J.R. Ward, known for her ass kicking vampires, takes a turn
into contemporary fiction with this romantic suspense trilogy. The Bourbon
Kings follows the Bradford family, in Tennessee, as their legacy of bourbon,
horses, fast women, tradition and dripping with money world is pulled apart.
Ward gives us juicy and addictive drama. It’s on par with Dynasty with all the
layers and levels of deceit and betrayal. It’s also steeped in tradition, hosed
down with expectations, all while the reader gets to gleefully follow the machinations
of family and their reactions that are riddled with love, sex, and death. This
trilogy has it all (well, no paranormal friends come to visit) and will leave
you thrilled you aren’t actually there but get to know all the things. LOL! I
was a huge fan of this family saga. A few people have asked about the spice
level and I would say it’s spicy enough. There are sexual exploitations, sex as
a weapon and sex with love to enhance the story. Ward puts us in the location
and the actions of what you might see if you came upon the characters, without
pushing in and out with explicit descriptions and details.
Also, I loved the bourbon fun facts shared with us and the
naming of each book. The angel’s share and the devil’s cut are actual things!
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