I read the first book in this series a few years ago, and loved Lauren and Royce, so I couldn't wait to pick up this set. I did wish that Royce and Lauren's HEA had a more satisfying epilogue though. Lauren's father came off as an uncaring, arrogant, not-so-innocent bully who was clueless to his wife's shenanigans. I needed to see him really do right by his daughter. After all that Lauren was put through, I wanted more justice. What I enjoyed the most about the first book, however, was the interactions between Royce and his brothers, Luke and Blake. All of them were alpha males who would do anything for each other, and the women they love.
Book 2, with Luke and Lauren's friend, Julie was good, but I didn't enjoy it as much as Book 1. I loved Luke. He was just as protective and bossy as his brother Royce, but some would say he had good reason. I get that Julie mistakenly got mixed up in something dangerous, but as a divorce attorney, she was just doing too much! She wasn't even the murdered woman's lawyer, but felt the need to take over her charity organization, knowing that anything involving her and her previous client (the murdered woman's husband) was dangerous?! And I'm all for a woman being independent, but you don't purposely put yourself in life-threatening situations. Luke is a former SEAL, and works with his brothers in the security business...let him handle this stuff!!
I was really looking forward to Blake's story after finding out what happened to his fiancee in the previous books. I do love a broken hero now and again. His story wasn't quite what I expected, and I felt he got cheated a little bit. I wanted more for him than just sexual escapades, and I didn't really connect with his heroine that much.
Mark and Lindsey were good, and I loved them as a couple. I liked the suspense, but I didn't care for the way Lindsey put herself in danger, knowing there was a killer out there...a killer specifically targeting women that look like her.