Review: 4 stars = I REALLY liked this book
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 2, 2014
Pretty Woman it ain’t … but I’ll take Torin Duffy over Richard Gere every day of the week and twice on Sunday. Torin is an Irish immigrant who has risen the ranks in Vegas’s legal MMA fighting league. Due to his success, good looks, and personal belief that his messed up childhood means he can’t have a healthy relationship, he is, in the author’s words, a man-whore. But his personal position on relationships gets thrown out the window when he meets Chiara. Chiara comes from an equally messed up childhood. Her mother was a whore (prostitution is legal in Nevada) who got lucky and married a rich client. However, when her mother married, she dumped Chiara’s older sister Sienna in her lap and left Chiara to deal with her sister’s mental health issues. As Chiara was only 18 when this happened and had very few options available when it came to paying for her sister’s care, she went to her mother’s former boss and followed in her mother’s footsteps.Fast-forward ten years and we find ourselves at the party where Torin and Chiara meet and their relationship begins. Neither of them ever believed they would meet someone to love and who would love them, they didn’t believe that person existed … at least not for them. Yet when they met, neither of them could ignore that magical pull and what starts out as a night of REALLY hot sex quickly turns into more. In case you’re wondering, Ms. Chardou can write some seriously hot sex scenes that will make you appreciate the athletic male body. Their relationship progresses quickly and they find themselves at the mercy of Chiara’s boss; because I like my reviews spoiler-free, that’s about all I can say about the actual storyline.As Torin is an MMA fighter, there is plenty of action, hot sex, and love that made Love TKO was a really good read for me. This is a well-crafted book about two broken people falling in love and I am looking forward to reading more of Ms. Chardou’s novels – especially the sequel about Torin’s brother Kieran … I can’t wait!I received a complimentary copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.Reviewed by Angela at Crystal's Many Reviewers!