Charged by Jay Crownover Review
4.5 Smooches
Synopsis
Avett Walker and Quaid Jackson’s worlds have no reason to collide. Ever. Quaid is a high powered criminal attorney as slick as he is handsome. Avett is a pink-haired troublemaker with a bad attitude and a history of picking the wrong men.
When Avett lands in a sea of hot water because of one terrible mistake, the only person who can get her out of it is the insanely sexy lawyer. The last thing on earth she wants to do is rely on the no-nonsense attorney who thinks of her as nothing more than a nuisance. He literally has her fate in his hands. Yet there is something about him that makes her want to convince him to loosen his tie and have a little fun…with her.
Quaid never takes on clients like the impulsive young woman with a Technicolor dye job. She could stand to learn a hard lesson or two, but something about her guileless hazel eyes intrigues him. Still, he’s determined to keep their relationship strictly business. But doing so is becoming more impossible with each day he spends with her.
As they work side-by-side, they’ll have to figure out a way to get along and keep their hands off each other—because the chemistry between them is beyond charged.
Review
“Bad decisions lead to great stories.”
I am a longtime fan of Jay Crownover and this new series, Saints Of Denver, has a wonderfully fresh feel for her while still visiting with characters we know and love. I will be honest and say that going into this book I was skeptical about her ability to make me feel for Avett and Quaid. But damn did I not just feel for them I fell for them too.
“I don’t know what you thought was happening here, but it was just a job. You are a client, like any other client I represent, Avett. Nothing more, nothing less.”
We will start with Avett because while I really liked her Quaid is the true star of this story. Going in from other books we knew that Avett has a penchant for trouble and a lack of caring how that affects others. But this time her bad decisions have landed her in jail and Asa has sent hot shot lawyer Quaid to get her out, for a fee of course. Avett is a character who truly shows growth and depth. And while I thoroughly enjoyed watching her learn and grow she was outshined a bit by her dad, Brite. Brite is the dad we all want and the man we want all men to strive to be. His story of love loss and second chances was one of the best things in the book for me.
‘What was one more impending disaster, when it was attached to rough hands that brushed along my exposed rib cage and paused under the achy swell of my breast? What was one more bad decision on top of all the other ones that had led this particular mammoth-sized bad decision to my door?’
Now Quaid, I thought Quaid was an arrogant jack a** who only cared about money and for the beginning of the story he proved this to be true. But the more and more the story unfolded the more complex he became with underlining issues and insecurities. But the hardness to which he fell for Avett and the lengths he would go to help and protect her made me love him too. He is a clean cut, prim and proper lawyer but he accepts her and her pink hair for the craziness she is. I adored him. He loves with his whole heart and for this I love him with my whole heart as well.
“Some of us are born into the storm and some of us are born to chase after it,”
Once again Jay has penned a story I couldn’t put down and while I loved everything about Avett and Quid I will say that for me personally there was almost too much sex but I know this is not an issue for everyone. Still once again I have fallen for Jay’s men (and women) and am completely entranced with her side characters and cannot wait for more.
~miranda
