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MC books aren't normally my cup-of-tea, but I enjoyed this quirky romance. Trey Harding, leader of the Iron Shadows MC gang, spent his whole life knowing that he was abandoned in a bathroom as a child. His whole life is based upon knowing no one wanted him and then being tossed from foster home to foster home until he could get out the system, until he found his "family" in the Shadows.
Trey knows exactly who he is until a PI comes to him to let him know that DNA taken when he was arrested a few months ago was used to determine that Trey was actually born Samuel Yelverton and Trey has a family who has been searching for him for decades. That young Trey/Samuel was kidnapped as a child by his babysitter, one who then dumped him to be found in a bathroom when the police got too close.
Now the man who has always been alone and who thought he was thrown away like trash has to come to terms with the fact that he has a loving mother who never gave up hope of finding him and a sister as well, and that they have been living just a town away from him all these years.
It has knocked him off balance, which is why Trey couldn't tell the the sweet woman who welcomed him with open arms that he was the leader of a motorcycle gang. And that is the only excuse for how Trey is suddenly finding himself, and his men, become wedding planners. Panic, and a sudden need to please his...mommy. So his mouth threw out the first thing that popped into his head. Of course, if he hadn't been looking at that wedding magazine, he might have come up with something more believable.
But here he is, looking at the beautiful blue eyes of the maid-of-honor and his sister's best friend, pretending that he knows all about coordinating weddings. Well, he and The Iron Shadows are going to figure this out because there is no way he is disappointing his mo--Mrs. Yelverton nor the woman with such innocent eyes.
He only needs to rangle a bunch of rough and brawling bikers into putting together a wedding.
To Have and to Harley is the start of a fish-out-of-water romantic series. It was funny to see these tough bikers whole-heartedly taking on the project of a wedding and putting their whole hearts into it.
"I can't believe you don't appreciate my artistic genius. Do you know how hard it was to go into the store and get those glitter markers? The pink poster board? You guys have no appreciation for how hard I worked?"
There is also the sweet romance between Trey and Bethany. As an army brat, Bethany had a hard time making friends. Until Sarah Yelverton declared them best friends, and Beth was all but adopted by Sarah's parents, Bethany only had her Dad in her life and when he passed, she was lost. Now Trey and Bethany are both overwhelmed by their feelings and are aware the awkwardness of bringing it out to Trey's family.
There is a little nonsence that you have to overlook to make the story work, such as why Sarah is getting married in the middle of finishing pharmacy school and the added pressure of taking the important state licensing boards. That's not enough, so let's add in a big wedding? In only a few short months. And let's hire someone else to do everything, including picking the wedding dress, because she simply has no time and is under a lot of pressure. You couldn't wait until things settled down and have a Christmas wedding? Then she has a melt down about suddenly having a brother and he's taking her mother's attention from her, and how Trey isn't focusing enough attention on the wedding...Take it down, Bridezilla? Really, if you are not unexpectedly expecting a baby, there really was no need to rush this wedding except to bring about the story plot.
The ending leaves it open for more possible wedding fiascos. I am definitely going to be on the look out for the next story to see where the series goes.
Received an ARC from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
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- Started reading
- 3 July, 2018: Finished reading
- 3 July, 2018: Reviewed