Name: Lover of Romance 's review of Wild Man by Kristen Ashley
Item: Wild Man
Rating: 5
Author: Lover of Romance

Kristen Ashley

She's about to walk on the wild side . . . While filling the display case in her bakery, the bell over the door sounds and Tessa O'Hara looks up to see the man of her dreams. Within thirty seconds he asks her out for a beer. But after four months of dating, she discovers he's an undercover DEA agent-and he's investigating her possible role in her ex-husband's drug business. For Tess, this means their relationship is over. Brock disagrees. He's committed to his anti-drug mission, but he's fallen in love with the beautiful woman who's as sweet as her cupcakes-and he'll do anything to win her back. Standing between Tess and Brock are their own exes, one of them a drug lord who's determined to get what he wants. Now as danger threatens, can Brock break the rules he's lived by and let loose his wild side to protect the woman he loves? 125,000 words

Wild Man

Lover of Romance 

Cindy McKee

I went back and forth on this story. While I like alpha males, sometimes this character felt like a foul mouthed bully. And I cringed at every "my man/woman" uttered. Who, in this day and age says that? Repeatedly? Maybe once or twice and I could shrug it off, but this was liberally sprinkled throughout. These would be the main gripes I had with this story. The reasons that I almost stopped reading it. However, there were genuine moments in this story that would pull me back and make me want to finish. I cannot remember being so conflicted about a book in awhile. Thus my 3 star review. If you don't mind a lot of swearing, a lot of bossy, and a few tears, this is the story for you.

*May Contain Spoilers*

Wild Man is book two of the Dream Man series. Now Wild Man wasn’t necessarily a book I was looking forward to because the hero in Wild Man, we are introduced to in Book One and I just didn’t like what he was willing to do for his job especially with Gwen. And those you have read Mystery Man know what I am talking about so I knew that I wanted to read this series in order but wasn’t sure how I would feel about this book but I can tell you I loved it almost as much as Mystery Man, not quite as much but just a step below it.

In Wild Man, Tessa O’ Hara runs a bakery shop and then a sexy man comes into her shope and asks her out on a date with drinks and she ends up in his bed and life for four months. Even though he is sexy and hot and makes her toes curl, she doesn’t really know that much about him. She does care for him deeply though but one night, he leaves her bed and the next thing that she knows is a team of SWAT bursts into her home and takes her to the police station for questioning. She has no idea what is really going on only that it has something to do with her ex husband. Which is where we learn she had a miserable marriage where her ex beat her and raped her and she divorced him. But now she has moved on despite the fact that her ex keeps calling her wanting her back and she doesn’t want him, she knows that she deserves better than what he gave her.

 Babe, you think I found the woman of my dreams at forty-five years old and I’m gonna let anything happen to her, think again. That’s a long fuckin’ time to wait for what you want. I waited. I found it. I’m pullin’ out all the stops to take care of it. I know you feel the same for me so I’m doin’ the same to keep me safe for you

But she learns that the man she has been with for over four months, betrayed her, where he wanted to get close to get information about her ex husband and three months have passed. And her dream man walks into her shop wanting her back and she has no idea how determined he is. Brock is dedicated to his job and he wants out of going undercover for the DEA, he knows if he doesn’t get out soon he is going to lose an important part of himself and he has two sons he adores that he wants in his life more actively and there is one woman who has made him want more in life….Tessa O’Hara. Tessa doesn’t know if she can trust Brock with her heart again, but she does know that he cares for her and despite what her girlfriends think she should do, she wants to give what they have a second chance. But there will be drama with his ex wife, and with her ex husband but both Brock and Tessa will discover what they have created with their family is worth the cost.

 I turned my head so my lips were at his ear and no lies, no masks, no bullshit, no games, I kept whispering when I told him, “I love you, Brock.”

I have a fun FUN time with Wild Man and these two were so well written. I was so captivated by their story but also by Brock’s family and his boys and well his ex wife is a piece of work. She is really a horrible human being and love seeing her lose everything in this book. We also see Brock and Tessa face whatever comes at them as a team….they work together to have the strongest relationship so nothing can ruin what they have together. I loved seeing this partnership develop through the story, and seeing them overcome past hurts and betrayals and where healing and forgiveness are a focus point. It was quite refreshing to see a more mature couple that don’t play foolish games, that are confident in who they are and in the love they feel for each other and work at it continually.

 “Babe, he took your power. Tonight, you took it back. And it…” his arm gave me a squeeze, “was,” his hand gave me a squeeze, “fuckin’,” his forehead dropped to rest on mine, ” beautiful.”

 I closed my eyes and pulled in a deep breath.

 Then I opened them and said, “You had my back.”

 “I always have your back.”

Overall I found Wild Man to be a superb addition to the series that is powerfully provocative and emotionally driven and will curl you toes!!

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