Review: Another home run from Kristen Ashley!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 4, 2012
Games of the Heart, the last in the Burg Series (so far) takes us back to this lovable group with the return of Mike Haines. The cop I fell in love with in At Peace. After meeting him in book two and watching him try and win Violet's affection, only to see him crash and burn, I couldn't wait to read Games of the Heart so that I could see him get his HEA.As a teenager, Mike knew Dusty Holliday because he dated her sister. Now that she's back in town there is no denying the chemistry between these two and it's immediately evident that he was with the wrong sister all those years ago. In the four books in this series I have easily fallen for all of the men in each story. This book is different for me because Dusty is, by far, my favorite character. Even though Mike is still as hot in this book as he was in At Peace, Ms. Ashley wrote a kick ass character with Dusty. She's blunt, she gives it to you honestly, she doesn't play any games... basically she's a straight up bad ass b**** and I LOVED her!And while I loved the romantic development between Dusty and Mike, the other story line in Games of the Heart that pulled me in was the romance forming between Dusty's nephew, seventeen year old Fin and Mikes daughter, Clarisse. Now, I'm not normally a fan of epilogs where the writer takes us so many years in the future, but I have to say... I was thrilled that Ms. Ashley went that route in this book because I just HAD to know how things played out between these two teens. Their story line was so good I almost wish these two kids would get their own book.While it's obvious that Kristen Ashley has a nack for writing characters that you can't help but love, she's also gifted in writing characters that you can't help but hate as well. Case and point, Dusty's b**** from hell sister, Debbie. I can't tell you how many times I wanted to reach into this Atory and strangle the woman. and how things played out with her in the end was perfect. For every hero you have to have a villian and Kristen Ashley writes one hell of a villian.With the rest of the burg crew coming back in Games of the Heart and finally seeing Mike end up with the love of his life there is no doubt that Kristen Ashley scored another home run with this book.