Title: Seizing Control: Black Shamrocks MC #1
Author: Kylie Hillman
Genre: Dark romance, MC, contemporary, suspense
Release Date: 9.30.15
DISCLAIMER: This book contains graphic situations and may not be suitable for all readers
Only daughter of the volatile President of the Black Shamrocks MC and long-suffering sister to four overprotective brothers, Madelaine O'Brien has survived circumstances that would have broken a lesser woman.
Mik 'Mad Dog' Kennedy is her salvation, her reward for continuing to fight, and the matching piece of her soul.
With her life finally happy and on track, will the reappearance of the monster from her past be the event that finally breaks her? Or will he be the catalyst she needs to put it all behind her, once and for all?
They say when life gives you lemons; make lemonade. What happens when life keeps sending you demons who refuse to stay buried? Do you lie down and accept defeat or rise to the seemingly unwinnable challenge, and start SEIZING CONTROL?
Oh my bloody hell!!
I couldn't have found a better dark MC read even if I tried. My emotions have gone past the point of being sane over characters and their story, and gone straight to ADDICTIVE! I could not for the life of me put this one down. It just wasn't happening. I really did try. I mean, it's a long read which can either mean I'd be having a tough time getting through if it wasn't my cup of tea. OR. I would be so possessed by it that NOTHING could stop me from getting through to that last word. And I am pretty sure you know which one of those choices (that should never really exist in the same category) I would go with..?! ;)
SEIZING CONTROL is a story about Lainey and Mik. But it's not JUST that. It's well beyond a story that will have you craving for the next page like you would crave that tattooed, sexy as sin, tall as hell, all round bad biker from across the street. Yup. I'm not taking that back.. Soooo it goes without saying that I would naturally fall for Mik, the VP of a MC that would literally have you drooling at the mere thought of how he looks like.. let alone what comes out of his mouth. Cue the wild imagination about everything and anything that comes with his mouth.. Sigh.. *ahem*.
Trying to get my head out of the gutter seems to be harder than I anticipated, but I'll give it my best!
Lainey has been through so bloody much that I am always surprised how she can keep herself together. Through the toughest and most raw and cruel of moments, her mind is still attached. Damaged beyond repair yes but it's still their. Her heart has broken into a million pieces but she still has more to give. And her soul might be tainted with someone's idea of nightmares, but she is still so damn strong.
I loved her character!! She is honestly the true example of a girl that exudes strength even without trying. Lainey still has Mik there, to help her and protect her, BUT she is still as strong as nobody would ever dare believe considering what she went through AND what she is going through... My heart broke so many times.. I couldn't keep my eyes from clouding over and the thought of having to endure this heartache throughout the rest of the story? A hit on my soul but IT. WAS. WORTH. EVERY. SECOND.
Mik comes into the story as the guy (speaking from my POV although I don't I can't be the only one..?!) who would be every insane girls dream. He is the power force that drives his MC. Not only that but he has so much to give, he has been through an even darker past that could be possible, yet he is still putting someone else ahead of his own needs. Her. Lainey.
Mik was her first love and he knows that SHE. BELONGS. TO. HIM. Her heart is his just as much as his heart belongs to her. He makes it abundantly clear that Lainey will only ever be HIS LAINEY... I know most might see this as just another "She's my property" part of an MC based book, and to be honest I always loved that part, but with SEIZING CONTROL, it has that chilling undertone to it. When he admits it, it just made my heart race with adrenaline at the though of Mik doing EVERYTHING in his messed up soul to protect her.
In few words, I inhaled their chemistry and love for each other. I just LOVED how much they shows their love for each other. Yes that's cheesy as hell but frankly, I don't give a damn!
We go through a story that has so much to give and at the same time, it takes so much from you.. Your control, your freedom, your next breath, your heartbeats and worst of all. SEIZING CONTROL takes your soul away without the intention of giving it back, or giving it in it's former condition..
It's a sexy read with a very dark element to it. It's rawness in many scenes and character narration pulls at the boundaries that would make any other dark romance novel a simple book.
With Mik trying to keep her safe but also have everything go smoothly with his own club, Lainey is trying to battle with her past that always seems to make it's unwelcome way into her present. It even borders the line of capturing her future. She is near her breaking point and for good reason, but we see how she goes through that and slowly steers into a different road. A different road that giving up but will it be a better one?
Every other character in this story is just an icing on the already perfectly mouthwatering Mik *cough* I mean cake. Yes. I definitely meant Cake...
This story has my whole soul. It broke my heart over and over again and it took my soul and has yet to give it back. But like I said, It was all worth it. BUT lord only knows how I would survive Book 2. Jesus. Bloody. Hell. Kylie Hillman please have some mercy on out long lost sanity?
THANK YOU so much Kylie Hillman for the ARC of a book that I will treasure for as long as those addictive MC books have a special place in my book heart. Which says something since there wont be a time those badass bikers and their world wont be part of my life..
Now. Time for some therapy.. or some Sons of Anarchy and that Jax Teller that will surely get my mind out of Mik and his damn fine gutter. That DEFINITELY made more sense before I typed it out.. Oops?
Enjoy SEIZING CONTROL but don't expect to be the same again when you so much as only read the first chapter.. Till then!
<3
REVIEW
Oh my bloody hell!!
