Review: Sam’s Creed by Sarah McCarty

TITLE: Sam’s Creed
AUTHOR: Sarah McCarty
SERIES: Yes, this is book 2 in the Hell’s Eight Series
Book 1: Caine’s Reckoning (a fabulous book and yes Caine is in my hut so you can all be jealous now)

REASON FOR READING:
After reading Caine’s Reckoning I couldn’t keep away.

SUMMARY:
Texas Ranger and Hell’s Eight member, Sam “Wild Card” McGregor has a reputation for killing and seduction. He has no room in his life for lasting relationships with women.

Sam comes across a shoot out with lone survivor Isabella Montoya. Isabella is being hunted by a local who is the epitome of the old west’s mafia. Tejala wants to marry Isabella and she’s on the run. Bella would rather kill herself than let Tejala get his hands on her.

Sam is determined to return Isabella to her home/ranch and move on his way. The problem is, he gets to know Bella and he definitely likes what he sees.

THOUGHTS/OPINION:
I was sooo looking forward to this book and Sarah McCarty did not disappoint. It had action adventure and lots of sex. Can you ask for more?

Sam is the hotness itself. He’s so laid back and is supposedly this hardened killer with no conscience. He is a killer, but he’s definitely got a conscience. He’s kind and gently with those he loves. He just only loves those of Hell’s Eight.

Sam’s out trying to find Desi’s (from book 1) twin and comes across Isabella. She’s mouthy but he likes that. I loved their verbal sparring and I loved that she just told it like it was. Very rarely did she hide what she was thinking. She’d just say what she was feeling at the time. Which wasn’t always a good thing, but it usually made Sam smile, which is always a good thing. She basically asks Sam to be her lover. He puts her off, but not for long, because he thinks the reasons she asking are wrong and also because he thinks she’s too young to know what she wants.

Over the course of the book Sam finds himself falling in love with Bella but he’ll be the first to deny it. After he finds out what Bella’s been through in the six months she’s been running from Tejala he’s ready to take her back home, then go kill Tejala for causing her so much pain. Bella’s just sure Sam will leave her at her house and never return…either after getting killed by Tejala or just not coming back. But Sam’s more than smitten so he can’t keep himself away.

Ok…the sexin. There was a huge email discussion (that a lot of you were in on) about the whole giving the BJ on the horse scene that was in this book. After reading the book I say it was more than possible. He actually turned his body. So although they weren’t facing the same direction by the time he was turned and she was leaning over it was totally doable. (even though the email was totally hilarious! You can check out the entire email conversation on Katiebabs and Kristie J’s blog here. Warning – do not drink while reading….you may spit it out while laughing!)

Also…about the jizz rubbed into the body thing. When Sam did that to Bella it had stated that they were near a pond. He had cleaned her up the night before (ok, a few minutes before) with water he had heated with a kettle. They were in this same location for 2 days so although they didn’t actually say that they cleaned themselves up I have to assume they did. If Sam wanted to clean her up after one day on a horse I can’t imagine that he wanted jizz jerky on her back. When he did this another time (yeah, he did it a couple of times) they were only on their horses for the rest of that day and then they were at a boarding house where she took a bath. Thank you Ms. McCarty for not having her keep that on her forever! lol

Was the author new to you and would you read something by this author again?
No she was not new to me. I’ve read Mac’s Law and Caine’s Reckoning and have Promises Linger in my TBR.

Are you keeping it or passing it on?
Definitely keeping it.

Did you enjoy the book?
Yes

Would you recommend this book to others?
Absolutely!

SCORE: 5 out of 5

Anything else?
Dammit! We have to wait until next April for Tucker’s Claim!!!

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