by Beverly Jenkins
started 5/17 finished 5/20
Must be the warm weather, but I am again on the romance kick. Deadly Sexy is about Jessi Teresa (JT) Blake, a successful, tough sports agents. When her brand new Lexus breaks down on the highway (sabotage by a former employee?), she is picked up by a fine (of course he is, it’s a romance novel) truck driver, Reese, who gives her a ride. It turns out that Reese isn’t just a big rig driver, but also a former policeman, lawyer and partner in his family’s company. He has just been hired by the football commissioner to investigate a murder and it also ties into the events that caused JT’s car to break down.
The twists and turns of this mystery/romance were very entertaining, especially when I found out that JT is the sister of Max, the heroine in the last Beverly Jenkins book I read – Sexy/Dangerous. While I prefer her contemporary novels, Jenkins also writes historical African-American romance, a genre that I believe she has on lock. While reading the Author’s Note, I discovered that the women featured in the present-time books are usually descendant’s of the women in her historical series. Genius! So, when JT mentions her rifle-wielding great-grandmother and the strength she derives from her story, you can actually go and read it for yourself!
I’m going to check this one out!!! THanks for the review!
This sounds good! Although the titles make me giggle.I have decided to be non-anonymous in this next phase of my….independence?
He <>is<> a total fantasy guy isn’t he with the truck driver, cop, lawyer and businessman thing going on!The idea of historical AfAm romance is a great one. Folks forget that there was indeed some romance back in the day, not just the “love in the club” mess we’ve got going on now.
I read Deadly Sexy and it was VERy good. I picked up Sexy Dangerous today!