking about her. But, Anya's got secrets too and between her secrets and Reaper's secrets, finding their way to each other isn't easy.

I liked this book for the most part. Anya comes off as strong at times, but at other times she almost bows down to Reaper and gives all control to him. Yes, there is a reason for this and yes, he is definitely a traumatized man, but still, some of his actions just didn't fly with me. However, the sexy times were great and hot, hot, hot! These two were fire and nothing could put them out, including their pasts.