The Cop (Harlequin Blaze) [Mass Market Paperback]

Cara Summers (Author)

Book Description

Series: Harlequin Blaze | Publication Date: July 1, 2007

Off-duty detective Nik Angelis is the first on the scene at a wedding gone very, very wrong. The only witness is the caterer, a fiery redhead named J. C. Riley, who's eager to make her statement. So eager, in fact, Nik can't help thinking of other things she could do with her mouth--

Sassy, smart-mouthed J.C. is in serious danger, and she knows it. She needs Nik's protection. But what she wants is his rock-hard body.

Nik aims to be professional, but "Bodyguard with Benefits"? A man can take only so much....

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Harlequin (July 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373793405
• ISBN-13: 978-0373793402
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #779,240 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Much better than The Defender, November 24, 2007

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E. N. Ling "Ithaca" (Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Cop (Harlequin Blaze) (Mass Market Paperback)

I made the mistake of reading The Defender (Theo's story) halfway before I realized it was part of a trilogy and Nik's book is the second ...and I don't even have The P.I. - the first book!

Wow. Nik is one hot cop. It's a pity this Cara Summers' Blaze trilogy features mediocre sex scenes because if any hero deserved hotter pages, Nik does. The sexual tension starts early and as soon as Nik lays eyes on J C Riley. I liked that JC is comfortable with her attraction to Nik despite the fact that their first meeting is anything but romantic. It's a pity Summers did not take advantage of Nik's sexiness and J C's sassiness where sex is concerned or I'd have had a keeper on my hands.

Still, The Cop was a much more enjoyable read than the last book, The Defender, because Nik and J C were a more interesting couple than Theo and Sadie. There was a chemistry between Nik and J C that I did not perceive between Theo and Sadie. Both books ran at a good pace and while the Angelis trilogy isn't gripping romantic suspense, it's not bad at all.

That said, I don't intend to buy The P.I because while I liked the Angelis brothers well enough, I don't think the story itself is substantial enough to make a good trilogy. I'd rather read a different Blaze with spicier scenes and completely different characters. Two Angelis books is enough because the books are still about each brother's romance but having it connected to the same event ends up giving it a sameness such that it feels like I'm reading one book about brothers and their girlfriends. Two of them is enough and Kit somehow didn't attract me enough to even buy his book at the start.