Knockout by Sarah MacLean
Series : Hell's Belles #3
New York Times bestselling author Sarah MacLean returns with the next
Hell’s Belles novel about a chaotic bluestocking and the buttoned-up
detective enlisted to keep her out of trouble (spoiler: She is the
trouble).
With her headful of wild curls and wilder ideas and an unabashed love of
experiments and explosives, society has labeled Lady Imogen Loveless
peculiar…and doesn’t know she’s one of the Hell’s Belles—a group of
vigilantes operating outside the notice of most of London.
Thomas Peck is not most of London. The brilliant detective fought his
way off the streets and into a promising career through sheer force of
will and a keen ability to see things others miss, like the fact that
Imogen isn’t peculiar…she’s pandemonium. If you ask him, she requires a
keeper. When her powerful family discovers her late-night activities,
they couldn’t agree more…and they know just the man for the task.
Thomas wants nothing to do with guarding Imogen. He is a grown man with
a proper job and no time for the lady’s incendiary chaos, no matter how
lushly it is packaged. But some assignments are too explosive to pass
up, and the gruff detective is soon caught up in Imogen’s world, full of
her bold smiles and burning secrets…and a fiery passion that threatens
to consume them both.
I'd kinda been edging this ARC for so long(idk why I do this🙈) but I'm
glad I finished reading it this weekend! Imogen and Tommy were amazing in
this one and I literally couldn't put it down!
Lady Imogen Loveless(not related to the book but I've always found this
last name funny😂) has always been considered peculiar because of her love
for explosives and kinda-unsafe experiments💣😂 But not many do know that
she's one of the Hell's Belles - a group of four vigilantes in
London. On the other hand, Inspector Thomas Peck is a Scotland Yard
detective who keeps running into Imogen at every crime scene and is equal
parts exasperated and intrigued by her and the chaos that she brings😆 But
it doesn't stop him from wanting to protect her as they end up working
separately-but-together on an investigation 😂
Imogen was quite literally explosive! I loved how lively and fearless she
was! She felt so real to me with the chaos that she'd bring and how she'd
focus on different things during a conversation. I never knew what she'd
think next and it was so funny at times😂 Tommy is kinda her opposite with
his starchy energy but he's not too buttoned up either. The way he was so
protective of her while still giving her all the space and freedom that
she needed made me love him. At the same time, he feels unworthy because
of their class difference and though I do understand why he felt that way,
it was a bit repetitive at times. The chemistry between them was off the
charts and I loved the steamy scenes!
My fave part of this series will always be the amazing bonds between the
Hell's Belles and I've always loved their friendship! I found Imogen's
brother quite interesting too! I love the mix of witty banter, humor,
romance and a little chaos that all of the SM books have so this was fun
to read! And after that ending, I'm super excited for Duchess' book!😍
You can also find my review on my bookstagram here
You can also find my reviews of the other books in the series here
New York Times, Washington Post & USA Today bestseller Sarah MacLean
is the author of historical romance novels that have been translated into
more than twenty languages.
Sarah is a leading advocate for the romance genre, speaking widely on its
place at the nexus of gender and cultural studies. A romance columnist and
co-host of the weekly romance novel podcast, Fated Mates, her work in
support of romance and the women who read it earned her a place on
Jezebel.com's Sheroes list and led Entertainment Weekly to call her "the
elegantly fuming, utterly intoxicating queen of historical romance." Sarah
is a graduate of Smith College & Harvard University. She lives in New
York City.
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