The Hawke Family Complete Collection by Gwyn McNamee – Review by Shea Gilkerson 1/30/23

The Hawke Family Complete Collection by Gwyn McNamee
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I’m a sucker for a series with individual stories about each family member, so the idea of having more than one at my fingertips was more than enough motivation for me. Of course the added bonus is that this series is great. World and character building is well done, stories are fleshed out and don’t leave you hanging without having a clue, good heat and nice chemistry between characters. I always think I can’t possibly like any books in a series like this more than the one I had just read, and then I can never choose a favorite.

SAVAGE COLLISION is about Savage Hawke and meeting his match in Investigative Reporter Danika Eriksson when she busts in looking for answers from the sleazeball employing her little sister in a strip club. While Savage DOES own a gentlemans club and closely guards his secrets (and himself), he is hardly the sleaze Dani anticipated him to be. He is intrigued by her guts and her fearlessness and is wildly attracted to her.

Dani wants to hate Savage. She wants to dig in and uncover his secrets and help her sister get free from a career she looks down on – but she can’t get beyond how incredibly attractive and charismatic he is. She WANTS to hate him, but will she succeed?

TORTURED SKYE focuses on Skye and Gabe. You meet them in book 1. Gabe is Savage’s right hand man and best friend. Skye is his sister and has harbored a crush on Gabe for a long time. When they’re celebrating at a wedding reception Skye gets caught up in the romance and kisses him. Gabe is totally thrown off, totally interested and knows Skye is totally off limits. They both have many struggles they are working through and finding it difficult to add the feelings they realize they hold for one another to the mix. As you can imagine, a relationship budding between them causes lots of stormy relationship dealings. Will they heal and take a chance on one another, or stay too damaged and afraid?

STONE SOBER is deeper, darker, and more…thrilling? than the first 2. It tells a darker story and leans into a different type of heat.

Stone is the youngest Hawke sibling and has returned home. He’s not so sure it’s the right thing, though. He has a secret that just eats at him, and he has gone through all sorts of vices to push it away from his mind. He didn’t know he’d find his favorite vice in one of the families clubs. First he watches from afar, but will it end up being enough?

Nora is Dani’s younger sister. She is brilliant. She is gorgeous. She had a wonderful career that she left behind. No one knows her secret as to why she chose to strip instead of following the path she had worked so hard to set up, but she is exactly where she wants to be and finally feels free. When she finds out the dark stranger in the corner is Stone Hawke, she can’t help but feel compelled to learn more.

Where will these strangers with their dark secrets end up? Will they even be able to stay away from one another, or will their new obsessions overwhelm their needs to stay private and hidden?

BUILDING STORM is another more deep and dark addition to the series, and is chock full of heart stopping emotions. So much crying while reading this one! Storm is grieving. Will she ever get over her broken heart? Will she trust anyone to be her safe haven again? Will she be able to build herself back up? She knows everyone is trying to bring her back and make her ok again, but is she too far gone? A stranger turns out to be the stepping stones she needs to find her way back.

Landon is on the run. He is full of regrets, guilt, despair…until he sees Storm. Her emotionless beauty speaks to him, and upon speaking they decide to just enjoy the moment and have a dance. To both of their surprise, those moments are the happiest they’ve both had in a long time. So many emotions and so much growing through them in this one. Have tissues ready!

TAINTED SAINT is a shorter read, but no less engaging, entertaining or well written. Saint is a bouncer at one of the clubs, so you know his build is just right for his position. He’s pleased with his job, it keeps him busy with all of their businesses – and he’s good at protecting the family and keeping people in line. Until the fire at the club. Now he’s unsure of where he stands – so he just keeps working and staying busy. He’s admired a family friend from afar for ages and just so happens to bump into her at a masquerade ball where she thinks her mask keeps her identity a secret – but Saint knows who she is. He just wants to take advantage of a perfect opportunity so he plays along. Caroline feeling anonymous makes her much more willing to step out of her comfort zone, and since her identity is “secret” – she is feeling VERY feisty.

While this story is shorter than the rest, it is engaging and HOT.

STEELE RESOLVE is the final book in the series and is a M/M romance. Byron runs one of the family clubs. Luca Abello (STEELE) has been gone since he was a young boy, but has come back to town to take over for his father…which makes him the enemy. However, when Byron and Luca are introduced to one another, they each realize the other is the hot one night stand they had a couple of weeks ago, and have been unable to stop thinking of. With one being a mob leader and the other being a member of the Hawke family, there’s a lot of danger and tension at all times – and now passion of another kind. Will the enemies to lovers aspect let their attraction survive? Will the Hawke’s accept Luca as a partner to Byron? Will they be able to survive? This was such a great ending to the series, I can’t wait for the second generation to be released!

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