{"id":78497,"date":"2025-03-27T10:10:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T14:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=78497"},"modified":"2025-03-27T10:33:29","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T14:33:29","slug":"release-arc-review-the-oath-we-take-iron-outlaws-mc-colorado-2-by-s-cole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=78497","title":{"rendered":"Release & ARC Review: The Oath We Take (Iron Outlaws MC: Colorado, #2) by S. Cole"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Oath We Take by S. Cole is live!<\/strong><\/h4>\n

A gorgeously romantic MC President’s daughter\/childhood friends\/forbidden romance with, action, drama, a strong heroine, a cowboy biker hero, and a beautifully emotional love story, this is a fantastic read, and I loved it!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Blurb<\/b><\/h4>\n

She\u2019s the one woman I can never have. Now, I\u2019m the only man who can keep her alive.<\/b><\/p>\n

Ember
\n<\/b>Being the daughter of a motorcycle club president means two things\u2014power and protection.
\n<\/span>But it also comes with one unbreakable rule: <\/span>No biker touches the president’s daughter and lives to tell about it.
\n<\/span><\/i>Which means Hudson “Atom” Addams, the club\u2019s brooding enforcer and the man I\u2019ve loved half my life, will never be mine.
\n<\/span>Until the Bratva rolls into town, demanding protection money.
\n<\/span>Now, my father is forcing me to accept <\/span>Atom’s<\/span><\/i> protection.
\n<\/span>Close quarters. Late nights. And the one man I swore I\u2019d never beg for again.<\/span><\/p>\n

Atom
\n<\/b>Five years ago, the woman of my dreams laid her heart at my feet.
\n<\/span>I wanted to claim her. Keep her. Make her mine.
\n<\/span>Instead, I let her go.
\n<\/span>Butcher\u2019s warning was clear\u2014touch his daughter, and I\u2019d be dead before sunrise.
\n<\/span>So I buried my need for her and turned my back.
\n<\/span>Now, the Bratva is making a play for her bar. And to make matters worse, she\u2019s got a boyfriend.
\n<\/span>I should walk away. I should let her go. But I\u2019m not that strong.
\n<\/span>Protecting her means breaking the rules. Claiming her means starting a war.
\n<\/span>And I\u2019ll burn this town to the ground before I let her slip away again.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Add to Goodreads<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Review<\/strong><\/h4>\n

4.5 stars<\/b><\/p>\n

A gorgeously romantic childhood friends\/forbidden romance with, action, drama, a strong heroine, a cowboy biker hero, and a beautifully emotional love story, this is a fantastic read, and I loved it!<\/p>\n

This is the second book in the Iron Outlaws MC: Colorado<\/i> series. It\u2019s an MC book, so obviously there\u2019s a lot of character crossover, but you can read this one as a standalone.<\/p>\n

Atom and Ember grew up in the Iron Outlaws MC. Their fathers were members, and they were close as kids and developed feelings for each other as teens. He became a member of the club, but by then Ember\u2019s father was the club president and he had put a firm \u2018hands off my daughter\u2019 rule in place. Torn between his feelings for Ember and his love and loyalty towards the club, Atom chose the club and walked away from the girl he loved.<\/p>\n

Ember Deeks just offered me her heart, and breaking it broke mine too.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Years later, and Atom and Ember are barely talking. She is a local bar owner with little to do with the club, and he is an Enforcer for the Outlaws. They\u2019ve kept their distance, though are still in each other\u2019s orbit, so we get this delicious tension full of desperate longing, but neither of them are doing anything about it. Atom is doing what he thinks is the right thing for his club, and Ember wants a man who is prepared to fight for her.<\/p>\n

Both of us are torn. Stuck in this place where we can\u2019t push each other away hard enough for it to be final, nor can either one of us step forward into the other.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The build-up is fantastic. I could feel their love for each other and their frustration at the situation they are in, but at the same time I completely understood why they wouldn\u2019t act on their feelings. They don\u2019t hide what they\u2019re feeling, they\u2019re both fully aware, and they\u2019re sad, angry and frustrated, and oh, my heart hurt for them!<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know if I can watch you in a relationship with another man, Ember.\u201d The words come out more gruffly than I intend. I have to swallow deeply once they are out.
\nA tear spills over her lashes, and that single trail breaks my heart. \u201cThen pick me, Hudson. It\u2019s not hard.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

