#Review #Giveaway Boiling Point by @mstessabailey @IndieSagePromo

BOILING POINT by Tessa Bailey Crossing the Line, #3 Publication Date: January 25, 2016 Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance

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Synopsis: Falling for a con man is the most dangerous game of all… Con artist Austin Shaw’s been in disguise so long he’s not sure where his fake identities end and he begins. Now that he’s been strong-armed into working for a specialized undercover unit working with the Chicago police—criminals with unique “skills”—the last thing he needs is to risk his iron control. Especially when it comes to a certain stunningly sexy hacker who tempts him with every look of disdain. Polly Banks will never, ever trust a con man. On the trail of a ruthless crook who destroyed the only family she’s ever known, Polly is unnerved by the shadow who follows her every move. The one who makes her pulse pound and breath short with lust. Austin. He’s infuriating, enigmatic, and pure sex appeal, and she’s determined to resist him. But an untrustworthy man of disguise can become anyone he wants…including a man that Polly must trust if she’s to escape their dangerous game alive.

Review - 4 Stars!

                This is the second book I’ve read in this series and while you don’t need to read the previous ones, I need to! Simply because I love the character and am dying to see how their stories began. I love Tessa’s writing style, her characters are so complex, and the story is always well thought out and interesting. My only issue with Boiling Point was that it got just a little bit too complicated. Polly and Austin are such dynamic personalities and they over shadowed each other from time to time, making it a little overwhelming. But, overall, I loved the book. It was full of surprises and quite riveting.

                Austin and Polly are partially polar opposites, but then, opposites attract, right?

Austin is the ultimate con man and that persona is all her ever let’s anyone see. However, along with an explosive attraction to Polly, he has the desire to let her see the real him. He doesn’t feel worthy of her, but sees the opportunity for her to punish and therefore, cleanse him. There is a streak of goodness to him that we only realize little by little throughout the book. For each snippet we see of the white knight, we also uncover another deed of the black knight. The flip-flop was a little too abrupt sometimes. I just have to point out that one of his virtues (in my eyes, anyway), is a deliciously filthy mouth. That man knows how to melt your panties right off, then make you spontaneously combust right after.

                Polly is almost as much of a puzzle as Austin. She puts on an air of carelessness but there is a need to be seen and to be given the opportunity to truly be herself. Although she is certainly more transparent that Austin, she holds her secrets close. I got a little whiplash from her mood changes as well, but not too much.

                The chemistry between these two is off the charts and the sex scenes burn the damn pages right up! There is immediately a connection between them that is beyond physical, but at first, the physical is all they can handle. The other elements of their relationship are so foreign and so frightening, that they are almost unable to handle them.

                It’s always fun to revisit characters, and Erin brings her ever-present humor from Up in Smoke. She lightened the story here and there. This book was certainly a lot heavier and I would have liked to been given a little more humor as a reprieve, but not everyone would feel that way.

                I would absolutely recommend this book, the whole series in fact. And, I would pick up anything Tess wrote and give it a shot, so far, I haven’t been disappointed. The next book looks to just as intriguing as the previous books and I look forward to reading it!

*Review by Elle C

DON'T MISS THE OTHER BOOKS IN THE SIZZLING CROSSING THE LINE SERIES....

RISKIER BUSINESS by Tessa Bailey Crossing the Line, #0.5 Publication Date: January 5, 2015 Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance

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Synopsis: One more game. And this time, there are no rules…

After a life of pool hustling and living on the wrong side of the law, Ruby Elliott is living on the straight and narrow with sexy-as-all-hell NYPD detective, Troy Bennett. Now the only trouble Ruby has with the law is the naughty kind, pinned against the wall by Troy's strict and spectacularly hard body. Obeying his every command. Both of them losing themselves in a lust that borders on obsession... But then her father returns with an offer she can’t refuse: one last hustle in exchange for information. Information she’d die to have. As the pieces and the players of the game reveal themselves, Troy feels the fine edges of his control slipping—control he can’t channel without hurting Ruby. The stakes are high, and the risk higher. Because losing this final game could cost more than Ruby’s heart…it might cost her life.

RISKING IT ALL by Tessa Bailey Crossing the Line, #1 Publication Date: January 27, 2015 Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance

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Synopsis: NYPD detective Seraphia Newsom will avenge her brother’s death at any cost. Even if it means insinuating herself into a rough, Brooklyn street gang and going so far undercover, she’s not sure she’ll be able to get out. Every minute she spends in their midst means the clock ticking down on her life, especially when she overhears something that could get her killed. Bowen Driscol is the heir to a crime enterprise. He never asked for the job, but with his father behind bars, he has no choice but to step in and keep the operation running. But when the NYPD blackmails him with a piece of damning information in exchange for aiding an undercover cop, he finds himself on the other side of the law for the first time in his life. Bowen knows the danger Sera is in, and keeping her safe trumps saving his own ass. The problem? She can’t know he’s on her side. And there's the matter of the seriously inconvenient heat sparking between them that's incinerating his resistance. But Sera only sees Bowen's past, and men like him are the reason her brother is dead. If they're to get out alive, he'll have to risk exposing the man beneath, and hope to hell he doesn't blow the whole operation in the process.

  

UP IN SMOKE by Tessa Bailey Crossing the Line, #2 Publication Date: June 23, 2015 Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance

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Synopsis: Never start a fire you can’t control… Connor Bannon is supposed to be dead. Dishonorably discharged from the Navy SEALs, he's spent the last two years working as a street enforcer in Brooklyn for his cousin's crime ring. Through a twist of fate, he's now in Chicago, working undercover to bust criminals. But when a cute little arsonist joins the team—all combat boots, tiny jean shorts, and hot-pink hair—Connor’s notorious iron control slips. Erin "she's getting away" O'Dea knows two things. She hates authority. And… Nope, that's it. When she's forced to operate on the “right” side of the law, her fear of being confined and controlled blazes to the surface. The last thing she expects is a control freak like Connor to soothe her when she needs it most. Worse, something behind the sexy ex-soldier's eyes ignites a dangerous inferno of desire. One that invites Erin to play with fire. And one that could get them both killed… 

ABOUT TESSA BAILEY

Tessa Bailey is originally from Carlsbad, California. The day after high school graduation, she packed her yearbook, ripped jeans and laptop, driving cross-country to New York City in under four days. Her most valuable life experiences were learned thereafter while waitressing at K-Dees, a Manhattan pub owned by her uncle. Inside those four walls, she met her husband, best friend and discovered the magic of classic rock, managing to put herself through Kingsborough Community College and the English program at Pace University at the same time. Several stunted attempts to enter the work force as a journalist followed, but romance writing continued to demand her attention.She now lives in Long Island, New York with her husband of eight years and four-year-old daughter. Although she is severely sleep-deprived, she is incredibly happy to be living her dream of writing about people falling in love.

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