Indecent Exposure: The Academy (Academy, #2) (The Academy 2)

by Tessa Bailey

Is there a problem, Officer?

Jack Garrett isn’t a police officer yet, but there’s already an emergency. His new firearms instructor—the one who just dropped every jaw in the academy gym—is the same sexy Irish stranger Jack locked lips with last night. The Olympic gold medalist and expert markswoman is now officially off-limits, but Jack’s never cared much for rules…

Katie McCoy’s been cooped up in a shooting range for too long. A wild love affair is just what she needs to let loose, though she never imagined it would be with her smokin’ hot trainee. She cannot get involved with Jack—but a quick fling? Perfect. Falling hard for a charismatic recruit with an equal amount of sex appeal and secrets? Bloody stupid.

Jack’s charmed the pants off plenty of women (literally), yet few have ever looked beyond his perfect surface. Until Katie. He’ll do anything to keep her in his life… except tell her about his past. But a tiny lie of omission never hurt anyone, right?

• ISBN13: 9780062467102
• Publish Date: 8 February 2018 (first published 30 January 2018)
• Publish Status: Active
• Out of Print: 6 July 2023
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Avon Books
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 384
• Language: English
• URL: http://harpercollins.co.uk

Reviews

[thebookdisciple]

Indecent Exposure is the quintessential story of the good girl and the bad boy. Katie is a gold medal Olympian, expert marksman, and virgin. Jack is a day drinker who grew up in a brothel and is only in the police academy so he can help keep his mom from having to go back to the brothel. He doesn't care about being good at his job. Really, he doesn't care about anything except sex.

You see the utter sadness in Jack's life pretty quick. I mean, growing up in the brothel is tragic, but even as an adult, he is still stifled by his past. Drinking to get through the day, sleeping around, and generally not caring about anything, his life is nothing anyone would want. He has a bit of a roguish charm though that makes everyone, including Katie, gravitate to him.

Katie might possibly be one of my favorite heroines. She is so very accessible, but yet she has achieved more than 99% of the population! However, you see this girl who achieved a dream she didn't have and mourns the loss of the dream she did. Katie doesn't hide behind coquettish flirting and coyness. She has unique interests and embraces them with a boldness that is admirable. Honestly, she is just incredibly winsome!

The beauty of the story is that I WANTED Jack to be worthy of Katie. Was I worried he wouldn't be? Yep. I was constantly waiting for him to let her down, because that is what HE expected of himself. Their relationship has hurdles: she is his instructor, she lives in another country, and she is only in New York for 2 weeks. So, the clock is ticking on their relationship from the beginning and that added some distress for me because I wanted these two to be happy!

Indecent Exposure provides the very sexy interactions fans of Bailey's writing expect. The real joy of the book, for me, was in the  intricate characters that stole my heart.

 

• POV: dual 1st


• Tears: no


• Trope: opposites attract


• Triggers: none


• Series/Standalone: stand alone within an interconnected series (you can read these out of order and not feel like you missed anything!)


• Cliffhanger: no


• HEA: yes

Cuffed by K. Bromberg, Follow Me Back by AL Jackson, So Over You by Kate Meader...then you will probably like Indecent Exposure!

 

Indecent Exposure

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[Linda]

This review was originally posted on (un)Conventional Bookviews
*I received a free copy of [title] from [publisher] via Edelweiss. This has in no way influenced my voluntary review, which is honest and unbiased *Indecent Exposure is a whirlwind romance between a broken Jack and a strong Katie. I loved how they both helped each other heal, and deal with life's difficulties in a healthy way.

Story:

Indecent Exposure follows Jack, whom I met in Disorderly Conduct, and Katie. Their hot romance is so fast it swept me off my feet. I loved how they were so in tune to each other from when they first met. And how they both wanted to be more because of their meeting.

Characters:

Jack is a big flirt, drinking too much alcohol, and hiding a lot of hurt. Even his best friends don't know everything about him. When his excessive drinking starts to truly hurt those he cares about, though, he realizes he needs to change.

Katie is a strong female character, a rifle shooting instructor for the Garda in Ireland, she's in New York for two weeks on an exchange program. And she has a list of things to do while in New York. Both for herself and for her deceased brother.

Writing style :

Written in dual perspective, Indecent Exposure gives great insight to both Katie and Jack. First person narration and past tense, with plenty of dialogues made for an easy read at a rather fast pace for the most part.

Feels :

Jack broke my heart. Like, completely and utterly broke my heart. I loved how he managed to finally ask himself the important questions and make some changes to his downward spiral, though. And there was so much hope in Indecent Exposure, which thankfully put my heart back together again.



Jack Garrett. Superhero. Protecting New York City's women from two-pump chumps one night at a time.

She's the only girl I've ever slept with that made me feel... whole. 

[leelu92]

4.5 stars

Ohhhh, Jack.

Who knew he'd be so damn sweet? I didn't know what to expect from Jack, I kinda thought we'd have a sex on a stick ladies man. He was to an extent but the layers Jack possesses are many and Katie was truly the only one able to expose those layers.

Don't let the gregarious Jack fool you when you read the synopsis, he's so very complex and for good reason. While Katie is a stabilizing factor, Jack does the work without using her as a crutch or becoming completely dependent upon her.

Bailey continues to create compelling and complex characters that are completely irresistible!