I revisited my first ever Tessa Bailey novel on audio, and the female narrators Irish accent is lovely! I really appreciated Jack's journey toward recovery and seeing a small, Irish girl be a badass arms instructor.

CW for alcoholism, addiction, and discussion of a past sexual assault.

When Irish shooting instructor Katie McCoy meets NYPD trainee Jack Garrett, she thinks she's found the perfect candidate to tick off all the sexy items on her first visit to the USA list. Jack also seems to think so, but his very real drinking problem throws their instant love connection into risk.

This was my first Tessa Bailey and I really enjoyed it and immediately went in search of the first book in the series. That said, I had a few personal issues with Jack's possessive nature, especially him not wanting any other man to even look at Katie and sending people to keep tabs on her "to make sure she was safe." That toed the line for me to creepy behavior.

Also, I was a bit leery of Jack's alcoholism and it "being solved by magic sex" but Bailey does a sensitive job addressing this. I did like that it was the hero who had sexual trauma that the heroine was helping him with, as often it is the reverse.

Thank you to the publisher for the ARC!