The HardassFocused and in control at all times. Most people think I’m a prick—and I’ll be the first to admit that’s probably true. But I’d rather be a take-no-shit cop than the kind of man genetics says I should be. You break the law, you pay the price. I don’t give a damn if you’re the captain’s daughter or the Queen of friggin’ England.The PrincessI have no patience for the cocky men my father … Princess
I have no patience for the cocky men my father oversees. Or maybe it’s just Sergeant Hardass who gets under my skin. Not only is he sexy as sin, he refuses to cut me a break. And now I have to work with the arrogant jerk.
I shouldn’t want him, but a secret part of me craves his unforgiving edge. He could give me everything I need, but, first, I have to break down his walls.
I have to make him bend.
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Police Sgt. Trent Clark is a hardass cop that is in control at all times, has an ego to match. Kinsey Malloy happens to be his Captain’s daughter and there is no love lost between them. He’s pulled her over on several occasions and it just makes her mad and thinks he’s a jerk. Watching the interactions and bannering between them is fun and laughable but also sweet.
They end up working together to solve a theft at her Lingerie store and their chemistry heats up.
He doesn’t do relationships and she’s the Captain’s Princess, can they make it work?
4 stars
Bend the first book in the Vegas Heat series was a decent read. The main problem I had with Bend was it jumped around too much. I would just be getting into the story or learning something about the characters, just starting to get deep and then the scene would jump to the next day or week. It left me feeling like I never really got to know the characters. It also made the story more superficial. It needed more meat. More story, more details, more everything. I did really like Trent and Kinsey. What I knew of them. Also the sex in this book was smokin’ hot! But I would have enjoyed it so much more if it would have did more than just scratch the surface. The lack of details and depth not only cause me to not really connect to this book it caused me to have no interest in the secondary characters. They were really just random names with no backstory, and nothing to draw you to them. So overall I would say this book had some potential but didn’t make it to great. It was an okay read. It was fast, and sexy, but it needed more details. I may give this series one more chance.
I absolutely loved this story! Molly doesn’t disappoint. The plot was great! Cop and his Captain’s Daughter? What could go wrong 🙂 There was so much more to the story than just sex. Yes there were some pretty hot scenes but they didn’t make or break the book. I can’t wait to touch base with them again in the books to come! I also can’t wait to read the other guys stories <3
This isn’t the first book that I’ve read by Molly McLain and it most definitely won’t be my last. You want to know why? She writes a badass hero. Every. Time. Great characters will keep me coming back to an author every time!
Since I did love the characters so very much, I want to touch on them first. Well … not LITERALLY touch … unless we’re talking about Trent … but I’m married … and he’s nonexistent … the last part is obviously the bigger issue, right? So anyway … Trent is this badass, sexy cop that is quite possibly the most irritating man that Kinsey has ever met. Which just makes him that much more attractive, obviously. I was caught between grinning like an idiot at him and being irritated and then grinning again … it was awesome! McLain made me wish this dude was real so I could hang out with him because I’m sure he would constantly stir the pot and I find that more than amusing. And then Kinsey. Dude. She was a total spitfire. You know how they say kids of a cop or pastor are more wild than other kids? Well, that wasn’t really the case most of the time. Except for that one thing … DAMN. I’ll never look at a bathroom the same again. Kinsey was a fabulous character to read because you really never knew what the hell she would say next. Which is exciting!
The story itself was nothing less than what I have come to expect from this author. It kept me entertained and glued to the pages of this book because it just pulled you in. I found myself reading when I should have been moving Beezilbop (our stupid Elf on the Shelf) which left me scrambling all bleary-eyed in the morning trying to race to move him before our youngest monster woke up. But I would do it all over again if I had the chance. There were quite a few twists and turns that I hadn’t expected and the story was fairly involved – there was more than one thing going on at once and that made the story move even faster which made me read even faster which made my wonderful experience with this book, END even faster.
I’m a forever fan of McLain. Can’t wait to see what else she has in store for this series because this first one was pretty freaking awesome.
* I received this novel in exchange for an honest review *