Beautiful Lawman - Sophie Jordan

Written by Sophie Jordan
Read by Christian Fox
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

A Devil’s Rock Novel, #4
Publisher: HarperAudio
Release date: December 26, 2017
Duration: 06:23:55

A reluctant stripper gives her first lap dance to a small-town sheriff in this old-school tongue-in-cheek romance.

From the wrong side of the tracks and with most of her family in jail or dead, Piper Walsh is used to everyone in town thinking the worst about her. It doesn’t seem to matter that she’s worked hard to build a good life for herself. So she isn’t surprised that when she comes into contact with Sweet Hill’s wildly irresistible, arrogant sheriff, Hale Walters, they’re instant adversaries. Piper has nothing in common with the town golden-boy-turned-lawman—and she refuses to be a notch on his bedpost.

Despite rumors, Hale avoids fooling around with the women of Sweet Hill, many of whom are hoping to get him to the altar. But staying out of Piper’s path is proving near impossible. The infuriating troublemaker clearly has no respect for his badge. As she continues to push his buttons, it becomes clear to Hale that he must either arrest Piper—or claim her as his own.

A qreat review….
“Piper Walsh doesn’t want to work at a strip club, but it’s the only job she can get in the small town of Sweet Hill, where everyone knows that her brother was arrested for murder. She’s embarrassed when Hale Walters, the town’s new sheriff, summons her to the police department to collect her teenage sister after a night of mischief. She’s even more embarrassed when a bachelor party brings Hale to Piper’s club–and she lands right on his lap. But their attraction is undeniable, and this good boy might be better for the bad girl than she thinks.

Although the story addresses issues of poverty and sexual harassment through a contemporary lens, it does so without losing the joy of a woman finding a chivalrous man (aka a male ally) right when she could use a change of scenery. When Piper says something wonderful like “you don’t own me…or my vagina” but moves in with him anyway, and Hale grabs her and says “this is mine” soon after agreeing not to pursue her romantically so as not to ruin her employment options, readers will be right there with her. No explanation needed. Sure, Hale “saves” her a couple of times, but he’s a cop; it’s his job. Piper throws a couple of good punches in this story, and that’s what counts.

There’s a scene in which the wife of a lap-dance recipient confronts Piper that is laugh-out-loud funny, and the moment when Piper realizes people are rooting for her rather than judging her is something every woman, at some point in her life, has needed to hear. Hilarious, sexy, and great fun. “…..Kirkus Reviews