Dear Reader,
Bubbles’ story is the twelfth book in the RTMC series, and the thirty–second book in the Kirsten O’Shea Universe. It can be read as a stand-alone, but there are a lot of characters we’ve met in other books, so I’d like to take this opportunity to go over where we’ve met them.
It’s safe to skip this and head straight to Chapter One if you’re new to this universe, but you might want to come back afterwards, especially if a character or couple intrigues you.
If you’ve read the series, I hope this is a quick refresher before you dive in.
We met Duke (the MC President) and Gen in Duke’s story, as well as Gen’s best friend, Bethany.
Bethany gets her story in Acceptable Risk, where we meet her three guys.
We saw Cassie, Isaac, Cam, and Frisco (Gen’s brother) get their HEA during Safeword: Arabesque.
Back to the RTMC series, Brain’s story let us meet Harmony, his true love. It also had all readers thoroughly pissed at Bash and Gonzo. Brain is the MC’s VP.
Which brings us to Bash’s story, where we spend some time with Bud (the Atlanta chapter’s president) and his daughter, Angelica. We also get to meet Dawg up-front-and-personal. Bash is the MC’s Sergeant-at-Arms. Also during this book, we meet some of the Disciple Playas for the first time, and their new leader, Marlin.
Next comes Horse and Gabby, where we dip into Faerie a little for the first time in the RTMC series, but it isn’t the first we’ve been there in this universe.
Gonzo finally gets his story, and boy is this one emotional. I adore Connie. We add kids to the clubhouse with this one. Nix and Tippy are up next, and then Ghost and Hailey, where we get to see a good bit of Viper. Slick and Bobcat work at the RTMC’s hotel. We also meet the other members of Mythic Beast: Will, Silver, and Animal. Ghost’s parents, Darnell and Keisha, get their HEA in Uncaged.
We meet Nickie when Bud finally gets his own book, along with Texas and Sparkie, Shadow, and other Atlanta brothers and their ol’ladies.
And then Razor and Matty come along and upset the applecart, so to speak. Dozer is a bit of an ass in Razor’s book, while Bubbles goes out of his way to make Matty feel safe a time or two. Micca is Matty’s best friend.
We met Britches/Briana during Gonzo’s story, and she gets her book in Careful What You Ask For.
Zeke is the RTMC’s main criminal attorney, and we can see his story in the Hallowed Destiny novella, where he runs into Destiny a year after helping to rescue her.
Pebbles and Jiminy have been around since Duke’s story. Jiminy is the local voice of the cartel and no one screws with him.
Other characters you’ll see in this book:
Aaron Drake, his wife Sophia, and their triplets. You can read Aaron and Sophia’s story in The Dragon King.
Abbott, Master Vampire of most of the southeastern U.S., is an important character throughout the series. He has a short story (Leashed), where we meet Spence, but we see the ancient vampire a whole helluva lot in Only Human, too. We also see more of how the coterie is run, and get another view of Abbott, in Riding the Storm, which features Kendra and Eric.
We first met Queenie in Bash’s story, when she was called Bambi. Gavin takes her home with him in Indentured Freedom: Owned by the Vampire.
Nathan, King of the Lions, the Amakhosi, is an important character in the four Only Human books, as well as the Hallowed Destiny novella. He also has his own short story – Pride.
I hope you enjoy Bubbles’ and Lexi’s story.