Review: #1 in the Men of Smithfield series
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 20, 2013
3.5 stars - The first story in Gregg's Men of Smithfield series, this one focusing on Mark, who just caught his live-in boyfriend cheating, and his kneejerk quest for revenge starts with "gobsmacking" his bf with a bible and then leads to dumping his now-ex's stuff, and then careens into finding out that all his money was stolen and he's about to be evicted. In swoops Officer Tony, stalwart friend and his crush of long ago, but Mark is still busy fuming, so isn't too quick on the uptake as his ex's behavior becomes more erratic and Tony's attentions become more overt.I like Gregg's writing, and am a big fan of her Romano and Albright series, but it always takes me time to warm up to the characters, and this time, I never really warmed up to Mark. His anger and confusion is very warranted, but I still had a hard time sympathizing with his behavior at times, and some of his choices felt a little TSTL. (Good thing Tony was so close behind to swoop in.) I did like that there was some mystery thrown in though since Mark was trying to figure out what the hell his ex was doing behind his back.Overall, the writing was good, and at a little less than a 100 pages, is a pretty light, fast read, but just an okay read for me though.