Her Wild Ride is most defiinitely an apt title for this book, because it takes the reader on quite the journey. The story follows Niyol, a motorcycle club member recently released from prison, and Summer, a teacher who agrees to drive Niyol to California on a road trip. The two couldn’t be more opposite, and there is tension at the beginning of the book when their personalities clash, despite the fact that they are attracted to each other. As the road trip continues, the sparks begin to fly and Summer begins to find herself falling for this very bad boy.

I really enjoyed the characters - Niyol has definitely done some bad things in his life, but he’s a big softie inside. His feelings for Summer are obvious early on, and they only get stronger as the book goes on. The first two-thirds of the book are great - definitely 5-star quality. I did find myself beginning to lose interest in the final third of the book, as the suspense really ramps up during this period and Niyol’s behavior gets a little cringe-worthy. However, the suspenseful storyline works for setting up future books in the series, and introduces the reader to what I can only assume are future lead characters. Overall, I am glad that NetGalley provided me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review. It was wholly entertaining reading about this bad boy turned slightly good.

Well the Sizzler Alert wasn't there for show ;-) Oh my god, what a wonderful story. I've read the Reckless Heart series of Heather and those guys where kind of cute. But not Niyol, nuh-uh. He is a bad ass biker, member of the Red Dragon club, just fresh out of jail. Full of scars and tattoos and dark and broody.
And we have cute as a rainbow, Summer, a teacher who also trains the cheerleaders at high school. As a favor to her best friend, who is currently on a much needed cruise with her fiance, she agrees to drive her stepbrother across the country. The drive of one week will give Summer a much needed distraction from the fact that her marriage was cancelled last minute because she caught her fiance cheating on her.
However, being stuck in a car with a hot as hell guy, who is too grumpy for his own good? Maybe not such a bright idea... Both Niyol and Summer can't help but feel attracted to each other. And when Summer discovers that the bad guy has a little teddy bear heart beneath the tough exterior and when Niyol discovers that maybe the cheery attitude of the cute girl is nothing more than an armor to the outer world, they connect.
But Summer doesn't know that Niyol's dangerous past is catching up with him and she will end up in the cross hairs. Suspense, laughter, romance and heartbreaking stories! Hold on to your bike and enjoy the ride! Heather has done it again. Five out of five stars from me and a special thank you to Netgalley for providing the arc.

Her Wild Ride is an exciting start to Heather Van Fleet’s Red Dragon MC series. But if you’re expecting it to kick off as the A typical biker story, you may be surprised. You will get drama, danger and some unexpected laughs too, but with a heroine named Summer, you will also get sunshine and sweetness as well. I thoroughly enjoyed this story as it had interesting characters, well-developed world building, and a great plot; but low and behold another author who feels the need to torture her readers by leaving us hanging with so many unanswered questions about two secondary characters within the book. Cliffhanger much? So yes, I’ll be anxiously waiting for book two!

A great read, very faced paced, couldn’t put this down, loved the dual POV well done and very distinct voices something not always done with differentiations povs . Felt was more slow burn than sizzle but I loved it regardless

Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for a free copy for an honest opinion

Road Trip

Summer is a good girl who teaches school and is a cheerleading coach so she figures it’s time for a break and volunteers to take her best friend’s step brother to California after he is released from prison. Niyol has just turned on his father who happens to be the Prez of the Red Dragons MC, ended up in prison for a two year stint and now wants to break away. Being in such close proximity how can two opposites not attract? Who is trying to fight it more? Summer or Niyol? And what happens when rogues are on their tail ready to take Niyol out for his ratting on a club member?

I’m looking forward as to what comes next for Summer and Niyol and the rest of the Red Dragons MC.

3.75 stars--HER WILD RIDE is the first instalment in Heather Van Fleet’s contemporary, adult RED DRAGON MC erotic, romance series focusing on the members of the Red Dragon MC. This is twenty-four year old, elementary school teacher Summer Parks, and twenty-seven year old, MC member Niyol ‘Hawk’ Lattimore’s story line.

NOTE: Due to the nature of the story line, there may be some triggers for more sensitive readers.

