Review: Blood Ties grabs you and may never let you go
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 7, 2012
Ten Stars for this one!Tess has been doing her job as a small town cop in her own way for years.  Her old boss didn't care as long as she didn't bother him.  Now Sarge arrives ready to run things by the book in a town where the troublemakers could not find the book if they wanted to; they don't. Rules are not made for Bycrafts except for the sweet Jake whom Tess loves. All of the Bycraft men are gorgeous and sexy, but only Jakey is as good as he looks.Between training under Sarge, and training him a little on the way, Tess deals with the challenges of limited resources, a slightly jealous lover, and of course, the irritation and down right danger from the Bycraft family. The action is tough but not terrifying or unnecessarily graphic.J.D. Nixon gives her characters "character".  They're not perfect, you may not even love everything they do, but you will love Tess and Finn, and maybe Abe, Jake, even the Super!  Real people make Tessie's world a real world.Love this book. I had to try this one because I love her Heller books.  I am so glad it is a series.  J. D. Nixon is an amazing writer.  I anxiously await the third book, Blood Sport which should be out in late Sept.