Outlaw by Harley Wylde

Outlaw by Harley Wylde
Devils Fury MC, Book 2
Publisher: Changeling Press
Genre: Contemporary, Mystery/Suspense/Thriller, Erotic Romance
Rating: 4 Stars
Reviewed by Sorrel

Elena — I lost my parents as a kid, but a reverend and his wife took me in. They were good to me, even if there had never been many hugs. Then they started pushing me to marry a man I didn’t want, so I ran. I should have known the moment I walked through the clubhouse doors of the Devil’s Fury my life would never be the same. I just didn’t count on a bad boy biker being the one to finally make me feel wanted.

Outlaw — The Devil’s Fury are my family, my brothers, but I’m not the same man I was years ago. I’m scarred and broken, or so I’d thought. The little Latina who came to the clubhouse, then pulled out a damn book to read had my attention right away. When someone tries to hurt her, I know that I’ll keep her safe. In fact, I’ll just keep her. She’s awakened a part of me I’d thought I’d lost. Didn’t count on her bringing trouble with her, or nearly losing her, but she’s mine and I will fight for her to the very end.

Outlaw and Elena’s story was full of chemistry.

This is not the first book in the series. Though I have not read the first book, it does not feel like I am not reading the first book.

It is not quite a novella, but it is below 200 pages therefore I would not count it as a full-fledged novel.

I love Elena’s resilience and strength but at the same time her innocence. She does not know or remember how her parents died. When she gets adopted, she does everything to make her adoptive parents happy. But for her there was a limit to that. The story starts there. She refused to marry who her adoptive parents wanted her to.

She is smart. She made a plan and went through with that. But she is innocent enough to this no one would try drugging her.

Outlaw had given up on having a significant other. So, when Elena literally falls in his lap, I think it was divine intervention.

The story develops and the characters with it. Elena learns more about herself, becomes what she wants instead of what her adoptive parents wanted. I loved seeing her develop her own sense of self.

It can be read as a stand-alone. It is a romance. I do think if you want to read or understand more of them, you might start from the first book. The books and characters from the author’s other series do tend to intertwine. But it is not annoying and did not confuse me. It shows how big a world the author has made. I enjoyed this story.