Series:
Colt Brothers Investigations (Book 2)
If this marriage happens
It'll be over someone's dead body
Tommy Colt is stunned when his childhood best friend --
and love -- Bella Worthington abruptly announces she's engaged to their
old-time nemesis! Knowing her better than anyone, Tommy's convinced she'd only
agree to a sham marriage if something was dangerously wrong. Now Colt Brothers
Investigations' newest partner is racing to uncover the truth and ask Bella a
certain question…if they survive.
Good addition to the series. The book opens with Bella
preparing for her wedding, but we soon learn it is to the wrong man. She is
determined to escape it and is ready to take drastic measures.
The book then jumps back three weeks as Bella tells her
friend about her fantastic weekend. She and her childhood best friend, Tommy
Colt, reconnected and spent the weekend hanging out together. They watched
movies, ate popcorn and ice cream, and spent their time getting to know each
other again. Bella realizes she is in love with Tommy and likely has been for
her entire life. But before she can tell Tommy how she feels, she needs to see
what the emergency is that her father has called her home about.
Tommy has spent years on the rodeo circuit, traveling and
playing the field. He's getting older and has realized that the rodeo doesn't
hold the same fascination that it used to. After seeing Bella again, he's ready
to move on and settle down. He lets his brother James know that he wants to
join the family PI firm, and James is skeptical but willing to give Tommy a
chance.
Bella came home to discover that her father was in
terrible trouble. His partner's son had framed him for embezzlement and drug
use and was using the threat of turning him in to force Bella to marry him.
Bella and Tommy knew Fitz from when they were kids; he was a mean, spoiled
bully then and hasn't gotten any better. He will do anything to get what he
wants, and he wants Bella.
Bella and Tommy have a little more than a week to find a
way to stop the wedding. But Fitz has Bella stuck because he finds a way to
take it out on her father whenever she tries to do something. Tommy works hard
to find the proof needed but keeps coming up empty. Fitz's desperation is
evident as the wedding draws closer. I ached for Bella as time sped by. When
she learned of a way to get the proof needed, she took a huge chance. But even
if she got the evidence, she could not get it to anyone who could help.
I was on the edge of my seat as the wedding day dawned,
and Bella was still trapped. She has a desperate plan to stop the wedding and
fears it will be her only choice. But Tommy comes through for her with a
fantastic and unique form of rescue. I enjoyed the following chapters as all
the loose ends were wrapped up.
Because Tommy and Bella had known each other for a long
time, the rapid pace of their romance was believable. I loved Tommy's
protectiveness and determination to help Bella escape from Fitz. The ending was
sweet, and I enjoyed seeing the first two Colt brothers get their
happy-ever-afters.
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