Original plot with a great cast of main characters. Slow burn that turns heated. Lots of fun with some quirky side characters keeping things interesting. Looking forward to more in the series.

What a fantastic read! Quaid and Aslan had me riveted from the very start. Quaid is such a standoffish grump and doesn’t care what others think of him whilst Aslan is the complete opposite.

Quaid is a detective in the Missing Persons Unit and Aslan is with the Homicide Unit, two units that pretty much loathe each other. A missing baby has the two detectives working as temporary partners spending many hours together following all the twists and turns the investigation presents. They do get to know each other a bit better but ignore the sizzling chemistry between them for as long as they can. It’s a slow buildup up establishing their undefined relationship with just a few appropriately timed heated moments.

The budding romance is perfectly balanced with a very engaging and intriguing mystery with plenty of side characters as suspects to keep things interesting. The writing style and story telling ability of Nicky James grabbed me again and had me desperately turning the pages for more.

I really loved this first book in the Valor and Doyle series and can’t wait to see what’s in store for Quaid and Aslan in the next instalment.

So much steam

This sweet romance was so much fun to read, brothers best friend and close proximity all packaged up together in an easy to read, very enjoyable novella.

Luca and Ryan are so likeable but so oblivious, even with the very strong chemistry vibes. Vibes that lead to some scorchingly hot sexy times which usually included some hilarious themed underwear. Ryan’s phone calls with this mother had me laughing out loud and the descriptions of the gorgeous sweet treats had my stomach rumbling.

It was also fun to see Kris, Charlie and Jamie pop in to engage in a bit of meddling to help Luca and Ryan get their longed for HEA. I loved catching up with some of the Chester Falls characters in this little snippet of life in Lydovia and I have my fingers crossed for more

These two fated mates did not get a straight forward or easy path to their HEA.
Soren is a prickly and bratty snark filled vampire with very high defences due to past trauma. Gabe is a doctor who is stubborn beyond belief, full of insecurities and anxieties and not very good at expressing his emotions. Not at all comfortable with talking about “love stuff”.
When circumstances have the two of them sharing a house together they learn more about each other resulting in heated moments and lots of sweetness/tenderness involving cuddles.
A vampire from Soren’s past does his utmost to end Gabe and Soren’s relationship but their HEA was never going to be derailed.

This is a very enjoyable read with a great cast of main and secondary characters - especially the adorably naive vampire Jay! The plot is engaging and I was left smiling at the end.

For all his adorkable geekiness combined with anxiety issues, Kev also has an inner strength and a spine of steel. Jasper (Hux) has the geek factor plus the ex marine factor but also some insecurities to overcome. Put these two enemies together working intelligence and the snark flies! It takes them a while to not only acknowledge to themselves that there’s chemistry sizzling between them but to act upon it. When they do there’s some heat balanced nicely with sweet and tender moments.

The overall Horn of Glory story arc is as complicated and messy as per usual and full of puns that kept me amused. It’s finally resolved and I enjoyed how this element of the story neatly slotted in with the romance element which kept things interesting.

I loved Kev and Jasper’s story with it’s dash of angst, dash of drama, swoon with a bit of steam and two fantastic characters getting their own HEA. It’s a wonderful conclusion to the series.