My thoughts: I give it ❤️❤️ ❤️. I liked Colton and Ace. It was just edging a little too close to Insta-love for me but they were well developed and interesting characters. Because this was the first book in a new series, Charlie Cochet is trying to set the scene for the rest of the series and also introduce and tease a lot of different characters and scenarios making it a little disjointed and random. The side stories were almost taking away from the main body of work. Having said that, secondary characters were well developed and did set the scene for future books. I have enjoyed Charlie Cochet’s THIRDS series which I always seem to return to if I’m in a book slump but I don’t see myself reading this one again.
Author’s Blurb:
Ex-Special Forces soldier Anston “Ace” Sharpe is fighting a different battle these days—one involving the world of private security across the state of Florida. As part owner of Four Kings Security, Ace and his fellow Kings tackle everything from armed transport and investigations to cyber intelligence and executive protection. Cocky, fearless, and brash, Ace isn’t afraid to take risks.
After years of working alongside his father, Colton Connolly is ready to take the helm at Connolly Maritime, but his father’s retirement is put on hold when Colton begins receiving death threats. If that isn’t bad enough, his father signs a contract with Four Kings Security to provide Colton with round-the-clock protection, despite his adamant refusal. Colton’s life has been turned upside down, the last thing he needs is a shadow, especially in the form of infuriating, sexy-as-sin Ace Sharpe, who seems to be on a mission to drive Colton mad.
Sparks fly the moment Colton and Ace meet on a sultry night club dance floor. But getting involved with a client, even one as fiery and beautiful as Colton Connolly, is a line Ace is unwilling to cross. Colton might be attracted to Ace, but he’d been burned before. He might be willing to put his life in Ace’s hands, but not his heart.
As the Florida nights heat up, so does their passion, and Ace and Colton are faced with a difficult choice—take the plunge and risk it all, or play it safe and walk away?
If Ace can keep a deadly threat from robbing Colton of a future….
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