After too many years of putting his job first, Detective Andreas Ruffner is getting his priorities straight. He’s ready to spend some quality time with his adult kids, not to mention come clean about some things he should’ve told them a long time ago. And introduce them to his partner and boyfriend, Darren Corliss.
But in a heartbeat, a family dinner turns into Andreas’s worst nightmare. When the dust settles, one of his kids is hurt, and the other three have been abducted.
Andreas is going to find his kids, and nothing, not even a broken ankle, is going to stop him. Thank God for his sharp, level-headed partner . . . who has a crisis of his own pulling him away when Andreas needs him the most. As both men try to support—and lean on—each other, they get no closer to finding the kids. And the longer the children are missing, the less likely it is they’ll ever be found.
This series has always been packed with emotion. Not surprising, considering the fact that a powerful #EvilAuthor duo combined forces to create the Bad Behavior series. They pulled out ALL the stops with Reckless Behavior.
In Reckless Behavior, both Andreas and Darren are dealing with their own personal nightmares. They’ve never needed each other’s support more than now, but neither one of them is in a good place. They wanted to be there for each other but events spiraled out of their control. When Darren tried to be there for Andreas, he was hurt by the fact that Andreas tried to give him the space to deal with what he was going through… and it went both ways. They were a mess, but they wanted nothing more to be there for each other, even though both of them were crushed. It was totally heartbreaking which made this book impossible to put down. I just wanted things fixed for both of them.
There was no easy fix and the bad guy was not who I expected it to be, but I can’t say I was totally surprised either. This book was full of suspense, love, heartbreak, and craziness. There was even a little bit of time for some heated romance… which was a much needed distraction for both the characters and the reader. Yeah, Reckless Behavior was that intense.
On the plus side, I liked getting to know Andreas family – including his ex’s. There was still a lot of love and respect there, which says a lot about Andreas. He still has a way to go to make up for some precious lost time, but he’s getting there. With Darren’s influence and help.
There’s at least one more book in the Bad Behavior series and I’m really hoping that Romantic Behavior lives up to its title
