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Up in Smoke by Tessa Bailey
4.0

When an ex-Navy SEAL and a recently released from jail arsonist and escape artist are forced to work together on a new task force of former cons for the Chicago PD, sparks immediately fly. Distrustful but unable to deny their immediate attraction, Erin O'Dea and Connor Bannon fall almost instantly into a relationship, an odd relationship tested by the fact Connor needs control and Erin cannot stand being touched.

As they work with the new task force (put together by the delicious Lt. Derek from "Protecting What's His") and struggle with their personal hangups, they still find a way to very sexily enjoy each other.

The actual plot points about the job they were working were very secondary for me as I was totally addicted to seeing how Bailey would make sexy-times between an uber-alpha male and a woman who could not bear being touched work. Oh, and work it did. So hot. Erin's touch issues did get resolved a bit too easily for my liking, but hey whatever. Good times, fun audio book. The female narrator did wonderful Bronx accent for Connor.

Looking forward to going back to see Bowen and Sera's story (book 1) and seeing what's up with the con-artist Austin and the hacker Polly!