No Rep by Lani Lynn Vale Release and Review

I received a copy of this book from the publisher/author to review for Stephanie’s Book Reports.

Taos was tired. Tired of everything that came with living. Not to the point where he was suicidal or anything, but tired enough that he just didn’t give a crap anymore. He’d seen all the ugliness this world had to offer due to his job as a police officer for way too many damn years of his less than stellar life. After finding a way to sustain his spending habits that didn’t include having criminals point guns at his face, he quits without a backwards glance. Only, he just can’t step away from old habits. Old habits that have to do with a beautiful young woman that makes his heart feel like it isn’t nearly as broken as it is. Fran has experienced more than her fair share of crap. After an attack that nearly took her life, she stays hidden in her house, fearful that stepping out of her comfort zone will be the final nail in her coffin. Then her sister forces her to face her fears, and she joins Madd Crossfit. There, she meets the man that save her life a year ago, and realizes rather quickly that he doesn’t even realize who he is to her. He’s everything she ever thought a man should be and wants nothing to do with her. Maybe she’ll have to give him a reason to look her way. And she sure does find a way to do it. She didn’t plan on nearly getting killed for that to happen, thought. At least not again.

I can promise you before you pick up this book that it has the Lani Lynn Vale feel to it but it also so different that it kind of surprised me in all the best ways possible. This one is much more serious than some of her other books. After all you have a serial killer that almost killed Fran and she was saved by the hair of her chinny chin chin by Taos as he was a cop back them and had been hunting for this serial killer. After this incident though she pretty much turns herself into a hermit and is afraid to leave the house because of what happened before. Her sister though is not happy about this and wants her to get back out and live her life so she talks her into going to Madd CrossFit and she sees Taos because he is the owner of the gym. In this gym though we get to see Fran blossom and grow and turn into the woman her sister always knew she would be. There are several reason that things are going so good for her and I believe the main one was Taos. But now there is another serial killer lose in the world and he has his sights set on Fran. Can Taos do the impossible and save this woman a second time. I loved these characters and the growth that happens during this book. I loved the relationships that they build and a lot of the time I was on the edge of my seat. This is a book you will not be able to put down. I loved it and can not wait for the next book in this series. There are so many side character in this book that I want to know about and this was a great beginning to the Madd Crossfit Series.