Ride Steady by Kristen Ashley

Ride Steady (Chaos, #3)

by Kristen Ashley

Meet the intense and sexy bad boy bikers of the Chaos Motorcycle Club in Carissa and Joker's story from Kristen Ashley's New York Times bestselling series.

The ride of her life . . .
Once upon a time, Carissa Teodoro believed in happy endings. Money, marriage, motherhood: everything came easy---until she woke up to the ugly truth about her Prince Charming. Now a struggling, single mom and stranded by a flat tire, Carissa's pondering her mistakes when a vaguely familiar knight rides to her rescue on a ton of horsepower.

Climb on and hold tight . . .
In high school, Carson Steele was a bad boy loner who put Carissa on a pedestal where she stayed far beyond his reach. Today, he's the hard-bodied biker known only as Joker, and from the way Carissa's acting, it's clear she's falling fast. While catching her is irresistible, knowing what to do with her is a different story. A good girl like Carissa is the least likely fit with the Chaos Motorcycle Club. Too bad holding back is so damned hard. Now, as Joker's secrets are revealed and an outside threat endangers the club, Joker must decide whether to ride steady with Carissa---or ride away forever . . .

Reviewed by stacey_is_sassy on

5 of 5 stars

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Steele...to...Chaos...to...Joker - the perfect transition

Ride Steady was the perfect Kristen Ashley party I hoped for. The release day was planned...bubbly, snacks and family organised. I went to my Mum cave for reading hibernation with regular visits from my boys to check on my progress. Luckily it was hubby who caught me crying, gave me a cuddle and kiss on my cheek, with a - it will be ok Baby. Then it was my 11 year old son that I gave my smile and PG explanation of why the book was so good. My poor 8 year old copped the men can be so silly speech and why he needs to learn to respect his wife and marriage vows when he married in the future. My boys are used to the KA party, they know what to expect and go along with it with a smirk on their face.

I loved this story. From the sad and bad Carissa had faced from the douchewaffle ex-husband Aaron to the wonderful love and support she received when Chaos made her part of the family. I hated seeing what Carson had faced growing up, but loved the people who cared about and wanted better for him. This story covered every emotion. I loved, I hated, I laughed, I cried, I blushed and I felt the one thing that always leads me to a 5 star read...connection. These characters felt real to me. I want to visit Ride and Cherry in her office, I want to run into Lee, Indy and their family at La Delicias (hope I got the spelling correct) and I want to see hot guys on bikes ride past.

I've seen mentioned a few times that there wasn't enough angst or kidnapping in this one. Maybe KA is giving us what we want, no TSTL heroes and heroines. It was mentioned early on in the book that Chaos had learnt their lesson when Tyra was kidnapped (which was in Motorcyle Man). Chaos had taken every precaution that no more family would be hurt because of fallback. We don't see the kidnappings and retaliations because they did everything in their power to make their loved ones safe.

Ride Steady had everything I love in my favourite reads. A couple willing to work towards their happiness, hot and smexy scenes, great laughs, some reality and a little magic to make everything work out in the end. Kristen Ashley is still one of my favourite authors of all time and Ride Steady just reinforced it.

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