Deacon

Gideon's Riders Series, Book 2

By: Kit Rocha

Narrated by: Tatiana Sokolov

Ana has trained most of her life to achieve one goal: to prove that anything men can do, she can do better. Now she's Sector One's first female Rider, and being the best is the only way to ensure she won't be its last. Distractions aren't allowed - especially not her painful attraction to the reserved but demanding leader whose stern, grumpy demeanor has already gotten into her head.

Deacon has spent the last 20 years trying to atone for his past, but the blood he spilled as a mercenary and assassin will never wash away entirely. If his riders knew the extent of his sins, he'd lose their trust and respect. It's easier to keep them all at arm's length, especially Ana. But his newest recruit's stubbornness is starting to crack his defenses.

And their sparring matches are driving him wild. The passion sparking between them can't be denied, but neither can the vengeance barreling toward Deacon. When his old squad comes back to punish him for his betrayal, Ana and the Riders are squarely in the line of fire. The only way to save his people may be to make the ultimate sacrifice. But first, he has to convince Ana not to follow him straight into hell.

Contains mature themes.

©2017 Kit Rocha (P)2018 Tantor

Loving this series!!

I absolutely love how the characters come alive. Liked the narrator. I definitely think this is a great follow up to Ashwin. I loved Deacons story and loved when it got intense!

I Love This Series❣️ 🧡💛💚💙💜🖤

I don’t know the background for these authors but I can’t thank you enough for your awesomely DIVERSE cast. I’ve broken up with so many authors whose series I loved but whose cast of characters didn’t represent me even remotely. Often ENTIRE series! 🙄

I’ve made it my business moving forward to only support talented writers like you who consider your audience base and are inclusive in your stories and really just representative of the world at large. I’m so grateful for your open mindedness and bravery and truly your thoughtfulness when creating your works of art. You write about all types of women and men getting their HEA, and I LOVE that!

Please continue adding to your catalog and I’ll keep on happily buying and getting lost in these places you take me to.

Now hurry up and give us Hunter & Nita and Gabe & Laurel! Pleeease. My mouth is watering for both couples’ tales. And if I’m being honest, I hope you throw in a triple or two. Poly seems to be a lot more common in this sector than even in sector 4, but I hope it’s FFM this time. Y’all haven’t written any of those yet, and it’s a lot less common than the reverse. 🙏🏾

VERY highly recommended. Keep them coming!!! Fan for life 🥰

Loved it

I need a story on all the riders. Great story. Strong characters and interesting places.

The apology tour

This was a very talky book. Deacon confesses his terrible backstory and then has to work it out with each member of the team, usually by talking it out. Then there’s all the talk about Riders always being prepared to make the sacrifice.

There’s Ana’s inner monologue, which was also very talky. She’s forever putting pressure on herself to represent all womankind as the first female Rider.

Between the talking and the interlude chapters setting up the next couple’s book, there wasn’t a lot of time spent building up the chemistry between Deacon and Ana. I feel like the supervisor-subordinate taboo romance could have been more fiery. Instead, even that was talky, with him needing to give her a pep talk on knowing her worth as one of Gideon’s Riders, and not worrying about what the other Riders would think about them.

The plot involving the Suicide Kings was a little more developed compared to the previous book, with a bad guy who actually has lines and an arc. I just wished the romance had some of the spice of the original Beyond series.