THE ACCIDENTAL SIREN (Texas Sirens: Legacy 1) by Lexi Blake

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date April 30, 2024

Joshua Barnes-Fleetwood is the prince of Willow Fork, Texas, but not all is right with his world. He’s the heir to a multimillion-dollar company, has a family he adores, and his best friend at his side. He can’t figure out what is missing until Nicole takes a job at Christa’s Café. The pretty waitress is a mystery he needs to solve. He’s never been so attracted to a woman, and after one night in her company, he’s sure she can handle his needs. Unfortunately, he’s also sure she’s lying to him.

Jared “Grim” Burch found a home with the Barnes-Fleetwood family when he desperately needed one. With support from his newfound family, Grim beat all the odds and became a veterinarian. In Willow Fork, however, there are still people who are suspicious of him and his past. When he sees Nicole, he knows she’s the perfect woman for him and Josh, but he wonders if he has the right to bring her into his sometimes dangerous circle.

For Nicole Mason, Willow Fork is nothing more than a pit stop. Once she can save up the money to fix her car, she’ll do what she’s been doing for the last several years. Run. Framed for her husband’s murder, she can never stop looking over her shoulder. There’s always someone on her trail, and she can’t let them bring her back to the real killer. Getting to know Josh and Grim makes her dream of the life they could have together. If only she could trust them with her secrets.

When their past catches up to them all, they’ll find out that even a small town can be big trouble.

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REVIEW: THE ACCIDENTAL SIREN is the first instalment in Lexi Blake’s contemporary, adult TEXAS SIRENS: LEGACY erotic, MFM, BDSM series-a next generation spin off from the author’s TEXAS SIRENS series. This is rancher Joshua Barnes-Fleetwood, veterinarian Jared ‘Grim’ Burch, and Nicole Mason’s story line. Several characters cross over from Lexi Blake’s interconnected series including Texas Sirens, Lawless Series, and the numerous Masters and Mercenaries series and spinoffs. Josh is the son of Jack, Sam and Abby (Small Town Siren 1); Grim is their ‘foster’ son.

Told from three omniscient third person perspectives (Joshua, Grim and Nicole) THE ACCIDENTAL SIREN focuses on the building romance and relationship between rancher Joshua Barnes-Fleetwood, veterinarian Jared ‘Grim’ Burch, and Nicole Mason’ . Nicole Mason is on the run, and working at the local café, she has caught the eye of ‘brothers’ Joshua and Grim but Nicole is only in town for a few weeks, and getting involved with Joshua and Grim means setting down roots when she is unlikely to stay but Nicole’s past refuses to let go, and Grim’s biological family is determined to destroy the town of Willow Fork, Texas. What ensues is the building relationship between Joshua, Grim and Nicole, and the potential fall-out as Nicole’s past goes hunting for our story line heroine.

The world building brings together several characters from the author’s numerous interconnected series including Kim aka Solo (M&M: The Forgotten) as a private investigator seeking out our story line heroine. The reader is up close and personal with some of Jared ‘Grim’ Burch’s past-how he became a much loved part of the Barnes-Fleetwood family, and of Nicole’s past, a young woman whose abusive ex’s family was taking aim at our story line heroine.

The relationship between Nicole, Joshua and Grim is one of immediate attraction but Nicole’s time in Willow Fork Texas comes with an expiry date, and our heroine is determined to keep moving until she can no longer be found.Joshua and Grim are hoping to claim Nicole as their own but jealousy threatens the threesome, especially when Joshua may have overstepped in his need to protect the woman with whom he is falling in love. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

There is a large ensemble cast of colorful and familiar secondary and supporting characters, most of whom has been previously introduced in the author’s interconnected series including Kim ‘Solo’ Solomon, and Jack, Sam and Abby Barnes-Fleetwood. The requisite evil has many faces.

THE ACCIDENTAL SIREN is a story of secrets and lies, power and control, betrayal and vengeance, murder and obsession, family and relationships, acceptance and love. The premise is dramatic, intense and captivating; the romance is seductive and provocative; the characters are determined and dynamic.

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Reviewed by Sandy

New York Times bestselling author Lexi Blake lives in North Texas with her husband and three kids. Since starting her publishing journey in 2010, she’s sold over three million copies of her books. She began writing at a young age, concentrating on plays and journalism. It wasn’t until she started writing romance that she found success. She likes to find humor in the strangest places and believes in happy endings.

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