Review: This  has everything I love in a novel.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 12, 2014
Protecting What's His by Tessa BaileyErotic Romance, 1st in the Line of Duty Series of Standalones.Protecting What's His was my first (and absolutely not last) Entangled Brazen book, as well as my first by Tessa Bailey. And it leaves me with the question "WHY DID I WAIT SO LONG?" This book had everything I love in a book. A heroine I enjoy; a commanding, dirty-talking, alpha hottie; good sex scenes; lots of smiles throughout, a little angst to keep it interesting and a great epilogue.Ginger and her little sister Willa are starting a new life in Chicago. Leaving their passed-out mom behind, they head to Chicago with a wad of cash Ginger found in her mom's purse. Hoping to give her little sister a better life, they took off with their life-sized Dolly Parton statue, and their cowboy boots and whatever else they could throw into the rusty pickup.Derek, the police Lieutenant who lives across the hall wakes up with a major hangover and has to go to a funeral of one of his own and hears the girls arguing as they move in.As soon as Derek spotted Ginger though, he knew he was a goner, despite the outwardly unfriendly first meeting."He knew in that moment that his peaceful existence had been shattered. With her living across the hall from his formerly quiet respite from work, he'd be forced to walk past her door each day, knowing exactly what lay on the other side."Both Ginger and Derek couldn't stop thinking of each other all week, so Derek wasted no time letting her know what he wanted.But Ginger makes him work for it."The longer it takes me to get between your thighs, the rougher I'm going to be when I finally get there. Understand?"Yummmmm. Dominant, commanding Derek was just delicious. I loved how he was commanding in the bedroom but he made it clear that Ginger could bring him to his knees.Likes:•Sexy, dominating cop? ✔︎•Dirty talking alpha. ✔︎•Hot sex.✔︎•Heroines I really like. ✔︎•Funny times. ✔︎•Banter. ✔︎•A little action. ✔︎•Epilogue (though short)✔︎Dislikes:•Third person narrative. I'm a first person girl, and though this was very good third person (I forgot sometimes) I would have loved it and connected so much more if it were first person.•There was a bit too much repetitiveness of Ginger wondering why she couldn't commit.•Stupid move by the heroine (who was not stupid at all).Rating: 4.75 Stars, 4.75 HeatProtecting What's His by Tessa Bailey really has everything I love in a novel. Megan has talked about it so much, and we literally have the exact same taste in books. I am so glad I listened and finally read it. Now I can't wait to read the rest of the series! I can see what Angie calls these books "like candy" because you can just gobble them up and they are delicious, quick, satisfying but decadent reads. Had this been a 1st person narrative, it would have been a perfect read for me, but either way, I can't wait to read more from Tessa Bailey. In fact, I had to read the next novella right away.See more at http://anasattic.com/