Total pages in book: 80
Estimated words: 78076 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 390(@200wpm)___ 312(@250wpm)___ 260(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 78076 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 390(@200wpm)___ 312(@250wpm)___ 260(@300wpm)
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I rarely read romantic comedies, but this book was so great that it stayed with me long after I finished it. It's one of those feel-good, funny, endearing stories where you just get attached to the characters. You've got Finn, this stubborn, hard-headed cop (who the heroine describes as having a stick up his ass LMAO) and of course, he's HAWT. Roxane happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, witnessing a murder, and now that murderer wants her head too. Turns out, the only person that can protect her is this sexy, brooding cop that's been obsessed with catching this guy for years. When these two characters are together, the chemistry is off the pages. The banter, oh my lord, is hilarious. Watching these two argumentative and confrontational characters soften for one another was deeply satisfying. Hartwick asked me to read just the first book, but I liked it so much, I've read them all. Each book is a standalone, but the next books are about Finn's brothers...who are also HAWT. Cops, firefighters, lawyers...all tough guys that turn to goddamn mush when the right woman walks in. 5 Stars. No, I take that back. 10 stars. Ms. Balliana earned it.
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"Sooooo good. Funny. Sexy. Endearing. It has all the elements I love in a romance. I love romantic comedies, and this is a story that belongs on Netflix or the big screen. There's this scene with a vindictive chicken when they're cooped up in the country house...you'll have to read it to see what I mean. But it's hilarious. Totally 5 Stars."
E. L. Todd
New York Times bestselling author
"I read books in all kinds of genres. A good story is a good story, regardless of the label it gets. Well, this is a fantastic romantic comedy. Not only is it funny, but it's heartwarming, sexy, and just plain fun. I flipped through the pages of this standalone like a mad woman, and then I immediately asked for the other books in the series because these Rossi brothers are HAWT. Cops, firefighters, and lawyers...they're so sexy. And the women are hot too. I could see myself getting a drink with all of them and having a night on the town."
Victoria Quinn
New York Times bestselling author
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FINN CHAPTER 1
Finn
There are days where you just feel like everything is going to go wrong, and this was one of those days. How did I know? It was unexplainable, a feeling, intuition. That’s my thing, intuition.
It’s normal for a policeman, they say…
Maybe it was the coffee spilled on my files, or maybe it was my stomach groaning every couple of hours. Damn diet! But one thing was clear. It wasn’t about to get any better.
A dead body is never good news.
I parked my car out front of a small townhouse—there are hundreds of them in Nice—at the end of a dead-end street, which I guess would normally be relatively quiet.
It was perfect for arranging secret meetings.
The place was already swarming with police cars, and security tape had been set up to discourage people from coming too close. A few people gathered with grave expressions on their faces—clearly the neighbors—and who would never have predicted that this house would be a crime scene. I could see the next day’s newspaper articles, talking about an ordinary family, a polite and shy man who regularly visited his great-aunt.
Basically, an everyman.
But Bruno Santoni wasn’t the ideal neighbor, nor the perfect great-nephew, and that, I knew very well.
The reason I had been called in was because I had been trying to catch the bastard for a while now. Had he made a grave mistake this time? A part of me hoped he had. Nothing puts me in a bad mood like knowing there’s a killer walking my streets, especially one with Santoni’s past of murder, racketeering, and all kinds of trafficking. The man was far from a saint. You had to give him some credit—he never got caught.
I got out of my old Volkswagen and headed for the little ochre-colored house. I passed a young woman in front of the iron gate, with her blonde hair in a ponytail. She seemed to be a little bit out of breath.
“Hello, who’s in charge here?” I asked her.
“They’re all inside. Lieutenant Leonard is interrogating the owner in the living room. The body is in the kitchen. It’s not a pretty sight,” she said, lowering her gaze.