Strong Enough: A Tall, Dark, and Dangerous Novel (Tall, Dark, and Dangerous, #1)

by M. Leighton

From the author of the New York Times bestselling Bad Boys novels comes the first in a dark, sexy contemporary trilogy.

Is she strong enough to trust the most dangerous man she’s ever met? And is he strong enough to let her?

How would I describe myself? Well, I’m Muse Harper. I’m a twenty-something painter who loves red wine, quirky movies, and men with a fatal flaw. But that was before I met Jasper King. He became my fatal flaw. Eight months ago, I had a choice to make—abandon everything I’ve ever known to protect my family, or stay and risk someone getting hurt. I chose the former. My plan was working just fine until I found out my father had gone missing.

That’s when I met Jasper. A bounty hunter with the eyes of a tiger and the nose of a bloodhound, he was supposed to help me find my father. What I didn’t know was that meeting him was no accident. Hunting people isn’t all that Jasper does. And helping me was only part of his plan. I just wish I’d found out sooner, before my heart got involved. But even then, I don’t know if I’d have done things differently.

Now, I have another choice to make—trust the man that I’m falling in love with and hope that he’ll do the right thing, or run as far away from him as I can get.

• ISBN10: 0425279464
• ISBN13: 9780425279465
• Publish Date: 4 August 2015
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
• Imprint: Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 296
• Language: English
• URL: https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9780425279465

Reviews

[Cocktails and Books]

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I really enjoyed this book!  If you are looking for a story with a great looking guy and a strong willed girl that includes a lot of suspense and twists and turns then this is the book for you!

The story starts with Muse an artist who has lost contact with her father and hires Jasper King a bounty hunter to try and find him.   Unknown to Muse there is more to Jasper and this assignment that meets the eye – as they travel together cross country the chemistry between Muse and Jasper escalates to the point were they can’t keep their hands off each other, and they admit it.  As the mystery around Muse’s dad unravels secrets about Muse’s dad, mom and how and why Jasper fits into the whole mix starts to come clear.

I have read a few of M Leighton’s books in the past and I found this one extremely well written.  It’s written in both Jasper and Muse’s POV’s so you get a real understanding of where both characters are at during the course of the story, especially when the story starts to turn.  (The twists and turns I was talking about).  There is a great Easter egg and you run into a few familiar characters from M Leighton’s others books; loved that!

My only issue with the story is that some aspects of the back-story were a little fuzzy for me. Why did Muse leave her father in the first place and how did Jasper find Muse’s friend to set up their introduction; I felt both could have been explained a little bit better.

Muse and Jasper’s love story does not have a cliffhanger but parts of the mystery are still not resolved.  It looks like there will be other books in the Tall Dark and Dangerous series exploring some of the secondary characters we meet in this book.  I am looking forward to reading the next book to find out more about the mystery and I am always ready for a new love story.

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