Title: Rook & Rebel
Series: The Mavericks
Author: Kate Crew
Release Date: October 1, 2024
A dark revenge romance filled with tattooed bikers, hilarious banter, heat, and high speeds.
Regan Fletcher
I used to have big dreams: finish college, make beautiful art, all while taking over my dad’s business. He wanted a legacy, and I wanted to give it to him. But his illness wasn’t part of the plan. Neither was his sudden need to keep me locked up in our mansion, safe and isolated. I want more from life, but could only spend my days waiting. Until one night, I came face-to-face with a street biker from a world far different from mine. What starts as him stalking me, quickly spirals into something deeper, and more deadly. I’m falling for a man who’s everything I should fear, yet he’s the only one who’s ever made me feel truly alive. But loving him means risking everything—my heart, my future, and my father.
Rook Emberson
Revenge has been my driving force for as long as I can remember. Cameron Fletcher stole everything from me, and I’ve spent years plotting the perfect way to take it all back. When fate puts his daughter in my sights, I know I’ve found the key to his destruction. But from the moment I meet her, my plans begin to unravel. Regan is everything I didn’t expect and I can’t help but be drawn to her. What starts as a twisted game of vengeance turns into an obsession. I need her, but I also need to destroy her father.
The lines between love and vengeance blur, and I’m not sure where one ends and the other begins.
Rook & Rebel follows Regan - a rich girl who seems like she has it all, but is a prisoner in her own home. She came back from college to help with her sick father, and hopefully take over the business- but he hasn't let her in with anything in his life yet.
But one day she comes face to face with a biker. He was dangerous, the gun he had pointed at her when they met proved that. The stalking he did solidified it. She should fear him, but she didn't. And falling for him would risk everything - her heart, future, & father.
Rook's one driving force for the past decade was revenge. He wanted to destroy the man who ruined his life. And when the daughter of that man landed in his lap, he took the chance to get close to her,and use her anyway he could. But what he didn't expect was caring for her, the lines of vengeance and obsession blurring. Would Rook's plans of revenge unravel, or would he go through with taking down the man who destroyed his life, and risk losing the girl in the process?
So, I have been in a bit of a slump recently and was looking for something dark - but still have a lightness to it too. & This book for that - yes it's a dark romance so check TW before going in, but it isn't too dark. And while it wasn't perfect, it was cute with the banter between the characters. I enjoyed the book for what it was. It was cute, and some parts had me laughing, but I didn't love it. I didn't fall in love with the characters.
I love books that make me fall in love with the characters, that make me care what happens to them, and makes me want to read more. Books that make me think about them when I'm not reading them, wondering what will happen next. And while I can appreciate this book was entertaining, I just wasn't as invested into the story or characters as I would have liked. Overall, it was a all right read, I didn't love it.
If you are looking for a more lighthearted MC romance, you may enjoy this book. It gave similar vibes to Butcher & Blackbird and Lights Out, but not quite hitting the mark for me.
3.5 ⭐ out of 5⭐.
2🌶️ out of 5 🌶️.
Tropes:
• MC/biker romance
• dark romance
• found family
• morally gray MMC
• Posessive MMC
• rich good girl FMC
• touch him & ☠️
• stalking
• revenge
• banter
