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What happens when a snarky hitman and a by-the-book PI cross paths?

Leland
Being a hitman has its perks, but I never thought getting an accidental mooning by an attractive PI while he’s caught on a fence would be one of them. While it’s not exactly love at first sight, he’s captured my interest and won’t let go.

Suddenly, I find myself caught in a game of cat and mouse, determined to attract the attention of Jackson, the PI who should be my enemy. He pretends like he’s not flattered by my flowers and the mentions of my totally-not-fictitious blow-up doll Randy (or was it Dandy?), but I know better. Why else would he be teaming up with me to bring down Hardek, one of the city’s most ruthless criminals?

Jackson
Even though the cops are telling me that the hitman is a notorious contract killer, I can’t help but admit that I’m drawn to him. He’s funny, charismatic, and attractive. There’s no way this ridiculous man can be the person the cops are after.

But when Leland ends up at my doorstep injured, I’m faced with a tough choice. It’s my duty to hand him over to law enforcement, but my heart has other plans. I want to keep him. To protect him. To be with him.

Though one question remains: why in the world does the man have so many d*mn guns?


Contains: shenanigans on a swing that you would NOT find at a playground, a car chase that sadly doesn't have flips or explosions, a horsey ride sans horse, cuddles, an exuberant mutt, a suspicious chief of police, and lots and lots of laughs.

Starting this one a bit early!

3%
(view spoiler)[ Hah. Leland gives me Deadpool vibes lol (hide spoiler)]

6%
(view spoiler)[ I was very unprepared for how funny this book was going to be lololol (hide spoiler)]

13%
(view spoiler)[ The Frozen joke got me lol. This is such a crackish book lmao (hide spoiler)]

19%
(view spoiler)[ I had a feeling Wilson was the client (hide spoiler)]

22%
(view spoiler)[ Willy lololol (hide spoiler)]

25%
(view spoiler)[ What a sad life to live that your first thought is someone is going to smother you with a blanket vs just putting it on you to keep you warm (hide spoiler)]

39%
(view spoiler)[ I didn't know what I was expecting Leland's origin story to be, but it wasn't that (hide spoiler)]

43%
(view spoiler)[ Honestly, after all the sex jokes and stuff, I thought the sexy times would have been written a little better... (hide spoiler)]

52%
(view spoiler)[ I'm not used to time jumps happening right in the middle of a book lol (hide spoiler)]

56%
(view spoiler)[ *sigh* As funny as this was at the start, Leland is kind of exhausting. It's one thing to have a dick joke for comedic effect, but it seems that's all he's able to talk/think about. That and dildos. I'd hoped with the time jump there's be a bit more substance to him but if you were to remove every conversation that involved these things, there'd probably only be like 5 pages to the book at this point (hide spoiler)]

Katrina wrote: "13%
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Yeah, the book's really fun. And Leland is great.

73%
(view spoiler)[ Seriously Leland, now is not the time for a stripper joke (hide spoiler)]

88%
(view spoiler)[ I'm glad to know that Jackson doesn't lose his pants every time he jumps over a fence lol (hide spoiler)]

Finished.
(view spoiler)[ I really liked it at first, but it got pretty old pretty fast. I would have liked a little more character development. Or at least a change in the types of jokes (hide spoiler)]

I'm starting this today!

ch 10 (view spoiler)[ Leland is a bit too much for me. He crosses the line from funny to ridiculous and hard to take seriously. I wish he would be a tiny bit professional and I don't really think his sexual harassment of Jackson is okay (hide spoiler)]

Katrina wrote: "6%
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I'm glad you liked the humor!

Katrina wrote: "25%
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Yeah that was a sad moment

Chapter 16
(view spoiler)[I think Leland as a character lacks consistency. Most of the time, he's making dumb jokes. Then out of nowhere, we get a serious scene and I just don't buy it because it doesn't fit the way he is 95% of the time. (hide spoiler)]

Aly wrote: "ch 10 [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[ I agree. It was funny at first, but got old fast (hide spoiler)]

Quirks wrote: "Chapter 16
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(view spoiler)[ Right? It's hard to get a feel for who he really is (hide spoiler)]

Katrina wrote: "43%
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Agreed!

Katrina wrote: "52%
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I thought it seemed out of place too

Katrina wrote: "56%
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Yeah, the author piled it on too much

Quirks wrote: "Chapter 16
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Yeah, he's way too flighty and joking and now it's unbelievable when he's serious

ch 21 (view spoiler)[ I'm glad Leland and Jackson are together now, but I'm over Leland's hyperness and constant sex jokes. I just want them to have a cute relationship (hide spoiler)]

ch 31 (view spoiler)[ it felt unrealistic to me that Henry would forgive Leland and promise not to arrest him. I don't think so (hide spoiler)]

Katrina wrote: "88%
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Hahaha!

Aly wrote: "ch 31 [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[ I thought the same thing. He's spent how many years of his life wanting to arrest the Sandman? And then he finally finds him and decides not to do anything? Not realistic at all (hide spoiler)]

Katrina wrote: "Aly wrote: "ch 31 [spoilers removed]"

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(view spoiler)[ You don't let go of a vendetta like that in an instant (hide spoiler)]

Finished (view spoiler)[ It was funny how Rose wasn't great about kidnapping Leland and he found it hilarious. I'm glad they caught those guys and wrapped up the case. (hide spoiler)]

Katrina wrote: "Finished.
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Yeah I felt the same way

Chapter 20
(view spoiler)[I'm not sure how much more of this I'll read. It was fun at first but, at this point, it has abandoned all sense. I mean, why would you take Leland to your parents home? Why are they moving in together? Does the book know what character consistency is? Will Leland ever stop being an unfunny moron?

I read a fun romance about an assassin in the past but it actually stuck to a tone and had good characters. This one's annoying me. (hide spoiler)]

Quirks wrote: "Chapter 20

(view spoiler)[ Yeah that seems to be the general consensus. I wanted to DNF this so bad but I wanted the points for it more so I powered through (hide spoiler)]

I'm gonna give it a few more chapters and then we'll see.

I think the reason I was able to get through is because I got the audiobook. Otherwise I would have struggled more

I decided to DNF after all. I kept meaning to continue but I really didn't want to. And there's really no point in trying to force myself to finish a book.

I don't blame you at all. It really was a drag to read

Oh yeah, there's too many books out there to read something you don't like

Exactly