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Bad Boys for Hire: Ryker: Motorcycle Club (Bad Boys for Hire Series Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Rachelle Ayala (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

4.0 183 ratings

Book 1 of 7: Bad Boys for Hire Series

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"So much action and romance it's like a buffet and you can't wait for the dessert!" - Amazon Review
"This was the novel that leaves you with your mouth hanging open." - Amazon Review
"Romeo and Juliet have nothing on these families." - Amazon Review

Florist Terri Martin is headed straight for spinsterhood if she can’t find a date for her upcoming 30th birthday party. With the hours ticking by, she makes one last-ditch attempt to hire a bad boy from Bad Boys for Hire. But fate has another surprise in store when she meets Ryker Slade—a ruggedly sexy biker with a haunted past.

Sparks instantly ignite between them, and for the first time, Terri understands passion. But while their relationship deepens, so too do the lethal secrets between their families. Terri is utterly unprepared to learn that her greatest love may also become her ultimate heartbreak.

Because his father leads the rival motorcycle club that crippled hers, Ryker represents everything she’s been taught to hate. Yet she finds herself repeatedly torn between loyalty to her parents and an unquenchable need for his touch. Is she foolish to keep loving a man she can never have?

With danger at every turn, Terri must confront the violent legacy of vengeance between their families and the very real possibility of losing Ryker forever. Will forbidden love defeat lifelong hate? Or will she fail to recognize the deadliest of traps before it’s too late?

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Bad Boys for Hire are fun and exciting stories where love is unexpected, but always delicious. They can be read standalone, but for greater enjoyment, please be sure to check out the other books in the series.

Book #1: Ryker & Terri (Motorcycle Club Romance)

Book #2: Ken & Jolie (Hawaiian Vacation Romance)

Book #3: Nick & Carol (Hot Christmas Romance)

Book #4: Liam & Marisa (Irish Adventure Romance)

Book #5: Gage & Sherelle (Winter Wilderness Romance)

Book #6: Axe & Leanna (South of the Border Romance)

Book #7: Roni & Jason (Sweet Reunion Romance)

Bad Boys for Hire Series was awarded the 2016 Beck Valley Books Reviewers Choice Award

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"This is a wildly unforgettable yet purely honest love story that will obliterate the strong defenses around your well-guarded heart." - Amber McCallister

"Bikes, blood-feuds and love, a story of two strangers who meet and find out they started a blood-feud they now have to try to stop, before they get killed. A modern Romeo and Juliet story with a surprising twist." - Angelica Berglund

"Chance meetings and sordid pasts prove fate knows what it's doing!" - Corissa Palfrey

"Love is immortal. Love is powerful and fearless. Ryker and Terri's love story is one of a kind." - Jessica Cassidy

"Enjoyed this fun Romeo and Juliet like story." - Marie Smith Fowler

"A refreshing change from most romance novels. Rachelle kept me wondering what would happen and the ending surprised me." - Patricia A. Conley-Shepard

"Sassy, fun-loving and adventurous, which will have you asking yourself do you remember your first kiss?" - Terri Merkel

"The perfect combination of love, humor and steam that will keep you sighing from start to finish." - Yomari Suárez-Rivera

"Fun, sexy, steamy." - Kris Woltzen

About the Author

Rachelle Ayala is a bestselling author of contemporary romance and romantic suspense. Her foremost goal is to take readers on a shared emotional journey with her characters as they grow and become more true to themselves. Rachelle believes in the power of love to overcome obstacles and feels that everyone should find love as often as possible, especially if it's within the pages of a book. Her book, Knowing Vera, won the 2015 Angie Ovation Award, and A Father for Christmas garnered a 2015 Readers' Favorite Gold Award. She is also a writing teacher and founder of the Romance In A Month writing community. She lives in California with her husband and has three children and two birds.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01BJUN72M
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Lovely Hearts Press (March 18, 2016)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 18, 2016
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 873 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 207 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #1,908,571 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #7,877 in Alpha Male Romance eBooks
- #35,483 in Women's Romance Fiction
- #83,426 in Romance (Kindle Store)

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Rachelle Ayala is an award-winning USA Today bestselling author of contemporary romance and romantic suspense. She writes emotionally challenging stories but believes in the power of love and hope.