Told for dual first person perspectives (Niyol and Summer) HER WILD RIDE follows in the aftermath of Niyol Lattimore’s release from prison for a crime he did not commit. A letter warning him never to return to his beloved Red Dragon MC meant Niyol needed a quick escape from the people and Club he loved. Enter Summer Parks, Niyol’s step-sister Emily’s best friend, and the woman with whom Niyol will fall in love. What ensues is the cross-country journey from Illinois to California, between Niyol and Summer, and the potential fall-out as Niyol’s past comes seeking revenge using Summer as a pawn in the process.

Niyol Lattimore despises the man that set him up, and took him down but vengeance came with a cost, a cost that forced Niyol on the run. Never expecting to fall for the feisty beauty, Niyol struggles between head and heart knowing his past is all but a step behind as rogue bikers have been sent to destroy his life. Summer Parks needs a little R&R since finding her fiancé in the arms of another woman. Driving Niyol to the West Coast gave Summer an opportunity to make new friends but Niyol wants nothing to do with the talkative and definitely out of his league elementary school teacher.

The relationship between Niyol and Summer begins as an arrangement between Summer and Niyol’s sister Emily. Summer needs a break from her life back home, and Niyol is desperate to get out of town in spite of loving the MC life. Forced together on the road, it’s fate and circumstance that draws our couple together. The $ex scenes are passionate and seductive without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

We are introduced to a large and colorful ensemble cast of secondary and supporting characters including Niyol’s step-mother Lisa, step-sister Emily, and his father Charles Lattimore ; MC members Flick, Slade, and Archer; Niyol’s former girlfriend Maya; and Summer’s grandparents Peaches and Paul.

HER WILD RIDE is a story of betrayal, vengeance, family and love. The premise is engaging and intriguing; the characters are energetic and broken; the romance is intense and hot. HER WILD RIDE is not as gritty or raw as some other MC story lines as most of the story focused on Niyol and Summer’s cross-country journey

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Her Wild Ride is a Motorcycle Club romance that follows Niyol, bad boy ex-con and Summer, high school teacher and best friend of Niyol’s step sister. Recently released from prison for a crime he didn’t commit, Niyol has decided to flee from the Red Dragon MC club to make a fresh start in San Diego, California. Summer has agreed to drive him but little does she know the trouble...and attraction that will soon ensue.

Niyol and Summer are complete opposites from totally different backgrounds but they are immediately drawn to each other. Niyol is a brooding bad boy and is constantly trying to deny his attraction to Summer because he thinks that she’s too good for him. Summer is super sweet and it’s impossible not to like her.

Although I enjoyed their romance, this book was definitely a slow burn and not quite what I’d classify as steamy or addictive. Don’t get me wrong, the sex scenes were well written but I was expecting more due to the book description. If you’re looking for a fun, character driven romance, check this one out!

Thank you to Netgalley, Bookouture, and Heather Van Fleet for the advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.

A book that definitely lives up to it's title!! From the opening paragraph the reader is locked in to an emotional cross country journey filled with tension, a bad ass hero and the school teacher who tames him. Summer and Niyol might be from two very different worlds but their chemistry was off the charts. This is the perfect beginning to a series that I hope has a lot more books. A must read!!

Her Wild Ride is a motorcycle club romance and one I thoroughly enjoyed. It's been a while since I've read a romance and I hadn't realised how much I missed reading them. This one had it all, a slow burn build up to the romance, two great lead characters, and lots of angst. Summer and Niyol were perfect and I loved their story and the struggles they faced. Both characters were well written and the plot and storyline flowed at just the right pace. It felt real and I found myself being absorbed into their story and rooting for their happy ever after.

This is the first MC book I've read and I have to say it won't be the last! The author created really sympathetic and believable characters that I was invested in right from the start. I fell in love with Niyol almost instantly - he is a brilliant main man. The story has a great pace to it, allowing us to get to know the characters and let their relationship develop a little before the action begins. It really was a wild ride and I loved it!

Okay story.

I felt this was just too long winded for me too much going on. I also felt there was too much left unresolved in the ending and the ending was quite rushed.

