Asking for Trouble

Line of Duty, Book 4

By: Tessa Bailey

Narrated by: Alice Chapman

Brent Mason and Hayden Winstead can't stand each other. She plans exclusive parties for her rich family's charities; he's a rough-and-tumble cop who rigs explosives for a living. Could two people be any less suited for conversation? They think not and prefer to keep it that way.

Unfortunately, their two best friends are deeply, disgustingly in love. Forced together, the mutual attraction simmering beneath the surface of Brent and Hayden's non-relationship grows with every argument until it explodes into a scintillating night of mind-blowing sex. And it won't be the last, as far as Brent is concerned.

Hayden has a secret, though. Her father's company is relying on a merger to save them from financial ruin, and only Hayden's marriage to the CEO's wealthy son can secure the deal. If she's to protect her family, she'll have to forget about Brent - and he has no intention of being forgotten.

©2013 Tessa Bailey (P)2014 Tantor

Critic reviews

"Bring out the oven mitts to read the fan-your-face hotness." ( USA Today)

Love the Series

Fun, sexy, and engaging characters with sassy dialogue and good friends. What more could a girl ask for? Hope this helps.

Loved this enemies to lovers

This HEA enemies to lovers was so good. The fire between these two was scorching. Loved the puns throughout, it make me lol.

2 ½ stars. I did not like the plot and conflicts.

But parts were good.

My main problem was heroine stupidity. Twice she did something I couldn’t buy. In one of them someone does something bad to Brent and frames Hayden. When Brent confronts Hayden, she is surprised but does not deny it. She leaves him because he believed the evidence instead of trusting her. And then she does something unbelievable.

But I enjoyed the sex scenes.

I really liked the author’s first book “Protecting What’s His.”

The audiobook narrator Alice Chapman was fine.

Genre: contemporary romance

What in the hell?

The narrator’s voice! Omg. It is quite literally the worst performance I’ve ever heard. Distracting? Understatement of the year. Sweetheart, NO ONE talks the way you spoke for this book. I’m all for enunciation and speaking clearly but when it detracts from the story because it sounds like a speech impediment? Not ok. I really liked the story though!!!!

Hate-flirting makes up for the TSTL rich girl plot

“He kicked his caveman in the nuts and focused on her.”
Yay for cavemen who talk as hard as they- … And whoo! The chemistry as Brent and Hayden hate-flirt is only topped by the chemistry when they hate- … Yeah, this author’s books are dirty, so if you prefer your romances closer to cozy than crass, this book is not for you. Her books are risky for me, as the odds are 50-50 whether I’m on board for the dirty or whether the crass crosses my lines. But, this particular series worked for me and this book was a favorite.

“He’s sock guy?!”
The comedy is strong in this one, especially with the previous couple joining in for a lot of four-way ball busting. You don’t need to have heard 1 or 2, but I recommend listening to book 3 (Officer Off Limits) before starting this one.

“Did you tell her about the leg thing?”
The one thing that chapped my undies was the forced marriage plot for rich girl Hayden. The whole needing to marry for money schtick only works in regency romance. Hayden’s got a brain and backbone yet uses neither. There are multiple points where conflict could have been resolved with simple conversation. She’s also got her own trust fund, yet that money source is ignored in service to building the Big Scene. Yes, yes, the Big Scene was funny and heartfelt. It was just one too many cliche pills to swallow to get there … or maybe a dozen cliche pills. Rich people’s problems are so not my jam.
Thank goodness for working man Brent, the sexiest cop with the dirtiest mouth. His being a cop barely signifies, but that’s okay, because the cuffs are put to much better use when he’s off the clock.