The Oath We Take
Iron Outlaws MC: Colorado #2
S. Cole
Genre: MC Romance
Release Date: March 27, 2025
🏍️ MC Romance
💙President’s Daughter x Brooding Enforcer
☠️Hands Off Clause
❌Forbidden Romance
🌞Grumpy/Sunshine
💦Breeding Kink
ABOUT THE BOOK:
She’s the one woman I can never have. Now, I’m the only man who can keep her alive.
Ember
Being the daughter of a motorcycle club president means two things—power and protection.
But it also comes with one unbreakable rule: No biker touches the president’s daughter and lives to tell about it.
Which means Hudson “Atom” Addams, the club’s brooding enforcer and the man I’ve loved half my life, will never be mine.
Until the Bratva rolls into town, demanding protection money.
Now, my father is forcing me to accept Atom’s protection.
Close quarters. Late nights. And the one man I swore I’d never beg for again.
Atom
Five years ago, the woman of my dreams laid her heart at my feet.
I wanted to claim her. Keep her. Make her mine.
Instead, I let her go.
Butcher’s warning was clear—touch his daughter, and I’d be dead before sunrise.
So I buried my need for her and turned my back.
Now, the Bratva is making a play for her bar. And to make matters worse, she’s got a boyfriend.
I should walk away. I should let her go. But I’m not that strong.
Protecting her means breaking the rules. Claiming her means starting a war.
And I’ll burn this town to the ground before I let her slip away again.
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The Oath We Take by Scarlett Cole
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
***Review copy requested and reviewed on behalf of OMGReads Blog***
The Oath We Take is book two in the Iron Outlaws MC Colorado Series. This is a second chance, forbidden, grumpy/sunshine romance. This story focused on Atom a.k.a. Hudson and Ember.
Atom is the Colorado Chapters Enforcer. He handles conflicts and makes sure everyone follows the rules. Basically backing up his Sergeant at Arms, Wraith. He’s also one of the main ranchers on his families land which is where the Club house resides. He’s hard working, loyal to a fault, protective, and disciplined.
Ember is trying to live her life separate from the club because she’s some what resentful of the club. Her dad being the President often left her feeling like she came second. Then add in the fact that Atom and all other members were sworn off from dating her due to being the President’s daughter. She grew up to be independent, brave, hard working, sassy, and stubborn.
You can feel the tension and chemistry between Atom and Ember. Their story was some what of a slow burn with very light and minimal spice, a mix of violence, action, and angst. The plot was predictable early on which also lead to an antilclimatic ending, but it still was an entertaining and enjoyable read that left me wanting to know what happens next with Smokes story.
The Oath We Take by Scarlett Cole
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Okay, so here’s the thing, I’m either not in my Scarlett era right now or Scarlett has been taken over by alien word wizards that are #twitchy. It could go either way. 🤷♀️😬🤷♀️
For me, the storyline itself was good. No problem there. The issue for me is the lack of intensity and grit to the romance journey. MC stories come with an inherit level of suspense and danger, for the most part, when it comes to the “club” and that suspense arc sometimes gets resolved in the story or it’s one that follows the series. The other aspect of an MC story is the grit and spark that normally accompanies a relationship growth. I didn’t get that here. I got a really great story about two people who were best of friends when they were younger and because they couldn’t act on their feelings later in life, there were broken hearts and shattered feelings. Time passes and now they’re all grown up and there’s some danger lurking in the shadows, so the friendship is rekindled and builds to a HEA.
The potential for an explosive and intense relationship journey between Ember and Atom was right there, to be expanded on and explored but instead, a slow-burn sorta path with little to no grit and passion is the path that was written for these two. But it was right there! *cries* lol I’m not gonna lie to you, I was frustrated a lot throughout this journey and I’m honestly a little bit worried about it! I’ve been reading and enjoying Scarlett Cole for a decade and this woman is one of the best out there. Of that I am 100% sure. However, this particular Chapter of the Iron Outlaws MC is not jiving with me at all. #help
I’m not going any further in explaining my issues, because I have mad respect for Scarlett, so enough said on all this, but I do want to reiterate that this is a good storyline and the issues that I seem to be having are not technical issues, but more of a me thing. Ya’ll feel me? So, if you’re a fan of Scarlett’s or even if you’re new, go forth and enjoy. This won’t stop me from reading every word she ever writes. She’s one of the best. #trust
MEET SCARLETT:
Scarlett Cole is a contemporary romance author that calls both Toronto, Canada and Manchester, England home. A born city dweller, she periodically quashes the urge to live in the country by hiking up a mountain to remind herself that living away from people would terrify the pants off her.
She believes everybody deserves their love story to be told and loves her heroes on the rough and rugged side…and usually tall (because she married one of those 6ft 6” men you read about in romance books!). She’s an A-type personality and Scorpio star sign, so good luck getting her to do anything she doesn’t want to.
When she isn’t writing, she’s happy to talk about hot men and expensive shoes while drinking a cold gin and tonic. Don’t bring up olives. As far as Scarlett is concerned, they are the devil’s food. As long as you don’t bring up olives, she’s happy to hear from you any time.
She is represented by Louise Fury at The Fury Agency.
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