The characters were underwritten would have liked a little more information and more understanding of their pasts to have gotten where they were.

Side characters were pretty much glossed over with or without significance.

The twist was a good one but by the time it got to it I was over the story as a whole.

Steam factor was underwhelming also.

All up it was an okay story but I wont be continuing on with the series.

Summer is a middle school teacher and cheer coach, who volunteers to drive her best friend’s brother, who just got out of prison, across country to California. This is a recipe for disaster but, there’s fun and adventure also. Summer had just broken up with her fiancé after finding him with another woman so, her emotions are scattered. Niyol has no stranger to abuse and betrayal and struggles with communicating. Their journey is packed with passion and intrigue. I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I love Sons of Anarchy, so when I saw this in Netgalley, I had to request it. Niyhol is in a biker game - or MC - that is in turmoil. He just got out of jail, and is on the run because he turned in his old man for getting him caught and sent to jail for two years. He needs to get to San Diego, so his sister arranges a cross country trip with her best friend, Summer. Summer is a quintessential blonde Daddy’s girl. Nothing like Niyhol who is a dark, brooding criminal. Or is he? They go through many trials and tribulations including being hunted by his dad’s followers wanting revenge. But, what happens when someone who is is destined for a dark life, gets introduced to a love as bright as the sun? Pretty good read with great character development and good romance to make the reader swoon.

I need more of Summer and Niyol. On the run after a stint in prison from an MC that doesn't want him back, Niyol has no choice but to road trip with a waitress named summer to San Diego. Summer jumped at the chance to help her best friend out by getting him there but her own reason to go are her own. These two learn a lot about each and Niyol faces a ghost from the past. I'm really looking forward to seeing what is next from this series. This is my first Heather Van Fleet book and I'm excited to read more (less)

I like how Niyol keeps trying to act biker tough, and Summer sees right through it.
I'm not sure what makes Her Wild Ride, an addictive, steamy biker romance novel. I mean sure it did have some sex scenes but I wouldn't actually call them addictive or steamy. I did enjoy the book though.

This book is well written and the characters were described good. The pace of the book is good. I really enjoyed this book. Would I reread it? Most definitely, as it was enjoyable. I can't wait to read more by this author and the rest of this series. I highly recommend it to anyone and everyone.

Summer did the unexpected, offering to take a biker to California. While I admired her, part of me was just slightly afraid for her. That is until I learned more about Summer. This girl was on a mission.
Niyol is your typical biker, good looking and tough. Not a lots of words, but he does make his point. The result was fun and sexy trip across the country – until there was trouble. The suspense and drama throughout the book left one guessing and giving me a surprise or two.

Enjoy but did take away to get into. Story line was great and characters were great. Would tell friends.

This book was well on the way to being a four star read for me. I loved the road trip aspect that forced two very different characters to look beyond their first impressions and made it increasingly difficult for them to ignore their attraction.However it all fell apart for me in the second half when the MC part of the story seemed nonsensical. I really love a good MC romance and this did not deliver for me in that aspect. I would still be interested if all comes together in the next book.

I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

**I received a copy of Her Wild Ride from Net Galley and Bookouture in exchange for a voluntary and honest review. My opinions are mine and not solicited in any way.**

Her Wild Ride: Red Dragons MC Series by Heather Van Fleet is her first in what I hope is a ongoing series. This is Niyol and Summer's story of new beginnings and a future together. Summer will have to learn the ways of being a Biker's Old Lady as well a Niyol finding his way after spending two years in prison. Somehow they'll both have to mesh his re-entry into the Red Dragons after being in prison for a crime that he was set up by his dad and Summer is a middle school teacher and cheer coach wants the big house, kids and picket fence, can they mesh both together?

Niyol has just been released from prison and has planned a road trip from Chicago to California but when his sister Emily sets him up with her best friend Summer they both decide to see if they won't kill each other (She does like Country music) and he wants to smoke (" not even if that's the last cigarette on earth"). She fight for him when some preppy boys decide to rile up Nye and they'll survive a tornado in Colorado. But Niyol's Princess will be there for him when rogues try to end his life twice and maybe they'll have a happy ever after.