Down and Dirty

Wow! Color me chastened. I wasn't expecting to particularly love this “episode” but [a:Greg Tremblay 8108759 Greg Tremblay https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1484561919p2/8108759.jpg], [a:Rhys Ford 4968409 Rhys Ford https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1308678470p2/4968409.jpg] and Cole McGinnis and I figured why not? Lesson learned! I freaking loved it.This book actually kicks off with the events at the end of book [b:Dirty Laundry 17560488 Dirty Laundry (Cole McGinnis, #3) Rhys Ford https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1362587276s/17560488.jpg 24490196] and then a good portion takes place during the time span of [b:Dirty Deeds 20345930 Dirty Deeds (Cole McGinnis, #4) Rhys Ford https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1388346214s/20345930.jpg 28365759] but not with much rehashing of that plot as this is about Bobby & Ichiro and how they get their HEA and it's fantastic. There is no mystery here, the action interior. The scary kind. The war inside to open up and take a risk in which you may lose everything you hold dear ... and yet there is no other choice. That's Bobby & Ichiro. On the surface they are polar opposites but they fit like a perfect puzzle in spite of or because of their emotional/familial luggage. They're afraid of coming together and disappointing Cole as he means so much to both for different reasons, but “the heart wants what it wants” and [a:Rhys Ford 4968409 Rhys Ford https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1308678470p2/4968409.jpg] made a believable case for these two and it was gorgeous. How can you not root for a HEA for Bobby who reads [a:Mary Calmes 3152411 Mary Calmes https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1473696272p2/3152411.jpg] and uploads her books to Cole's tablet and Ichiro a tattoo artist who decorates his body with his brothers' Chinese Zodiac symbols to keep them close. sigh I loved how we got to see Cole from other points of view. His strengths and faults. And what can I say about Claudia but that she is that voice of reason we all need.Lastly: [a:Greg Tremblay 8108759 Greg Tremblay https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1484561919p2/8108759.jpg]. The man is a genius. His voices are perfect and distinct for every character. I love him so much that I gladly paid for the Audio separate as it was not available in Whispersync.