Review: LOVED IT
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 24, 2014
SUMMER'S BOOK BLOGHook me is the second installment of the Men of Inked series by Chelle Bliss. Even though this book is part of a series, it can be read as a standalone. The main characters for this installment are Michael Gallo and Mia Greco. Michael is a hot professional MMA fighter with a body to show for it. He is also a body piercer at a tattoo shop that he owns with his siblings. He spends all of him time between working out in the gym for his fights, working at the tattoo shop and enjoying family time with his large and loud Italian family. Mia Greco is an Emergency Room doctor at County Hospital. She has dedicated her life to help save the critically injured.While her job gives her much satisfaction, the lives that are not able to be saved seem to stay and haunt her. Mia’s real passion is volunteering her extra time at the free clinic for the members of her community. She goes above and beyond to help all the people that she can. They meet when Michael ends up in Mia’s Emergency Room as a patient. While Mia is checking out Michael’s cracked ribs, he begins to check Mia out and tries for a date. Mia is not impressed with his barbaric fighting ways and ends up blowing him off and having another doctor discharge him from the ER. They meet again and neither one of them can deny the powerful desire that pulls them both towards each other. Once they both can feel the pull, Mia finally gives in and agrees to go on a date with Michael.Michael’s past come to haunt him with one of his former hook-ups, Tammy, confronts him and Mia at the hospital. Tammy, who is slightly delusional and lives in her own world, works as a nurse at the hospital with Mia. When she confronts them, she leads Mia to believe her and Michael are engaged. As Tammy tries to rip them apart, Michael does everything in his power to show the Mia the man he really is.This book is written in first person with alternating POVs between Michael and Mia. The story does end with a HEA.The author has great character development that keeps you intrigued as the story quickly moves along. The characters are very genuine and lovable throughout the entire story. Overall, it was an enjoyable book and hard to put down. We adored getting to know the characters and their history. We will be looking for the next installment in this series from Chelle!