Harm’s Way by Bobbi Cole Meyer
Series: Men of Passion (# 2)
Release Date: October 12, 2015
Publisher: Arrow Publications
Pages: 284
Source: book provided by the author for review
McKay McLemore is the best there is at her job—finding people who don’t want to be found. But when the super-sexy, Harley Davidson rider, Harm Pranston, pays top dollar for her to locate a woman and her teenaged son she becomes suspicious. What are his motives? Is he stalking the woman who is running scared? Yet despite her trepidation, and against her will, McKay aches to feel Harm’s tough-as-nails body against hers.
Harm has his reservations about hiring the sharp-tongued McLemore to locate a woman he hasn’t seen in 16 years. First off, the red-headed investigator treats him like a suspected criminal, and secondly he has to fight his urge to lose himself in her. Just recovering from a gut-wrenching break up, the last thing Harm needs is a dragon-tattooed Amazon who makes him want to drag her off to a cave somewhere…
Review: I have to say, I haven’t read the first book in this series. So, going into Harm’s Way, I didn’t really know what to expect. Very early on, it was quite apparent that having NOT read the prior book wasn’t helping in understanding Harm as he often thought about a woman named Kayla and I had no idea who she was and it wasn’t ever fully explained. So, my point here is that I think to better appreciate this book, you might want to pick up Uncensored Passion first.
Harm’s Way is quite erotic when it comes to the sex scenes. There’s a little bondage play, but nothing objectionable or extreme. The scenes fit well into the story and didn’t overpower the plot or seem too jarring. They enhanced the story rather than distracted.
I actually liked the plot line. Harm is looking for an ex who may have had his child and hires McKay to locate her. He was expecting McKay to be a man and not an attractive woman. And while they’re on the hunt, they give into the attraction… what can you say, it’s a romance. Throw in the mob and the ride is rather interesting.
So, my problems with the book. I’m not a huge fan of the insta-love story line. The bulk of this book takes place over a couple days. Harm and McKay are in love so fast that it made my head spin. I can see lust, but not love. And yes, I know it happens, but I want to see it simmer and grow and not be so extreme.
And then there was the POV hopping. Maybe it’s because I was reading an advanced copy (and partially listened to it with that awesome Kindle text to speech feature), but the changes in POV caught me off guard more often than not and were changing too often. This is probably also the editor in me coming out.
All said and done, Harm’s Way wasn’t a bad book. I think I went into reading it a little unprepared, especially not having read book one of the series. The writing isn’t bad, but I just wasn’t my preferred cup of tea.
