Stand-alone Crossroads romance, complete with HEA—and plenty of heat and heart along the way!Billy “The Big Bad Wolf” Marshall thought he had everything he needed. He’d left the boxing ring with his body intact and he was content with his new job at Elite Security. But the chiseled-to-perfection heartthrob didn’t have who he wanted… on being independent and in complete control of her life…well, at least she thought she was. The gorgeous, blue-eyed publicist clearly wasn’t in control of her life when the stalking had started a few weeks ago…
With her life in serious danger, Maxi would have to let someone else take care of her for once; but she never knew that he would be her safety. Can she let go and finally give in to her heart’s desire? Can Billy convince her that all he wants…is her?
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Another knock it out of the park for this series. Maxi’s dad is an ex fighter raising her on his own. Billy is a kid he saved and turned into a great boxer. Now years later she is having problems and he is called in as a bodyguard. Will they both realize their feelings.
It felt good to be reading The Crossroads Series. It feels like forever ago since we have been with this group of people. Maxi and Billy combine to make one heck of a story. We have drama, suspense, family, friends, and love. What more could you ask for? Oh, and a visit from everyone’s favorite, Grandpa J. I just love his advice for these “kids”. As always Melanie Shawn gives us a complete story that just flows. You are reading along, look up, and realize that time has just passes by. You are that engrossed in the story. If you haven’t read any of the Crossroads Series, then you should, but you can read this book as a stand alone. Dual point of view. No cliffhanger.
Two old friends reunite but the circumstances are less than ideal. Maxine (Maxie) was raised by a single father that coached boxers to stardom. He had no idea how to take care of a motherless girl so he continued as he always had. Billy Marshall was shoplifting when he was caught by Charlie, Maxie’s father. Charlie was sure there was some good in Billy & hired him to clean up at the gym. After Billy was done with work, Charlie coached him & ended up turning him into a star. After he retired, he turned to security for Elite Protection. His new job is to protect Maxie.
Maxie is keeping a secret. She is being stalked & terrorized but the man she thinks is behind it is in jail. Her boss’s husband owns Elite Protection & insists she have protection. Imagine her dismay when the object of her school girl crush walks in her door, especially since the chemistry is stronger! Will Maxie give in to the attraction? Will Billy change his love ’em & leave ’em ways? Who is terrorizing her?
What a hot, intense, sexy read! The authors have a descriptive way of writing that has the reader feeling the emotions in the scenes. A look fairly smolders on the page. The imagery draws pictures in your mind of the scenes & makes every conversation or embrace real & emotional. The characters are well written & complex. The characters from the earlier books in this series make appearances but you don’t feel like you’ve missed out if you haven’t read their books. It can be read as a stand alone. The authors pulled me into the story & keep me involved until I finished it a few hours after starting. I couldn’t put it down. I would highly recommend this book!
I received an ARC from the author in exchange for an honest opinion.
When Maxi had a break in and her place was trashed, her boss asked her husband, owner of Elite Protection Security Group, to send a bodyguard to find out who was after Maxi. That bodyguard turned out to be Billy. Someone Maxi had known years ago because her father, a wrestling coach, had taken him under his wing, leading him to win 2 world championships in boxing. When their attraction never came to anything, Billy became a player and Maxi tried to forget about him.
Now that they were together all the time, it was impossible for them to deny the attraction that still existed between them. This was a very hot story. Between the incredible attraction and Billy knowing how Maxi felt about being independent, he had his work cut out for him protecting her. He also didn’t know that Maxi was keeping a secret about other things that had been happening. She was pretty smart so keeping that secret didn’t make sense. She should have been able to figure out that it was important to share this information and that it might have some relevance to her stalker situation.
This book is full of romance, suspense, some erotic love scenes, and drama. It draws you in from the beginning and keeps you there the whole way through to the end. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes romance, suspense and drama all wrapped into one book.
* 3.5 stars*
Love this book as well as the others in series.