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Smooth Sailing

Wild West MC, Book 3

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Smooth Sailing

By: Kristen Ashley
Narrated by: Joseph Discher, James Lurie, Stella Bloom
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When the Chaos Motorcycle Club came to call, Harlan “Hugger” McCain wasn’t ready to be welcomed into the fold. They said he was a legacy. He felt like an outcast.

But he patched in anyway.

And he was all in to be a part of their not-quite-outlaw missions.

This takes him down to Phoenix, right into the orbit of Diana Armitage, a beautiful, green-eyed woman with a heart of gold and a scarily honed tendency to sacrifice for pretty much everyone she cares about and some people she barely knows.

Hugger has been existing. Life has never given him much; now, he expects even less.

Diana lives life to its fullest. And she doesn’t keep it a secret she wants to drag Hugger right along with her.

But Hugger is certain he’s got bad blood. He’s got one foot in Chaos, one foot out. One foot in Diana’s life, one foot out.

Diana and his brothers in Chaos have their work cut out to show Hugger who he is.

That he belongs.

And he’s worthy to be loved.

©2025 Kristen Ashley (P)2025 Audible, Inc.
Contemporary

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I love it but

I love it so much, I love the narrators. KA is an instant buy for me, I see a new preorder and I buy it right away. But for this story, is it the Diana show or is the Suzette show? The plot was driven almost completely about Suzette and that character was more intriguing than Diana and Hugger. I can't wait to see Suzettes story, and Pete's but I wish that the danger and plot was more centered around Diana rather than Suzette. Overall it was great, but I wanted more of Diana, less of Suzie.

That said.....KA's books are depth within depth within depth and not many authors do that. I love fully getting immersed into the story.

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A great story, even through the tears…

Just so you know, this review will have a spoiler, so if you haven’t read the book yet, don’t read any further. I don’t want to spoil anything for you!
So for those of you who are true Kristen Ashley fans, my next comment will come as no surprise and is not a criticism for Kristen, but F*#% you Kristen, dog gone it. Big Petey was supposed to live forever, he’s immortal, didn’t you realize that? I don’t think I’ve cried that much reading a book since Teddy died in The Rising, that was gut wrenching too. Anyway, it was a fun story and I love how Kristen brings in characters from many of her previous books and series. It’s fun to catch up on their lives as time passes.
As always, I am happy to recommend this book to new fans of Kristen Ashley.

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A Must Read MC Romance

I absolutely adored this book. I smiled big like a goober, I cried hard, I swooned. It was fantastic. I cannot wait for the next one in the series. This is a must read.

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The song of you me against the world

Love it all thanks for the memories of that song was raised by a strong single mom forgot all about that song broken hearted about big petey love all your books

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Back to great

The chaos story was over so I wasn’t sure this would be great. Maybe just a rehashing? But a Kristen Ashley ok is still worth reading. So glad I read this. The characters were new - not versions of characters from previous books. And that’s why I love KA books - bc the characters feel like real people that I want to know. Doesn’t hurt that there’s danger and men standing up for women (I can dream). I don’t want to include spoilers but it turns out there were loose ends from the chaos story and wrapping them up was heartbreaking. You do get glimpses of many chaos brothers and more than glimpses of a few of them.

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I am GUTTED!

This was an amazing book as always with the Queen however, the loss of losing someone so vital to Chaos was tragically beautiful! I loved Hugger and the plot twist making him a Legacy to the club made for a good storyline. He and Diana were perfect for each other!

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Great storytelling - as usual

Spoiler alert - can’t help but say it outright. One of the great things about romance by Kristen Ashley - her stories are all interesting stories with a sweet HEA. All except This One. The ending of this book was (of course) very well written and because it is well done it is a bittersweet - rip your heart out - sad ending that is totally different than the usual book by KA. It is not the two main characters - so - if you can handle the beautifully done heartache of the loss of a beloved character from So Many of KA’s MC books - then you would probably still be able to appreciate the heart rending ending of this one too. Unfortunately - if I am finishing up a book late at night, and am crying my heart out, then I end up with a stuffed up nose and a slight headache from crying. For those die hard KA fans who can’t help but anticipate every new KA book release (like myself) this new book may be welcomed with great relish, but for me it was one book that I was looking forward to but was let down by an ending that was a bit lack luster (no big buildup to some tense climactic ending) just a somewhat tepid story ending - which then led into the heart breakinjg loss of a beloved character who all the fans of the MC series’ stories will recognize and mourn the loss of. Sorry for the spoiler - but - have to say - I wish I had been warned because I think I would rather not have read this one - - no matter how good I think all the KA MC books have always been.

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Their story is great he’s not as alpha nice change

Kristen never disappoints her characters are always fun and interesting to meet and get to know these did not disappoint. I do wish she’d change up her female narrator Stella is great but she does all of Kristen’s characters and I start getting confused as to which character so I’d like to see her change it up.

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I really enjoyed this one!

Another great read in the Wild West MC series. It was nice to be back in the Chaos world! If you haven’t read the Chaos series this will make you want to read it! I have read it multiple times and now I want to go back and reread! I was hooked immediately and didn’t want to put it down. I got the audio so I didn’t have to! The narrators did an amazing job bringing the characters to life! It made the book play out like a movie in my mind. Made the emotional parts of the book that much more emotional. I loved Di and Hugger so much! I wasn’t ready for their story to end! Overall a great read that I definitely recommend!!

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Not my fave of KA’s

Interesting meet up with MC’s. Story a bit slow. Female narrator never been a favorite of mine, which could have influenced me a bit. Over all it’s meh for me.

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