Why did I still like this book? Because of Hawke. When he realizes how much she is starting to mean to him, he doesn’t want that so he pushes her way. Seeing her outside the bedroom at night made Hawke want Gwen more, of course. Then shit hit the fan with Gwen’s sister Ginger (enter the awful KA mystery plot) and Hawke had to step in to protect Gwen. He was only obsessed with her and her safety. Hawke didn’t intend to fall for Gwen like he did. The saying “The truth hurts” really applies here. Even if my feelings might have aligned with hers a little bit here and there as I was reading, I didn’t completely feel that way when I finished the book. I already knew what I knew and thought what I thought. Then Holly and I started discussing and I started questioning everything I thought. I have to admit, when I first finished the book, I really liked Gwen. I really think she called to the protective instinct that men have in them because honestly, if Gwen kept living on her own? She would nothing more than a dead body. Which begged the question…why did every man in her radius want her? Not just get into her pants. It wasn’t very sensitive, but very apropos.

Hawke threw that in her face a number of times. Are you fucking kidding me? Who on God’s green earth would take a stranger home and let him keep coming back without even asking his name? For a year and a half. He didn’t basically tell Gwen what to do and expect her to do it. OTOH, Holly warned me this book would be hard to take because Hawke wasn’t just a bastard. On one hand, I knew Hawke was a right bastard after reading Own the Wind and Ride Steady. I wasn’t quite sure what to expect from this book. The problem is, when Gwen gets a dose of Hawk's Alpha attitude in the daylight, she's not so sure he's the one anymore.

Yet when Gwen is drawn into Denver's lethal underground scene, Hawk's protective nature comes out full force. But Hawk is facing his own demons, demons that keep him from connecting with anyone. She's gorgeous, headstrong, and skittish about relationships. Hawk Delgado knows more about Gwen than she could ever imagine. Sure, it's a little strange that he only appears in her bed at night, but Gwen is so sure he's the one, she just can't turn him away. He's hot, he's sexy, and what started as a no-names-exchanged night of passion has blossomed into a year and a half-long pleasure fest. Gwendolyn Kidd has met the man of her dreams. Also in this series: Wild Man, Law Man, Motorcycle Man, Quiet ManĬontent Warning: View Spoiler » Violence, Drug Abuse, Prostitution « Hide SpoilerĪmazon | Barnes & Noble | The Ripped Bodice | Google Play Books

Mystery man by kristen ashley