Her book, Knowing Vera, won the 2015 Angie Ovation Award, and A Father for Christmas garnered a 2015 Readers' Favorite Gold Award. Christmas Stray was awarded the 2016 Readers' Favorite Gold Award and A Pet for Christmas had an Honorable Mention. In 2017, Playing for the Save won Readers' Favorite Gold Award in Realistic Fiction.

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catwoman1a

Good Story

Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2017

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All Terri wants is a date for her 30th birthday party, but before she can hire someone, she meets Ryker. I could not put this story away. So much action and romance it's like a buffet and you can't wait for the dessert! There are enough twists to keep you wondering and on the edge of your seat. Rachelle Ayala does not disappoint. I love her writing and her characters are strong whether they are men or women. I've already purchased the next book in this series.

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Yvonne T. Cruz

More of 3.5 stars with a thoughtful message

Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2019

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This audio was a bit different from my usual reading/listening. I don’t like MC stories and this one is definitely that genre.
That said, I have to confess it was engaging.
When Ryder, an unemployed Marine, and Terri, a flower shop owner, meet by chance, they don’t realize that they in fact met when they were children. A meeting that affected not only them, but also both their families. Families that were very much part of the motorcycle clubs and at times dangerously so.
Their story was at times farfetched, with a modern twist to Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet story, but that didn’t stop me from listening to it , specially when the story took so many detours.
At times funny, at others touching , it also brought up a very real social issue. When the brave men and women who serve our country come back home, we, as a society are not doing enough to help them integrate back to civil life. Unemployment and sadly, suicide is high for this group. The least we can do as individuals and as a country, is give them a hand . Kudos to the author for that reminder.
For that, the story gets a 4 star rating.

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LISA

Alright

Reviewed in the United States on May 14, 2019

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This book was rather short. I feel like some things were eliminated. Good storyline. Way to much Romeo and Juliet stuff. I did find the book entertaining. I just didn't think it was anything more than average. The characters were ok. But I never really invested in them. I didn't want anything bad to happen to them but at The same time, I didn't care if it did.

Reviewed in the United States on May 8, 2017

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Wowza! I woke up way early and couldn't get back to sleep so I decided to give this a listen. Almost four hours passed by without me noticing. I listened, enthralled. The ups and downs, twists and turns had me feeling like I was on a roller coaster. The spicy parts kept me warm on this chilly Alaska morning. This was the first audio book of Rachelle Ayala's that I have listened to. At the end of it I laid there thinking about it versus a print, (or kindle), version. I came to the conclusion that I really enjoyed listening to this one. Normally I pick print. The narrator did a good job. He didn't put me to sleep even though I was laying in my bed. I would definitely listen to him again.

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Janine

Terri and Ryker

Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2017

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A fued that started when they were kids is threatening their lives and their love. They try to set something up but things start folding in on them.

As usual Rachelle Ayala weaves a very intense story. It is very hard to put down.

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Family Feud Fury

Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2018

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Ryker and Terri go way back. They just don't necessarily rrecognise each other now that they're adults. As they discover who they really are their pasts of motorcycle clubs, family entanglements, personal conflicts and, in Tyler's case, Marine experience, all collide. Ryker is back home from his Marine career hoping to bring an end to the family feud that has cost lives, livelihoods and futures. The parallels this story has to Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story are clear. Yet this story has twists and turns that show a new and scary conclusion to the legendary tale. Bad Boys For Hire plays a periphery role in this book, but Ryker is certainly the epitome of a bad boy gone good. Ryker and Terri are a great couple and their love will clearly help them fight for right.

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ChattyChik2NE1

The prologue was NOTHING like the book

Reviewed in the United States on October 24, 2018

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This is supposed to be book one of the bad boys for hire series and yet, they didn't even hire any bad boys. It was mentioned for a millisecond on one page but then the story went off on a completely different illogical trajectory. Also there is a super creepy childhood meeting involved that is just ICKY. And the ending is just laughably ridiculously insane. I wanted to love it and I actually did like the main lead, the female lead was irksome to the nth degree. I would not recommend this and doubt I will be continuing with the series. Though I am intrigued about book 2, but considering I far off from the blurb book 1 was, I have trepidation about attempting book 2.

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Ryker

Reviewed in the United States on June 7, 2022

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An enjoyable read but not really my preference.

Took a while to get going, I prefer a story to grab me a lot quicker.

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