When Ember becomes the target of the MC\u2019s enemies, Atom is put on security duty, moving into her apartment and bringing the close proximity feels. It forces them together, and though Ember is still snarky towards Atom, there\u2019s also flirting and teasing, and things start to change. The chemistry is fantastic, and as the danger increases, Atom realises what he has to lose, and they can\u2019t stay away from each other any longer.<\/p>\n

This is such a gorgeous romance! Atom is sweet and sexy, he\u2019s seriously protective, and he\u2019s so freaking swoony. The cowboy biker is a huge romantic, and I loved seeing him finally open his heart so completely. And Ember is a rockstar. She\u2019s smart, strong and confident, she knows what she wants and what she deserves, and once these two finally decide to go for it, they\u2019re honest and functional, and they are a dream together<\/p>\n

\u201cI love her, brother,\u201d Atom says. \u201cAlways have. But for the last five years, I\u2019ve tried to live up to my promise to Butcher. Tried not to lay my hands on my president\u2019s daughter like he asked, but she\u2019s always been my queen.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But while they\u2019re figuring it all out between them, they\u2019re keeping it to themselves. The secret, forbidden element adds excitement and intensity, and brings fantastically dramatic scenes when everything comes out. There\u2019s a whole lot going on with the club \u2013 they\u2019re facing increasing danger, and there is violence, action and MC club politics and drama that create a darker feeling, and with strong themes of brotherhood, family and loyalty, I loved being back in this world.<\/p>\n

I loved getting to know more of the club boys, and as a spin-off from the original Iron Outlaws MC<\/i> series, we also get to see a lot of the boys from the original series, which was so good! There\u2019s a great bunch of girls in this series with a hilariously entertaining book club, and I cannot wait for the next book for Smoke and Quinn.<\/p>\n

Such a great read, I loved it \u2013 4.5 stars.<\/p>\n

An Advanced Reader Copy was generously provided by the author for an honest review.<\/i><\/p>\n

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Iron Outlaws MC: Colorado<\/strong><\/h4>\n

This is a spin-off from the Iron Outlaws MC<\/a> series<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Grief We Hold (#1)<\/strong> (Wraith & Raven)
\nReview<\/a>
\nBuy:\u00a0 Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n

The Oath We Take (#2)<\/strong> (Atom & Ember)
\nReview<\/a>
\nBuy:\u00a0 Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n

The Fire We Crave\u00a0 (#3)\u00a0<\/strong>(Smoke & Quinn)
\nReview<\/a>
\nBuy:\u00a0 Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n

The Heart We Guard (#4) <\/strong>(Butcher & Greer)
\nReview<\/a>
\nBuy:\u00a0 Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n

The Trust We Broke (#5)<\/strong> (Grudge & Lucy)
\nReview<\/a>
\nBuy:\u00a0 Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n

The Touch We Seek (#6)<\/strong> (Catfish & Wren)
\nReview<\/a>
\nBuy:\u00a0 Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n

The Hope We Dare (#7)<\/strong> (Jackal, Shade & Isla)
\nReview<\/a>
\nBuy:\u00a0 Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Meet the Author<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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The tattoo across my right hip says it all really. A Life Less Ordinary. Inked by the amazingly talented Luke Wessman at the Wooster Street Social Club (a.k.a. New York Ink). Why is it important? Well, it sums up my view on life. That we should all aspire to live a life that is less boring, less predictable. Be bold, and do something amazing. I\u2019ve made some crazy choices. I\u2019ve been a car maker, a consultant, and even a senior executive at a large retailer running strategy. Born in England, spent time in the U.S. and Japan, before ending up in Canada where I met my own, personal hero \u2013 all six and a half feet of him. Both of us are scorpios! Yeah, I know! Should have checked the astrological signs earlier, but somehow it works for us. We have two amazing kids, who I either could never part with or could easily be convinced to sell on e-bay.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve wanted to be a writer for a really long time. Check through my office cupboards or my computer and you\u2019ll find half written stories and character descriptions everywhere. Now I\u2019m getting the chance to follow that dream.<\/p>\n

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Facebook Group – Scarlett Cole’s Passionistas\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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