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About ELI’S TRIUMPH:
From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Joanna Wylde comes a new story in her Reapers MC series…
Peaches Taylor spent the last seven years slinging drinks and dodging drunks at the Starkwood Saloon. Some might call it a dead end job, but to her it was an investment—another six months, and she’d have enough money to buy the place.
Life would've been perfect if Eli hadn’t come home.
Eli King is ready to settle down. He stood by his brothers when they needed him, paying the price for their freedom with his own. Now it’s time to claim his reward—the Starkwood Saloon. He’s got the cash to buy the bar, the skills to run it, and just one person standing between him and his dream: Peaches Taylor.
She’s been driving him crazy since they were kids, and not in the good way. When she was six, she shoved a spider down his pants. When he was ten, he locked her in a closet overnight. Then she hot-wired his car at seventeen, and things got ugly…
They’re adults now, and the Starkwood isn’t a toy to fight over—it’s the hill they’ll die on. No prisoners. No compromises. No mercy.
Peaches Taylor and Eli King are going to war.
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EXCERPT:
“Kinda desperate, coming here on
your night off,” Eli said as I walked up to the bar. “Usually, girls just text
me when they want a booty call.” His lips quirked up in a smirk.
“Go to hell,” I replied absently.
Where was Gus? The place was mostly empty, just a few of the Reapers hanging
out in one of the corner booths. Megan was wiping down tables, and Eli was the
only one behind the bar. I frowned, boosting myself up onto one of the bar stools.
“Oh, and can I have a rum and Coke?”
Eli leaned forward on his elbows. “Too
late. I already did last call for the night.”
“It’s hardly past eleven,” I said,
surprised.
“Slow night.” He shrugged. “Decided
to close early.”
“I’ve been trying to convince Gus that
we should close earlier when it’s like this for the last three years.”
Eli’s mouth quirked up, radiating
smugness.
“Gus isn’t in charge anymore.”
My stomach dropped. “Does that mean
you signed the papers today? I thought they weren’t ready yet.”
Eli raised an eyebrow, but he didn’t
give me a direct answer. Instead, he grabbed a couple of shot glasses and set
them out between us. Then he grabbed a bottle of Crown Royal from the shelf
behind the bar.
“Eli, did you sign the papers?” I
asked again, feeling nervous. He filled the shot glasses. This was starting to
look like a celebration, which didn’t make sense.
They weren’t supposed to finalize
things until next week.
“Got them today,” he said, and I
heard the triumph in his voice. That fucking bastard… It wasn’t enough for him
to take the bar from me. Nope. Now, he wanted me to celebrate with him.
This was about him winning. Again. “Already looked everything over. We’ll sign
them tomorrow morning at the title company. Grab your drink, Peaches. It’s time
for us to make a new start.”
Eli caught my eye, raising his
glass in a toast.
I briefly considered throwing the
shot in his face because I’d be damned if I would concede defeat. If the papers
hadn’t been signed yet, I still had a chance to make my offer. Eli didn’t need
to know that, though. So, I gave him a strained smile and forced myself to give
his glass a token tap. Together, we downed the shots.
He reached for the bottle and
started pouring again.
“Are you trying to get me drunk?” I
asked, wondering if he had a deeper game. “Because I stole bottles of this shit
all the time in high school. It’ll take more than two shots.”
“Not true,” he said. “You always
went for the crappy vodka. Easier to water down. Cover the crime.”
He had me. I’d totally done that.
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I am a big fan of Joanna Wylde and her Reaper MC series. This is book 6.7 in the series which is one of my favourite MC series of all time. As with all the previous books in this series, Eli’s Triumph was gritty, realistic and extremely well written.
This is Eli King and Peaches Taylor’s, enemies to lovers story. Every time I read a Reaper MC book, I fall more in love with Ms.Wylde’s books. Her characters are always strong, the women feisty and the men so darn Alpha it almost hurts. They love hard, play hard and there is just something about these men and their women that ticks all the boxes for me.
