Another great read by a talented author I really enjoyed reading it and will definitely read more and recommend reading it

*I would have rather not leave a rating of this novel at all due to the fact that I dnfed it, but it seems Netgalley counts it against your percentage if you don't.*

For some reason, I was unable to connect with this story, and after several attempts, I dnfed. This is not something I ever want to do, but in this case, it was necessary. It was probably me and not the book, because I had a lot going on at the time that could have contributed the situation. The bottom line is this one didn't work for me, but because I feel it's probably not the book's fault, I'm going to rate it in the middle.

Its been a while since i read a MC romance, and it was just what it i fancied - i fancied reading a brooding bad guy romance novel. The twist with this one? Guarenteed HEA and no cliffhangers.



Niyol has just left prison and needs to get away - away from the past that led him there and that means the Red Dragons, which have always been his life. Summer is going to be his ride out of there - and just like Niyol she is escaping a past. Thing is - there is something brewing between them, Major sizzling tension and every mile seems to be inflaming it more.



Nioyl is a typical bad guy, and brooding. He is what i wanted from the leading gent, and summer is his exact opposite. Chirpy, preppy and very very chatty. It was really great to read about the opposing personalities. Heather has written this really well, you could really imagine it as you read from the motels to the scenery on the road trip they take.





There was enough drama in this book that kept it from been too tame, however - due to the HEA and no cliffhangers - i had to remind myself my emotions were always going to end up in tact. I did struggle slightly with that but i think thats because i adore Madeline Sheehan which seems to be a heavier version of this. That been said, i really enjoyed this and would read more. Its also great for anyone wanting to get into MC romance.

Fans of MC stories will not be disappointed with this one. It has everything in abundance - hot guys, strong women, romance, angst. I loved the story, it didn’t feel similar to others of the same genre. A great start to what I’m sure will be a great series.

i don't think i would call this a sizzler. it's a somewhat enemies to lover, some slow burn with a lot of miscommunication and somewhat unbelievable villain.

One hot ride! This was a fantastic read! Definitely worth 4 stars and hats off. The suspense is perfectly intense and the passionate sparks that fly is dynamite! This was one hell of a ride and I can't wait to read more!

Her Wild Ride is the first book in Heather Van Fleet's Red Dragon MC Series. This is Niyol and Summer's Story and is told from both point of view.

He's a bad boy, she's a good girl.
He's on the run from his MC club.
She's on the run from her past.
Two strangers heading in the same directions.
Looking for distraction.
With nothing but a long stretch of road ahead of them
Summer and Niyol set out on an adventure they may not be ready for after all..

My Thoughts:

I'm a huge fan of the MC trope so I'm always in search of new Motorcycle Club romances. There was a point in my life when I would search and read all the MC romances I could find. I received an advanced copy of Her Wild Ride on Netgalley awhile ago and at one point I tried picking up this book and giving it a read, but it wasn't settling in so I decided to put it aside and read something else. I planned this book back up when I felt that sudden need to read an MC series. Well that time is now and I am so glad I waited to read and review this book.

The first half of Her Wild Ride was my absolute favorite. I loved the push and pull, the sudden build up only to be left hanging on the edge, and the endless tension between Niyol and Summer. The first half of the novel left me feeling cagey while sitting on the edge of my seat.

Summer and Niyol couldn't be more opposite even if they tried. Summer is the good girl with a career in teaching, a rich father, and a seemingly put together life. While Niyol is the bad boy ex-con on the run from his former motorcycle club for ratting out his deceitful and evil father who also happens to be the President of the Red Dragons MC. There's something about 'opposite attract' novels that send my heart pumping and my anticipation skyrocketing. I love the endless drama that these novels bring. The hurdles the love interest's have to jump over in order to prove their worth. I love everything about it!!

I also loved the fact that the majority of this novel is based around a road trip! I loved the sense of adventure throughout this novel. You never know where they would end up and what trouble would follow them. It was an all around epic adventure.

