BEAUTY FOUND (Hades Hangmen #6.5) by TILLIE COLE

‘They’d let me in. Beauty and me…we were no longer alone.’

If like us, you’ve read every book in the Hades Hangmen series, you were thrilled to hear Beauty and Tank were going to get their story. They’ve been in the background and forefront of every book, and we’d always hoped to learn a little more about them. We were eager to know how they met, to gain an insight into how they came to be such an integral part of the Hades family. Just how did their club names evolve, and how did they earn their place in the inner sanctum of the MC Club? Well, Tillie answers all these questions as we go back to where it all began and discover how two lost souls found each other, and how this love has survived the test of time.

Shane Rutherford was only seventeen when he fled home, leaving behind an abusive father and ending up vulnerable and living on the streets. He was ‘saved’ by what he thought was a brotherhood, a family, however, it was anything but. He had stepped into the KKK, yet as messed up and dangerous as it was, it was a family – something the young Shane so craved. And by sheer consequence (and luck) fleeing this life lead him into the path of another runaway escaping her own nightmare, a woman who would own Shane’s heart.

Live Free. Ride Free. Die Free.

It was while Susan-Lee Stewart was fleeing her abusive and controlling mother that she came face to face with Shane ‘Tank’ Rutherford and it was a meeting that would see the outgoing and ballsy Susan-Lee, meet the man who would become her everything.

In this Novella, Tillie Cole takes us to the very early days of the Hades Hangmen, when Styx and Ky were still young ‘uns living in the shadow of their Pres and VP fathers. Oh gosh, it was crushing to be reminded how ridiculed Styx was at the hands of his father, old memories stirred in our hearts that’s for sure. It also reminded us why this series remains one of our top MC reads and how Tillie’s words can have such a profound effect on us.

‘Family. As fucked-up as this place was, I guessed it was one.’

Beauty Found was a wonderful insight into two characters we’ve come to know and love throughout the series. Gaining an understanding of their bond and realising the importance of the Hades brotherhood bond was to the young Tank, was indeed a treat and a perfect addition to the Hades Hangmen Series.