Hell for Leather

By: Julie Ann Walker

Narrated by: Angela Dawe

Length: 10 hrs and 30 mins

Publisher's Summary

Bad-boy bikers by day & special ops team by night-these New York Times best-selling Black Knights keep you on the edge of your seat!

Only the most urgent crisis could force Delilah Fairchild to abandon her beloved biker bar and ask the surly Bryan "Mac" McMillan for help. What the ex-FBI agent has against her is a mystery…but when the bullets start to fly, Mac is her only chance for finding her uncle alive. Mac knows that beautiful women can't be trusted, but he has to put his natural wariness of Delilah aside to help her. With the clock ticking, Mac and Delilah find themselves holding on to each other in the wildest adventure of their lives.

©2014 Julie Ann Walker (P)2014 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved. First published in print by Sourcebooks Casablanca.

Angela Dawe FTW

Listened for Fun (Audible)
Overall Rating: 4.00
Story Rating: 3.75
Character Rating: 4.25

Audio Rating: 4.00 (not part of the overall rating)

First Thoughts when Finished: I love the boys from Black Knights Inc. and Hell for Leather by Julie Ann Walker was another great entry in the series.

Story Thoughts: I have to admit I had 2 moments in this story that really stood out (and yes they both are the same exact scene): First, kudos to Julie for making the "getting smexy" time at least at a time when they weren't in a battle, they were sort of alone (at least in the room)and nothing was pressing. Seriously I about cheered! Second, I had to laugh at that same scene because it was supposed to be scratching Delilah's itch and he is all like "do this for me". I was like dude this is about her! Other than that, I really enjoyed both the romance and the action in Hell for Leather. I thought it was timely and really kept me on the edge. Even the bit of a darker turn was perfect for the story. The end scene was great because I would have screamed if she had not called him on his ass for being a knucklehead.

Character Thoughts: I loved Delilah and Mac! I thought their love story was pretty darn awesome and yeah to Delilah for being the gal to knock him on his ass. I admit that Mac has been one of my favorite characters in this series because he is a TX boy, so his love interest needed to be pretty darn awesome. I wasn't disappointed.

Audio Thoughts:

Written by: Julie Ann Walker / Narrated by: Angela Dawe


So Angela "Freaking" Dawe is now doing the Black Knights series and now it is on my must get on audiobook list. To say I am thrilled she is doing the narration is a bit of an understatement. I thought she did an excellent job on the narration.

Final Thoughts: When is the next one?

4 of 4 people found this review helpful

Sadly, I couldn't listen to this narrator :(

Had to return this by chapter 3. Ive been reading this series and I've enjoyed every book so far. I will read this one as well and choose another to listen to. The narrator's inflections were a distraction I couldn't hear past to listen to the story.

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

Miss the old narrator:(

It took quite a while to get used to the new narrator. The lady who read the first books was far more enjoyable to listen too.

2 of 2 people found this review helpful

Lousy narration

do NOT like the new narrator very abrasive voice. Does not change well with the characters . Does not differentiate the characters and their personalities well. I will not likely follow any Morse in this series with this narrator

2 of 2 people found this review helpful

good story

not a fan of this narrator... the story was flat because of her presentation of this book...disappointed

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Humor, Listen for It

Would you try another book from Julie Ann Walker and/or Angela Dawe?

Just a maybe on J.A.W. if other reviewers like it. Angela D. an absolutely YES. I went looking for more of her reads and found this one. A.D. can only do so much with an author's work! This was at the right price, under $10. It had a good outline and some creative dialogue, but author was a bit too repetitive in trying to capture some emotion. Author should have stuck to the mystery, humor and sexy heroes.

What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)

Well, I cautioned myself on buying the next book coming out. If I buy it, it is only because A.D. is reading it

Which scene was your favorite?

when the B.K. guys talk about sharing care for baby Black Knight

Do you think Hell for Leather needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?

this is a series and A.D. should continue to read them as they come out. I hope the author has a better editor as this had so much more potential.

Any additional comments?

Love to hear Zellners story

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Another awesome book!

SO I adore this series, and I was taken by surprise at how much I enjoyed Mac and Delilah! It was was a GREAT story! Unlike the last one, we did get to see some of the Knights we know and love, and that was GREAT! I love how the characters love each other, and I love how there's a kinda preview of who will be next, which makes me so excited to continue with the series! So so awesome! Can't wait to get the next one!

When I saw that the narrator of this book was a different than the first 5 books, I was so excited, because I didn't really like the male voices the previous narrator did, but that excitement quickly turned to disappointment. This narrator seems to YELL the narration, and also in the first chapter there are CLEAR background noises, as if the wrong, or unedited chapter was uploaded instead of the clean one. They are NOT sound effects, LOL, it's noise that should not be there. I didn't mind her male voices, as I did with the first narrator, but I just overall don't like the narration. I enjoy the series, so I will endure her for the next book, but for me, this narrator was worse than the first one, which I also heartily disliked. There were also several errors, as in mispronounced words, that should've been fixed in edits, in my opinion.

loved it

will continue entire series until black Knight is completely read enjoying love stories of them all

Love the Series, Narrator was HORRIBLE!!

Would you listen to Hell for Leather again? Why?

No! Narrator was horrible! Seriously did no one listen to her narration!

How did the narrator detract from the book?

First it sounded like she was no where near the microphone so she was yelling to make her voice heard. Her voice is beyond annoying! The only reason I even finished this book was because Julie Ann Walkers Series of the Black Knights is addicting and I wanted to know what Mac's story was about! However, the first books with the previous narrator I finished in record time! This book took three times as long because of the narration!

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

NO!

Any additional comments?

Love the series but had to suffer through this one and I noticed that the next book is by the same narrator so, if I want to finish to the end of this series I will be forced to listen to this narrator!

love the author but the narrator.....

love the books...the author is always great but this narrative is not suitable for this book! She is a good narrator but she would be more suitable for some snooty loud spoken type book! if you can get past the snood part you can possibly catch on to the storyline with due to the author is always good

It could have been a good story i think

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

the narration was so annoying - why was she told to narrate it that way - her dialogues of the characters seemed ok but the story telling was so spoilt that I spent more time on being annoyed and trying to work out why she was telling it that way than listening to the actual story

Would you ever listen to anything by Julie Ann Walker again?

I have and I didn't have a problem with the others

How did the narrator detract from the book?

it destroyed the story

What character would you cut from Hell for Leather?

couldn't tell you