The Bourbon Street Boys vol. 1
Una storia simpatica e divertente, che ho letto con vero piacere e che mi ha fatto fare delle sane e belle risate.
May Wexler è una fotografa, vive a da sola a New Orleans con il suo amato chihuahua Felix, ha una sorella, Jenny, separata dal marito e tre nipoti pestiferi. Quando un pomeriggio riceve un sms che le chiede di recarsi in un malfamato bar del centro città frequentato da equivoche bande di motociclisti, convinta che sia la sorella che ha bisogno di aiuto, vi si reca ma rimane coinvolta in una sparatoria. A salvarla è un aitante uomo con un’orribile barba che la trascina via con sé. Si ritrova così in un’agenzia di sicurezza privata gestita da Ozzie che altri non è che il suo salvatore che le offrirà prima protezione e poi anche un lavoro. Ma una volta tolta quell’orrenda barba che lo maschera Ozzie si rivela essere invece una persona molto affascinante e pericolosa per la sanità mentale di May e, tra malviventi che la cercano, addestramenti e appostamenti, la sua vita subisce un cambiamento radicale.
Una lettura leggera, allegra e vivace perfetta per rilassarsi e divertirsi.
Effettive quattro stelle e mezzo
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Bit crazy.
The talking to herself and the dog got on my nerves.
Some funny lines though. ( )

****Full Review****

I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

May's divorced sister has been a little on edge lately and when she receives a text from a number she doesn't recognize asking for reinforcements, May figures her sister has finally gotten a new phone. The texts get increasingly stranger but May just worries that her sister's kids have finally sent her over the edge, so she hurries to rescue her from a biker bar. What happens instead is May being pushed out the back door of the bar by a heavily bearded burly guy while being shot at. Turns out the texts weren't from her sister but a case of wrong number and the bearded burly guy that rescued her was undercover, a cover she has just blown. Bearded burly guy a.k.a. Ozzie is the owner of Bourbon Street Boys Security and not only feels May is in danger but wants to offer her a job in his company. May is new to the whole guns and danger but being drawn to Ozzie has her making the effort. Fate and destiny are crazy sisters but they may have just had the right idea when they threw May and Ozzie together.

The beginning of Wrong Number, Right Guy started off pretty rough, I felt very thrust into the story. The ball starts rolling right away but I didn't have a base for who May was and as she is the leader of the show, the story felt off kilter. The storyline of May receiving texts and thinking they are from her sister works, unless you think too much about it. There were plenty of times where May should have had a "wait a minute" moment and questioned her actions. It was also murky if May was texting with Ozzie, shouldn't he have realized something was wrong? He never tells her it was him texting her and that her sister was never in the bar, which May goes on thinking for too long. It was a shaky beginning for rationalizing our leads together and unfortunately, the shaky feeling persisted throughout the book.

May was supposed to be in her late twenties but she was an extremely immature and naïve character, she had many TSTL (too stupid to live) moments. The story is all in first person from May's point of view and while her inner dialogue was supposed to come off funny and quirky, it missed the mark for me and came off hokey and sophomoric. Due to the first person aspect of this, Ozzie's character really suffered; I never felt I knew him. I'm not even sure I could label him the typical alpha male cardboard cut-out, he never has enough dialogue or shown emotions to even pull this off, I hate to say it but he was more of an alpha male wood block. He wears tight t-shirts, boots, and someone says he was in the military and he seems to like May (in a very maybe, sort of, kind of way) and that is my only impression of him.

May and Ozzie didn’t have a lot of screen time together, I think they didn’t even spend more than twenty minutes together, until the last 70% of the book. The story is filled with May freaking out over working for the Bourbon Boys and interacting with all the people who work for the company. The characters who make up the Bourbon Boys (which by the way, there is a woman who works there too so why it has to have Boys in the title, I'm not sure) seem interesting enough but the author doesn't cover any new ground in romantic suspense storylines. In fact, the storyline seemed to go in circles, May's in danger can't stay at her home, no wait, she can go home if she has a security system, no wait, even with a security system she can't stay home. The suspense plot left a lot to be desired and unfortunately, the romance plot followed suit. May acts like a fifteen year old who has the hots for Ozzie and can't wait to sleep with him but then in a way that didn't fit with her character, she doesn't. (In real life I fully support a women's right to say no or change her mind at any moment, no matter what. I'm discussing a character, the way the author wrote her, and how her personality characteristics/thoughts didn't jive together) The lead up to their first bedroom scene almost felt like May was forcing herself to sleep with Ozzie. Ozzie for his part was calm, cool, and collected but almost treated May in a condescending way with his antics to make her more comfortable so he could get in her pants. His character felt off kilter too in that he was very relaxed and treated May with kid gloves in regards to getting her to relax enough to have sex with him but suddenly he goes all Dom on her and ordering her around; it did not feel natural and quite frankly I almost laughed a couple times at the "sexy" lines.

Wrong Number, Right Guy is your basic romantic suspense muscle guys in security company work storyline book. However, I felt it missed the mark on the suspense and the romance. The concept and idea were there but regrettably, the execution wasn't.
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Not bad

Liked the inner dialogue and her little man. The ending was rushed and did not finish some of the threads she started. ( )

I know I should probably find the h annoying and immature but she made me laugh so hard I don't have the heart to criticize her. Her use of a Taser had me laughing so hard I woke my husband (don't try to read in bed unless your significant other can sleep though giggles). This was an enjoyable, quick read. I'm not sure where this series is going but I would probably give another book a try.

Only two things bothered me enough to mention:
One: I didn't feel too connected to Ozzie. This book is a perfect example of why I hate first person POV. An author has to work hard to connect her readers to her characters when her story only comes from one POV. I didn't feel it here. And did I miss Ozzie's full name? Is Oswald his first name? Last name? I started reading late at night so maybe I missed the part giving readers his name.
Two: The steam is a bit on the low side. They only hit the sheets once and it wasn't that exciting. ( )