I decided to rate this a four star instead of giving it the full 5 because I felt the ending was a bit rushed. I needed a little more depth in order to keep the connection I had with these two characters that I felt at the very beginning. Towards the ending the connection started to fade a tad bit. I just needed a little more from these two.

Overall, I really enjoyed Her Wild Ride by Heather Van Fleet. I loved the turmoil, the mystery, and the endless sexy tension. Summer and Niyol's story was a great adventure full of incredible highs and indescribable lows. I can't wait to see what's next for the Red Dragons MC series!

‘This woman…every goody-two-shoes, sweet, innocent inch of her, did not want to know who I was. And it was my job to make sure she felt the same way.’

Her Wild Ride by Heather Van Fleet is our first book by this Author and we fell in love with her writing and her characters. This story really is a story of two halves. The first half is a slow burn romance between two people from very different walks of life. They are placed in a situation of close proximity, over a lengthy road trip, where the author does a stellar job of establishing a growing connection by fleshing out her characters. Their past, present and their need for new beginnings.

‘The moment I sat across him in that booth last night, I had him pegged. Tormented and broody, secrets running amok in his head, angry at the world, but willing to give it a shot regardless. In a way, Niyol and I were kind of alike. I, too, wanted a new shot at life. A shot where I could just be me, forgoing my past and my pains for a chance at reinventing myself. Who I was as a woman, most of all. No longer would I be someone’s second in life.’

Beginning the trip as two strangers, Niyol and Summer have a very standoffish relationship, their only common ground being a mutual friend. Embarking on a road trip with a complete stranger in search of a holy grail of personal escape, change, and self-analysis, Niyol, and Summer make a wealth of discoveries both personal and of each other. There was an abundance of push-pull, great banter, angst, and sexual tension. We fell in love with both of them, championing their love and survival once back in the path of the Red Dragon MC.

“Two lost people, coming together to find a little light at the end of our dark tunnels.”

This wasn’t a typical MC romance, well, not like one we’ve read before. Rather than jumping straight into the MC life, Her Wild Ride is all about the characters, with the MC world set as a background until the latter part of the story. We loved this story-telling and truly connected with both Niyol and Summer, individually and as a couple. We wholeheartedly believed in their ‘opposites attract’ romance, so when the MC world caught up with them we felt all the angst and emotion.

“Club life is different, Sum. It’s a brotherhood. A family. We don’t fuck around and we don’t walk away. Not like I did.”

Whilst we loved the slow burn, we did think the latter part of the story felt a bit rushed in comparison. It was so good we wanted more of the gritty and dark MC. In a way, perhaps at the end, Her Wild Ride suffered the ‘first book in a series’ syndrome? Worldbuilding and character development are not always given equal attention so one or the other is likely to suffer. However, despite this, we fell in book love and cannot wait for the next book in this series. Fans of Kristen Ashley will definitely get that ‘special’ feel when reading Her Wild Ride which can be read as standalone.

“I was falling in love with her. But was it too late?”

‘This woman…every goody-two-shoes, sweet, innocent inch of her, did not want to know who I was. And it was my job to make sure she felt the same way.’

Her Wild Ride by Heather Van Fleet is our first book by this Author and we fell in love with her writing and her characters. This story really is a story of two halves. The first half is a slow burn romance between two people from very different walks of life. They are placed in a situation of close proximity, over a lengthy road trip, where the author does a stellar job of establishing a growing connection by fleshing out her characters. Their past, present and their need for new beginnings.

‘The moment I sat across him in that booth last night, I had him pegged. Tormented and broody, secrets running amok in his head, angry at the world, but willing to give it a shot regardless. In a way, Niyol and I were kind of alike. I, too, wanted a new shot at life. A shot where I could just be me, forgoing my past and my pains for a chance at reinventing myself. Who I was as a woman, most of all. No longer would I be someone’s second in life.’

