Diversion edition by Eden Winters Literature Fiction eBooks
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There are good guys, bad guys, and then there’s Lucky.
Former drug trafficker Richmond “Lucky” Lucklighter flaunts his past like a badge of honor. He speaks his mind, doesn’t play nice, and flirts with disaster while working off his sentence with the Southeastern Narcotics Bureau. If he can keep out of trouble a while longer he’ll be a free man–after he trains his replacement.
Textbook-quoting, by the book Bo Schollenberger is everything Lucky isn’t. Lucky slurps coffee, Bo lives caffeine free. Lucky worships bacon, Bo eats tofu. Lucky trusts no one, Bo calls suspects by first name. Yet when the chips are down on their shared case of breaking up a drug diversion ring, they may have more in common than they believe.
Two men. Close quarters. Friction results in heat. But Lucky scoffs at partnerships, no matter how thrilling the roller-coaster. Bo has two months to break down Lucky’s defenses… and seconds are ticking by
Diversion edition by Eden Winters Literature Fiction eBooks
Once again, Eden Winters has demonstrated why she's one of my "must buy" authors: I swear Diversion is her best yet. With some plot points ripped straight out of the headlines and shaped deftly into a story that is uniquely hers, and vivid and offbeat characters that riff perfectly off each other, this was a book I had to read more than once.Lucky's got pride in a job well done, well hidden under the delight of "sticking it to the man" in a sanctioned fashion, but his in your face attitude and unrelenting banter are the prickles he uses to keep the world at a distance. Lucky is a giant pain in the ass in a banty-rooster body: he carves carrots into body parts if asked to make the salad and drinks the wine straight from the bottle. He twists everything, and keeps the heat on Bo, who isn't shy about handing the guff right back.
What starts out as straightforward lust coupled with "give the newbie as much grief as possible"--Lucky needles Bo endlessly with jabs at his vegetarianism, his education, and need to get laid--morphs over time into feelings that Lucky can't identify clearly. His "give a damn" button has been broken for so long that he's having trouble recognizing the symptoms of caring, either for Bo, or for his work.
The story is told completely from Lucky's POV, which seems uncommon in a romance of this length, but we have no trouble knowing Bo, who has layers of pain and complexity that come out bit by bit. Lucky is also a man of layers: his private sorrows are exposed a fragment at a time, each tidbit building on what we know already, and explaining perfectly why he hates his job and yet is so good at it, and why he keeps the world at bay. That he can let Bo in, a millimeter at a time, is only slightly because of time healing wounds, but even more that Bo can know him, understand him, and accept all the horrible parts without judging. They fit together so beautifully by the end of the book, without losing an iota of the smart-assery.
The external plot revolves around drug diversion, where prescription pharmaceuticals are removed from the legitimate supply chain and sold to abusers. This is a real and huge problem: Ms. Winters touches on several ways it can be done, from out and out hijacking a truck to real doctors writing real prescriptions for imaginary ailments and enormous, `unsuitable for good medical practice' quantities. She keeps up a fast pace, keeping me highly interested, a bit horrified, and terrified that somehow Bo and Lucky's sting operation would go wrong.
Lucky and Bo are one the side of the angels now, but Lucky's criminal past is what makes him so useful to the fictional agency he works for: the fox is guarding the henhouse because he knows all the ways in and out, but he's wearing a collar. His descent into crime unrolls slowly as flashbacks, contrasting with his current life, which he'd like to escape as completely as he'd like to escape his past. Bo's story is a little more conventional, his private demons encouraging him to take solace in the temptations that surround him at work. Neither is in the enforcement end of the pharmaceutical industry because they wanted or planned it: all they can do is make the most of it. (And each other, Lucky would add.)
The secondary characters such as Walter and Dr. Ryerson are fully fleshed and vivid. The villain of the piece is three dimensional--one can see both the desperation that created the situation and the ruthlessness that exploits it. Even a character that never gets face time has a realness to him through Lucky's pranks, smarting off, and inner dialog.
The ending brought lumps to my throat, and all I can say is I needed that epilog!
Very highly recommended: this book works on a lot of levels, and, oh yeah, Bo and Lucky sizzle together. Two words: a**less chaps.
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Diversion edition by Eden Winters Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
I've read most of Eden Winters' books at this point. They are all good just because she's a really good writer with a very special way with words.
But plot-wise and character-wise, I can't but think that this is just not her best. The MC, Lucky, is almost amazingly thick - deeply in love less than half way through the book, he doesn't quite figure it out until the epilogue. And Bo, the other MC is pretty screwed up, too, even though he's the tall, hot one.
According to the descriptions, this couple is strictly Mutt-And-Jeff, one only 5' 6", the other over 6' and, of course, the tall one is the gorgeous one despite the fact that Lucky thinks that Bo's hair is actually glued down to his head when he first meets him.
And the action (as in action-adventure, not sex) lasts only about one page at the end of the book, which makes this a very, very long buildup to a HEA.
But there is something to be said about a tall man in assless chaps and apron at the stove cooking vegetarian dinner.
I'd suggest you try some of her other books before this one, as your much more likely to want to read more.
