Meet Hawk Renyolds. He’s panty-melting hot thanks to his sexy smile, tattoo sleeves, and a body that incites fantasies.
Confession of a Tattooist is book 1 of the Tattoo Series by Bestselling author Lexy Timms.
Hawk Reynolds is the hottest tattooist in the city, and not just because he’s a terrific artist and knows how to use the needles to turn skin into art. He’s panty-melting hot thanks to … He’s panty-melting hot thanks to his sexy hair, tattoo sleeves, and a body that incites fantasies.
Plenty of women come to the shop just to let him put his skilled hands on their bodies, but none of them ever come close to touching his heart. Until the day a regular shows up with her bestie, Joy, in tow.
Joy’s a shy and intelligent blonde who has no idea just how beautiful she is, and she’s not really interested in getting a tattoo; but she is interested in the art she sees on the walls, and the bad-boy tattooist who drew it. Joy’s been burned before by men who just wanted to date her because her father is billionaire Terry Reed. She’s determined to never be used that way again, but as her steamy relationship with Hawk turns into something meaningful, she begins to wonder if she’s the user.
Hawk tells her there’s one thing he won’t put up with: lying. And she’s already lied about who she is.
For mature audiences only. There are adult situations, but this is a love story, NOT erotica (just hot n’ steamy!)
TATTOO SERIES:
Confession of a Tattooist
Surrender of a Tattooist
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An interesting read… A romance between LA’s low class and high class where both the hero and heroine have stepped out on their own families to become someone they either both love or dislike.
Hawk can’t respect his drunken father at all who’s lied repeatedly and has done nothing to stabilize his family other than step out on his mother, be cold and stoic and out-of-control. He left his home to eventually become a renown tattoo artist during a time in which tattoos were still considered taboo. Yes, he eventually had a reality show based on tattoo shops, thinking that this would be a great way to attract business, but after two years, he cancelled his contract, unable to deal with the show’s inability to maintain its boundaries. He’s now thirty-something, looking forward to eventually settling down with someone special, not the skinny minnies purporting themselves to being/becoming famous, using him as a stepping stone into infamy.
Joy Reed broke off from her incredibly dysfunctional family, going to college totally on her own where she became an architect with dreams of building affordable housing and protecting old and traditional neighborhoods from gentrification. She is also good friends with a mutual friend of Hawk’s who would like to save all the animals in the world, one case at a time. Now I’m not quite certain if Pixie (our animal rescuer) consciously played matchmaker for Hawk and Joy. I’m more convinced it was a parrot by the name of Caligula whom she rescued. Nevertheless, Joy has plenty of skeletons in her own closet for more than a few lifetimes, one of them being her father to whom everyone want access, and Joy is too tired of seeing herself as a stepping stone for these ambitions. Also, her mother treats her stepsister far better than her own flesh and blood. So Joy doesn’t look like a size zero fashion model like her mother was… until Megan birthed her. And since Megan’s marriage to her father, Joy experienced pure hell from her mother and her stepsisters, having to bear the brunt of their humiliating critiquing, their insistence to dietary adherence, and religious observation of stringent exercise programs. No, she had enough of that.
For as different as these two people can be, they actually are a good match. Both are intelligent. Both are very creative in their own rights. Both with dysfunctional families looking for a way out of that chaos. Nice that the template of this story line isn’t overused (or over-read by me!), or I would not have been so entertained. Though the two are quite open to each other… other than the fact that Joy couldn’t tell him whose daughter she was, they would had been perfect. But fear is an ugly creature that keeps couples from truly being happy.
There were some times in which the situation was so crazy and high-energy, I had to set aside this book in order to catch a breather. Which would explain why it took a while for me to write this review.
Would I read it again? Probably not. One read was more than enough for me.
I’m reviewing the audio edition. This is advertised as a dark romance. I read a lot of dark romances and this story has nothing dark as far as I heard. I really liked the characters. Joy is so independent yet insecure. Hawk is the type guy that is fun. His stereotype is a lot rougher than he is. His protectiveness warmed my heart. His ability to look at the person rather than the looks was a plus also. For a rather sweet romance it is a good story with plenty of side issues. Andrea Mitchell did a good job narrating. She made Pixie and Joy feel so real. I don’t know if the author does the titling or if its someone else but I’m taking away 1 star for misrepresentation of the dark part. I received a free copy and this is a honest review.
I enjoyed this book. Lovely reading, kept me interested & involved with what was going on with the main characters (Joy & Hawk) rooting for them to make the relationship a success. Joy’s family is so dysfunctional too, wow! Was well worth the time & would highly reccomend this to others. Overall a solid good read.