4 Smooches!
Synopsis
I’m a sex worker.
A prostitute. A whore.
Whatever you want to call me, the result is still the same. I sleep with men and I get paid for it. I don’t make excuses for what I do.
Then I learn how fragile life can be; how in an instant, everything can change. My mother disappears and I’m left to care for my two estranged siblings. I can barely manage to look after myself.
How am I supposed to look after a hormonal fifteen year old and a five year old who has no idea who I am?
I just want my old, uncomplicated life back.
Especially when He shows up.
He’s investigating my mothers disappearance, but I can see that it’s more than that for him.He thinks he can help me. He thinks he can fix me.
Only how can he fix something so broken?
Review
Kait’s mantra: “People were designed to hurt and be hurt. I’d learned a long time ago how easily trust could be violated. I had to protect myself, because nobody else was going to do it for me.”
Kaitlyn has been through it all…dead-beat dad, druggie mother, abusive step-father and now she is the only relative left to take care of her half-brother and sister (Sam and Neri). Kaitlyn knows she is the last person that should take care of two kids, ages 5 and 15, mostly because she works as a prostitute at a brothel outside Seattle.
What I loved about this novella is that you feel for Kaitlyn and understand why she would work at the brothel. She got her life together after putting her step-father behind bars. She works, sleeps, eats, and repeats. She does not trust anyone, thus does not have the time for real relationships and love. That is until Devon the detective shows up to discuss new events regarding her mother and brings Sam and Neri to their new lives with Kait.
Devon hasn’t had the easiest ride easier, which helps the development between him and Kait. I loved the build up of their relationship and the concern/care/passion that each had for one another.
I did not give this book 5 smooches, because I simply want more to the story! I wanted more after it was over. It is the first in the series, so maybe there will be more to Kait and Devon’s story?
Missy’s book “Out of Reach” was one of my favorites this year (thus far) and I know she can write a mean novel, and that’s what I want from this story!!!
Arabella, Kait’s roommate was a great supporting character and I loved her! She was funny and lightened the mood, especially when Sam and Neri were around. Arabella and her long-distance Marine boyfriend, Luke, seem like the most reasonable step for novella #2, but I’m not done with Kait and Devon!
Nice work Missy!!
Lisa
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