Review: Had What I Was Looking For
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 12 22, 2013
If ever I’m in the mood for dirty talking cops, or dirty talking alpha males in general, Tessa Bailey is one person I can go to so I can get my fix. Ever since reading her other book, His Risk To Take, I’ve been looking to read her other books. They are a great blend of romance, sex, and wit. Furthermore, her afford me one guilty reading pleasure of mine: dirty talking males. I’ve always felt that talking dirty, whether in reality or in literature, is an art form that not many can do well. Fortunately for me she does a great job of creating alpha males who can pull this talent off thereby providing a very entertaining and hot read.With that said, as much as I liked this book, I didn’t enjoy it as much as I did His Risk To Take. This book didn’t have the same intensity as the other one. Not to say this book wasn’t hot because it was. Just as I expected in a Tessa Bailey book, this one had a hot dedicated cop, Derek, with a penchant for talking dirty and expressing exactly what he wants from our female lead, Ginger. They had good chemistry together and they had some very witty banter between them that was pretty funny. They were both very strong willed characters who matched each other very well. It was easy to see the sexual attraction between them.Derek and Ginger may have been the leads in this book, but I have to give a special shout out to Ginger’s younger sister, Willa. I thought she made the most of her scenes. She was a great blend of sarcasm, wit, bluntness and vulnerability. Many of the humorous moments came from her exchanges between Ginger and Derek. She had a unique spark that made her a likeable character for me. She was a unexpected and pleasant surprise of the book.Perhaps it’s because I read Bailey’s other book which I really enjoyed that influences my view of this book. There is nothing inherently wrong with this book. It has what you would expect of from one of her books. It had hot sexual chemistry between our couple and of course the prerequisite dirty talking cop. I may not have liked this book compared to the other I read, but it was still a fun and enjoyable read.