Review: enough chemistry and chocolate to leave you hungry for more!
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 19, 2014
Heat: WarmRating: *** 3.5 out of 5 starsProvided by: NetGalley3.5 Stars out of 5This is a cute love story.Short synopsis:Moira O'Leary has always had swooney-eyes for Jimmy O'Malley–her brother's close friend from across the street. Growing up, their families hung out together until one day Moira was no longer invited to hang with–older brother Liam and his friend Jimmy. Since then they've steered clear of one another, but now new circumstances have brought Moira and Jimmy back into one another's lives.Moira–who works as a fluff piece reporter–is trying to catch a story that will break open her career in the serious journalistic industry. She knows all the makings for navigating the jet-setting, swanky, high-profile crowds, and before long realizes that her own news story is colliding with Jimmy's investigation, but she might just be what Jimmy needs in order to crack open his case and jump start his own career in the police force.Jimmy O'Malley has been successful in steering clear of his friend's sister, Moira. Since she hit puberty his feelings of brotherly love changed into something very different, something that he refuses to acknowledge and the best way to deal is being short, and almost mean to Moira whenever she's around.But when Jimmy is put on assignment to go into the high society circles of Chicago's finest, he finds that he's out of his element and may just need the help of the mouthy heart stopping Moira. As they begin to work–unwillingly at times–together, the chemistry bleeds through their masks and sparks fly. But Jimmy battles–cold one minute and hot the next–on whether or not he should pursue her. Throughout the investigation Jimmy can't help but to challenge and worry about Moira every step of the way.Despite his feelings he can't resist dishing out demands for what she should and should not be involved in, and his lack of  communication with her endangered their relationship every step of the way, pushing her further away.The Best Thing:I really liked the push and pull between Moira and Jimmy. The interaction between these two was enough to make you wanna smile from the chemistry and pull your hair from their sometimes irritating banter.The overall story definitely kept me interested. Would Jimmy and his detective friends find out who was behind the robberies? Would Moira get tangled in his investigation while trying to make a name for herself in the investigative reporting arena? These questions and more kept me on my seat waiting to find out what would happened next.Overall the story flowed well; there was never a moment when it felt stagnant and I just wanted the writer to move on to something else. I liked how Shannyn wrote Jimmy and explained his obsession with needing to be in control of those he loved. (Great back story)The Worst Thing:While there may have been a couple of things that made my jaw tick with irritation, there was only one that really stayed with me throughout the story. The interaction between Moira and Jimmy and Moira and her brothers. I love an alpha man, but when a character starts spewing demands and can't see the errors of his own ways until the very end of a story...well it kind of sets me off. In this case the banter between Moira and Jimmy was the cornerstone for their relationship, but it did begin to rack my nerves when I realized he may be a little dense if he couldn't see how his demands were destroying his new relationship.  I couldn't get past how Jimmy could be this vivacious caring lover one minute and then a total a** in the next minute. (Even if I knew the back story)