A shy book nerd, an outgoing sexy biker, and a secret bet only MC members know about…what could go wrong? A lot…betting on love might just lead to some broken hearts along the way.

This book is for you if you
love a good opposites attract storyline
are looking for a new motorcycle club series to binge
want to read a unique meet cute (I’ve read dozens of romance and rom-com, but this is the first dating app “meet cute” I’ve read)

Elena, innocent yet independent, moves to the small coastal town of Crown Village. With her new job at the local seafood restaurant and her new roommates who love a good party, Elena finds herself set up on a dating app matched with the notorious Axle, a member of the town's resident Motorcycle Club, the War Brothers.

Axle is flirtatious, overly confident and looking for a new challenge when a MC brother makes him a wager he can’t turn down - make an innocent girl fall in love with him and he wins the bet. With his charm, wit, and persistence Axle wears Elena down and their relationship grows slow and steady. As a reader, it was a very sweet story and Axle challenges the rough and rugged biker stereotype.

I’ve read several MC series and it took me a few chapters to get into the author’s writing style, but once I did I realized I loved all the little details added into the story that brought the characters and scenes to life. While Elena was awkward and dorky, she had such an endearing personality. There were scenes where I really wanted her to be more assertive and it was frustrating to read how she handled certain situations, but looking at the book as a whole it was just part of her growth into a more self-assured person.

Her awkwardness was also pretty comical throughout the book - both characters had no filter moments which made me laugh. They were each so unabashedly and unapologetically themselves which was refreshing.

The story is a true opposites attract storyline and they both evened each other out so well. Axle helped Elena grow in her confidence and Elena gave Axle emotional stability that I don’t even think Axle realized he needed.

My favorite quote in the book came early on…“I was tired of being comatose, living but not alive”…so true and while Elena was shy and introverted, she was brave enough to realize she wanted more out of life and did something about it!

I recommend this book because it was a fun read, easy to get into, and I loved meeting all the other MC brothers and can’t wait to pick up their books and see their stories unfold.

Bianca Lee Ward's Axle is a thrilling ride into the world of motorcycle clubs. It's a quick and easy read that'll keep you hooked from start to finish.
The story follows Elena, a regular girl who gets swept up in the dangerous and exciting world of the War Brothers MC. She falls for Axle, the club's vice president, who is tough, brooding, and undeniably sexy.
The book is full of sizzling chemistry, intense drama, and plenty of action. Ward does a great job of balancing the romance with the thrilling world of motorcycle clubs. It's a perfect blend of love and danger.
If you're looking for a fast-paced, heart-pounding romance, Axle is definitely worth checking out

AXLE is the first instalment in Bianca Lee Ward’s contemporary, adult WAR BROTHERS MC erotic, MC romance series. This is Jake ‘Axle’ Evans, and Elena’s story line.

NOTE: Although Axle is the first book in the series, all of the books (so far) have been released out of order, and therefore some of the situations and characters are already known.

Due to the nature of the story line premise, there may be triggers for more sensitive readers.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Elena and Axle) AXLE follows the building relationship between our story line couple. Elena is new in Crown Village, having ‘escaped’ her judgemental family back home but having met her new roommates, Elena begins to question her decision including working at the local seafood restaurant, and the boss who is questionable at best. When a fellow employee sets Elena up on a dating app, our heroine never expected to come face to face with a member of the War Brothers MC, the man with whom Elena will fall in love but all is not as it appears to be, and Elena will discover she is a pawn in a bet between members of the War Brothers MC.

The world building focuses on the building romance and relationship between our story line couple, as well as Elena’s unsettling boss, the problematic women of the War Brothers MC; our heroine’s battle to break free from the past, and Elena’s struggle with Axle’s life as a member of the MC.

The relationship between Elena and Axle begins as a dating app match, a match in which Axle is manipulating their ‘affair’. Elena is naïve to the MC lifestyle, and in this, she is gullible to the comments and rhetoric, as well as the manipulation of her roommates and fellow employees. As Axle continues his ‘seduction’ of our story line heroine, Elena begins to fall for a man who may not be as honest as she thought. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate without the use of over the top,sexually graphic language and text.

