A buttoned-up counsellor. A hot ex-con with secrets. One session that changes everything.
It was supposed to be simple: Let Jace Riggs walk into my counseling office, tell me how he’s adjusting to post-prison life, and let him walk out again. But the first thing I’ve learned is that nothing is simple with Jace.
He’s tall, muscled, bearded and tatted. He’s smarter than anyone else in the room and ten times more guarded. He’s hiding things that would break any other man to pieces. He’s a loner, a bad boy, and an infamous Riggs brother from the wrong side of the tracks.
He’s a hundred kinds of wrong for me. And even when I’m not his counsellor anymore, I still want to break down his defenses.
Jace has never trusted anyone – until me. He says I’m the only woman he wants close to him. The only woman he’s wanted in his bed – ever. And when he looks at me with that look of white-hot fire, I believe everything he says.
My own secrets could get Jace sent back to prison – or get him killed. And he doesn’t care.
We had so little time. We might not have until morning. But with the fire ignited between Jace and me, forever wouldn’t be long enough…
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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars
Sweet, sweet Jace!
After reading Drive Me Wild, I was wondering what Jace’s deal was. He definitely seemed the most sensitive and responsible of the Riggs brothers, and we get to know him quite well in Take Me Down.
When Jace gets out of prison — he was an informant that helped the authorities break up their dad’s stolen car ring in Take Me Down — he has a court-mandated counseling session with Tara. There is an immediate attraction between them, and they keep things professional (aside from their bickering and arguing) until after Jace is released from the probation program. They begin dating soon after, but Tara’s keeping something from Jace that could be quite damaging.
This story felt like instalove to me — they both fall head over heels for one another practically as soon as they meet. And I love the virgin twist where Jace is the one who has never had sex. There are so many virgin romances, but so few where the hero is the one still carrying the V Card. However, I felt like maybe he gave it up too soon. There was this whole discussion between Jace and Tara about why he never has, and he felt like he wasn’t good enough for her… and then he just goes and does it. I would have appreciated a little more build-up to that moment, more of his inner dialogue.
Take Me Down is a standalone within the Riggs Brothers series, but I do think you should go and read Luke’s story in Drive Me Wild! Ryan’s story is up next, but it’s Dex that I really want to get to know!
I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.
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