The boys are back in town–for one last adventure!It’s a good problem to have: more business than they can comfortably handle on their own.But with resources already overstretched, the last thing former DSS agents and newbie security consultants Will Brandt and Taylor MacAllister need is another client—and the last thing Will needs is for that client to turn out to be an old boyfriend of Taylor’s. out to be an old boyfriend of Taylor’s.
Sure, Will has always known Taylor had a wild past, but he was kind of hoping he’d never have to sit down and have a beer with it. But golden boy Ashe Dekker believes someone is trying to kill him, and Taylor is determined to help, no matter the cost.
It’s a bit of a jolt to have Taylor for once totally disregard his feelings, but Will is equally determined that “the cost” won’t be their relationship—or Taylor’s life.
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Welp, Will & Taylor wrapped it up nicely in this series ending. While they are not one of my favorite couples or anything, I grew to really enjoy reading about them and what they were getting up to. The storylines in each installment were a good counterpart to the relationship development of the characters. I am happy where they ended up, and happy to know how they will be moving forward. Adrian Bisson did a great job narrating this series.
This is the sixth and final book in the series of novellas known as the Dangerous Ground series. It ends with a HEA that really never looked, in all the books including this one, like it was actually going to happen.
In preparation for this final book I went back and re-read the first five novellas to refresh my memory of the journey of these characters. From the outset I had trouble connecting with Will and Taylor because it appeared that they didn’t have a real connection with each other. At various points throughout the books it alternately appeared that they didn’t like each other, didn’t respect each other, didn’t trust each other. In this book it looked like they were heading for a major crash landing and I was trying to wrap my head around how this was considered a romance series.
Of course, because it is in the romance genre a happy ending is required. The characters get there eventually and actually appear to resolve some of the issues that have plagued them through these books. The story here is well designed to, within the frame of a new tale, bring up all the issues that have provided hurdles for them throughout the previous tales. The ultimate resolution makes the most sense and it’s kind of a duh moment that they didn’t come to some of these realizations earlier.
I have been mostly irritated with these two guys throughout the reading journey. But I have to say I guess that’s an indicator of good writing. I was invested enough that I was annoyed. I could have just given up after the first book or two but I had to keep going to see where the story was going and what was going to happen and if these two were ever going to get their heads out of their asses. This series almost has the flavor of an enemies to lovers story except they are lovers from pretty much the start dealing with all the annoyances with each other that would normally have them at odds and not in a relationship. Similarly, this could almost be classified as slow-burn since it takes so long for them to finally be on the same page, but the burn is there from the beginning, in fact they use it to mask other issues.
This book ties things up pretty well, though the basis for the story here, the underlying suspense, isn’t resolved. We are left to assume it all works out. I think Lanyon’s storytelling and character development has been much stronger in her other work but these novellas were entertaining (even if some of the entertainment came in the form of aggravation) and definitely worth reading.
*I voluntarily read an ARC and this is my objective review *
This is the sixth and final book in the Dangerous Ground series, which is a MM mystery/thriller. The characters are well developed and the pace was marvelous. This book completes the story with a great ending. I have really enjoyed this series and the final chapter was perfect.