TANGLED BOND (Holly Woods Files, #2)
RELEASE DAY: July 30
One date with the sexier-than-sin Detective
Drake Nash. Simple.
Until you take into account that my brother
finally proposed to his girlfriend, so Nonna is on a warpath—and the crazy old
bat has Cupid by the balls.
The upcoming mayoral elections has everyone
running on full speed, and while I couldn’t give any less craps about the
corrupt Holly Woods mayor’s office, a dead body in the middle of a campaign
speech has me thrown right into the middle of it. The victim is close to the
mayor, but all he cares about is minimizing the damage to his campaign, so he
hires me to work alongside Drake to close the case as quickly as possible.
Bad news for our tentative relationship.
We disagree far more than we agree, but
being at loggerheads won’t get this murder solved… Or deal with the arrival of
someone from his past.
The mysteries behind the murder aren’t the
only things unraveling, and despite being knee-deep in lies and corruption and
bonds so tangled they’re almost indecipherable, I have to figure out if I’m
willing to fight for Drake the way I do justice…
Or if he’ll be my one who gets away.Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25798995-tangled-bond
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“So,”
she says to us, turning back to her cooking. “You come-a together?”
I choke
on my water and thump my fist into my chest. “Excuse me?”
“Dinner.
You come-a together?”
Unfortunately,
I catch Drake’s eye. He’s grinning at me. Bastard.
“Yes,”
he tells Nonna. Double bastard. “We came together.”
“So
you-a dating? Noella! You-a dating?” She spins around quickly, the spoon still
in her hand. White sauce splatters across the cupboards. “You-a really-a
dating?”
“Dating
is a strong word,” I hedge, shooting a fuck-you look to Drake over the top of
Nonna’s head. “We are…trying not to kill each other every time we see each
other.”
“So
you-a dating.”
“Not
every relationship has to be defined, you know.”
“So
you-a admit-a it is-a a relationship?”
“Not all
relationships are romantic ones. Some of them really do come with murderous tendencies.”
I scowl at her, but it goes right over her head.
“Oh!
Noella, you-a dating!” She drops the spoon and shuffles into the front room.
“Antonio! Noella is-a dating!”
“You’re
dating?” Dad and Trent ask at the same time.
“You’re
taking the word of this crazy old woman? I’m already married inside her head!”
Seeing her hopeful grin, I point my finger at her. “No. No. Put those wedding
bells down, Nonna!”
“You’re
dating?” Trent repeats, turning on the sofa so he’s facing us. “Really?”
“No!” I
protest.
“We’re
apparently tryin’ not to kill each other,” Drake adds. “Which is a good start,
I reckon.”
“Well,
if that’s what you’re callin’ it,” Mom sighs, “then no wonder she thinks you’re
dating. Her whole marriage was spent trying not to kill Nonno.”
“She’s
crazy,” I tell her. “Look at her. She can’t walk to the car without her cane,
but she’s dancing—why is she dancing? Dad, make her stop dancing. That ain’t
right.”
I fill
one mug and smile sweetly over my shoulder. Then I slide the cup along the
counter to him. He picks it up and sniffs.
“Hey,” I
say to him, “Normal coffee, no cream or sugar.”
His
smile reflects in his eyes. “We already know how the other takes their coffee.
Maybe there’s hope for us yet.”
I purse
my lips, but he winks, exaggerating his smile, and I laugh at him. To be fair,
Trent and Alison never really got it right until he finally learned how she
takes her coffee on a morning before her shifts…and that took him eighteen
months. So Drake does have a point there.
“What if
one of us didn’t drink coffee? Then what?” I ask, fitting the lid on my cup.
“Let’s
be honest here. You’d never be the one to not drink coffee, and if I didn’t
drink coffee, I wouldn’t come near you before four in the afternoon. I wouldn’t
be brave enough to face you until you were falling asleep.”
“I could
so go without coffee,” I argue, grabbing a muffin and shoving it at him. “I’m
not that much of a bitch without it.”
“Sweetheart,
don’t take this the wrong way, but you can be that much of a bitch with coffee.”
