Dirty Kiss (Cole McGinnis #1) by Rhys Ford
4 stars
Cole Kenjiro McGinnis, ex-cop and
PI, is trying to get over the shooting death of his lover when a supposedly
routine investigation lands in his lap. Investigating the apparent suicide of a
prominent Korean businessman's son proves to be anything but ordinary,
especially when it introduces Cole to the dead man's handsome cousin, Kim
Jae-Min.
Jae-Min's cousin had a dirty little secret, the kind that Cole has been familiar with all his life and that Jae-Min is still hiding from his family. The investigation leads Cole from tasteful mansions to seedy lover s trysts to Dirty Kiss, the place where the rich and discreet go to indulge in desires their traditional-minded families would rather know nothing about.
It also leads Cole McGinnis into Jae-Min's arms, and that could be a problem. The death of Jae-Min's cousin is looking less and less like a suicide, and Jae-Min is looking more and more like a target. Cole has already lost one lover to violence he's not about to lose Jae-Min too
Jae-Min's cousin had a dirty little secret, the kind that Cole has been familiar with all his life and that Jae-Min is still hiding from his family. The investigation leads Cole from tasteful mansions to seedy lover s trysts to Dirty Kiss, the place where the rich and discreet go to indulge in desires their traditional-minded families would rather know nothing about.
It also leads Cole McGinnis into Jae-Min's arms, and that could be a problem. The death of Jae-Min's cousin is looking less and less like a suicide, and Jae-Min is looking more and more like a target. Cole has already lost one lover to violence he's not about to lose Jae-Min too
Who doesn’t love a good mystery, throw in some intrigue and some
heat-between-the-sheets and you have this 1st installment of the
Cole McGinnis series.
Cole McGinnis is a former cop, turned PI, struggling with the death of
his longtime partner. He takes a new
case of a suicide that they family thinks is fishy, and falls into the world of
family expectations, call-boys and secrets.
Making queries about the deceased he meets Jae-Min, the deceased
cousin. Cole and Jae-Min both have their
baggage, but are drawn to each other, even though they should both be staying
away.
There are so many goof things about this book. Let’s start with Rhys Ford’s writing, so so
so good. Rhys know how to create a story
and make interesting characters. This book
is full of so much description that it could almost drown you, but instead adds
to the layers of this book. Rhys also
creates such distinct characters, creates a whole life around the main
characters and gives them all a voice that adds to the story.
And the mystery, we love a good mystery and Dirty Kiss delivers, there
are multiple deaths, twists and turns that kept us page turning till the
end. And let’s talk about the romance –
the book ends as a Happy-for-Now, but you can see that there is more to tell
about Cole and Jae-Min. their
relationship isn’t easy through Dirty Kiss, Cole struggles with letting a lover
back in after the brutal death of his boyfriend, and Jae-Min is hurting under
the Asian family pressure to get married and have a family. Neither of their roads are easy, and they relationship
follows the same bumps.
Dirty Kiss also leaves a few things open ended but being the beginning
of the series we see where they are going.
All in all, Dirty Kidd is a fantastic fast paced mystery that delivers
on chemistry and some smolder. We can’t
wait to read the rest of the series!
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