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Tessa Bailey
Book ArchiveContemporaryEroticaMolten
Story Brooks’ fiancé just called off their wedding two weeks before the happy day. As if that isn't bad enough, her semi-estranged father, an infamous NYPD hostage negotiator, has suffered a heart attack. Not wanting to examine her lack of emotion over the broken engagement, she hops on a plane to reconnect with her father before it’s too late.
Playboy hostage negotiator Daniel Chase has never, not once, been refused by a woman, so when a debate over hospital snack foods with a delectable kindergarten teacher ends in flat-out rejection, he makes it his mission to seduce her. His only obstacle? She’s the daughter of his mentor who implicitly forbade Daniel from pursuing her.
Despite her father’s warnings and Daniel’s troubled past, Daniel and Story can’t resist their intense attraction to one another. But when the reason for her fiancé’s abrupt wedding cancellation comes to light, can Story and Daniel's already forbidden relationship survive?
Though Tessa Bailey continues her Line of Duty series with her third book, Officer Off Limits, the series isn’t a continuation of the last. The books have a commonality in that they are all about law enforcement officers and they’re incredibly hot, but you can read them individually as they don’t have cross-over characters. Officer Off Limits is super hot and a great quick read when you want to escape from reality or need a palate cleanser after an emotionally draining book. And as you can see from the numerous quotes in this recommendation, Tessa Bailey is especially good at turning on a reader. [June 2013]