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Reclaimed
(A Knights Rebels MC Novella 2.5)
By River Savage
Out February 17, 2015
Genre: Contemporary Romance
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Synopsis
When the woman you love is lost, how hard will you fight to get her back?
Following the birth of her daughter, Kadence Knight finds herself in a battle she never prepared for. With desperation and unhappiness threatening to overwhelm her, a sense of hopelessness pulls her away from the one thing she has always longed for: a family.
As Nix watches his wife struggle with something he doesn't understand, he can't help but feel disconnected to his woman. The Kadence he once knew has drifted into the darkness. In her place is a shadow of the woman she once was, one who is fearful of the impossible...failing their daughter.
This Valentine’s Day, Nix has one goal — to reclaim the woman who gave him everything.
*Please note this is a novella and features the characters from the previous storyline.
The events of Reclaimed take place after Incandescent and Affliction. Book one and two in the Knights Rebels MC.
To get the full advantage of the story, and character development, I strongly suggest you read in order.
Excerpt
“I don’t know what you want from
me,” I whisper. Communication was never this hard. The distance growing further
between us as each day passes makes me afraid that this is what we’ve become.
“I just want to bring you happiness, baby,” he sighs, but before I can tell him
I don’t think he can, Harlow’s cries come through the monitor. I move off the
bed to go to her, knowing she will need to be fed. “You walk out of this room,
Kadence, you walk out on me.” His cold tone stops me from moving any further.
It’s the same tone he used in the bathroom. “Leave her,” he commands, but the
thought of continuing this conversation, where we tear each other down, has me
fighting him. “Nix, I have to check on her.” I continue to the door. “Don’t you
dare leave this fuckin’ room. I’m important too. I’m your fuckin’ husband. Do
you hear me? We are important.” His hand sweeps across his nightstand, causing
one big crash that sends everything tumbling to the floor. I’m frozen in place,
my hand resting on the door handle. The room is silent. The shock of what has
gone on tonight so raw I don’t think either of us knows how to process it. “I
don’t know what you want from me,” I repeat, closing my eyes when Harlow’s
cries grow louder, sending my anxiety rising. Doesn’t he know he’s only making
it worse? “Jesus, I don’t know. Give me a look, smile at me…fuckin’ touch me.
Give me a connection that says we’re on the same fuckin’ side. I can’t continue
to stay in this place we are in. I’m drowning here, Kadence. We both are, and I
just don’t know if I can keep treading water for both of us. You have to help
me, baby. You have to want us to survive.” He falls to the bed, his head
dropping to his hands. Seeing him like this, in this state makes me realize
that our situation is bigger than me, than him. It’s bigger than either one of
us realize. “That’s not fair.” I release the handle and turn, collapsing
against the wall. The wind knocks out of me as his words resonate within me. We
are drowning and I have to stop fighting. At this realization, my knees become
weak. Standing becomes too hard. I slide down the wall, dropping my ass to the
carpet. “Life isn’t fair, Kadence. I wish it was, but it just isn’t. Look where
we both have come from; look where life has taken us. We won’t survive if you won’t
talk to me, Kadence. Talk to someone.” He stands to come to me, but having him
in my space only makes things worse. “Please don’t.” I draw in a breath,
defeated. His frustration and concerns only prove what a bad mother I’ve been,
what a bad wife I’ve become. “Don’t what, Kadence? Don’t make me walk away. I
want my wife back. I don’t know what’s happened, but I don’t like who you’ve
become.” His voice is pained, as broken as my soul feels. His confession
doesn’t surprise me, but it still burns. I know I don’t like who I’ve become.
How do I expect Nix to like me? “You don’t think I ask myself that question
every day? That I don’t look at myself and ask what is wrong with me? I don’t
know who I’ve become, Nix. All I know is I should. I should know who I am.” My
head thuds against the wall in defeat. I can’t keep going on like this. I can
hear Harlow’s cries quietening, as she resettles herself, but that doesn’t stop
me from wanting out of this room. “I know who you are, Kadence. You’re the
woman I love. The most amazin’ mother to our daughter, our son.” Saying Z is my
son pulls at me harder. The fact that he, too, is affected by what is happening
hurts even more. Nix walks over and squats to my level, careful not to get into
my space, but close enough for me to reach out and touch him if I wanted to.
