Love Plus One
by Andrea Smith

Blurb:
It had been a year ago that 19-year-old Lindsey Dennison’s life had taken an abrupt turn.
While away at Cornell for her freshman year at college, her parents’ marriage had imploded. Lindsey learned the harsh truth about her father, and his involvement in criminal activity that was the focus of a major federal bust. Her father had slipped out of the country with his lover and cohort in crime, Susanne, shortly before the FBI arrest warrants could be served. He was now a fugitive from justice, deserting his only child. Lindsey was left trying to pick up the pieces of the life she now realized had been a house of secrets and lies for all of those years.

After her mother’s marriage to Eric Slater (Slate), one of the special agents of the FBI involved in the federal investigation that occurred in their hometown of Indianapolis, Lindsey decides to start fresh at a new college close to where her mother, step-father and baby brother Bryce are now living outside of Washington, D.C.

Life is different now for Lindsey, but it is about to change even more. Her step-father’s partner and best friend in the bureau, Trace “Taz” Matthews, is about to rock her world in more ways than one. Taz is nearly ten years older than Lindsey, but her initial interest in him is physical only. Lindsey has a problem that she is certain Taz can fix – but will he?

Despite their best efforts, Lindsey and Taz are tossed together by fate on more than one occasion, and this G-Man does not appreciate the distraction.

There are complications for Sammie and Slate along the way as well. A risky pregnancy for Sammie requires the family to pull together and Lindsey’s life suddenly becomes increasingly complicated.

There is a budding romance on the horizon for Lindsey with a wealthy, Ivy-League type guy she meets at school by the name of Kyzer Stanfield. Kyzer’s interest in Lindsey does not sit well for Taz. When Lindsey must leave school to return home to help her mother, Taz is relieved that she will be distanced from the pursuit of Kyzer. . . but not for long.

Things are never quite as they seem. Lindsey will learn a brutal lesson about trust, compassion and strength. Taz will learn lessons about love, intimacy and honor, and that sometimes doing the right thing has consequences.

Warning: Explicit Sex, contains rape scene

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Crystal’s Review:
I read the first book of this series and loved it. I couldn’t wait to see what else this author had in store. When I seen that Lindsay and Taz were getting their book I had to read this one.

Lindsay Dennison’s life is turned upside down when she realizes the kind of marriage her parents had and when she finds out what her father had been hiding. She likes it that her mom has finally found a man to love her like Eric Slate. Now she has a little brother and she has a better family. She is still hurt about what her father did.

Trace “Taz” Matthews has feelings for Lindsay but knows he has to stay away from her. She isn’t the woman that he needs. He loves the women that knows the score and loves it hard. There is just something about Lindsay that gets under his skin and he can’t seem to stop thinking about her.

Lindsay and Taz have a lot that is against them with their relationship. She’s in college and he is a FBI agent who is taking college classes at night. He also knows that when Slate finds out what he is doing with his step-daughter things will really hit the fan. Add on knowing that Lindsay has someone after her and her mom’s health has went down since she found out she was pregnant again.

This book was exciting and things that happened in this book made me cry and I wanted to murder some people myself. The author did a great job writing this story. I just got so lost in the book and I can’t wait to read the next book. I know that it will be even more exciting.