Beginning the trip as two strangers, Niyol and Summer have a very standoffish relationship, their only common ground being a mutual friend. Embarking on a road trip with a complete stranger in search of a holy grail of personal escape, change, and self-analysis, Niyol, and Summer make a wealth of discoveries both personal and of each other. There was an abundance of push-pull, great banter, angst, and sexual tension. We fell in love with both of them, championing their love and survival once back in the path of the Red Dragon MC.

“Two lost people, coming together to find a little light at the end of our dark tunnels.”

This wasn’t a typical MC romance, well, not like one we’ve read before. Rather than jumping straight into the MC life, Her Wild Ride is all about the characters, with the MC world set as a background until the latter part of the story. We loved this story-telling and truly connected with both Niyol and Summer, individually and as a couple. We wholeheartedly believed in their ‘opposites attract’ romance, so when the MC world caught up with them we felt all the angst and emotion.

“Club life is different, Sum. It’s a brotherhood. A family. We don’t fuck around and we don’t walk away. Not like I did.”

Whilst we loved the slow burn, we did think the latter part of the story felt a bit rushed in comparison. It was so good we wanted more of the gritty and dark MC. In a way, perhaps at the end, Her Wild Ride suffered the ‘first book in a series’ syndrome? Worldbuilding and character development are not always given equal attention so one or the other is likely to suffer. However, despite this, we fell in book love and cannot wait for the next book in this series. Fans of Kristen Ashley will definitely get that ‘special’ feel when reading Her Wild Ride which can be read as standalone.

“I was falling in love with her. But was it too late?”

HOLY HADES is what I was saying after reading the first few chapters in this book. I love a good romance and I love an MC romance and this was that and so much more. I am so glad I was asked to read this story because I have a new favorite author Heather you rocked my world and then some!

In this story we meet Hawk and Summer. Hawk is just getting out of prison for something he should not have gone to prison for but you know the brotherhood code and now that he is being released he is going to need a ride and a place to stay far away from the Dragons MC who want to hurt him for what he did.

That is when he meets Summer his step sisters best friend. She has agreed to drive him across country for her best friend and it is there that these two have one hell of a ride and shiz starts to get real and Hawk will do everything he can to keep him and Summer safe from his enemies!

After finding himself on the wrong side of the law and spending the last few years in prison for it, Niyol is ready to rid himself of his old life and start new. But the only way that can happen is to get far away from his old MC club and his traitorous father. His sister does him a solid and finds him a ride to California... but nothing could have prepared him for who he finds waiting behind the wheel.

Summer is his complete opposite, and has forbidden written all over her... his head is telling him this is a bad idea, but his heart is singing a different tune.

Her Wild Ride is a sultry and dramatic little page-turner that captured my attention from page one, and held it intently until the last. These two were about as opposite as two people could be, but somewhere along their cross country adventure they started to realize that they had some serious chemistry. Neither of them were in a good place to start a relationship, let along consider love, but after spending all that time traveling with one another, they had no choice but to let it in. In addition to dodging the feelings roaming around between them, these two were also having to dodge Niyol's dangerous past, it was two steps behind them and gaining ground quickly. I loved these characters Niyol tried to maintain a alpha broody air, but in secret he was a soft-hearted man, which made him very hard to resist. I really enjoyed this one, it's well crafted words were not only satisfying, but good for the heart, highly recommend.

I requested an advanced copy of this title from NetGalley, and I am voluntarily leaving my honest opinion.

This was a good book but in reality, I don’t know how much of it would actually take place. The book opens with summer agreeing to drive her friends’ brother who has just gotten out of prison across the country with her to California. The first time she meets Niyol was when they were in college and he has changed. He acts like someone who has just gotten out of prison with not talking and that works for him until they get to her grandparent's place. After that it begins to loosen up and ride becomes a little easier. They do get caught in a tornado, he talks her into camping amongst other things. They actually begin to like each other even though he keeps telling her that they are different. The story goes along and you find out that he is the reason that his father the president is in prison now. He wants to get back in with the club. Usually, if you snitch weather for a club or gang you will not get back in you actually will have a target on you. That is the way it used to be. But this is a story and once they make it to California the two of them decide maybe they can be together when they get back to Indiana. Once home things change and she does not see him for weeks at a time and she does not what to live at the clubhouse this all makes both of their lives difficult. This is where the story takes another turn and the father escapes and then kidnaps her and you also find out secrets that have been going on since the beginning of the story. Strange the one who suffers out of this whole mess is the sister who at the beginning everything was fine and now her life is for shit, strange ending.

