Complicated by Kristen Ashley
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- Stars
- ★★★★½
- Heat
- Molten
- Genre
- Contemporary
- Series
- Standalone
Recommendation
Kristen Ashley has a gift for creating characters that could be your friends IRL. This newly divorced Sheriff trying to navigate his new life as a single man with three teenagers and the hair dresser/lounge singer could be your neighbors. Hix and Greta enjoyed a hot night together and then had to deal with the small town gossip, half the town pushing them together and the other half taking the side of Hix’s ex. Throw in a murder, steamy sexy times and Greta’s train wreck of a Mom and we get a captivating story that will keep you glued to the pages.
Excerpts
”It’s more complicated than that…” “People say that when they’re trying not to see how simple stuff really is.”
”Don’t look so pleased with yourself, Sheriff,” she huffed. “Baby, buried deep in you, no other way I can look.” “Stop turning me on when I’m about to come.” “Stop making me laugh when I’M about to come.”
Publisher synopsis
When small town Nebraska sheriff Hixon Drake meets Greta Dare, the connection couldn’t be stronger, but the timing couldn’t be worse.
Dealing with the fallout of a divorce he never wanted and setting up a new home for his kids, Hix becomes that guy, that one he never wanted to be, and puts a stop to things before they can even start. Protecting his kids, and himself, is his only priority.
Greta, on the other hand, has found the place for her and the brother she adores that’s perfect for them—a sleepy little town in Nebraska. She’s learned from life that there are no hopes and dreams. The only thing to look forward to is peace. And that’s what she works hard to build for herself and her brother. Right up until Hix walks into her life.
Hix can’t fight the pull and stay away from Greta for long. And Greta’s finding it hard not to hope for something more with all the promise that is Hix.
But when the first murder that’s happened in over five decades rocks his small, sleepy county, Hix has got to learn to trust again, convince Greta to take a shot with him, and at the same time catch a killer.
In other words, things are definitely…Complicated.
Review published December 29, 2017