Contemporary Romance
Released July 14, 2015
Dancehall Diaries, Ltd.
Series: Marked For Love, Book 2
Reviewed by Deb
As a professional hit man, Will Collier has more secrets than most. But on a sweltering Texas night, the lives he’s taken rank second place to the love he’d like to be making with a sensual Bohemian beauty.
Sabrina Walker is intimately familiar with the havoc Cupid can wreak. She’s determined that love will never seduce her again, until she meets Will Collier and discovers that some secrets are better when shared.
Warning: This book contains a spunky, plus-sized heroine, a sassy Beagle named Scamp, and a sexually frustrated hitman who can’t figure out what women want (then again, what man can?).
Amie Stuart’s Hittin’ It is a great summer read. Just as in Nailed, book one in her Marked For Love series, Ms. Stuart delivers a tightly crafted, fast paced story full of humor and intrigue.
Will Collier’s retirement is official. He’s just completed his last job for the family business, and none too soon. He’s tired, jaded, and has pretty much lost his sense of humor. He stinks at relationships but that just might have something to do with the fact that, in his line of work, revealing the truth to a woman could very well get her killed. That’s if she doesn’t run for the hills first. All the years working as a hit man for his father not only zeroed out his social skills but pretty much sucked the life right out of him. His plan: take the few million he’s saved, buy a beach house, and fish. Alone. The problem: he meets Sabrina Walker.
Sabrina is a gypsy, following the Renn-Faire circuit reading Tarot cards. Home is a beat up van and her dog Scamp. She has plenty of secrets but they are tucked away in her journals and that’s where they’re going stay. The problem: her ancient van breaks down along a deserted highway somewhere in Texas. The bigger problem: Will Collier comes to her rescue
It’s not in his nature to help anyone. Will’s not a touchy-feely guy. But Sabrina is beautiful and alone and if he doesn’t help out there’s no telling what will happen to her. Sabrina doesn’t accept help from anyone, much less a cranky, socially stunted man no matter how hot he is. But she’s desperate and willing to take her chances.
When Will’s last job unexpectedly comes back to haunt him, he and Sabrina are on the run, stuck with each other until the danger is over.
This was a fast read, a bit darker than Nailed, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. Will is cranky, brash, and always sticking his foot in his mouth. Despite his inability to woo a woman, he’s trying his best with Sabrina. She, on the other hand, has kept everyone at arm’s length for so long she’s not sure how to be in a relationship. But she’d sure like to clobber Will over the head with that foot he keeps sticking in his mouth.
I was provided an ARC by the author in exchange for an honest review.
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Marked For Love Series
Hittin’ It, Book 2
Nailed, Book 1
A Great Summer Read!
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