Hell for Leather

Starred review from March 17, 2014
Walker’s outstanding sixth Black Knights Inc. romantic thriller (after Born Wild) is her best yet. Alpha male Bryan “Mac” McMillan doesn’t let much get to him, but feisty biker-bar owner Delilah Fairchild somehow tugs his heartstrings. After Delilah’s uncle—a former Marine who has an important secret—goes missing, she turns to the Black Knights, black ops specialists masquerading as bikers, to help find him. Soon the Knights and Delilah are caught up in a terrifyingly believable and deadly plot. Along with the tightly woven suspense, sizzling scenes between Mac and Delilah slowly break down the barriers raised by Mac’s troubled past. Series fans will enjoy cameos from familiar faces, while new readers will quickly be caught up in the action. Deft characterization, red-hot chemistry, and a satisfying finish demonstrate Walker’s mastery of the romantic suspense genre.

Starred review from May 15, 2014
When bar owner Delilah Fairchild's Uncle Theo disappears, she turns to the Black Knights, a Chicago Special Ops group working undercover as motorcycle aficionados, for help, even though this means being in close proximity to Bryan Mac McMillan. She's had a gigantic crush on Mac for the past four years, while he's pretended to ignore her. Thanks to Mac's father's grief over being abandoned by his wife and subsequent bankruptcy due to his search for her, Mac has sworn off sexy, glitzy women he thinks are like her. His aversion gives new meaning to commitment phobia, yet he is helplessly drawn to Delilah. Walker's plot twists involving how the two find her uncle and then rescue Delilah, who is also taken, fight over jurisdiction with the CIA, and finally get together makes for one of the funniest military romances ever written and an instant favorite in Walker's already excellent Black Knight series. Action-packed with hilarious dialogue, terrorists, testosterone-laden protagonists, a brave dog, and very, very good sex scenes, Hell for Leather is a wonderful read.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2014, American Library Association.)