Niyol has just got out of prison and is on the run from his outlaw mc. His stepsister's best friend Summer is his ride. The two of them hit it off and the sparks fly. I enjoy a good mc read and this one was great. I hope there will be more in this series.

I received a copy of this book via Netgalley and am leaving a review.

Oh man this was not for me, it was to slow and the back and forth was driving me nuts.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher, I am voluntarily providing my honest review.

I really like Heather Van Fleet and wanted to love her latest romance, but I just couldn't connect with the story. I liked it but didn't love it, but I will definitely be reading her next release!

I hadn't read a biker book in a while and while this was a little different in that Nyoil was a little more emotional than I expect from a biker I did enjoy, yes sometimes I wanted to knock him out with his back and forth but he finally got a clue. Then we have Summer, while I liked her to a point I wished she had stopped throwing herself at him, once ok but come on!!, he kept you on a see-saw, especially after having what she dealt with her ex fiance she should have had a little more respect for herself..Yes it sounds like i disliked the story and these two characters but that would be the wrong conclusion because I actually did enjoy and will definitely read the next installment

I liked this book these charters were complete opposites. Over their road trip, They start to fall for each other they are very attracted to each other. Their steamy scenes and they grow beyond the sexual pull and really make some serious life choices you didn't see coming I really enjoyed the story nice escape.

I give this book 4 stars. The storyline between Niyol and Summer was well written and a great must read book. I recommend this book. She is his step sisters best friend and he is on the run from his motorcycle club. She voluntarily agreed to drive him across the country. Will they find love in each other? I voluntarily reviewed this Advanced Readers Copy of this book.

Niyol is fresh out of a stint in prison and looking for a new start far away from his MC life and his rotten bastard of a father. When his sister’s best friend offers to drive him to California, he isn’t happy about it but with no other options he has so suck it up and take it.

Summer is fresh out of an engagement and looking to figure out what she wants to do with her life now that her cheating ex is out of the picture. The road trip was supposed to be closure, finally closing one chapter of her life to start a new one. But Niyol is surly, closed off and knows just how to push her buttons.

Neither expected to find a romance that sparks so hot or that complicates so much of their lives.

Niyol might be ready to leave his past behind but his club isn’t so forgiving or forgetful. When trouble follows him and puts Summer in danger, Niyol has to decide whether he really means to cut all ties to his old life, and leaving Summer behind or if his MC can be trusted to have his back one more time and manage to keep the girl.

This had a definite YA feel to it with the angst, drama and bittersweet romance. I’m still a bit undecided how I really feel about the ending, it felt so anti-climatic and rushed. The issues that Summer had when she first fell into a relationship with Niyol were never really addressed. It felt like she just buried her head in the sand and decided to avoid conflict and just go with whatever Niyol decided.

Her legit concern to being second best in his life, after the club and club business was a huge deal to her and in the end, she just folds and accepts this is the price to pay to be with him???? I expected a confrontation or a huge heart to heart talk between them but in the end, there was nothing. I’ve read MC romances and while the club and the brothers are important, the Hero always makes it a point to place his loyalty to his heroine above that, so why couldn’t Niyol do the same? Definitely needed more closure when it came to these real issues.

meh.... just couldn't get past the I want you, but I can't. wash and repeat. I just didn't like the characters. The writing was ok, but I have read hate/love books much better and I have read MC books with so much more. Yes there is action at the very end. I guessed some of the information and I just knew the bad guy was going to try and get his revenge.

OK read. Not bad but not great. I usually can read a book in about 2 days I had so much trouble slogging through it. I actually was more interested in my audio book I was listening to then this.

Recieved a copy from the publisher for a honest review.