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Breakneck
by Brittany Ann
THE BURNOUT SERIES by Brittany Ann
Book 1 Breakneck (Mina & Dontell)
If you are looking for the perfect combination of dark romance, Fast & Furious style movies, with a good plot very well carried out throughout the trilogy, then welcome to Oasis… Dontell, Leon & Cain are waiting for you.
TROPES
Street racing
Brother’s best friend
Found family
Single mom
Forced proximity
After her daughter is kidnapped, Mina pushes her brother Leon out of her life. She doesn't want her daughter to grow up in the same life she was forced into. But 5 years later, her brother shows up at her house in the middle of the night to take them away because they are in danger.
Once in St. Louis, Mina does everything she can to keep everyone her brother now calls family at arm's length. And to add fuel to the fire that has become her life, there is an undeniable attraction between Lee's best friend, Dontell, and her that they both try to deny at first. Soon, Mina realizes that she is no longer alone when it comes to caring for and protecting her daughter. And when there is an enemy who wants to destroy everything her brother has built and the possible future she and her little girl can have, the only way to put an end to it is together as a family.
I really liked how the author addressed the issues that all single mothers can have when it comes to feeling like a woman again, being a person who is not just a mother, and especially when it comes to having a partner. The relationship between mother and daughter is lovely and how she faces the problems her daughter had when it comes to adjusting to school when she's not the typical girl in pink and dolls. I loved the friendship between Cleo and Aiden, Dean and Gwen's son (read their story in Batter up). I cried a lot when the two brothers had the most painful conversation of their lives, each telling their own version of the hell they experienced at the hands of their father, and how from then on they begin to heal the wounds of the past.
The book ends with a cliffhanger in terms of plot, so on to the next one….
Book 1 Breakneck (Mina & Dontell)
If you are looking for the perfect combination of dark romance, Fast & Furious style movies, with a good plot very well carried out throughout the trilogy, then welcome to Oasis… Dontell, Leon & Cain are waiting for you.
TROPES
Street racing
Brother’s best friend
Found family
Single mom
Forced proximity
After her daughter is kidnapped, Mina pushes her brother Leon out of her life. She doesn't want her daughter to grow up in the same life she was forced into. But 5 years later, her brother shows up at her house in the middle of the night to take them away because they are in danger.
Once in St. Louis, Mina does everything she can to keep everyone her brother now calls family at arm's length. And to add fuel to the fire that has become her life, there is an undeniable attraction between Lee's best friend, Dontell, and her that they both try to deny at first. Soon, Mina realizes that she is no longer alone when it comes to caring for and protecting her daughter. And when there is an enemy who wants to destroy everything her brother has built and the possible future she and her little girl can have, the only way to put an end to it is together as a family.
I really liked how the author addressed the issues that all single mothers can have when it comes to feeling like a woman again, being a person who is not just a mother, and especially when it comes to having a partner. The relationship between mother and daughter is lovely and how she faces the problems her daughter had when it comes to adjusting to school when she's not the typical girl in pink and dolls. I loved the friendship between Cleo and Aiden, Dean and Gwen's son (read their story in Batter up). I cried a lot when the two brothers had the most painful conversation of their lives, each telling their own version of the hell they experienced at the hands of their father, and how from then on they begin to heal the wounds of the past.
The book ends with a cliffhanger in terms of plot, so on to the next one….