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Drive It Deep: A Desert Dogs Novella Kindle Edition

by Cara McKenna (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
3.6 3.6 out of 5 stars 19 ratings
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The author of Give It All and Lay It Down reveals how it all started in this prequel novella to the Desert Dog series...
Jeremiah Church and Raina Harper have been close since they were kids, back when life was all about hot Nevada summers spent running wild on the backs of their motorcycles with their friends. Now in their thirties, their lives are changing, and so is the way Miah looks at Raina—a sizzling tension has begun to smolder, impossible to ignore.
 Miah is a man of simple pleasures—after a long day overseeing his family’s cattle ranch, a cool drink in his hand and a barstool under his backside are all he needs. Except lately, Miah’s begun looking at his bartender differently. Raina is Miah’s polar opposite—she’s as hot-headed as he is self-possessed, as wild as he is steady. And though they’re a recipe for disaster, the mutual attraction brewing between them is too tempting to deny.
 But when bottled-up desires hit this hard, this fast, after so long, the results are positively explosive. And while the affair is hot enough set the badlands on fire, when the flames burn out, will their lifelong friendship survive, or go up in smoke?
 
Praise for Cara McKenna
 “Gritty and compelling.”—#1 New York Times bestselling author Maya Banks
 “Sweet, smoking-hot, standout romance.”—Beth Kery, New York Times bestselling author of The Affair
 “Very sexy.”—USA Today
 “Dirty and mesmerizing.”—Fiction Vixen
 
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"Sensual and alluring, Cara McKenna's writing will always spellbind readers." --Fresh Fiction

"A perfect cocktail: sexy cowboys, protagonists who are old enough to actually have some character, a romantic conflict that's very, very real... Drive it Deep is a fantastic romance. Wonderful, real, and raw. ★★★★½" --Romance and Smut

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00TY3ZRB6
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ InterMix (June 16, 2015)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 16, 2015
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 864 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 169 pages
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    3.6 3.6 out of 5 stars 19 ratings

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Cara McKenna

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Since she began writing in 2008, Cara McKenna has published nearly forty romances and erotic novels with a variety of publishers, sometimes under the pen names Meg Maguire and C.M. McKenna. Her stories have been acclaimed for their smart, modern voice and defiance of convention. She was a 2015 RITA Award finalist, a 2014 RT Reviewers’ Choice Award winner, a 2012 and 2011 RT Reviewers’ Choice Award nominee, and a 2010 Golden Heart Award finalist. She lives with her husband and baby son in the Pacific Northwest, though she’ll always be a Boston girl at heart.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A great prequel
Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2019
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Love Cara McKenna and all her stories...this story was a great insight to Raina & Miah. Looking forward to reading Miah's story now. (I have already read the first three in the series) Can't wait to see what other enticing stories and series this author has waiting for me!
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Maria Rose
4.0 out of 5 stars Sexy summer love affair and a great prequel to the Desert Dogs series
Reviewed in the United States on June 16, 2015
This sexy love affair story is not a romance with a happy ever after so consider yourself warned. It's a prequel novella to the Desert Dogs series ( though books 1 and 2 have already been released) and takes place two years before book 1. It's the story of two friends, Jeremiah (known to his friends as Miah) and Raina, who become lovers for a summer. Each of them will get their own HEA in the series but not with each other- in fact, Raina's story has already been told in book 2, Give It All.

While the story is mainly about Miah and Raina, we see other characters like Vince (hero of book 1), recently released from jail for disorderly conduct and Alex, the local deputy with a drinking problem. These 4 have been fast friends since early childhood, growing up together these past 20 years and changing (not always for the better) during this time. Miah takes the idea of loyalty and holds it to a higher ideal than any other man in his town. He is hard working, conscientious, sweet and super sexy. When his friend Alex is stumbling home drunk, it's Miah who gets him home safely. When Miah's father has medical problems, he doesn't hesitate to take over the running of the family ranch, working from sunup to sundown daily to keep things going. When he starts to see Raina as more than just a friend (something she's secretly seen in him since she was 16), he works up the courage to do something about it. He treats her like a queen, arranging romantic outings, clearly falling head over heels for her in no time and it's hard, because you know that if he gets in too deep he's going to get his heart broken. A woman couldn't ask for anything more than a man like Miah - unless you are Raina. And she doesn't want more from him. She just knows that she won't ultimately make him happy.

