Marshals: Book One Deputy US Marshal Miro Jones has a reputation for being calm and collected under fire. These traits serve him well with his hotshot partner, Ian Doyle, the kind of guy who can start a fight in an empty room. In the past three years of their life-and-death job, they’ve gone from strangers to professional coworkers to devoted teammates and best friends. Miro’s cultivated blind … Miro’s cultivated blind faith in the man who has his back… faith and something more.
As a marshal and a soldier, Ian’s expected to lead. But the power and control that brings Ian success and fulfillment in the field isn’t working anywhere else. Ian’s always resisted all kinds of tied down, but having no home–and no one to come home to–is slowly eating him up inside. Over time, Ian has grudgingly accepted that going anywhere without his partner simply doesn’t work. Now Miro just has to convince him that getting tangled up in heartstrings isn’t being tied down at all.
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*Le sigh* I love Ian and Miro so much! I’ve lost track of how many times I’ve read this series.
** 3.5 stars **
I have mixed feelings about this book. I loved A Matter of Time series, and I was really excited to start this one! Well, it was certainly fast paced and very busy from start to finish. I liked the side characters, especially Miro’s 4 best friends – they were a total riot and absolutely hilarious. The Sam Kage appearances were awesome since I got a chance to see him in his work environment.
As for the MCs I had to wonder at glaring similarities between Miro and Ian vs Jory and Sam. If not for their power exchange and slightly different dynamics I would have thought they were one and the same. I loved Jory and Sam shenanigans, but I really wanted Miro and Ian to be different. That was a strike against this book for me.
Some of the events were a little too convenient and just a tad fantastical to ever really happen. I am used to suspending disbelief and here I was able to squeak by but barely. But despite all of that when I finished the book, I was already planning to read the next one. Go figure. I am sorry to say that Ian was a complete tool the entire book, and Miro at times was way too easy and forgiving. What made it better for me was their imperfections that did differentiate them from Jory and Sam. That was the deciding factor in me liking this book more than disliking it. I hope the next one does not disappoint.
I absolutely adore this series. Possessiveness and hurt/comfort galore. Miro and Ian are two of my favorite MCs.
I loved this book. There’s no other way to describe it.
There were a few moments when I wondered when these guys would just get on with it, but that’s how unrequited partnerships go. Sometimes that trope annoys the hell out of me, but when it’s done well it’s one of my favorite tropes in romance.
You have here a guy – Miro – who is just driven to take care of his work partner, Ian. He helps him with his cat, when Ian is out on assignment for his other job. He works to smooth over Ian’s faux pas with his girlfriends. He feeds Ian. He helps rebuild Ian’s relationships with his family. All the while, Miro is very much aware of who and what he wants, and he keeps his mouth shut because he knows Ian is straight.
Yeah, you already know what’s going to happen. And that’s okay. The beauty here is watching everything unfold.
Outside of the romance – which is everything I wanted on that side of the coin – All Kinds of Tied Up has plenty of mayhem and a healthy dose of humor. It’s a fun book to read. The humor shows up at exactly the right time. Miro and Ian display an empathy I’d love to see shown more often in law enforcement – not that these scenarios could be allowed to make the news in real life, if they happened at all. And they handle the vagaries of their job with a humor that will keep you smiling through the entire book.
The world is a harsh place, and it gets more challenging by the day. Every one of us could use a book that makes us smile the way All Kinds of Tied Up does.
You know, when people say a book was so good they just couldn’t put it down… It was this set of books they meant. I read through the for Marshall books my Mary Calmes in as many days. By the time I was in the 4th one I really, really couldn’t put it down! Seriously, I haven’t eaten in HOURS!!! But I can finally go eat. I just loved these boots. They’re gonna be ones I read more than once I can tell you that. So good…
Not bad, not good. A lot of cliches and nothing new.
One of my favorite series. Romance, angst and action in a nice well written package.
You have to be very open-minded to enjoy this book and since I happen to be that, I had no problem rating this strictly on the fact that it kept me interested as to what was going to happen next. Lots of action and bro romance.
soooo good
The focus is on the MC’s relationship. Told from a single first person pov.There isn’t an ongoing investigation or anything like that (that’s why I initially stayed away from this book). We are seeing the everyday life of a marshal. They are jumping from case to case, they have different charges who needs to be protected until a court hearing or relocated and given new identity. So those characters aren’t important. They’re just there to provide the action, which is nice. Except the last case, that was different. Those two boys are so sweet, I hope we see them again. 🙂
I noticed something right at the beginning: Miro said that out of the two of them, Ian is the reckless one, with his driving, and not following protocol, throwing people against the wall,etc. But in reality HE is the one who’s jumping off of buildings and getting shot at. I think they’re both bad influences on each other. lol
Miro is in love with his partner, who of course is straight. And he was so occupied with hiding his feelings and reactions to his partner, that he failed to notice the obvious. But that was the charm of this book. The constant ribbing and joking around, both being overly protective of each other. Ian is like a puppy, he needed constant attention, but only Miro’s. The reader could clearly see what was happening, so I just had to wait and see.
There was a short part in the middle when the MC’s were separated (though they were not together at that point yet, they just physically weren’t in the same country), and that part was a little boring. But Miro needed the distance from Ian, so he could see what everyone else could apparently.
So this was fun. I’m glad I gave this a chance.
I LOVE everyone of the books in this series. The stories are so great, they sucked me right in. And Ian and Miro are the extra brother and brother-in-law I wish I had. Both characters are beyond amazing, and yet still have their faults which help make them more real for the reader. They love hard, and not only each other, this loves extends to those they surround themselves with. If I had one wish it would be for this series to never end.