I glance
at the clock on my fireplace before I step outside. “Fifteen minutes into the
day. I’m going to count myself as the bigger person here and not respond to
that asinine comment.”
“Oooh,
asinine. Big word for this early.”
I spin
on the balls of my feet by his car. “Keep that sass up, Detective Nash…”
“And
you’ll shoot me?” His eyes twinkle.
“No,” I
say with a sassy half smile. “I can implicate a sex ban now. That’s way more
threatening than shooting you.”
Drake
snorts, getting back into the truck and putting his cup and muffin in the
center console. “A sex ban? Yeah, all right, cupcake.”
“I’m
dead serious.”
“Noelle,
if you think your dumbass sex bans can stop me from touching you and turning
you the fuck on whenever I want to, then clearly I need to fuck you again—and
harder this time.” He lifts one eyebrow, almost running a red light.
“You
need to pay attention to the road,” I scold him, but my mouth is dry.
Holy
shit, and I thought I had no brain-to-mouth filter. Does Drake Nash spit out
every sexy thought in that delightful little mind of his without a second
thought?
Wait—delightful
little mind? What kind of voodoo is this prick pulling on me?
Handsome,
part Italian, a Catholic in theory, killer eyes, deadly kiss… Oh, that voodoo.
New Orleans, I need a cure, please and
thank you.
REVIEW:
*****5 Hooked Stars*****
Nonna is back!!! Oh I love this woman.
I love this series, Emma Hart has written an amazing book. This book caused many LOL moments, I couldn't wipe the smile off my face.
I was addicted from page one. Noelle and Drake have a love hate relationship, it's fiery, full of passion and lots of attitude (mainly from Noelle). Her addiction to her cases, guns and cupcakes keeps us entertained the whole way through.
Detective Drake Nash keeps her on her toes, forced to work together again after yet another crime in the small town of Holly Woods, there banter sure keeps there days interesting.
Emma Hart has written an amazing book, after Twisted Bond I didn't think we would get any better, but she has defiantly outdone herself with Tangled Bond.
Twisted Bond:
I’m an Italian-Texan woman in a family full
of cops. I’m passionate and shoot before I think. You only f*ck with me if
you’re stupid.
Photograph cheating spouses. Hand over the
evidence. Cash my check.
That was my plan when I returned home to
Holly Woods, Texas, and became a private investigator.
Finding the dead body in my dumpster? Yeah…
Given the choice, I think I would have opted out of that little discovery, especially
since all three of my brothers are cops. And my Italian grandmother is sure the
reason I’m single is because of my job.
Of course, my connection to the victim is
entirely coincidental. Until I’m hired by her husband to investigate her murder
and shoved bang-smack into the path of Detective Drake Nash.
My nemesis, a persistent pain in my ass,
and one hell of a sexy son of a bitch.
Shame he still holds a grudge from that
time I shot him in the foot twelve years ago, or we could have something. In another
life.
So now all I have to do is avoid my nonna’s
blind dates, try not to blackmail my brothers into giving me confidential
police files, and absolutely do not point my gun at Drake Nash. Or kiss him. Or
jump his bones.
All while I hunt down the killer.
Sounds totally simple—until a second body
proves that sometimes things that start as coincidences don’t always end up
that way…
(Twisted Bond is book one of the Holly
Woods Files series and while it does not end in a cliffhanger, it is not a
standalone.)
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Author Bio:
Author Bio:
By day, New York Times and USA Today
bestselling New Adult author Emma Hart dons a cape and calls herself Super Mum
to two beautiful little monsters. By night, she drops the cape, pours a glass
of whatever she fancies - usually wine - and writes books.
Emma is working on Top Secret projects she
will share with her followers and fans at every available opportunity.
Naturally, all Top Secret projects involve a dashingly hot guy who likes to
forget to wear a shirt, a sprinkling (or several) of hold-onto-your-panties hot
scenes, and a whole lotta love.
She likes to be busy - unless busy involves
doing the dishes, but that seems to be when all the ideas come to life.
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