BUSTING LOOSE
Busted, Book Four
by
Vanessa M. Knight
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Romantic Suspense
Publication Date: March 18, 2025
Page count: 266 pages
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SYNOPSIS:
In
a world of lies and danger, the only thing harder than solving the case... is
resisting the chemistry between them
Leticia
"Leti" Ramirez has always found comfort in numbers. They're safe and
reliable--unlike the disastrous setups her mom finds at the local dry cleaner.
With her focus squarely on her career at Busted Detective Agency alongside her
two best friends, Maggie and Danni, Leti is done with men and their drama.
Kevin
Lane has been stateside way too long to still be working at his sister Maggie's
detective agency. But the process for the Chicago Police Department is long and
he has to keep at it if he wants to succeed. He doesn't have time for
distractions like the beautiful, brainy Leti, but her long legs and killer
smile are impossible to ignore.
When
Leti and Kevin get wrapped up in a case that involves laundering money from
children's charities, they quickly realize they are in over their heads. With
attempted hit-and-runs and ominous threats closing in on them, they need to
trust each other if they want to make it out of this alive.
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ENJOY AN EXCERPT:
“And that’s
when I knew I was going to be an insurance underwriter. I love assessing risk.
It’s an exciting field.”
Leticia Ramirez
ran a hand over the long sleeves of her dark blue cashmere mini dress. She’d
actually dressed up for this—something she was slowly starting to regret with
every word out of his mouth.
Phil rambled
endlessly about his turtle, his new Prius and his “high-risk” job as an
insurance underwriter. Apparently, the pun was intended. And he was not too
happy when she didn’t laugh out loud.
Since he was
finally taking a breath, Leti decided to say a little something about herself.
She hadn’t had a chance to talk. Not once. It wasn’t like she wanted to just
talk about her life and her dreams, but maybe if he’d asked her one question,
she wouldn’t feel like she was a couture-wearing brick wall.
And then he
smiled. It was a nice smile. Friendly. He grabbed his drink and kept
talking—stuttering a little. It was almost sweet. He’d monopolized the
conversation, but maybe the guy was just nervous. After all, it wasn’t every
day you got set up by someone’s parent. Unless they were her parents. Her
mother picked up a guy for her at the grocery store a few weeks ago and brought
him home for a weekly dinner. Utter disaster.
This guy, her
mamá met through the seamstress at her dry cleaners. She needed to stop
agreeing to go on these “errand” dates.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Who
is Vanessa M. Knight? Well, I’m an
author. Wow. After years and years of wanting to use those
words, that is fun to say. It’s almost
as fun as supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.
Did I spell that right?
I
write contemporary romantic suspense.
I
live in Chicagoland with my family and menagerie of four-legged friends. In my mind, these lovely animals do
everything as they should. I’m the
alpha, keeping peace and harmony amongst my humble servants. In real life, they own me. I’m the maid, here for their feeding
pleasure. Well, that and to clean up
their messes.
When
not catering to the needs of adorably-furry faces, I slug through the nine to
five grind and head home so I can write.
Of course, that’s after I make dinner and clean the house and all the
other tasks that go into family life. So
really, I work, cater to animals and my family… and then, if I don’t fall face
first into bed, I write. I love putting
my characters into crazy situations and watching how they react. I hope you
love reading about them.
I
love to hear from fans. I can be found
on Facebook and on my website.
REVIEW:
5 stars!
Charming and suspense-filled with a lot of heart.
Busting Loose is the fourth novel in author Vanessa
M. Knight’s Busted series, featuring the lives and loves of a close-knit
group of gal-pals who operate a detective agency in Chicago. Each book focuses
on one of the women in the friends’ group and the relationship that leads them
down the path to their happily ever after.
Each of the previous books could be read and enjoyed as a
standalone novel, and this one is no different in that regard. This time around,
it is forensic accountant Leticia ‘Leti’ Ramirez’s turn in the hot seat along
with her office nemesis, Kevin Lane, who happens to be the brother of her best
friend and majority owner of the Busted Detective Agency, Maggie Lane.
Initially, this couple is like oil and water, and the banter between the two is
absolutely stellar. But when Leti draws the attention of an unknown bad guy,
presumably from one of the cases she’s working on, the beneath-the-surface
attraction between Leti and Kevin simmers over. The chemistry is fire! However,
the romance soon takes a backseat to the case Leti is investigating, and with a
narrow miss here and there and the steadily building suspense, I wasn’t about
to put this book down until I’d read every page.
I recommend BUSTING LOOSE to romance readers, especially
those who enjoy enemies-to-lovers or workplace romance plots.
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Vanessa
M. Knight will be awarding a $10 Amazon/BN gift card to a randomly drawn
winner.
Thank you so much for having me here today!
ReplyDeleteWelcome to the blog, Vanessa! Thank you for stopping by. I so enjoyed your book!
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