The writing to me feels more “real” and not so “fake.” I don’t know if that makes any sense. Okay, I have to say that I’m glad that the writer of The Assassins series has improved dramatically from her first book, Taking Shots, with Shea and Elli. See Possible Triggers for Abuse and OTT sad parts.– The Hero was not celibate during his separation from the Heroine they met up again 6+ months later. Does have a separation between the Hero and Heroine.Does have the Hero and Heroine pushing away.– The Hero wanted to sleep with the Heroine’s (horrible) twin in past books Includes a special message from the editor, as well as excerpts from these Loveswept titles: Taking Shots, Trying to Score, and Empty Net. While it’s supposed to be all for show, the second they say “I do,” the ice between them starts to melt into sizzling steam. So when Piper shows up at his house with a baby-bomb to drop, it doesn’t take much for Erik to suggest the nuclear option: marriage. But since their crazy-sexy night together, he’s been trying to forget about her alluring body by falling into bed with every woman in Nashville, and it’s not working. Only a check to the head could make Erik fall for a nice girl like Piper. And then, a few weeks later, a very big surprise: two blue lines on a pregnancy test. followed by inevitable heartbreak the next morning.

What follows is the wildest night of her life. So when he sidles up to her at a bar and slinks his arm around her waist, she’s lost.

The instant Piper Allen sees Erik Titov, she wants him-wants his rock-hard body, sure, but the strength and mystery that lies behind that superstar hockey jock demeanor, too. Opposites do more than just attract in Toni Aleo’s latest Nashville Assassins novel about a very bad boy and the good girl he can’t resist.

Trying to Score by Toni Aleo