Blue Lines (Assassins #4) by Toni Aleo
Publication Date: December 9th 2013 by Loveswept-Random House
Purchase Links: Amazon | Barnes & Noble
About the Book:
Opposites do more than just attract in Toni Aleo’s latest Nashville Assassins novel about a very bad boy and the good girl he can’t resist.
The instant Piper Allen sees Erik Titov, she wants him—wants his rock-hard body, sure, but the strength and mystery that lies behind that superstar hockey jock demeanor, too. So when he sidles up to her at a bar and slinks his arm around her waist, she’s lost. What follows is the wildest night of her life . . . followed by inevitable heartbreak the next morning. And then, a few weeks later, a very big surprise: two blue lines on a pregnancy test.
Only a check to the head could make Erik fall for a nice girl like Piper. But since their crazy-sexy night together, he’s been trying to forget about her alluring body by falling into bed with every woman in Nashville, and it’s not working. So when Piper shows up at his house with a baby-bomb to drop, it doesn’t take much for Erik to suggest the nuclear option: marriage. While it’s supposed to be all for show, the second they say “I do,” the ice between them starts to melt into sizzling steam.
Includes a special message from the editor, as well as excerpts from these Loveswept titles: Taking Shots, Trying to Score, and Empty Net.
My Thoughts:
This is my first Toni Aleo read and it will not be my
last. I was completely addicted to this
story trying to read snippets in between work and then staying up late to
finish!
Piper Allen has longed for Erik Titov for the last two
years. His brother married her sister
and since then they run into each other at family get-togethers. Trouble is Erik is a raging man-whore. He’s
on the professional hockey team The Assassins’ and has no shortage of women
throwing themselves at him, and he’s happy to oblige. Still, Piper sees a
different side to Erik at these gatherings, one where he dotes on his niece and
shows unconditional love to his family. But still Piper can’t ignore the fact
that Erik never has a serious girl. Everything changes for Piper when in a moment
of weakness they spend the night together.
She hopes for more but he of course crushes that hope by telling her
that night was a big mistake. Fast forward
a few weeks and Piper has the shock of finding out she’s pregnant.
Erik has always been enamored by Piper, his sweet and
gorgeous sister-in-law but he’s never let himself act on anything, until one
fateful night. He can’t get Piper out of
his mind since that night, and boy does he try by sleeping with tons of women.
This all started and
ended with Piper Allen. She was also the reason he had been with every woman in
Nashville…he was trying to forget Piper.*
His efforts do not go unnoticed by the team management and
they are not happy because he’s
giving the team a bad reputation. Erik
must clean up his act or he’ll be kicked off the team for good. When Piper shows up on his doorstep months
after their hot and lusty night to let him know he’s going to be a father, Erik
freaks out. He’s worried he’ll be kicked off the team once it gets out, and his
family will be livid with him. They all know and love Piper. He comes up with the idea of a fake marriage just
until the smoke blows over. JERK!!!
I have to say I wanted to CUT CHOICE BODY PARTS off of Erik for a good portion of this book!
He was such a gigantic prick! Normally
this would completely ruin the story for me but somehow Ms. Aleo managed to
write Erik in such a way that it didn’t.
Erik’s POV shed light on his reasoning. Yes, he was a total ASSHAT, even
in his head at first, BUT gradually we see him change and little bits of the
great guy I knew was under all that would peek through. He can’t help but fall for Piper; she’s
sweet, impulsive and so full of life. One
thing I was SOOOOO happy about is that there was no (highlight to see spoiler) cheating
once Piper and Erik “married”. It was a
condition of Piper’s, and he never betrayed it.
Thank goodness!!
My heart bled for Piper! Oh man, did I want to do some
violence to Erik for hurting her so! He
was so thoughtless and would blurt out the most insensitive things. I was glad she stood up for herself without
being bitchy. Loved Piper! Luckily for Erik, Piper can see exactly how Erik
sells himself short. She’s pretty
patient with him knowing that once he removes his head from his sphincter he
has a real chance at having a happy life and family with her. At about the 50% mark Erik begins to change
and I slowly fell for him.
The super sweet HEA made my heart swell with happiness! Toni Aleo brought out strong emotions and
sucked me right in with her addictive writing! I’m definitely going back to
read the rest of this series!
Favorite Quote:
“I’m hard to love but
when I mess up, I promise I’ll do everything to make it better because I want
you. Only you. For the rest of my life.
I love you Piper Titov, and you are mine. Marry me…again, and know that I will
only love you for the rest of my existence.”*
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*Quotes taken from an uncorrected proof and may change in the final copy.
I read the first three in this series, and yes it is addictive! You should definitely give Taking Shots and Trying to Score a try. I will definitely add Blue Lines to my to-read list!
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