And he’s not put off by her refusal to let him do so. See, Hawk just thinks she ought to do what he says – period. Gwen isn’t accepting his takeover of her life and the repartee between the two is pretty fantastic.
Back to that insult? Well, he never wanted to be bothered with the daytime aspects of a relationship and easily admits it.
Now Gwen’s life is threatened and Hawk suddenly appears in the day proclaiming her to be his and, common for Ashley’s heroes, takes over her life without ever asking permission. They have never exchanged names – it all started with a one night stand and Gwen doesn’t want to jeopardize the time (and thrills) he gives her when he mysteriously appears in her bed. Hawk Delgado has been visiting Gwendolyn Kidd in the middle of the night for a year and a half. What’s the insult here? Well, it’s a little more subtle than the direct insult we see in a number of Ashley’s other books such as Motorcycle Man (my favorite of the Dream Man series). Narrator Kate Russell handled that all-important aspect very well. Oh, they are eventually tamed by their women but it’s not uncommon to see the hero initially act in a highly insulting manner toward their future love. When I heard about the release of Kristen Ashley’s work in audio format, I wondered just how a narrator could pull off these (let’s admit it) overbearing heroes. Mystery Man, the first in the Dream Man series, will be followed by Wild Man on October 29 th, Law Man on December 17 th, and Motorcycle Man on January 28 th. The releases are coming slowly with her first two this summer and several more in the works. Now it looks as though audio enthusiasts can enjoy a few Ashley books as audio downloads. But that’s the risk you take when you glom an author’s backlist. I have since backed off reading her books as they all started flowing together and I found myself losing interest at the halfway point. And I must admit that when I first started reading Ashley’s books, I read ten in a row – amazing for me. I often hear her books referred to as crack for romance alpha lovers. She’s known for less than ideal editing so beware but readers who have discovered her usually come back for more and more and more.
Self published until recently, she has dozens of books on her backlist and most are available for very reasonable prices in eBook format (although it looks as though the prices are going up). If you have never read Kristen Ashley and you enjoy contemporary over-the-top alpha heroes, you simply must give her books a try.
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