Another complete knock out of a book! I loved the continuation of Zed and Nairne’s story, could not put it down. There is a lot of drama and the storyline is twisty and a bit complicated at times but that all just makes for an interesting read that I didn’t want to put down! I absolutely cannot wait for the conclusion of their story and I am hoping we get some spin off books about some of the side characters, Teo, Lucas and Elodie especially!!!

I have to say, there was too much going on in this second installment to the Tough Love series for me to enjoy it as well as I did the first book. After one problem in Zed and Nairne’s world resolves, another issue pops up and really takes away from character development. I would have liked to see more conversations with Zed and Nairne that were not focused on Zed being overly possessive and machismo and violent regarding his overprotection of Nairne. And I would also have liked to see Nairne use her much lauded level-headedness to abate Zed’s irrationality instead of inciting arguments with him. The sex scenes were similar to He’s a Brute in that they were based on roughness, however this book begged for gentleness that was not given. Both Nairne and Zed could have used soothing touches, especially after healing from violent injuries for weeks on end. There needed to have been some rationality in this book that was lacking.

Know this: Whoever reads this book definitely needed to have read book one, as it continues on after book one’s He’s a Brute’s cliffhanger. There is one more book in this series, however this book does state: The End on the last page with all of the issues from book one and two resolved.

I will read the third installment, It’s a Match for posterity’s sake, and intrigue as to how Zed and Nairne's love story ends. Hopefully the fuel Liese had from the first book will jettison towards the last book in the series and make a pull through. Here’s hoping.

I received an ARC from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review.