I am so grateful to NetGalley to have been able to read this immediately after reading Book #1 in this series! And now I have to have Book #3! I adored these two characters so much -- I loved Zed in the first book but he endeared himself to me even more and I can't even express how much I admired Nairne in both books. And the title is pure perfection -- Nairne is truly a spitfire -- strong, smart, gutsy and dare I say, I have a small girl crush on her. This series has everything I look for in the suspenseful romance genre! I cannot wait for Book #3 and would most definitely recommend this series! Loved it and wish I could give it more than 5 stars! I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Another complete knock out of a book! I loved the continuation of Zed and Nairne’s story, could not put it down. There is a lot of drama and the storyline is twisty and a bit complicated at times but that all just makes for an interesting read that I didn’t want to put down! I absolutely cannot wait for the conclusion of their story and I am hoping we get some spin off books about some of the side characters, Teo, Lucas and Elodie especially!!!

I have to say, there was too much going on in this second installment to the Tough Love series for me to enjoy it as well as I did the first book. After one problem in Zed and Nairne’s world resolves, another issue pops up and really takes away from character development. I would have liked to see more conversations with Zed and Nairne that were not focused on Zed being overly possessive and machismo and violent regarding his overprotection of Nairne. And I would also have liked to see Nairne use her much lauded level-headedness to abate Zed’s irrationality instead of inciting arguments with him. The sex scenes were similar to He’s a Brute in that they were based on roughness, however this book begged for gentleness that was not given. Both Nairne and Zed could have used soothing touches, especially after healing from violent injuries for weeks on end. There needed to have been some rationality in this book that was lacking.

Know this: Whoever reads this book definitely needed to have read book one, as it continues on after book one’s He’s a Brute’s cliffhanger. There is one more book in this series, however this book does state: The End on the last page with all of the issues from book one and two resolved.

I will read the third installment, It’s a Match for posterity’s sake, and intrigue as to how Zed and Nairne's love story ends. Hopefully the fuel Liese had from the first book will jettison towards the last book in the series and make a pull through. Here’s hoping.

I received an ARC from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review.