
By: Tessa Bailey
Series: Crossing the Line #2
My Copy: Ebook from Publisher
The BookWhisperer's Rating:
Never start a fire you can’t control…
Connor
Bannon is supposed to be dead. Dishonorably discharged from the Navy SEALs,
he's spent the last two years working as a street enforcer in Brooklyn for his cousin's
crime ring. Through a twist of fate, he's now in Chicago, working undercover to
bust criminals. But when a cute little arsonist joins the team—all combat
boots, tiny jean shorts, and hot-pink hair—Connor’s notorious iron control
slips.
Erin
"she's getting away" O'Dea knows two things. She hates authority.
And… Nope, that's it. When she's forced to operate on the “right” side of the
law, her fear of being confined and controlled blazes to the surface. The last
thing she expects is a control freak like Connor to soothe her when she needs
it most. Worse, something behind the sexy ex-soldier's eyes ignites a dangerous
inferno of desire. One that invites Erin to play with fire. And one that could
get them both killed…
This girl is always a huge
fan of anything Tessa Bailey but I have to be honest when I say that as much as
I wanted this book to rock my world, it just didn’t. (Man, it kills me to type that.)
I think the story line was a
solid plus; a group of misfit individuals working with Chicago P.D. to bring
down the town’s badies; Erin and Connor being amongst that group. In a true Bailey fashion, we got one ‘hot-tempered,
alpha-male, who is sexy beyond belief’ and he pairs up with an ‘awesome,
feisty, don’t take crap’ woman. Things
started out right. Their first meeting was a lustful one but was instantly cut
short because of Erin’s phobia. She
can’t stand to be touched so as you can imagine, this creates all sorts of
problems for Connor and his controlling personality.
I think what sidetracked me
from the instant love I usually feel for Bailey’s characters is that I couldn’t
feel for Erin and Connor or them together as a couple. Maybe it was her fear that wouldn’t allow
Connor to touch her in the beginning that held back a scene for me that would
make me believe them together as a couple.
It felt like most of their time together was out of pure lust and
attraction and there was never love. It was also the instant love at first sight
that was hard for me to wrap my brain around when there was no touching
involved. Just Connor’s presence could
calm Erin down after a few days of knowing him.
I felt like for a woman who has lived most of her life in fear being
touched and never trusting anyone, her instant trust of Connor was hard to
grasp.
There were some great action
scenes, which Bailey always excels at writing.
Also, we get to follow more Bowen, Sera, and Derek around and it is
always good to see some past favorites. I will say that Bailey sure knows how
to write sexy scenes in all of her books.
She is also still one of my favorite authors hands down and I am excited
to see what she has in store for Austin and Penny.
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