Going from friends to lovers is not an easy transition. For Miah and Raina, it's a chemistry that becomes explosive once they are both on the same page. The sex scenes are hot and emotional, and it seems hard to believe for the reader (and the characters) that they haven't been doing this since they were teenagers. But the point of it all is that the sex isn't going to sustain a relationship for the long haul, not if the fundamental beliefs you have are not compatible. In the case of Raina and Miah, their compatibility in the bedroom only takes them so far, and it's not enough to last for long. They want different things for their future, and the reality is that at some point down the road, they are not going to end up together. What I really admired about Raina was her ability to lay it on the line for Miah, that she ultimately doesn't want the marriage and family that she knows he needs to be happy for the long term. In part it makes her seem selfish, that she is adamant to Miah that she won't change for him, or any man. But in reality, she is being selfless - because she's not willing to be half a partner to Miah when he needs and deserves someone who will give him what he needs.

As their relationship reaches that turning point, you might wish that they would end up together but the truth is, they aren't going to. But I loved seeing this glimpse into their characters, to understand their motivations, their past, what pulled them together and what ultimately broke them apart. The ending was a bit abrupt for me , though realistically, many relationships falter in the same way - once one person decides they aren't willing to move forward, it's game over. Having read Lay It Down, I know that their friendship recovers, that they are able to take this relationship, appreciate it for what it was, and keep a special place for each other in their hearts. And I would hope that readers learn something from this story about how relationships can still be good even if they don't last. Not all relationships end for lousy reasons. Sometimes they just end. 4 stars for this interesting and intriguing look at two lovers who remain friends.
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Anna's herding cats
1.0 out of 5 stars Didn't work for me
Reviewed in the United States on July 15, 2015
This is one of the rare times I really curse myself for being a non-blurb reader. Often that leads to fun surprises. But, unfortunately, with Drive It Deep that wasn't the case. First though. I freaking love Cara McKenna's books. I rave about them often and they consistently get 4-5 stars from me but for the first time that wasn't the case and I'm not recommending one of her books. Which just guts me.

Drive It Deep takes place two years prior to the previous book in the series despite being book 2.5. It's the story of the heroine from book two--Raina, who got a hea with another man in that book-- and Miah--one of her best friends-- having a failed romance all those years ago. Hooking up and then her breaking his heart. While the writing was impeccable, as always, and the sex scenes blisteringly hot a very nice man was hurt badly when he just didn't deserve it. If you read the series that's implied in the other books that they had a failed go at things but actually seeing it happen on page was a very different thing and not in a good way.

Had it been the 0.5 release and what kicked the series off it might have worked. But at this point in the series it just didn't make sense and left me feeling sad and disappointed and a bit less in love with both the series and a heroine who I had adored in her own book. It actually has me not wanting to read anything else right now I'm feeling so bummed from it. There's obviously no HEA since Miah and Raina broke up (so she could eventually get together with her forever hero), things end badly and really while I'm perfectly fine with a heroine having a past of the sexual nature once she has her happily ever after and a hero of her own I don't want to hear or read about past hook ups. Same would apply to a hero.

So this was a big miss for me. And not one I would recommend. I WOULD recommend McKenna's other books. She's an amazing writer and her characters are always unique and interesting and the sex incredible. Both book one and two of this series were fantastic. I'd add After Hours and Willing Victim to the list of ones to try out as well. Both were amazing and have stuck with me for quite some time.
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Kassiah Faul
3.0 out of 5 stars Pretty Sassy Cool Approved
Reviewed in the United States on June 22, 2015
I have recently become slightly obsessed with Motorcycle Club stories, and I already love Cara McKenna. So when I saw her Desert Dogs series, I knew I had to read them.

This story confused me at first since it's numbered 2.5 in the series. I think it actually should be .5 as it occurs a few years before Lay It Down, the first book in the series. I haven't read Give It All, the second book in the series, but I do know that it's about Raina and Duncan--*not Miah*, so I don't really know how to feel about this one.

With that being said, pretty much no one writes smexy times like Cara McKenna. *fans self* I mean, really. Drive It Deep is a fast read and worth your time, but honestly, I wish she had just written this as a standalone novella or about different characters. I couldn't take my mind off of knowing who they were and they won't be together later, so I just couldn't get into this. I will be reading the other books in this series though--I just don't love Raina and don't think I ever can. :)
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