A review by laurenjodi
Protecting What's His by Tessa Bailey
4.0
Protecting What's His
4 Stars
When a stash of money falls into her lap, Ginger Peet doesn't think twice. She packs up her sister and relocates from Tennessee to Chicago. But temptation lurks in the big city in the form of her next-door neighbor, hunky police lieutenant Derek Tyler, who is determined to discover everything there is to know about Ginger - the good, the bad and the naughty.
Light and fun with likeable characters, a steamy romance and a relatively angst free plot.
Ginger and Derek are smokin' hot together although his overbearing alpha-male attitude, dominance and possessiveness may irritate some readers.
The secret keeping trope, which is usually a huge turn-off, actually works well here perhaps because Derek knows that something is up with Ginger from the start.
One minor issue is Ginger's TSTL moment toward the end, which is an obvious plot device to begin wrapping up the storyline. Nevertheless, it isn't too bad given that this is Bailey's debut novel.
In sum, a quick and spicy read and I look forward to reading more from this author.
4 Stars
When a stash of money falls into her lap, Ginger Peet doesn't think twice. She packs up her sister and relocates from Tennessee to Chicago. But temptation lurks in the big city in the form of her next-door neighbor, hunky police lieutenant Derek Tyler, who is determined to discover everything there is to know about Ginger - the good, the bad and the naughty.
Light and fun with likeable characters, a steamy romance and a relatively angst free plot.
Ginger and Derek are smokin' hot together although his overbearing alpha-male attitude, dominance and possessiveness may irritate some readers.
The secret keeping trope, which is usually a huge turn-off, actually works well here perhaps because Derek knows that something is up with Ginger from the start.
One minor issue is Ginger's TSTL moment toward the end, which is an obvious plot device to begin wrapping up the storyline. Nevertheless, it isn't too bad given that this is Bailey's debut novel.
In sum, a quick and spicy read and I look forward to reading more from this author.