All I Want for Christmas is a Hitman (Holiday With a Hitman #3)
Katie Reus
Blurb:
Scout isn’t sure
what to do with the stranger who showed up on her farm carrying a bag of cash
and weapons—so she orders her llama to knock him out. But when her nasty
neighbor shows up trying to cause trouble, the stranger takes over and keeps
her safe so she figures she can trust him enough. If only he wasn’t so sexy and
distracting…
He’s a hitman
looking for redemption…
The last thing
Hudson remembers is being on a job. Then he wakes up in a strange bed with a
lump on his head, wearing llama pajama pants that are just a little too tight.
And oh yeah, there’s an angry-looking llama watching him through an open
window. As a lethal hitman, he immediately starts calculating how to get out of
his current situation—until the most gorgeous woman he’s ever seen walks
through the door. The idea of sticking around suddenly doesn’t seem so bad. And
when it’s clear someone wants to hurt her, he decides that they’ll have to go
through him—if only he can convince her to trust him. After that, he’s going to
convince her to spend forever with him. And that’s going to take a Christmas
miracle.
Themes: Holiday, Contemporary
Rating: 4.25 stars
Heat Rating:
Review:
The
long awaited (by me at least) third installment of the Holiday with a Hitman
series had finally dropped for this holiday season so that we can get more of
this crazy group of hitmen and their friends as they fall in love and lose
their hearts to the most unlikely of individuals. Katie Reus started the
adventure with us two Christmases ago when she introduced her first hitman and
we watched the antics and learned just how weird a hitman falling in love at
Christmas could be. With each new story and couple, we get to meet new characters
and have all new adventure as Reus finds the most unlikely of storylines to
lead her characters through the holidays and to the HEA they’ve earned. Hudson
wakes up to find himself tied to a bed with the strangest of jailers—a llama
that is spitting mad and her sexy owner that is a mystery and intrigue to Hudson.
Scout is not prepared for the sexy man that arrived on her ranch with a bag of
cash and weapons, but when he steps up and protect her from two threatening
individuals, she is willing to give him a chance when he asks for a job. Hudson
knows nothing about working as a ranch hand—he’s a hitman for heaven’s sakes—but
he knows when a woman is in need of protection and he is determined to keep
Scout safe, even if her llamas seem to have a personal vendetta again him. As
Scout and Hudson, along with a few friends, work to get the ranch ready for the
Christmas festival, their friendship begins to blossom into something much
deeper and their chemistry is undeniable. But there is a real enemy out to harm,
Scout, one that could endanger both their lives if they don’t proceed with
extreme caution. Can they figure out who is threatening Scout and trying to
take her ranch from her in time to keep them both safe, or will they end up on
the losing end of the fight this Christmas? Seeing Scout and Hudson as they
found love in this story was fabulous, but I have to say I loved meeting the
llamas just as much. Scout is a sweet, loving, caring, and interesting woman to
be sure and you can easily see that she is obviously the perfect match to
Hudson’s taciturn and quiet ways. Hudson has lived in the dark for a long time,
but he’d never truly been a bad man, being careful about the jobs he takes and
always making sure that the people that he takes out are truly worth the hit. When
Scout learns the truth of Hudson’s life and career she not only accepts it, she
embraces his friends and family wholeheartedly, never letting him think she
looks down on them. Overall, this story was heartwarming, sweet, joyful, and
filled with the love and laughter you always want in a holiday romance, but
with the edge of a Katie Reus novel filled with hitmen and drama. I am dying
for next year’s story and cannot wait to find out who it will be next.
*eARC provided by author for the
purpose of an honest and unbiased review. No compensation was provided.
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