***4.5 Stars***

This time it gets personal...

... by any account.

After everything that happened in the previous books, you would think Andreas Ruffner and Darren Corliss deserved a bit downtime to get some rest and work on their relationship. Well, knowing these guys and their record for getting into trouble, you can be sure that this is wishful thinking.

Andreas, still not at the top of his game and not fit for active duty after the injury he sustained in Suspicious Behavior, has only one thing on his mind: facing his kids and come clear about his relationship with Darren and his health status. When their meeting goes terribly wrong and some of his kids are snatched from under his nose, it soon becomes apparent that somebody has it in for Andreas and tries to make him suffer in every possible way.

Even though former enemies suddenly become allies and surprisingly show a united front in an attempt to help them any way they can, their franctic search for the kids and all their inquiries lead to a dead end and time is not on their side, either.

When Darren -on top of it all- receives devastating news and tries to deal with it on his own, both men are forced to make some of the hardest decisions of their lives...

Okay, I guess it is time to come out with my deepest secret: I'm a toggler! I can't help it. As soon as a book appears on the website of this publisher my fingers start to twitch and I have to click the additional details and toggle them all. Maybe I was a cat in my past life and too curious for my own good, I don't know. This time I was glad I gave in to the twitching, so I was prepared for the heat wave to be non-existent, meaning no smexy times for the guys and I got a clue what to expect. But honestly, Andreas and Darren have barely time to sleep and get some rest, much less be more active between the sheets and they have more important things on their minds than sex. God, if I were in their spot, the sleep deprivation both men sustained in the few months they know each other would make me look like a zombie and guarantee myself a role in the next season of The Walking Dead without a casting first. ;-)

As a consequence, the romance took understandably once again a back seat, but their love for each other oozed from the pages with each tender moment, each gesture, touch and thought. Each and every kiss...

I had an inkling of who the culprit might be - yeah, I know... I'm a sucker for mystery/suspense novels, so maybe my lifelong career in book law enforcement helped a bit ;-) - and in the end I was proven right, but that did not lessen my enjoyment of the story. No, quite the contrary.

The tragic event that affected Darren was the hardest for me to take. Maybe I'm a wuss, maybe it was my mood or maybe it was the fact that I'm totally invested in the characters by now, but not only what happened itself, but also the way he dealt with it - or rather not dealt with it - made me feel deeply for him and that made it sometimes hard to read through the tears in my eyes.

The ending made a promise of what to expect in Romantic Behavior, the last novella in this series. Now you want to know if I toggled those details as well, right? What do you think? ;-)

Highly recommended!

RECKLESS BEHAVIOR was such an intense book, impossible to put it down. I loved it. This series is proving to be so much more than I expected and every installment gets better than the previous one. I really wasn't prepared for the level of action in this one.

Andreas is finally trying to spend some time with his sons and daughters and get them to meet his boyfriend, Darren. But a special family night became the worst night of his life, when his kids get abducted and now Andreas and Darren have to do the best they can to find them and get them back.

This was an amazing book. It was really fast paced. It has a high level of action that make it really hard to put down. There isn't a moment when there isn't something important going on or being revealed. Sometimes I even felt bad for these two, because they haven't got time to recover from one hit when the other was coming their way. It was remarkable.

One of the things I loved the most about it was the fact that while it might not be an overly romantic book, but the love was so present the whole time. The way Darren and Andreas support each other was endearing. They always seem to know what the other needed. There might not be much romantic scenes involved in this installment, but a soft kiss, a hug when needed or other affectionate gestures were enough to show us how much they care for each other.

The family issues were something I appreciate so much. It made them more human. The families were great. I loved every single family member. The authors might not take too much time introducing all of them to us, but the little interactions they shared with the main characters were enough to care for them. I was particularly heartbroken for Asher's situation, most of all because it seem painfully accurate.

Overall RECKLESS BEHAVIOR was an amazing book. Absolutely recommend it for readers who love action.

This series is smokin’! Action-packed, nail-biting, heartbreaking—this book has it all. Though there’s not a lot of overt romance to this one, and no sex scenes, there is love—a deep and lasting love that’s developing between Andreas and Darren as well as the love of family. In this one, Andreas’s children are kidnapped so the love of a father for his children is a primary focus of the book, but there’s also the familial love of a brother for another as Darren’s brother, Asher, falls deeper into his disease and the situation becomes critical. As an aside, and without spoilers, we finally find out if Darren has the gene that has caused Asher’s mind to fail at such an early age.

Andreas is still struggling with his healing ankle from the injury in the last book. He’s screwed it up and needed a second surgery—but hang on folks—he’s about to make it worse when his kids are kidnapped virtually right from under his nose. He and his work and life partner, Darren, along with their highly personable and dynamic friend Paula, a detective we met in the last book, explore any and all possible leads to get the kids back. Though their theories are sketchy at first, eventually, with the help of Andreas’s daughter Erin, who manages to get free of the kidnapers, the team is on the right track. A tragic event in Darren’s life sidetracks him temporarily but he’s right back on the job as well. He loves Andreas and his kids and will stop at nothing to help his lover get them back.

This story is very fast-paced, filled with plot twists and turns, excitement, and hair-raising scenarios. I loved every moment and literally couldn’t put it down. I highly recommend this series to all those who enjoy law enforcement drama and romance, especially those, like me, who appreciate a writing team who can build excitement to fever pitch and yet give us a firm foundation to a wonderful pair of men whose love grows stronger with each story. I can’t wait to get my hands on book four!

Detective Andreas Ruffner and his partner (and boyfriend) Darren Corliss return for the third book of L.A. Witt and Cari Z's "Bad Behavior" series. And boy, these authors didn't pull any punches with the things they throw to these men's path!

Andreas' children were kidnapped, and Darren also received bad news in regards of his family member. With such a high stake, this one was a <i>tour-de-force</i> read.

I couldn't spoil much in terms of the storyline. One thing I was happy with, was that Andreas and Darren were solid throughout. There was a couple of arguments here and there when either one was being stubborn. However, as Andreas and Darren ran against time to get clues to the children's whereabouts while also finding out who was behind the kidnapping, they never faltered.

It was another good reading for me. Hopefully the next one, which is titled Romantic Behavior will definitely more romantic *laugh*

This was fast paced and entertaining from the beginning till the end. I hadn't read the blurb so I was surprised with the turn of events. Most of the story revolves around both guy's families and the things that are going on with them.

There was very little relationship development in this one which was my only complaint. I think I would have preferred it more had there have been some emotional moments between the two MC's.

Overall this was a good installment of this series and I'm really looking forward to the next one. I would not recommend this book as a standalone. You could follow the plot fine but you'd be majorly spoilering yourself for the previous two books.

Reckless behaviour is the third book concerning Detective Andreas Ruffner and his partner and boyfriend Det Darren Corliss.
As with the previous books this is another very good read, a definite thriller with lots of action.
Andreas has upset a lot of police personnel at his station by rooting out the corrupt and dangerous cops, some of them now serving prison sentences, so lots of obvious bad feelings of fellow cops head Andreas and Darren's way.
When Andreas invites his four children for a meal to get to know Darren the worst possible thing happens, the children are kidnapped, one manages to escape but it's obviously a professional job with no clues to who or why to start with.
So begins a nail biting time as they have to work against time and unhelpful colleagues to find his children.
Darren is also going through heartbreak as his elder brother who has early onset Alzheimer's is deteriorating rapidly.
A thoroughly enjoyable story, obviously the partnership of these two authors works extremely well.
My thanks to net galley and publisher for opportunity to review this book honestly