The secondary and supporting characters include Elena’s numerous roommates and their ever present friends; her questionable boss Cameron, and co-worker Mel. We are (re) introduced to several members of the War Brothers MC including Reaper (Ava), Viper, Demon, Bomber, and Twitch.

AXLE is a story of secrets and lies, betrayal and heart break, family and relationships, forgiveness and love. The fast paced premise is engaging and edgy ; the characters are animated and sensitive; the romance is flawed and spirited.



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*A very big thank you to the author and her publishers for sending me a copy of this in exchange for an honest review via netgalley*

I wanted to love this because I am a huge MC romance fan, but personally this wasn't dark enough for me. Not even dark per say, but it just had nothing MC about it in the book. He shares nothing about his life in the MC with the main girl, we don't see them go to do any deals or any fights with rival gangs etc. They mention they have church but it's more to discuss their love lives than anything actually MC related. If you took out the MC plot line and made them frat boys at university, nothing about the plot would change. Axle would still be a protective guy with a military backstory, and Elena would still be a naive good girl. And their opposites attract, and his bet to get with her plot line would still be a thing. And because the author didn't take it dark, as you would expect of an MC, the plots just kind of fell a bit flat. Even the retribution at the end, happened off screen for a plot point that also didn't happen, just threatened to happen. It just felt like it missed the mark of an MC
I wasn't against the characters, they were decent, occasionally funny and had a nice dynamic that didn't feel too forced. But their backstories didn't feel developed. They built up Elena's Ex so much all for that plot line to come to nothing.
Lastly, this is a personal preference that I don't hold against the book - but not enough spice for me. If I sign up for an MC romance, with a self-professed slut for a MMC, I want spice to accompany that and this just didn't have it. They kissed a lot but that's it. I felt he gave up a lot of his personality for her, while she gave up nothing.
I did enjoy reading this, but it isn't MC and so I don't think I'd recommend it.
I liked the writing, so if the author decides to write a cute small town romance, I am so there for that cause she has the sweet falling in love stuff down, just not the depravity for MC romance.

Axle, a tough biker, never expected his swipe on sweet, innocent Elena’s dating profile to lead to anything serious—especially when there’s a thousand-dollar bet at stake. But as sparks fly and their fling turns into something real, Axle faces a tough choice: keep his secret or risk losing the one woman who could be more than just a game. This steamy romance is packed with charm, secrets, and chemistry that will keep you hooked until the last page.

At the beginning of the book, I wasn’t sure… innocent girl, bad boy biker… here we go again…

BUT

I was wrong, Axle quickly draws you in, and Elena makes it hard not to like her. Their relationship is a little insta-love but there’s so much going against them, they’re complete opposites, Elena’s striving for independence and Axle is trying to lock her down to win a bet… but inevitably they fall, and they fall hard.

I *hated* the confrontation with Grace and Axle, how the girls set Elena up to witness the bet conversation, it was so painful, and the circumstances that follow were hard to read, but Axle is her knight in tin foil striding in to save the day, and we all breathed a sigh of relief at that, am I right?!

A really sweet, quick read that grips you from the beginning.

I could not put this book down. I had to know more about Elena and Axle.

Elena moves to a coastal town to escape her strict parents and be more independent. She gets a job at a restaurant where her friend signs her up for a dating app so she can "meet more people" - she matches with Axle who in his profile picture is very attractive and is a huge flirt. Little does she know that he's a member of the War Brothers Motorcycle Club.

This opposites attract book is so satisfying to read. It made me interested in reading more in the series, let's see what these other MC brothers have to offer!


This review is currently on Goodreads and will post to Instagram on Thursday, Nov. 7.

Total opposites, worlds apart, obstacles at every turn - yet they battle forward, starting from a bet, they beat the odds and the simmer boils over. Some common tropes are predictable, but done so well they add to the enjoyment. Looking forward to more.

I fell for this story quickly. The characters are interesting and the way Ward wrote the book was excellent. I felt like I was part of the action! I can't wait to read more from this series. Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC. I was entertained the entire time.