Temporary Partner

Valor and Doyle, Book 1

De: Nicky James

Narrado por: Nick J. Russo

Can two rivals work together to solve a case?

When an infant is taken from his carriage in broad daylight, missing persons detective Quaid Valor must race against the clock to find the child and bring him safely home to his family. Unfortunately, Quaid’s partner isn’t available, and his team is spread thin. Begrudgingly, Quaid must accept the help from his rival, homicide detective Aslan Doyle, if he wants to get the job done.

Aslan is Quaid’s opposite in every way. He’s bold, outspoken, arrogant, and the office playboy. And much to Quaid’s chagrin, Aslan seems to have set his sights on Quaid as his next conquest.

Quaid doesn’t have time to deal with Aslan’s flirty behavior when he’s trying to solve a case and juggle his cheating ex’s incessant interruptions.

It doesn’t matter how attractive Aslan is or the undeniable chemistry they seem to have. Getting involved with Aslan would be a huge mistake.

But as tension with the case builds, Quaid keeps forgetting he’s supposed to hate this new partner. Maybe Aslan is exactly the kind of distraction he needs.

Temporarily, at least.

Right?

Temporary Partner is the first in the Valor and Doyle Mysteries.

©2022 Nicky James (P)2022 Nicky James

Suspense with lots of tension

Nicky James writes all over the place, and she is truly good at it. It's definitely not her fault that my mind tends to wander a bit during the suspense plot unrolling throughout the story. But every time Quaid and Aslan are in each others sphere my ears sharpened and I listened carefully, the tension rolling into my ears. I am looking forward to listen to more of this odd pairing and their shenanigans.

Despite being more of a detective novel this first book in the series reveals so much unreleased tension that inevitably has to explode💥

5 star mystery and romantic tension!

Narration: This gets a 5 stars from me because I love Nick so much! My only complaint is that the MC voices are a little too similar and hard to distinguish … but Nicky writes them so distinctly that it wasn’t a problem. And again, I’m totally biased and will always love Nick’s narrations.

Story: Dang! I love Nicky’s books and I was expecting this to be good, but it was fantastic. I could not put it down. The case is super interesting and very well written. Nicky had me questioning the suspects right along with Aslan and Quaid, and I figured out the suspect right about the time they did. The pacing and everything was perfect. I was seriously impressed by this mystery.

But the best part? The tension and chemistry between Aslan and Quaid! It was electric! They’re very different from each other, and definitely rub each other the wrong way, but they also can’t deny their attraction. Things do get steamy, but they don’t get into a serious or romantic relationship during the course of the book. They still don’t really like each other by the end of the book. But it’s clear that they’re both becoming more open to the idea of exploring more. I can’t wait to see where things go in the next book!

It’s totally not required to enjoy this book, but I do recommend grabbing the prequel short story and giving it a read. It adds to the context of Valor and Doyle’s relationship.

Happy and Hooked

Loved Nicky’s Trial of Fears series, so I thought I’d give this new series a try. Goodness, am I happy I did! I’m hooked!! I love the slow, natural development of the MC’s relationship and I can’t wait for more. I’d definitely recommend this book, you won’t regret it.

Temporary Partner

Very enjoyable audio! Nick Russo was the perfect narrator for the MC's. I look forward to the next book!

My Newest Favorite LEO series

Reading Temporary Partner was fun and I couldn’t get enough of Valor and Doyle. Now, listening to Nick J Russo’s performance made me love the story even more.

Nicky James did an awesome job with this story keeping me on my toes, throwing “whodunit” guesses and completely blindsided when she tied it all up together.

Now I’m on to the next one book of this series!