Review: A decent follow-up to Trey (#1 in the series) but left me wanting more.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 10 30, 2010
Jack is the one that had the book blurb that got me to buy the first one in this novella series...Love the idea of the hunky military dude going home on leave to visit and finding a new farm/ranch hand type with a mysterious past and in need of a little help.  This could be read as a stand alone in theory, but the events directly follow what occurred in "Trey".  I admit to only reading Trey (which was enjoyable) to get to this one...and maybe that set me up to be a little more disappointed.This one is still in the novella category, but was notably shorter than the first one.  The set up for the situation was basic and not overtly original (hiding from mob heavies, etc) though it was nice to hear how a female lead escaped (ah, teeth well applied...something I have hoped to see in many a book...).  I do understand the format here, but the progress of events just 'happened' so quickly.  How was she found?  Would the local Deputy really play along so fast?  Why did the younger brother hire her and pay in cash and lodging--no worries about bookeeping, tax id numbers, or unemployment insurance?  I would think there'd be concern about undocumented workers in an otherwise up&up; outfit.  And it sure is nice to have a friend who can work computer magic and find out anything!I did enjoy the interactions of the two 'mains' and the overall flow of the story and was rooting for them to 'get to it'.  I'd like to say more about drive-ins, lover's lanes and skinny dipping, but don't want to give away too much.  And as hot and the first book was I did expect just a tad more from the main scene.  Don't get me wrong, I would not want my under-18s in the house reading this, but if they got ahold of any of my 'stories' this would be a little less distressing!No denying Jack is hot, but in the end I was left wanting more.  More plot, more development, more nookie.  Perhaps I was expecting too much and my thoughts are that this was more of a transition--Trey introduced the characters, Jack moves the story along a little bit, and now it's Jimmy's turn (#3).  This one is good enough to keep going and read the next one, but if I had read it first I may have thrown in the towel.