Reviews with content warning for Death - My Killer Vacation

I wanted to read this book because I absolutely love Tessa Bailey. I loved the Bellinger Sisters series and I love mystery and with the added spice I thought I would enjoy it. I really did, I thought it was a really good read.

There are two points of view within this book. The first one is Taylor Bassey. She is on vacation. It was supposed to be relaxing trip in sweet, sunny Cape Cod – just her and her younger brother – but after discovering a corpse in the rental house everything changes. Now a rude and distasteful bounty hunter has arrived on the back of his motorcycle to catch the killer and refuses to believe that Taylor can be helpful, despite countless hours of true crime podcast listening and the fact that she teaches second graders. The second point of view is Myles Sumner. He is here to do a job, not babysit an amateur sleuth. Although it is becoming less and less of a hardship to have her around. Sure, he thinks she’s stubborn, distracting and can’t stay out of harm’s way. She's also brave and beautiful and reminds me of the home I left behind three years ago. In other words, the painful hunger and protectiveness she is waking up in him is a threat to his peace of mind. Before he sink any deeper into this dangerous attraction, he needs to solve this murder and get back on the road. But will fate take Taylor away from Myles before he realizes the road has been leading to her all along? A bounty hunter and an elementary schoolteacher – the murder-solving team no one asked for, but thanks to the attempts on both of their lives, they have stuck together.

Tessa Bailey does it again! I absolutely loved my damaged little Myles I just wanted to hug him the whole time reading this book. I love me some broken fictional men and this man was broken but so so good. I love the spice and I love the way they both showed the way they wanted to love each other. Taylor was so loving; her heart was huge, and I want her as a best friend please. Jude trying to help his sister get laid but also being disgusted on his sister’s love life just made me giggle. Jude gave this book so much life and I swear to god, I wanted more of him. The only thing I would say is a weakness is I wanted more of the suspense it was like 75% spice 25% suspense where I would have loved it to be more of 50/50 or even more suspense less spice. I also think Tessa does better with bigger books. I was surprised when this book was only 290 pages, I wanted more and was used to more. I think if it was slightly bigger, it could have had more suspense. I’m not a fan of the insta-love either and much prefer the slow burn that Tessa is good for but it worked with this book due to the vacation vibes.

Overall, I love Tessa’s work and would have loved for this to be a series, I want Jude to be happy and there is such a back story behind him, and Dante and I have so many questions between what happens with them, I would like to know. Please. I beg you.

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I stayed up till 2am finishing this book. Could not put it down. Woke the husband and children with my laughter.
This may be Tessa Bailey’s best one yet.
True crime podcast fan meets bounty hunter for a hot/cold grumpy/sunshine whirlwind.

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