Eli has given up so much for the Reapers MC and now he is back and ready to settle down, ready to take ownership of the bar Gus has promised him, the only thing standing in his way is his childhood nemesis Preaches, who also happens to want the Starkwood Saloon.
There was plenty of tension and drama, hot and heavy scenes and so much build up that I was totally engrossed from the start. This is one heck of a roller coaster read to be honest and I found myself both happy and sad on occasion.
Eli’s Triumph takes us through a quick ride through the world of the Reapers MC. I am a big fan of Joanna Wylde and her Reapers series so when a new book is released I am all in! She brings us the good the bad and the ugly of the MC world combined with strong, sassy women and panty dropping, hot alpha men!
Eli and Peaches have always had a love/hate type of relationship with more hate than love at times. Neither has had things easy but they have always stayed connected. Now, if they can put their differences aside and give into their desires they have a chance at what they both have always wanted!
I love this series and I was so excited to be back with men and woman of the Reapers MC and Eli’s Triumph was everything I expected and more. In this quick read we get everything we want to know about Eli and Peaches, a couple with a love/hate relationship and nine times out of ten it’s more hate than love......
Peaches has spent most of her life with the Reapers and for the last few years she has worked at the Starkwood Saloon with the intent of one day making it’s hers well that was before Eli King came back into the fold. Peaches sees Eli as the man who has stolen everything important to her but this time she is not prepared to give up without a fight.....
This may be a quick read but it still packs a mighty punch, sizzling chemistry, a enemies to lovers romance as well as catching up with the Reapers gang all in all a great read !!!!
About Joanna Wylde:
Joanna Wylde started her writing career in journalism, working in two daily newspapers as both a reporter and editor. Her career has included many different jobs, from managing a homeless shelter to running her own freelance writing business, where she took on projects ranging from fundraising to ghostwriting for academics. During 2012 she got her first Kindle reader as a gift and discovered the indie writing revolution taking place online. Not long afterward she started cutting back her client list to work on Reaper’s Property, her breakout book. It was published in January 2013, marking the beginning of a new career writing fiction.
Joanna lives in the mountains of northern Idaho with her family.
“I’ll drink to that,” I replied, flagging the bartender down for another round.
Just then some movement over Valentina’s shoulder caught my eye. A woman had just walked into the bar, her chin-length, curly brown hair bouncing with every step. Our eyes met, and she smiled like she knew me. I gave her a half smile back, which quickly faded when I realized who she was. Amber, my ex from college who’d moved away shortly after we graduated. Her hair was different, but her face was pretty much the same. The same round cheeks, full lips, pale blue eyes. Eyes that bore into mine as she turned the corner, making her way to our table.
It was then that I noticed she wasn’t alone. She had a boy with her, and when his gaze met mine, my stomach dropped.
That kid could have been my clone.
Brown hair, green eyes, same nose, same chin. He even had my same damn dimples. My heart was beating so hard, I thought it might jump right out from my throat. What the hell?
“Earth to Duke, are you paying for this round, or am I?” Valentina’s voice broke me from my panic just in time for Amber and the little boy to reach our table.
“Hey there, Duke. I was hoping I’d find you here.” Amber’s voice was just as sweet and syrupy as ever, but in that moment, it sounded to me like nails on a chalkboard. She smiled broadly at me, her hands on the boy’s shoulders, while the boy stared blankly up at me.
“Hey, Amber,” I said when I finally found my voice. “What’s it been, ten years?”
“Almost eleven.”
I nodded, my mind still spinning, and that’s when I noticed Valentina. She was sitting up perfectly straight, her lips pulled into a thin, taut line across her face. Her eyes were wide and trained on the boy’s face, her expression unreadable.
“This is Valentina,” I said, gesturing to her, but the moment the words left my mouth, Valentina stood and grabbed her purse.
“I was just leaving,” she said, quickly tucking her chair in behind her and forcing a smile at Amber and the boy.
“Valentina—”
