My Killer Vacation
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A spicy rom-com with a murder mystery from Tessa Bailey, #1 New York Times bestselling author of It Happened One Summer!
It was supposed to be a relaxing vacation in sweet, sunny Cape Cod--just Taylor and her beloved brother--but discovering a corpse in their rental house has really thrown a wrench into their tanning schedule. Now a rude, crude bounty hunter has arrived on the back of his motorcycle to catch the killer and refuses to believe Taylor can be helpful, despite the countless hours she's spent listening to true crime podcasts.
Not to mention her fulfilling teaching career of wrangling second graders.
A brash bounty hunter and an energetic elementary school the murder-solving team no one asked for, but thanks to these pesky attempts on Taylor's life, they're stuck together, come hell or high tide.
Myles is just there to do a job, not babysit an amateur sleuth. Although...it is becoming less and less of a hardship to have Taylor around. Sure, she's stubborn, distracting and can't stay out of harm's way. She's also brave and beautiful and reminds him of the home he left behind three years ago. In other words, the insatiable hunger and protectiveness she is awakening is a threat to his peace of mind. Before Myles sinks any deeper into this dangerous attraction, he needs to solve this murder and get back on the road.
But will fate take her from him before Myles realize the road has been leading to her all along?
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this is the perfect combination of a cozy mystery and a smutty romance. this had some of my favorite smut that i've ever read and i enjoy both genres so much, that seeing them combined and seeing the cozy mystery genre become more open, is amazing. this book is a little bit instalusty and instalovely which i think was done in a realistic way but it's still not my favorite lol i love a bit more ~aNgSt~
4.5 stars
This was my first Tessa Bailey book, and I doubt it will be my last. The story and writing were captivating and kept me inthralled. It was hilarious and sweet, with a mystery to boot.
I loved the grumpy/sunshine element to this story. Myles's bounty Hunter to Taylor's teacher was just pure perfection. I loved how Taylor saw beneath the hard exterior that Myles put out to the world. She saw his hurt and who he was inside. Just the way, he didn't see her as this weakling. They saw each other the way nobody had seen them before.
Can an insta-love also be a slow burn? Because that's the feel I got when reading this book. Even though everything happens over the course of five days, it feels like it builds, which is the mark of fantastic writing. When you don't even realise how short of a time has passed.
The tension, oh my word, the tension with this couple is off the charts. And once they finally give in to temptation—it's like an inferno.
I loved the murder mystery aspect of this story. Maybe because I'm such a Criminal Minds fan, but I could totally see myself in Taylor and wanting to help get to the bottom of the whodunit mystery. I liked how the investigation was blended into their relationship and the progression.
There are some notable side characters. The police officer, Wright was hilarious. I just loved him. And then, there was Jude. So many hints about a potential relationship for him. I really hope Tessa plans to write his book. I'll be one of the first in-line to sign up to read it.
Definitely a must-read.
Why, if the story was so good, and I enjoyed it so much is it only 4.5 stars, you ask? Well, there were a couple of moments were I was jolted from the story due to inconsistency. It's possible that most people wouldn't even have noticed, but the way my brain works made it distracting. But nothing that would knock a full star or prevent me from picking up another book by the author.
