It hasn’t been easy growing up in the middle of a war. A struggle
to find shelter. Fighting to protect our bodies against the corruption of the
streets. Nobody cared about the street kids who had to beg and steal to eat.
We are the Portland Street Kings – A family forged through loyalty
not blood. To get through this life of broken dreams alive, we’ve become
hard, uncaring and merciless. We do what must be done to keep our family
safe, we will harm those who stand against us.
We have it all, feared and respected by those on the streets. Then
she collided into my world, and with her came demons from my past, back to
haunt us all.
Title: Collision
Portland Street Kings #1
Portland Street Kings #1
Author: Evie Harper
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Excerpt
“What if I already have, brotha? What if she’s already dead?”
Rex’s grin is devilish, one I know all too well. He got to her.
I push off him, hard, causing Rex to slump to the ground
roughly. My chest explodes and my whole world falls apart. I look around me at
the people staring, at the dust in the air, at the cars in the distance.
Piper.
I grab for my chest at the exact moment I know my heart plummets
to my stomach, as if I thought I could catch it first.
My mind is screaming at me to get to Piper to try to save her,
but my panic is holding me back. Laughing at me, taunting me, reminding me that
I actually thought I could let her go when really I can’t even bear the thought
of living in a world where she doesn’t exist.
In a blur, I hear Pace yelling that the home phone isn’t
connecting. I look to see Rex on the ground, laughing, almost cackling.
In a split second, the harsh world comes back into focus and I
see everything for what it is: a world where I never win, where I’ll always be
the underdog.
I look to Rex and growl, "I told you why I did it! Why your
father had to die. He was a rapist, and he deserved to die. Now you've
gone after my girl? I can't let you walk away from this." I look down to
him with what I'm sure are black eyes, murder running through my veins. I feel
it pumping through my blood like worms sucking me dry. "If you’ve gone
after her, if she’s hurt, you better run," I growl. "You better run
fucking fast, because I'm coming for you. I'm coming for you and your whole
fucking crew. By the end of the day, I'm gonna to be washing your blood from my
body and laughing. Laughing because your daddy still controls you even after
his death. You won't take off your fucking rose-colored glasses and see him for
what he was, a fucking sadistic asshole!" I end on a roar.
Evie is an Australian author whose passion for reading lead her
into writing. Evie spends her days writing angsty, heartbreaking love stories
and creating happily ever afters. When Evie isn't writing you can find her
reading or spending time with her husband and two children.
Evie released her debut novel You Loved Me At My Darkest in August
2014 and it was quickly followed by Book #2 You Loved Me At My Weakest which
released in November 2014. Book #3 You Loved Me At My Ugliest will be releasing
mid-2015.
Evie has another series called the PORTLAND STREET KINGS coming
soon.
Book #1 in the series is called COLLISION and will be releasing
13th March 2014.
My Thoughts:
What a beginning to a series! Whew! This book reminds me of Fast and Furious and then some.
The characters were compelling and interesting but not always likable.
Slater is the leader and he has had it rough. He isn't a bad person but has to make decisions and do things that will protect his family.
Piper has a speech problem and was shy upon my first glimpse of her character. As the story went on, her character grew. She was smart, fierce, loyal and more. I had a hard time understanding what she saw in Slater that she would allow some of the things that happened. Then again they say that love is blind.
There were quite a few surprises, plenty of action, some rough talk, dirty talk, sexy scenes, cars, tough guys, drama, and some things that will have your emotions doing a fox trot.
I was engrossed in the story and I can't wait to read the next book. I received an ecopy in exchange for my opinion. I thought it was a pulse revving read that was over too fast.
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i haven't seen fast and furious but now you did catch my interest for this book
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Thanks for this post. I enjoyed reading the excerpt and will probably buy this book.
ReplyDeleteWell im definitely interested in it now. :) I loved the first F&F movie. Havent seen the rest. I actually have plans with a friend to binge watch them sometime soon though so we can see the new one. LOL maybe I'll grab this and read it to get me in the mood. :)
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