New Release + Double Review: Ask Me If I Care by Lani Lynn Vale

Ares saw him for the first time at a Kilgore Police Department benefit dinner. She’d gone with her dad as his plus one. Hayes Greer had gone by himself and brooded silently across the same table as her, drinking whiskey and not saying a word.

 

 

 

It only took that one time for her to become interested.

 

The next time she saw him, he was doing another benefit—but this one requiring a whole lot fewer clothes. And that was when she knew. She wanted him. Badly. But the morose Hayes was too busy thinking about his sins to see what was right in front of his face—Ares.

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Hayes Greer knew the moment that he saw the feisty Ares Downy again that he should’ve stayed away. Maybe if he hadn’t done the stupid calendar, he wouldn’t be questioning every single woman’s intentions.

 

Maybe if he’d listened to that niggling feeling telling him to stay away, he would’ve been able to do his job a little better. But seeing her with a knife to her throat, in the middle of a building set to blow, made his usually well-wired brain start to malfunction.

 

Because nobody was allowed to touch her like that—only him. Nobody was allowed to scare her, either. Not and live to tell the tale.

 

 

Britt’s 🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩 hat review:

I can’t. I just cannot. Every release from Lani has me giddy with excitement and every single time I’m left with my mind blown at how amazing her books are but Ask Me If I Care hit me totally differently than all the rest. My reaction ranged from “OMGOMGOMGOMG” to *GASP* to *fanning myself* to “SQUEEEEEEEEE” and finally *swoooooooon*. Hayes and Ares are freaking incredible for more reasons than I can even begin to list.
Each of them individually is a person I’d want to know in real life. Hayes may be quiet and intimidating but inside this man is a giant marshmallow when it comes to Ares. Like most of us he has his own struggles but what I really REALLY loved about him was he owned his, even when he felt embarrassed. And Ares was flipping brilliant. Her understanding of Hayes and the care with which she supported him was absolutely beautiful.
Their story packs that signature Lani punch that just can’t be found anywhere else. Combining humor and some of the best of romance with relatable and real issues and suspense this is a book that completely grabs you start to finish.

Julia’s 🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩 hat review:

Hayes and Ares were made for each other. These two are hilarious as well as sweet. After fighting their attraction, they couldn’t keep away from each other. I loved watching them fall in love. Hayes has a lot of shit to deal with and Ares doesn’t mind it one bit. She’s there for him like no one has been before. Ares is amazing. She’s funny, blunt, and so honest. She and Hayes pair well with one another since he’s super quiet and stoic.

Lani Lynn Vale delivers us another love story that makes us sigh and gives us butterflies. Romance with the right amount of suspense thrown in, Ask Me If I care is a spectacular addition to the second generation Swat series!