Totally His
Opposites Attract, 3
Erin Nicholas
Forever
October 31, 2017
Sophia Birch loves
nothing more than the spotlight--as long as she's playing a part. A theater
geek from an early age, Sophia now runs a little hole-in-the-wall playhouse
that feeds her passion... even if it sometimes makes it hard to feed herself!
And then one night it all nearly goes up in smoke. Desperate to save the only
copy of an irreplaceable script, Sophia rushes back into the burning building.
Police officer Finn Kelly knows crazy when he sees it. And a woman running back into a burning building definitely qualifies as crazy. She also happens to be incredibly sexy. But when he finally finds her ruffling through drawers and refusing to leave, his only option is to carry her out over his shoulder....and then decide whether to arrest her.
Police officer Finn Kelly knows crazy when he sees it. And a woman running back into a burning building definitely qualifies as crazy. She also happens to be incredibly sexy. But when he finally finds her ruffling through drawers and refusing to leave, his only option is to carry her out over his shoulder....and then decide whether to arrest her.
First off, Totally His was super adorable. I haven't read the first two books, but this can stand as a standalone. The story focuses on Sophie Birch and Finn Kelly. There's so much going on in this story. We have Sophie who doesn't have any desire to be part of a big family, or really any relationship. Which is completely understandable with the background she has, I mean her father is a user. He preys on innocent, unsuspecting people to be the biggest mooch. He used his daughter. I wished Sophie used her kick boxing skills on her father, and I would have been like you go girl. Seriously, the dude needed to be dropped kicked. He totally manipulated the situation with Sophie. I'm not kidding I would have cut ties with my dad. My family knows where I stand on stuff like this, so to see Sophie willing to bend to her father whims was a struggle. In some aspects I struggle with Sophie. Then we have Finn who comes from this massive family. They are in everybody's business, but they love it. They are a family of helpers, which intrigues Frank (Sophie's father). However, Frank should never had tangled with involved families, they can be big and scary. Anyway, Frank and Sophie's relationship isn't a healthy one. Sophie kind of enables her father. Fortunately, she has Finn who is willing to fight for her.
For the most part Totally His is an adorable. I had a few issues whenever, Frank would enter the picture. Then again, I wanted to do bodily harm to the man. I would have cheered on anyone who decked the guy, because he needed to be put in his place. I love Sophie and Finn's romance. I mean Finn had to work hard to even get pass Sophie's aversion to feeling like she needed help. She didn't want be like her father. Overall, a pretty good read.
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Excerpt:
Finn would have noticed her even if she hadn’t been wearing hot-pink lingerie. And nothing else.
He really would have. She was totally his type—brunette and curvy
and, apparently, a little crazy. As evidenced by the fact that she was trying
to sneak into a burning building. He did seem to be attracted to crazy. No
matter how hard he tried not to be.
He watched the woman stop at the east corner of the Birch Community
Playhouse, the one farthest from where the firefighters were working. Then he
frowned as she slipped into the shadows along the side of the theater and out
of sight.
Dammit. He started after her.
As one of the cops on scene, he had to keep the area clear for the
firefighters and keep the crowd of onlookers safe. If one of them happened to
have a great body and be dressed in nothing but a pink bra-and-panty set, well,
he’d just call that a perk. And as he jogged across the street, Finn couldn’t
help but wonder if she was in costume or if the alarm had caught her in the
midst of a wardrobe change. If that was her outfit for the show, he might need
to buy a ticket.
He turned the corner to the back of the building and looked around.
He didn’t see her. She’d gone inside. Dammit. He climbed up the four steps that
led to the back door of the theater.
Finn touched the door and found it cool. It seemed that the flames
were still contained to the wall on the other end of the theater, but it was a
mistake to assume anything when fire was involved.
He stepped inside and pulled the flashlight from his belt, then
shone it back and forth. He turned a full circle, not sure where to go next.
Just then Finn heard a door slam somewhere behind him. He swung toward the
sound just in time to see the woman step out from a room.
Her eyes went wide when she saw him.
“Boston PD! Stop!” Finn shouted.
She had covered up. Kind of. She now wore a robe, short, sheer, and
unbelted. Which really did nothing to cover his view of her panties and bra. Or
all that skin.
And maybe that was why she suddenly took off at a run.
Finn stared after her for a moment, a little stunned. She was
actually running from him?
The woman made it to the other end of the lobby and through one of
the doors leading into the main theater before Finn got to her. He grabbed the
door as it was swinging shut, nearly smashing his fingers. The lights were off
in the inner theater but, as he plunged into the darkness, he got a big whiff
of whatever body spray or perfume she wore. He took a deep breath. It was nice.
Lemony. Sweet and…
Jesus. Finn scowled and turned his
flashlight back on. He was thinking about how she smelled? How about the smell
of smoke that was going to be chasing them both pretty soon?
“Hey!” he called into the theater. You have to come out, ma’am.
It’s not safe for you to stay in the building.”
“Just give me a damned minute!” she shouted.
“I’m sorry, ma’am, I can’t do that,” Finn said.
“I have to find something. Then I’m coming right out.”
“Ma’am, I will have to remove
you myself if you don’t come out immediately.”
“Oh, for fuck’s sake!” he heard her exclaim.
“Ma’am, this is your last warning. Stop what you’re doing and come
with me.”
Enough of this. Finn stalked over to her, put a hand around her
upper arm, and turned to remove her from the building.
She dug her heels in, though, pulling
against his hold. “Hey, you can’t—”
“Oh, yes I can,” he told her calmly, careful to keep his eyes off
her body. The heat from her skin had immediately soaked through the thin robe,
and Finn felt it traveling from his palm up his arm. “I’ve given you several
opportunities to cooperate.”
“You’re arresting me?” she asked.
“Are you doing something that you need to be arrested for?” he
asked, moving her toward the door, even with her resisting.
“No! I need to get something. It’s very important. It belongs to a
friend of mine. It’s irreplaceable.”
“Ma’am,” he said calmly, “don’t make me carry you out of here.”
She pulled against his grip and leaned all her weight into fighting
the forward motion across the room.
Well, shit. He’d kind of figured it would come to this, but he
wasn’t sure he was ready to touch her more. Still, it didn’t look as if he had
a lot of choice. Reminding himself that he was a professional, he bent and
hooked an arm behind her knees, looped the other around her back, and lifted
her.
She gasped, and for a moment she didn’t fight. And he thought maybe
the hard part was over. But as he headed out the door, trying to ignore how
warm and soft and fucking lemony she was, she started to wiggle.
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