Review: 3.75 stars-Jack and Abby
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 2, 2014
IN JACK'S ARMS is the second instalment in Roxie Rivera's contemporary, adult, erotic Fighting Connollys Trilogy.  The Fighting Connollys is a spin-off series from Roxie's `Her Russian Protector' series and focuses on the Connolly brothers-three former Marines and the women they love. You do not have to read Her Russian Protectors to follow the Fighting Connollys.  Some of the characters and premises from the previous series overlap and carry over into the Fighting Connollys.  This is Abby Kirkwood and Jack Connelly's story.The premise focuses on a robbery, a series of threats and a number of questionable sales at the family run pawn shop owned by Abby Kirkwood. Digging further into the problem Abby will find herself caught in a war between the Albanian mob and a Mexican drug cartel who are willing to take down anyone standing in their way.  Enter Jack Connolly-the man who would die to protect Abby and her younger brother Mattie. When a once trusted employee is caught between family and the law, Abby and her brother will be pulled into a game of life and death.The relationship between Abby and Jack evolves from friends to lovers.  For a number of years, Abby and Jack have been dancing around one another much to Jack's dismay. But Abby has been preoccupied trying to keep her grandfather's business afloat while raising her mentally handicapped brother.  When the realization finally hits, Abby knows that she has lost her heart to Jack and that he may just be the one. The sex scenes are steamy and the relationship is sensual and hot.The secondary characters are colorful and many from Her Russian Protector series.  From the Mexican drug cartel to the Russian and Albanian mob, The Fighting Connollys is a series of action, suspense and romantic relationships between the rich and powerful in a world we only read about in the news.