My Review
What a completely different and interesting set-up for this book. When the book begins, Lucky is in the process of stealing a truck-load of drugs and you (the reader) are wondering what the heck is going on. That opening segment is a pretty good chunk...like 3-4 chapters and I did think at one point in time that I didn't want to continue reading it. I'm so glad that I did because against all the evidence saying he's not at the beginning, Lucky is actually one of the good guys.
Lucky is part of the SNB, a branch of the government that tracks down pharmaceutical bad guys. He's serving out a ten year sentence from when he actual did use to steal drugs for a living. He works for Walter and is counting down the days until his 8 years of indentured servitude is up, although he has truly come to love his job and his boss. Lucky hasn't had a very lucky life...in fact, his life has pretty much sucked and he uses sarcasm and a really dry humor and abrasive personality to keep people at bay. His one real relationship he had ended in tragedy and that full story broke my heart by the time it was all revealed. He doesn't trust others or himself to form relationships. He's also the con on this team of government agents. He feels like they despise him, so he puts up barriers to keep them at arms length. When he has to start training and working with Bo on a daily basis, it's harder to keep those barriers up.
Bo has had his own legal and drug issues and is the new con on the team. The difference is Bo is actually a former marine and pharmacist. Lucky sees Bo as so much better than him because he went to college and did something with his life, even though they are pretty much in the same boat with the law. Lucky and Bo are two totally different types of guys. Lucky doesn't get attached to anyone. Bo makes connection with everyone. Bo is completely open and up-front with everyone. He's a caretaker...he cooks, is a bit OCD, and is a complete health nut.
Then there's Walter...their boss. I love that Walter sees Lucky for who he really is. He's completely past the con part of Lucky, although Lucky doesn't truly realize that. That relationship, to me, added a lot to the book and helped to see Lucky for who he's truly grown to be over the 8 years. This is a book with complex characters who have serious flaws but it's full of little details to give you hope. Hope for their future and hope that things are going to straighten out for them, but there are also tons of little danger signs that show that things could go the other way for them. In that way, this series reminds me a lot of the Cut & Run series. It's very much the same type of characters walking a tightrope between right and wrong/good and bad.
This is the first book to the start of a series about these two characters and I like the set-up it provided. It will be interesting to see where it goes from here.
Once again, Eden Winters has demonstrated why she's one of my "must buy" authors I swear Diversion is her best yet. With some plot points ripped straight out of the headlines and shaped deftly into a story that is uniquely hers, and vivid and offbeat characters that riff perfectly off each other, this was a book I had to read more than once.
Lucky's got pride in a job well done, well hidden under the delight of "sticking it to the man" in a sanctioned fashion, but his in your face attitude and unrelenting banter are the prickles he uses to keep the world at a distance. Lucky is a giant pain in the ass in a banty-rooster body he carves carrots into body parts if asked to make the salad and drinks the wine straight from the bottle. He twists everything, and keeps the heat on Bo, who isn't shy about handing the guff right back.
What starts out as straightforward lust coupled with "give the newbie as much grief as possible"--Lucky needles Bo endlessly with jabs at his vegetarianism, his education, and need to get laid--morphs over time into feelings that Lucky can't identify clearly. His "give a damn" button has been broken for so long that he's having trouble recognizing the symptoms of caring, either for Bo, or for his work.
The story is told completely from Lucky's POV, which seems uncommon in a romance of this length, but we have no trouble knowing Bo, who has layers of pain and complexity that come out bit by bit. Lucky is also a man of layers his private sorrows are exposed a fragment at a time, each tidbit building on what we know already, and explaining perfectly why he hates his job and yet is so good at it, and why he keeps the world at bay. That he can let Bo in, a millimeter at a time, is only slightly because of time healing wounds, but even more that Bo can know him, understand him, and accept all the horrible parts without judging. They fit together so beautifully by the end of the book, without losing an iota of the smart-assery.
The external plot revolves around drug diversion, where prescription pharmaceuticals are removed from the legitimate supply chain and sold to abusers. This is a real and huge problem Ms. Winters touches on several ways it can be done, from out and out hijacking a truck to real doctors writing real prescriptions for imaginary ailments and enormous, `unsuitable for good medical practice' quantities. She keeps up a fast pace, keeping me highly interested, a bit horrified, and terrified that somehow Bo and Lucky's sting operation would go wrong.
Lucky and Bo are one the side of the angels now, but Lucky's criminal past is what makes him so useful to the fictional agency he works for the fox is guarding the henhouse because he knows all the ways in and out, but he's wearing a collar. His descent into crime unrolls slowly as flashbacks, contrasting with his current life, which he'd like to escape as completely as he'd like to escape his past. Bo's story is a little more conventional, his private demons encouraging him to take solace in the temptations that surround him at work. Neither is in the enforcement end of the pharmaceutical industry because they wanted or planned it all they can do is make the most of it. (And each other, Lucky would add.)
The secondary characters such as Walter and Dr. Ryerson are fully fleshed and vivid. The villain of the piece is three dimensional--one can see both the desperation that created the situation and the ruthlessness that exploits it. Even a character that never gets face time has a realness to him through Lucky's pranks, smarting off, and inner dialog.
The ending brought lumps to my throat, and all I can say is I needed that epilog!
Very highly recommended this book works on a lot of levels, and, oh yeah, Bo and Lucky sizzle together. Two words a**less chaps.
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