Missing (The Brannock Siblings #3) By Jessica Wilde

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There are two things in this life that Gus Brannock truly loves; his family and his job. His family is growing and he wants what his brother and sister have before the job he's worked so hard for takes its toll. The woman he's got his eye on, however, isn't interested in being with a man who risks his life every day. When the unexpected friendship with the sassy red head he used to hate turns into something Gus just doesn't want to live without, he will do whatever it takes to have her. The hazards of his job as a detective for missing children may end up proving to be too much, but there's a reason Aiden was brought into his life and nothing will stand in his way to keep her there. 

Aiden Murphy used to hate the handsome jerk next door until a surprising discovery spun her world in another direction. Her life of devotion to her sister and niece has been her biggest strength with the exception of her art. That is, until Gus turns out to be the one thing that has been missing from that life all along. Aiden must decide if the unknown is worth the risk of loving the dedicated detective or if being pulled into his world is more than she can handle. When Gus becomes the only way for her to keep the people she loves most safe, will she understand why he treasures her untried strength or will she let her fear of the unknown decide for her? 

I was actually disappointed in this novel, I was hoping it would be more funny. Or a little more banter, but there wasn't any. It was really disappointing. 

However, unlike all the others, I couldn't connect with this one as well as I liked. I felt like they fell in love too quickly, everything happened too quickly. I also didn't understand his connection to the little girl in it. 

yes I understand feeling emotionally involved considering it's his job and all, but it made it come across as if he felt like the little girl was his. When technically they only met each other a few times. Again, no bond. Disappointing. 

The story line was okay. I liked that it does raise awareness that children can go missing in the most busiest of places. You only have to turn your head for a few seconds for something to happen. 

I rated it 3* because I still loved the characters too an extent. 

Conned ( The Brannock Siblings) By Jessica Wilde

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Conall Brannock takes his job seriously. He doesn't get attached, he doesn't ask questions, and he protects his family at all costs. Nothing will change that. Not even the sweet, green eyed witness that just burst into his life and shifted his world. He has one job to do; protect Emily until she can testify. He can't let his interest in her get in the way, but the more he finds out about her, the more he can't help but wonder how the beautiful broken girl got into this mess in the first place. And the longer he takes to learn the truth, the deeper he falls for her. 

Emily Dawson has a job to do. Stay off the grid, testify, and hopefully get her brother back. He's all she has left of the family she struggled so hard to hold together and she would do anything to keep him safe. Even if it means she has put herself in harm's way or that she has conned everyone into believing she saw something she didn't. She knows where her loyalties lie, but her stoic yet gentle protector and his crazy family makes her question everything she once knew. 

Loyalty can be one sided. 
Family isn't always blood. And honesty can destroy everything she has come to love. 

Conned is the second in the Brannock series and boy was this good. Conall left an impression in the first novel, but boy! will he be staying on my top boyfriend list this year. Seriously fell in love with him. 

Then we have the lovely, sweet, quiet women Emily Dawson. Under witness protection she has to go under Conall's protection. 

Emily loves her brother. She was his parental guardian when their parents died and has tried to give him the life he deserved. Even still, he ended up mixing with the bad crowd and falling into dangerous territory. Thinking she was helping him, loving him and keeping him safe, she testifies about seeing a murder. 

It's only when she sees how Conall and his brother Gus with their sister Ash that she finally realizes that her brother is too far gone to be saved. Only now, she's worried if she can save herself. 

Falling in love with Conall wasn't in her plans, but then neither was Conall's falling in love with her. Soooooo good. 

I had the same problem as I did in the first with the writing. One POV is perfect and easy to read, whilst the other was speaking in third person. Like the person was talking about herself in third person. It got confusing as hell again and I dreaded every POV that was Emily's. In the end I had to change the she's to either I or I'm or something, for it to flow. 

4*

Leverage (The Brannock Siblings) By Jessica Wilde

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Adventure. That's all Aislinn 'Ash' Brannock wanted in her life. Her dad and two brothers - all cops - got to see it all, but their over-protectiveness made her feel like she had been locked away in a tower with three fire breathing dragons watching her every move. Yes, it was that bad. The only silver lining? Lucas Shade. Her brothers' best friend growing up, and apparently the only man she will ever love because let's face it, none of the others even come close. After an unfortunate mistake lands her back in her father's home, her world is turned upside down and Lucas is there in a tightly wrapped package of serious with a big red bow on top. Life just got interesting, but it comes with a price, one she never wanted to pay. 

Detective Lucas Shade never had a real family, but the Brannocks took him in as one of their own and he never took it for granted. Ash was a big reason for why he stuck around, but in order to save himself the beating of a lifetime from her two older brothers, he kept his feelings for her hidden. When the case he has been working on for months takes a turn, Ash could become the leverage the bad guys have been waiting for, but keeping her invisible may destroy everything Lucas has worked so hard for. Good thing Ash is the only person he would give up everything to protect. 

I'm going to start off with a negative on this one so that I can leave you with a positive. 

I didn't like the style of writing. I kept getting confused because it was written in third person so to speak. It confused more on Lucas's POV because there was confusion with who he was. Seriously, never been so confused reading a darn book. 

All that said, I loved the story plot and the characters. I loved Lucas from the minute Ash opened the door and their connection to each other. I read a few reviews before reading as I've never heard of the author before now and I will say how can a 28year old virgin be unbelievable? Not everyone jumps into bed with someone or feels like it's something they need to be rid of just to fit in. I know people who are that age and yes a virgin, it doesn't make it wrong, it just makes them sensible. I bet majority of people regret who they lost their virginity to, not many at 28 could say the same. 

Anywhoooooo, I loved the brothers and have already downloaded the next one. I just hope the writing will be different but I can't see that happening. Once an author starts a certain way they keep to what they know so to speak. 

The other thing was the big clue left. I don't want to give to much a way but it confused the hell out of me because of the he word used so many times. I got confused on who put what where and why etc. It didn't make a whole lot of sense and i did read it a few times and nothing. 

The ending is mind blowing. I was hoping for a little something more, but even still, it ended brilliantly. There a few sneaky surprises and a whole lot of guessing, but its worth it. It ends with a sneak peak as to what to expect in the next book. Hence the reason I've bought it :) 

Enjoy guys 

3* It would have had five had it not been for it being misleading. I just felt it took that edge from the book, the one that makes you want to read it all over to feel that rush you get when something happens.