Dax (Bad Boys of Willow Valley #1)

Dax (Bad Boys of Willow Valley #1)

by Shannyn Leah

I loved this book it grabs your heart making it feel warm and fuzzy and then breaks it only to go back to the warm and fuzzy again. I loved Rowdy he was so much fun, loved his humor and the way he saw through Ava and his son. Dax is a hot mess he really knows what he wants but is afraid to give his heart in case he loses the love of his life like his father did. What is there not to love about the man, he is smart mouth, funny, tough, he is sex on a stick that any women would love to get a hold of.  Ava has had a hard life but as worked very hard to put her past behind her. She had a child at a young age and stepped right up to the plate making a wonderful life for them. Rowdy was there when she needed help the most and stepped into the father and grandfather roll. I just adored this family and all they stand for.

The author gives you a delightful story of romance with the dance that is old as time one step forward to steps back but as the song said nobody gets to far like that, this kind of dance can never last. Something or someone one will have to give or be broken before these two can work out what they rest of the world already knows. It is such a shame that so much has to be lost before these two face the facts that they should be together.  When the tragedy strikes we the reader feel it all the way to our toes leaving us with big tears in our eyes wondering what the fall out will be. The author puts one heck of a twist on it but be prepared this will not be the first twist that will thow you for a loop. This is one author that knows how to grab your heart, rip it out and puts it back together again only to do it all over again.

What made this a 5 star read for me was the humor, teasing, heartbreak, love and the care they give to their family. All stand up and together fighting the wars as they come but with each new block they pull together making an unbeatable team. The way the book starts out with the teasing which gets a little out of hand really pulls the reader in making us smile and laugh as Rowdy walks in with his brand of humor that really gets us going. Olivia steals your heart acting so grow up but at the same time keeping her childhood innocents. She makes you smile and laugh at the things she does and said. How can you not love Charlie and all he means? He plays a big part right up to the end. The friends of Dax add so much to the read from one not thinking before he talks to the other trying to make him shut up. Bucky’s Bar is a delight from the trouble Dax gets in to the delightful things that happen there. The owner is just so full of his self you have to laugh.

There was only one character I didn’t care for and I am still unsure how he worked out who Olivia was from the youtube video. I would have liked to have known just what happen to him in detail from the trouble he caused. The author doesn’t go into detail on these issues and I felt more detail was needed.  I also would have liked to have know more about Olivia and Kevin what he said to her and how she took finding things out. Beside that I totally was hook on this book and couldn’t put it down. I loved how the romance builds with each of them stepping around the issue to how head strong both were. When they do come together you can feel the fire come right off the pages. I liked how the author build the story around the firehouse, how it was hard to go back and just how each member was made to face the issues. It was a great story from start to finish and one I will read again. Lot of fun, heartbreak, learning and facing the past and the future makes this a win, win read for me. You can pre order this for just 99 cents. I can promise you it is well worth that and more.

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Amazon

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Summary

Dax Colyn is one of the bad boys of Willow Valley. A fearless volunteer firefighter and hard ass mechanic, he makes all the woman swoon and he likes it that way. He keeps people at a distance since his mother died. He doesn’t want to let anyone in, much less a woman he knows he could fall in love with.

Ava Anderson keeps people away, too. Haunted by her tortured past and constantly fearful of the future, it’s only her daughter Olivia and Dax’s dad Rowdy that she’s let in.

But when tragedy strikes, it pushes Dax and Ava together, forcing them both to let go of their fears. They soon learn how hard it is to keep pretending and how easy it is to let others in. Especially when those people are family.

“Dax” is the first in the “Bad Boys of Willow Valley” series from author Shannyn Leah.