![]() Now I don't have a problem with the hero sleeping around.if it fist the story. The whole time before he's pinning for Frankie and the whole time after he's jealous of any man that looks her way and professes his undying love and declares that he'll fight for her. ![]() One thing that soured my enjoyment was this (I'll spoiler tag even though it is something that's revealed in the first chapter just in case you want to go in completely blind) While separated from Frankie, Deacon sleeps with two models while on a drunken bender and doesn't remember anything when he wakes up. In Love Burns, the tables turn and I found myself struggling with some of Deacon's decisions while I loved seeing Frankie come into her own and find her inner strength and voice. I fell hard for Deacon “The Hitman” Love when I first met him in Love Hurts while Frankie took me a bit of warming up to. ![]()
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