Book safety, content warnings, and tropes down below.

Why does he dislike every person he comes across but not me? What did I do that snagged his attention? What could make me special to this man? Why does that terrify me… but also excite me?

I mean, it’s a book by Alice Winters so I should’ve expected the heavy focus on humor and silliness, but the blurb and tropes made me think it would be more serious. I really enjoyed the book, tho, silliness and all. A lot of the humor worked for me, but by the end I did wish it would’ve been more serious.

I really enjoyed both MCs and the plot/mystery was so well done. The entire thing felt original and I’m curious about what will happen in book 2.

“You’re back!” Penny says as she comes up from behind me and gives me a hug. I’d much rather she’d choked me or something less revolting.

⬇️ Blanket spoiler warning ⬇️

⚠️ Tropes & content tags ⚠️
Law enforcement
Vigilante MC
Serial killer hunting a serial killer
Homicide detectives
Funny
Slow burn
Touch him and 💀
Protective MC
‘We shouldn’t’
Romantic suspense
Mortal peril

⚠️ Content warning ⚠️
Graphic violence
Gun violence
MC killing bad guys (off page)
MC kidnapped (off page)
MC held captive
Injured MCs
SC cheating on spouse (mentioned several times)
Details of murder scene
Brief mention of death of parent
Near-death of SC
Explicit sexual content
On-page home invasion (past)
MC and parent injured and held hostage
MC’s parents killed on page (past)
Injured MC (gunshot wound, hospitalized)

⚠️Book safety ⚠️
Cheating: No
Other person drama: No
Breakup: No
POV: 1st person, dual
Genre: Romantic suspense
Pairing: M/M
Strict roles or versatile: Strict roles (for now)
Main characters’ age: 32 and 38 (maybe)
Series: Duology
Kindle Unlimited: Yes
Pages: 368
Happy ending: Yes


Sometimes I’m so fucking stupid I can’t understand how people think I’m intelligent.

“You know, when I walked in this place and someone said my partner was Detective Paige and at least ten heads whipped around to look at me, I was a little bit worried. Someone even gave me a blessing when I was at the urinal. It was the most awkward thing I’ve ever done with my pants down.”

“So when she ‘acts out’ it’s cute, but when I ‘act out’ you get mad.” “Reaching for a piece of pork and murdering someone are wildly different things.”