Title: Havoc
Series: Moonshine Task Force #3
Author: Laramie Briscoe
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: 18 August 2017
Blurb
When a marriage of convenience turns into the passion of a
lifetime…
Holden “Havoc” Thompson
My job as the leader of the Moonshine Task Force is my life. I eat, breathe, and sleep it. The men under my command mean the world to me. Knowing they count on my guidance has kept my demons at bay for longer than I care to admit.
The control I have over myself is an iron fist that sometimes threatens to
squeeze the life out of me. What I want more than anything is to live again and let go of the hurt smothering every bit of light I have in this darkness.
I don’t expect it to come in the form of a Moonshiner’s daughter needing my protection.
Leighton Strather
My whole life has been defined by who my family is. In the state of Alabama, we’re number one with a target on our backs. The danger and prestige isn’t for me. I don’t care about the money, and I care too much about the families we’ve ruined.
My brother and my dad are proud of it. They wear their arrest records like a badge of honor. Me? I want as far away from the lifestyle as I can get.
It’s the only reason I ask Holden to marry me. At least that's
what I tell myself.
I never expect his whispered yes to cause such upheaval in my life. Even though I resist, I learn some havoc is good – and this one? It’s a whirlwind of lust, hope, and love and all I can do is let it sweep me away.
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Review
This is the third book in the Moonshine Task Force series
and although each can be read as a standalone, I would advise to read the
series in order.
Holden Thompson aka Havoc is the task force leader and a
cop. His life up to now has been centred on his work and his friends, with little
time for any relationships with women. That is until Leighton Strather comes
into his life and he feels an overwhelming need to protect her. Especially from
the threat from her father, the biggest moonshiner in the county.
Leighton has always felt guilt. Guilt for her mother leaving
her at a young age and guilt for what her family are doing to make money.
Living in a crime family pushes her to seek a new life away from it all and she
finds this when she meets Holden. When a marriage of convenience is thrown into
the mix both Leighton and Holden grab it with both hands. They know there is an
attraction between them that after an explosive kiss, they try to fight back
from. However being in a marriage and living together, the close proximity to
each other can only lead to one thing and that thing is fighting back their own
insecurities and hoping that this marriage can become real.
The story picks up a year after they have been married and I
would have preferred to have been involved from the very start. It was made
known in the previous book what had happened but not through the POV of
Leighton or Holden which was a shame. It didn’t detract my enjoyment of the
story but would have just given that little more depth. Holden is twelve years
older than Leighton and is one of his insecurities whereas Leighton doesn’t
feel she is good enough for him.
I loved the chemistry between the two but there was a lot of
soul searching and holding back. I just wanted to bash both their heads
together and shout ‘Just get on with it!’ at times. Eventually though they can
no longer ignore the passion igniting between them and wow when they went for
it they definitely WENT FOR IT! It was HOT!
It was great to catch up with the other couples from the
previous books and good to see who could be next for their story. I’m thinking
maybe Ace?
Overall another great addition to the series and for me
Holden is the one I was most waiting for to read about. He is my favourite to
date. Leighton was also likeable and I liked this pairing. A good match. I can’t
wait to read more in the series. Four stars.
*ARC kindly provided by the author in exchange for an honest review
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Author Bio
Laramie Briscoe is the best-selling author of the Heaven Hill Series and the Rockin' Country Series.
Since self-publishing her first book in May of 2013, Laramie Briscoe has published over 10 books. She's appeared on the Top 100 Bestselling E-books Lists on iBooks, Amazon Kindle, Kobo, and Barnes & Noble. She's been called "a very young Maya Banks" (Amazon reviewer) and her books have been accused of being "sexy, family-oriented, romances with heart".
When she's not writing alpha males who seriously love their women, she loves spending time with friends, reading, and marathoning shows on her DVR. Married to her high school sweetheart, Laramie lives in Bowling Green, KY with her husband (the Travel Coordinator) and a sometimes crazy cat named Beau.
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