A good reason to be bad…
Librarian Sophie Heyer has walked the straight and narrow her entire life to make up for her mother’s mistakes. But in tiny Jackson Hole, Wyoming, juicy gossip doesn’t just fade away. Falling hard for the sexiest biker who’s ever ridden into town would undo everything she’s worked for. And to add insult to injury, the alluring stranger is none other than Alex Bishop—the son of the man Sophie’s mother abandoned her family for. He may be temptation on wheels, but Sophie’s not looking for trouble!
Maybe Sophie’s buttoned-up facade fools some, but Alex knows a naughty smile when he sees one. Despite their parents’ checkered pasts, he’s willing to take some risks to find out the truth about the town librarian. He figures a little fling might be just the ticket to get his mind off his own family drama. But what he finds underneath Sophie’s prim demeanor might change his world in ways he never expected.
This book in a word: Naughty.
I love Dahl’s books because they typically make me laugh. There’s always something in each story to make me giggle. In this latest book instead of the giggles, I got the hot flashes. Everything about this book is steamy, sexy, and sinfully satisfying.
It’s contemporary romance for sure, but the hero is a shaved head, tattooed, biker with intelligence. That gets me all sorts of hot. Like any picture perfect guy, he’s got other issues, stemming from an emotional past and family life. Yet, there’s nothing predictable about Alex Bishop. Between all the steam scenes and tense moments there’s plenty of soul searching and lots of conflict.
The heroine, Sophie Heyer, is a vixen hiding in conservative dress. She’s got prim and proper nailed to a fine art, but deep down she needs a bad boy to give her the ride of the lifetime. Yet if you read the blurb, this bad boy she wants is tied into her families sordid past. The town scandal she can’t escape from. I like Sophie because she’s tough as nails, and still vulnerable. I think Dahl tackles the subject of vulnerability extremely well in this story, and demonstrates with ease a good talent for taking a much narrowed motivation and spinning it out of control.
If you’ve been following along with Dahl’s Jackson series then you’ll be happy to see plenty of familiar faces, and some faces you don’t recognize. I’m salivating at the next person on love’s chopping block. I know that it will be a story worth reading for sure.
Now for mechanics. Dahl’s dialogue is blunt, sharp, and to the point. Her characters act like adults who sometimes display a temper, but when the going gets tough they actually communicate. Settings, descriptions, and internal delves are spot on along with great pacing that makes this book easy to get involved in. Also, the ending, for me is a bit different than other contemporaries and I like it. Something outside the norm is nearly always a good thing.
So if you enjoy small town scandals, memorials interrupted with outbursts, crazy families, and bad boys who love consensual, insane couplings this read is for you. I wasn’t disappointed and found myself gobbling up this story page after page within hours.
Reviewed by Landra
Heat Level: Hot
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