I couldn't have found a better dark MC read even if I tried. My emotions have gone past the point of being sane over characters and their story, and gone straight to ADDICTIVE! I could not for the life of me put this one down. It just wasn't happening. I really did try. I mean, it's a long read which can either mean I'd be having a tough time getting through if it wasn't my cup of tea. OR. I would be so possessed by it that NOTHING could stop me from getting through to that last word. And I am pretty sure you know which one of those choices (that should never really exist in the same category) I would go with..?! ;)
SEIZING CONTROL is a story about Lainey and Mik. But it's not JUST that. It's well beyond a story that will have you craving for the next page like you would crave that tattooed, sexy as sin, tall as hell, all round bad biker from across the street. Yup. I'm not taking that back.. Soooo it goes without saying that I would naturally fall for Mik, the VP of a MC that would literally have you drooling at the mere thought of how he looks like.. let alone what comes out of his mouth. Cue the wild imagination about everything and anything that comes with his mouth.. Sigh.. *ahem*.
Trying to get my head out of the gutter seems to be harder than I anticipated, but I'll give it my best!
Lainey has been through so bloody much that I am always surprised how she can keep herself together. Through the toughest and most raw and cruel of moments, her mind is still attached. Damaged beyond repair yes but it's still their. Her heart has broken into a million pieces but she still has more to give. And her soul might be tainted with someone's idea of nightmares, but she is still so damn strong.
I loved her character!! She is honestly the true example of a girl that exudes strength even without trying. Lainey still has Mik there, to help her and protect her, BUT she is still as strong as nobody would ever dare believe considering what she went through AND what she is going through... My heart broke so many times.. I couldn't keep my eyes from clouding over and the thought of having to endure this heartache throughout the rest of the story? A hit on my soul but IT. WAS. WORTH. EVERY. SECOND.
Mik comes into the story as the guy (speaking from my POV although I don't I can't be the only one..?!) who would be every insane girls dream. He is the power force that drives his MC. Not only that but he has so much to give, he has been through an even darker past that could be possible, yet he is still putting someone else ahead of his own needs. Her. Lainey.
Mik was her first love and he knows that SHE. BELONGS. TO. HIM. Her heart is his just as much as his heart belongs to her. He makes it abundantly clear that Lainey will only ever be HIS LAINEY... I know most might see this as just another "She's my property" part of an MC based book, and to be honest I always loved that part, but with SEIZING CONTROL, it has that chilling undertone to it. When he admits it, it just made my heart race with adrenaline at the though of Mik doing EVERYTHING in his messed up soul to protect her.
In few words, I inhaled their chemistry and love for each other. I just LOVED how much they shows their love for each other. Yes that's cheesy as hell but frankly, I don't give a damn!
BETRAYAL.
LOVE.
HEARTBREAK.
SOULFUL.
TRUST.
DARKNESS.
TEARFUL.
LOYALTY.
REGRET.
CONSUMPTION.
BATTLES.
We go through a story that has so much to give and at the same time, it takes so much from you.. Your control, your freedom, your next breath, your heartbeats and worst of all. SEIZING CONTROL takes your soul away without the intention of giving it back, or giving it in it's former condition..
It's a sexy read with a very dark element to it. It's rawness in many scenes and character narration pulls at the boundaries that would make any other dark romance novel a simple book.
With Mik trying to keep her safe but also have everything go smoothly with his own club, Lainey is trying to battle with her past that always seems to make it's unwelcome way into her present. It even borders the line of capturing her future. She is near her breaking point and for good reason, but we see how she goes through that and slowly steers into a different road. A different road that giving up but will it be a better one?
Every other character in this story is just an icing on the already perfectly mouthwatering Mik *cough* I mean cake. Yes. I definitely meant Cake...
This story has my whole soul. It broke my heart over and over again and it took my soul and has yet to give it back. But like I said, It was all worth it. BUT lord only knows how I would survive Book 2. Jesus. Bloody. Hell. Kylie Hillman please have some mercy on out long lost sanity?
THANK YOU so much Kylie Hillman for the ARC of a book that I will treasure for as long as those addictive MC books have a special place in my book heart. Which says something since there wont be a time those badass bikers and their world wont be part of my life..
Now. Time for some therapy.. or some Sons of Anarchy and that Jax Teller that will surely get my mind out of Mik and his damn fine gutter. That DEFINITELY made more sense before I typed it out.. Oops?
Enjoy SEIZING CONTROL but don't expect to be the same again when you so much as only read the first chapter.. Till then!
<3
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Kylie Hillman is an Australian author who was born and raised in Outback South Australia. A love of reading as a young child developed into a love of creating stories so she could always be found either scribbling away furiously in her notebook or entranced by an open book.
Mum to two gorgeous, talented children and wife to a Harley riding Aussie bloke, Kylie spent her twenties reading multiple books from many different genres and authors, and occasionally finding the time to write a story as inspiration hit. A devastating diagnosis of severe Crohn's Disease at the age of twenty-four brought her accounting career to a screeching halt and after recovering from multiple surgeries, Kylie was left scrambling as to where her life was now headed. She began writing again as a way to alleviate the monotony of life as a stay-at-home mother to two school aged children and was finally driven to publish her first novel after falling in love with her characters and wanting to share them with others.
A self-proclaimed Queen of Sarcasm and Innuendo, Kylie also enjoys drinking copious amounts of tea, listening to eighties and nineties rock music and being taken for rides on the back of her husband's Harley when the kids are at school. She is determined to one day ride her own Harley and her biggest wish is to see a cure developed for Crohn's Disease in her lifetime.
A lover of dark romance featuring hot alpha's, sassy heroines and real-life drama, Kylie's first series is based around the Black Shamrocks Motorcycle Club and contains everything she loves about the genre. Seizing Control: Black Shamrocks MC is her debut novel and is part of a series of five books following the ups and downs of the love lives of the members of the Club. The second book in the series, Making Choices, will follow in early December 2015.
Kylie is also working on a stand-alone YA MMA novel and expects to release it early in 2016.
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