Review: 3.5 stars
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 10, 2014
A hot cop, a hot fireman, one is ready to settle down, and one is afraid to try again.  Sounds yummy.  And there were a lot of parts to this that definitely fit that bill.  But then there were some things that just had me struggling to get through it.Zach was awesome.  He’s the hot cop who’s ready to settle down.  He’s tired of the meaningless hookups but hasn’t had much luck finding someone looking for the same thing.  His friends push him toward their friend, the hot fire marshal, Daryl, who they think would be perfect for him.  Unfortunately, Daryl has shielded himself from others by being somewhat of an ass.  He’s quite standoffish and doesn’t want anything meaningless either but suspects that’s all Zach wants.They get past their initial conflict though, and Zach realizes there is more to Daryl than first appeared.  They really would be perfect for each other.  Zach is fun and doesn’t take anything too seriously, unless he needs to, like his job.  And Daryl is just the opposite, needing someone to pull him out of shell to loosen him up a bit.Here’s where I had the biggest problem.  Daryl is constantly whining about how terrified he is of getting serious with someone after his last guy dumped him.  Ok, I can understand that to a point, but he goes on and on and on about it.  At every turn, he’s terrified (his word) of things where the relationship is concerned, where his feelings are concerned, where Zach’s feelings are concerned.  That’s the pattern.  Zach is persistant, but eventually even he starts whining about being terrified of things too.  It just about got to be too much for me.  But I pushed past it, and when I did, there were some really great scenes.These two were really hot together when they stopped worrying about everything else and just let things happen. Daryl even had a delicious kinky side that totally revved Zach up and made for some scorching sex.  They were probably my favorite parts of this book, and they were very well done.So, aside from that one issue, I had no problems with the writing.  It had some sweet moments, some hot sexy moments, and a little bit of action.  I definitely recommend it if you’re looking for something on the lighter bdsm side with some smexy men in uniforms.  It wasn’t my favorite of this series, but still one worth checking out, and I’m definitely looking forward to the next one.