“Why don’t I know that? I should know that Nix.” “You don’t have to know. I
know, the kids know and that’s enough.” “It’s not enough for me.” My hand
itches to touch him, to feel his hardness under my fingers, but sitting broken
on the floor of our bedroom, I know I can’t. I can’t touch the man who means
everything to me and I hate myself for it. “When did you stop trustin’
yourself?” “I don’t know. When did I stop being myself?” I counter, and my
admission halts him for a moment. He crawls forward, coming closer into my
space. His warmth, his calming presence wraps itself all over me. “The first
step is askin’ for help, baby. Let me help you. You don’t have to be alone. Let
me learn to breathe the ugliness you see. Let me share the darkness, Kadence.
Just don’t push me away.” His pleading pulls at me, pulls at the hatred that
has settled inside. “I’m not doing good, Nix,” I say, looking up and giving him
what he needs. What I need. “Somewhere along the way, I woke completely lost
and overwhelmed. And every day, it gets harder and harder to deal.” A sob tears
from deep within me, and walls I’ve been hiding behind crumble down. “I know,
baby.” He pulls me into the hardness of his chest. “We’re gonna be okay,” he promises,
and everything in me wants to believe him. Everything in me wants to trust he
has me. That he has us. But the truth is, I’ve drowned in so much self-doubt
and uneasiness, that trust seems so far away.
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Series Reading Order
Incandescent
Incandescent
Phoenix ‘Nix’ Knight thought pulling his club out of the illegal shit his Pops got them into was difficult.Until he meets Kadence.
Kadence Turner has no business lusting over a student’s father, especially the president of the Knights Rebels MC. Nix is crass, obnoxious and dangerously sexy and for some reason, Kadence can’t seem to hate him for it. The bossy biker breaks down her defenses, but unlike the old Kadence, the woman she is today won’t give in without a fight.
The tension is undeniable, the attraction fierce. A man that wants what he wants and a woman that will fight him every step of the way.
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Three little words are all it takes to rip his world apart. Lost in his own affliction, Sy has been living in a darkness that he doesn't ever want to let go of. Until she arrives and shines her light so bright that nothing else mattered.
She was only in it for the chase, for the thrill of capturing the unattainable.
But what happens when her world shatters around her, spiraling her into the darkness beside him?
Can his affliction be her resurrection?
Or will two lost souls living in the depths of deception let it destroy them?
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Meet the Author
River Savage is the author of the Knights Rebels MC Series.
An avid reader of romance and erotic novels, her love for books and reading fueled her passion for writing. Reading no longer sated her addiction, so she started writing in secret. She never imagined that her dream of publishing a novel would ever be achievable.
With a soft spot for an alpha male and a snarky sassy woman, Kadence and Nix were born.
River would love to hear from you. You can contact and/or follow her via...
Email: riversavageauthor@gmail.com
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This was such a great novella, I forgot how much I missed
Kadence and Nix until I started reading this and then I just couldn’t put it
down. I love Nix and all his crazy
alphaness and of course his potty mouth.
I love his possessiveness over his family and to see him as a dad all
over again to little Harlow was so cute I couldn’t stop smiling. I love when big tough men turn to mush around
kids, it’s so cute. Of course no Knights
Rebels story wouldn’t be complete without the Knights Rebels and they are there
lending a hand to the comedic parts of the book. Of course there is a happily ever after at
the end of this one that has me giggling a couple times but then of course
takes a very sexy turn. Who doesn’t love
hot naked Nix?
What I Loved
Not So Much
I really don’t think there was anything I didn’t love about
this story. There was great foundation,
and understanding where and when this plot was taking place and the development
and writing was right on point as well.
I guess maybe some more background detail to remind us what the club
house looks like and Kadence and Nix’s house.
There wasn’t any real descriptions of that at all, so it was hard to
remember what all of that looked like.
To Sum It All Up!
This was such a great novella, I forgot how much I missed
Kadence and Nix until I started reading this and then I just couldn’t put it
down. I love Nix and all his crazy
alphaness and of course his potty mouth.
I love his possessiveness over his family and to see him as a dad all
over again to little Harlow was so cute I couldn’t stop smiling. I love when big tough men turn to mush around
kids, it’s so cute. Of course no Knights
Rebels story wouldn’t be complete without the Knights Rebels and they are there
lending a hand to the comedic parts of the book. Of course there is a happily ever after at
the end of this one that has me giggling a couple times but then of course
takes a very sexy turn. Who doesn’t love
hot naked Nix?
I am so looking forward to reading this. Please keep writing about Knights Rebels MC. Your characters are fantastic.
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