Review: Hard Bitten by M.K. York

12 March of 2018 by ButtonsMom2003

Reviewer's Rating: 3

3.0Overall score

A suspenseful story.

Hard Bitten By M.K. York

Genre: Contemporry Romance, GLBTQ, MM

Released: March 5, 2018

Publisher: Carina Press

Synopsis

Rule number one: hands off the witness

As a newbie public defender, Mark Eliades is stuck defending DUIs. But when his latest client gets charged with felony arson, the result is a career-making case he has to win. The last thing he needs is to fall for his key witness. Any hint of impropriety and his credibility will be shot, along with Mark’s case. But the more time Mark spends with the jaded private investigator, the more the rules begin to blur.

Tired of endless nights chasing people who don’t want to be found, private investigator Lukas Nystrom needs a change—and a guaranteed paycheck. When a high-profile contract with the state falls in his lap, he can’t screw it up. Even if it means ignoring his growing desire for the hotshot attorney who hired him.

Convinced their client is innocent, Mark and Lukas team up to investigate the crime. With the trial looming and every lead gone cold, they work relentlessly to uncover the truth. But keeping things professional while searching for evidence they need might just make this the hardest case they’ve ever taken on.

This book is approximately 90,000 words

Review

Reviewed by ButtonsMom2003

A suspenseful story.

Hard Bitten is the second book I’ve read by M.K. York and I enjoyed it. I’d call this more of a suspense/mystery story with a romance thrown in, rather than a romance, but I liked it all the same.

Mark is a public defender and Lukas is a Private Investigator who is helping to gather information to help Mark’s client. I found some of the dialogue a bit stilted at times and the two MCs (main characters) didn’t really interact that much outside of the working relationship before falling for each other. It was still a good story but a bit more attention to the romance would have made it even better.

Some might call this a slow-burn romance – the first real sex scene doesn’t happen until page 354 (out of a 395-page book) – but once the sex comes into play it’s pretty hot.

While Hard Bitten (not sure how they came up with that title – it sounds like a shifter book) won’t ever be a favorite of mine I did enjoy reading it and will watch for other stories from this author.