Dirty Love

Okay so the conclusion was good. Still that one thing that I’m not really good with myself, but Meghan March knows how to write it so that I actually wonder. Enough that I even reached out to a guy on Tinder who had tried to do that type of conversation only with me to ask him some questions. And then in the end, what I thought was so terrible for Cav to be hiding wasn’t really that bad, and it all worked out in the end. But again, I have got to read the beginning series that goes with this! And I’m also of course doing much lighter stories too for awhile.

A provocative, enthralling, and heartfelt journey to go on with Cav and Greer. All the secrets and lies are out, how will they deal with it? Oh, what a ride they went on! I enjoyed every moment of it.

(3.75 stars)

I loved Dirty Girl but I have mixed emotions about Dirty Love. I enjoyed the beginning and the end but the middle was just ok. I wanted/expected more out of Greer & Cav’s final book. I did like seeing their relaxed and playful sides. The epilogue was sweet and left me with a satisfied feel. Overall I enjoyed this duet, recommend the duet and look forward to reading more of the author’s work.

“Pride is a dangerous thing, but when it’s all you’ve got, it’s everything.”

The wild ride of Cav and Greer’s love affair continues in “Dirty Love” from where it ended on a surprise note in “Dirty Girl”. Once again Greer is disappointed with Cav because he failed to disclose some important truth about himself to her. What’s worse is that he made himself look suspiciously maniacal by keeping her incommunicado while they were reconnecting as a couple in Belize.

Greer’s brother Creighton has secreted her away to a remote location in Kentucky. He has her locked down and under guard. She’s furious at Cav but there is an unwilling part of her that misses him and his exciting prowess in the bedroom that heretofore Greer has never experienced.

Cav will not be denied his second chance at having the girl of his dreams as his own. He does the unexpected and has Greer even more enraged. This author creates wonderful tension and combustible chemistry that make this story crackle with energy. Everything is revealed in alternating first person POVs. This author knows how to write an erotic love scene especially with kink. Satisfyingly très sexy chaud. Mon Dieu!!!

Greer having made peace with Cav’s half-truths agrees to go to Hollywood and be introduced into Cav’s world of movies and stardom. This is a world alien to Greer. She feels jealousy and other personal emotions toward the famous woman she encounters and wonders just how many Hollywood beauties have frequented Cav’s bed. Especially after witnessing the wild shenanigans of a Hollywood insider’s party. Cav addresses her on this score and eventually she finds out just how much she has always meant to Cav. As a family emergency calls Greer back to New York, the plot of this story gets more intricate and our characters develop along the plot points and reflections that flesh out the events of the past.

While you can interpret the word “Dirty” in the title “Dirty Love” as the author playfully referring to the elements of the sex play in which Cav and Greer like to indulge. In this second half I sensed a deeper connotation to the title. Greer has always lived on the right side of law, morality and ethics. She was afforded this luxury by accident of birth whereby she had a loving brother to see to her care and protection. She also had the benefit of an education through law school and became a practicing attorney.

Cav came up a lot “harder”. He was the bastard son of the discarded mistress of a mob boss. He lived by a whole different set of rules. He had to do some “dirty” things and he did some “wrong” things to protect Greer. So, their love is sullied… “dirtied” by this. This “wrongness” was difficult for Greer to accept. Nevertheless, Cav did these wrongs motivated by love for Greer… to keep her safe and protect her from the dark side of his old life. He also needed to salvage the only thing he had going for him at the time, and that was his pride.

Where there is love…there is light. Light always brings hope in the dark and illuminates the truth. Truth cleanses the mind, heart and soul. Salvation…if you will. Ultimately, Greer is Cav’s salvation as he nobly tried to be for her when he was that proud man who felt he had nothing to offer her.

“You have to fight through the darkness to appreciate the beauty in the light. That’s what we’re doing. Fighting through the dark”

I liked this one better then the first one but I can’t say I loved it. We pick up right where the first book left off and it was a whirlwind from there. I was hoping for more action to take place but it really didn’t. It was a good story, the whole duet was like a second chance with some food twists thrown in. I do wish some things had been more elaborate then they were. Like Cav’s family, his connection with Greer’s brother, the whole mob thing….. and some other things. Maybe they are more in-depth in the other trilogy. I would suggest reading that 3 book series before reading this duet. I feel like I would have had a bigger picture in the end if I had. 3 stars #2OCCJD