Riding Steele: Kidnapped and Untamed by Opal Carew

Being kidnapped by bikers is a harrowing experience, but for some reason, Laurie doesn’t feel as terrified as she should. The leader’s steely eyes soften when he looks at her, and the others in his gang clearly know she’s hands off. But does that include Steele's hands? Her brain resists him, but her body insists she wants those big hands all over her.

Steele doesn’t know how he wound up in this mess–with a kidnapped woman on his hands and the police hot on their trail. Now he and Laurie are in hiding at an isolated cabin, and Steele has to figure out how to extricate himself . . . and steer clear of his accidental captive whose tight, slinky clubbing attire is making him think all kinds of dangerous thoughts…

Out of the frying pan and into the fire. That pretty much sums up the situation Laurie finds herself in after a night out with her boyfriend takes a decided turn for the worse. Laurie has come to realize that her boyfriend Donovan is controlling and abusive. He wasn't always like that; in fact, his tendencies have revealed themselves gradually. But she no longer feels safe – she's literally scared for her life, especially after their last sexual encounter. She had planned to break up with him until he sprung their six month anniversary on her and she couldn't bring herself to upset him on an occasion he was apparently looking forward to. But as the evening wears on she realizes that she has to get out while she's still breathing. As expected, Donovan does not take kindly to being dumped and proceeds to prove Laurie's fears were well-founded. Fortunately for her, her brother Craig had solicited the help of Steele and his MC, so Wild Card steps in and rescues ... err, kidnaps her.

We actually learn very little about Steele as this episode is focused more on Laurie and setting up the story. That said, my favorite scene in Kidnapped – one that had me both laughing and feeling sorry for Laurie's lack of imagination – was quite revealing about the size of Steele’s physical endowment. Well done Ms. Carew. I’m on to part two, Untamed.

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Being kidnapped by bikers is a harrowing experience, but for some reason, Laurie doesn’t feel as terrified as she should.  The leader’s steely eyes soften when he looks at her, and the others in his gang clearly know she’s hands off.  But does that include Steele's hands?  Her brain resists him, but her body insists she wants those big hands all over her.

Steele doesn’t know how he wound up in this mess–with a kidnapped woman on his hands and the police hot on their trail.  Now he and Laurie are in hiding at an isolated cabin, and Steele has to figure out how to extricate himself...and steer clear of his accidental captive whose tight, slinky clubbing attire is making him think all kinds of dangerous thoughts…

Oh my word! Now THAT was the sensual stimulation I’ve come to expect from Ms. Carew. This installment in the Riding Steele serial definitely left me panting. During one of several escape attempts, Laurie stumbles upon Raven being threatened by two unknown bikers. After her experience with Donovan, she can’t leave the woman at the mercy of two men no matter how badly she wants to escape. So against her “flight” instinct, she runs back to get help for Raven and encounters Steele. Laurie’s opinion of Steele takes a major nosedive when he chooses to watch the scene unfold rather than protect Raven. However, Laurie quickly realizes that Raven knows the two bikers and it’s not an attempted rape, and she finds herself unable to look away from the threesome. Despite her arousal, she refuses to allow her body to dictate her actions and tells Steele “no” when he propositions her.

No matter how aroused he is, Steele will not force himself on an unwilling woman – especially one he has come to suspect has been abused. But he also refuses to ignore his needs, so he handcuffs Laurie to a tree where she has a front-row seat to an unbelievably hot foursome. Good grief I needed a cold shower after that scene – m/f, m/f/m, and even some m/m action … yummy! These guys are the definition of Untamed. And while Laurie perseveres with her escape attempts, we have to wait for the next installment – Collide – to find out whether or not she was successful. 

 

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