The gang is all back in HOT WINTER
NIGHTS in another Heartbreaker Bay Series novel. A bad Santa
case leads to some very steamy encounters between the office
manager and one of the investigators of Hunt Investigations. Mixing
pain meds with alcohol will result in waking up with no memory of
spending the night with a co-worker's sister. This is a fun-to-read
series with some funny characters. They may be an odd group, but
they have their own version of a family. They have each other's back
but will give you a swift kick when you need it. Once again, Jill Shalvis
deals with the dynamics of what a family life looks like. This story once
again revisits the effect of PTSD and how it affects the individual as
well as family members. But it also deals with guilt, trust and letting go
in order to allow others to blossom.
Molly Malone is the office manager for Hunt Investigators where she
works with her brother and several headstrong alpha males. Molly feels
that she is ready to take on her first case but can't convince her boss,
Archer or her brother, Joe that she's ready. Lucas Knight is recovering
from being shot and has not been released to return to work. He is
going stir crazy staying home. So Archer gives him the assignment to
babysit Molly and to convince her not to take on the bad Santa case
that her neighbor approached her about. Lucas finds he has his hands
full when Molly tells him she is determined to take on the case. He feels
he doesn't have a choice when Molly holds that night that he does not
remember over his head. Working with Molly on this case will make
Lucas realize what Molly 's brother and the rest of the gang need to see
-- she is more than capable of taking care of herself.
When this case takes a serious turn Molly proves to herself just how
capable she is. It's also a great lesson for Lucas when everything is out
in the open about deceiving Molly and what it could cost him. Her
brother Joe also learns a valuable lesson about seeing Molly as capable
of taking care of herself instead of seeing her as needing him to rescue
her.
Most people wouldn’t think of a bad Santa case as the
perfect Christmas gift. Then again, Molly Malone, office
manager at Hunt Investigations, isn’t most people, and she
could really use a distraction from the fantasies she’s been
having since spending the night with her very secret crush,
Lucas Knight. Nothing happened, not that Lucas knows
that—but Molly just wants to enjoy being a little
naughty for once . . .
Whiskey and pain meds for almost-healed bullet wounds don’t
mix. Lucas needs to remember that next time he’s shot on the
job, which may be sooner rather than later if Molly’s
brother, Joe, finds out about them. Lucas can’t believe he’s
drawing a blank on his (supposedly) passionate tryst with
Molly, who’s the hottest, smartest, strongest woman he’s
ever known. Strong enough to kick his butt if she discovers
he’s been assigned to babysit her on her first case. And hot
enough to melt his cold heart this Christmas.
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