Review: ‘Recovery Road’ by Christine Feehan
Recovery Road
by Christine FeehanSeries: Torpedo Ink #8
Published by Berkley on January 24, 2023
SubGenres: Paranormal Romance
Format: AudioBook
Pages: 410
Narrator: Ryan West
Length: 15 Hours And 45 Minutes
Source: Everand
Audience: 18+/Adult
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A broken man finds a woman worth living for in the new novel in #1 New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan’s Torpedo Ink motorcycle club series.
Kir “Master” Vasiliev doesn’t care whether he lives or dies. He’s a burnt-out shell with no one and nothing but his club. Whatever Torpedo Ink needs, Master will put himself in harm’s way time after time. If he doesn’t make it back, he’s certain everyone will move on just fine.
Investment banker Ambrielle Moore knows her own mind, and she’s not willing to settle for anyone. So when a second-rate gangster and his thugs try to coerce her into marriage—and giving up all of her family’s money—she’s having none of it. Until they turn to cold-blooded murder.
Grieving and enraged, Ambrie is ready to go scorched earth on her captors when Master shows up anticipating a damsel in distress. But Ambrie is nothing like he expected, and everything he never knew he desired....
Recovery Road is the eighth installment in Christine Feehan’s Torpedo Ink series. If you enjoy reading Motorcycle Club Romances with dark themes and a paranormal twist to it, then this series should be added to your TBR immediately. Fair warning: you may want to check your triggers before reading this series because what the MC members endured when they were younger, which Christine Feehan mentions in each book and what they are currently fighting for, is not for the faint of heart.
This time, readers get Kir “Master” Vasiliev’s book, and this guy has been through a lot. He’s also been the most mysterious of them, so I was anxious to read his book, finally. He’s the only MC member who has a record, and he’ll do anything for his club, even if it means he’ll never come back to the club alive. His life changes, though, when he rescues Ambrielle Moore, who is being forced into a marriage she doesn’t want, especially after that person murdered her parents. Master will do anything to keep Ambrielle safe, even if it means marrying her.
Ambrielle is not your typical damsel in distress. She’s going to want to be a part of the actions and decisions that are made to get revenge for her parents, and I loved her character because of that. Yes, she may have gotten herself into some predicaments, but she managed. I’ve always loved FMCs who fight back and also give the MMC a hard time, too. Ambrielle made it known to Master several times that she was there with him along the way, and she wasn’t leaving him.
I felt for Master because he never felt like anyone cared, which is why he was okay with his decisions of either going to prison or never coming back alive. It took someone like Ambrielle to show him love and she did it in so many ways possible for him. Master definitely met his match with her, and I loved every second of these two together.
I definitely enjoyed this story more than the previous books in the series, but it did bother me how the other Torpedo Ink members treated Master. They should have been watching out for him because he is a part of their family and club. He was taking a lot of falls for them. Overall, this book gets four stars from me, and I look forward to reading the next installment.
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About Christine Feehan
Christine Feehan is a #1 New York Times bestselling author multiple times over with her portfolio including over 70 published novels, including five series; Dark Series, Ghostwalker Series, Leopard Series, Drake Sisters Series, the Sisters of the Heart Series and Torpedo Ink. All of her series have hit the #1 spot on the New York Times bestselling list as well. Her debut novel Dark Prince received 3 of the 9 Paranormal Excellence Awards in Romantic Literature (PEARL) in 1999. Since then she has been published by various publishing houses including Leisure Books, Pocket Books, and currently is writing for Berkley/Jove. She also has earned 7 more PEARL awards since Dark Prince.
IN HER WORDS:
I've been a writer all of my life -- it is who I am. I write for myself and always have. The ability to create pictures and emotions with words is such a miracle to me. I read everything; I mean everything! All kinds of books, even encyclopedias. I am fascinated by the written word and I love storytellers. It is a great privilege to be counted one myself. (www.christinefeehan.com)
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