Thursday, August 17, 2017

Havoc (Moonshine Task Force #3) by Laramie Briscoe



Blurb
When a marriage of convenience turns into the passion of a lifetime…


Holden “Havoc” Thompson
My job as the leader of the Moonshine Task Force is my life. I eat, breathe, and sleep it. The men under my command mean the world to me. Knowing they count on my guidance has kept my demons at bay for longer than I care to admit.
The control I have over myself is an iron fist that sometimes threatens to squeeze the life out of me. What I want more than anything is to live again – let go of the hurt smothering every bit of light I have in this darkness.
I don’t expect it to come in the form of a Moonshiner’s daughter needing my protection.

Leighton Strather

My whole life has been defined by who my family is. In the state of Alabama, we’re number one with a target on our backs. The danger and prestige isn’t for me. I don’t care about the money, and I care too much about the families we’ve ruined.

My brother and my dad are proud of it. They wear their arrest records like a badge of honor. Me? I want as far away from the lifestyle as I can get.
It’s the only reason I ask Holden to marry me. At least that's what I tell myself.
I never expect his whispered yes to cause such upheaval in my life. Even though I resist, I learn some havoc is good – and this one? It’s a whirlwind of lust, hope, and love and all I can do is let it sweep me away.


My Review
Havoc, the third in the Moonshine Task Force series & first read for me.  Although these can be read as standalones, it's clear that if I'd read the others first, I would have been able to appreciate the cross over characters & the backgrounds of Holden & Leighton more.  That being said, I still enjoyed this fast paced, super sexy contemporary romance. 

 Told in first person, from dual points of view this is a story of long burning desire with the chance to turn into love. “I’ve come to care for her, come to be her friend, and I know there’s nothing I won’t do for her.” Uncertain of what their future holds, Leighton’s life “…has just changed in a big way. An over six-foot, two-hundred pound, heavily tattooed kinda way.”  Full of testosterone, funny & super hot sexy, “…if you have to run, know at some point I’ll chase you.  Kisses like this don’t happen every day.” I was pleasantly surprised by the twisty mystery reveal at the end. 

ARC provided in exchange for an honest review.
AMAZON US / UK




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