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Sinner and Saint #2
Breaking the Rules
From #1 Amazon bestselling writer of Pretend You’re Mine, Lucy Score delivers once again with the conclusion to the Sinner & Saint story.
In this suspenseful sequel to Crossing the Line, movie star Waverly Sinner has a gunshot wound and a missing fake boyfriend and the only man who can help her now is the one who broke her heart five years ago, Xavier Saint. When charming leading man Dante Wrede offered Waverly a new way to use her acting talents, she jumped at the chance. Undercover work is exciting and challenging. But when their assignment is cut short by a hail of gunfire, Waverly is left bleeding and alone with a cover story that could ruin her career.
It’s been five years since Waverly almost died because of a mistake he made. But when Xavier Saint catches the latest mess the actress has gotten herself into, he faces facts. He’s never stopped loving her and she still obviously needs his protection. But when he tracks her down in secluded paradise, it’s clear she’s not working on her issues in rehab as the media reported. And she’s definitely not happy to see him or willing to trust him with anything more than half-truths.
They have an attraction that won’t die, but without trust there’s no hope for a future together. The only shot Xavier has at winning her back is helping her find Dante Wrede, the man he thinks she loves. When a plot to frame her for kidnapping and murder materializes, their rag tag team of conspirators need to work fast and play dirty to clear her name. He’s got just one shot at proving her innocence and winning her back forever.
Author’s Note: This is the conclusion of Waverly and Xavier’s story that began with Crossing the Line. It takes place five years after the end of Crossing the Line.
In this suspenseful sequel to Crossing the Line, movie star Waverly Sinner has a gunshot wound and a missing fake boyfriend and the only man who can help her now is the one who broke her heart five years ago, Xavier Saint. When charming leading man Dante Wrede offered Waverly a new way to use her acting talents, she jumped at the chance. Undercover work is exciting and challenging. But when their assignment is cut short by a hail of gunfire, Waverly is left bleeding and alone with a cover story that could ruin her career.
It’s been five years since Waverly almost died because of a mistake he made. But when Xavier Saint catches the latest mess the actress has gotten herself into, he faces facts. He’s never stopped loving her and she still obviously needs his protection. But when he tracks her down in secluded paradise, it’s clear she’s not working on her issues in rehab as the media reported. And she’s definitely not happy to see him or willing to trust him with anything more than half-truths.
They have an attraction that won’t die, but without trust there’s no hope for a future together. The only shot Xavier has at winning her back is helping her find Dante Wrede, the man he thinks she loves. When a plot to frame her for kidnapping and murder materializes, their rag tag team of conspirators need to work fast and play dirty to clear her name. He’s got just one shot at proving her innocence and winning her back forever.
Author’s Note: This is the conclusion of Waverly and Xavier’s story that began with Crossing the Line. It takes place five years after the end of Crossing the Line.
413 pages, ebook
First published December 22, 2016
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Lucy Score
67 books60.2k followersLucy Score is an instant #1 New York Times bestselling author. She grew up in a literary family who insisted that the dinner table was for reading and earned a degree in journalism.
She writes full-time from the Pennsylvania home she and Mr. Lucy share with their obnoxious cat, Cleo. When not spending hours crafting heartbreaker heroes and kick-ass heroines, Lucy can be found on the couch, in the kitchen, or at the gym.
She hopes to someday write from a sailboat, oceanfront condo, or tropical island with reliable Wi-Fi.
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She writes full-time from the Pennsylvania home she and Mr. Lucy share with their obnoxious cat, Cleo. When not spending hours crafting heartbreaker heroes and kick-ass heroines, Lucy can be found on the couch, in the kitchen, or at the gym.
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May 4, 2020There are stories with plenty twists and turns. Or with a lot of drama. Or with more than many sexy hot scenes, etc.
Yet, there are limits for every reader.
So, when I read a story where:
a/ in the first book the 20 y.o. heroine is a famous actress and in the second book she is 25 y.o. and has become an effective agent for the government🤯,
b) her ex boyfriend, who during their 5 years time apart was in a serious relationship leading to marriage and broke up, comes back because he has never, not even for a single second, stopped loving her 🤯🤯😫,
the kraken is ready to be unleashed and the only thing I can do is DNF!!! (@ 23%)
How good the writing might be, it can not save an overburdened and surreal plot.
Yet, there are limits for every reader.
So, when I read a story where:
a/ in the first book the 20 y.o. heroine is a famous actress and in the second book she is 25 y.o. and has become an effective agent for the government🤯,
b) her ex boyfriend, who during their 5 years time apart was in a serious relationship leading to marriage and broke up, comes back because he has never, not even for a single second, stopped loving her 🤯🤯😫,
the kraken is ready to be unleashed and the only thing I can do is DNF!!! (@ 23%)
How good the writing might be, it can not save an overburdened and surreal plot.
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August 21, 2020Spoilers ahead
Howwwwwww do you go back to a woman you claim to have loved for 5 years when you'd been contemplating marriage to another woman????? Wasn't she worthy of marriage 5 years ago??????? What made the love so strong in 5 years apart that you just HAD to go save her when you didn't think you were worthy of her in the first place?????
These questions are rhetorical I'm so pissed I read book 1 my blood is boiling.......let me back away from this mess before I break my kindle
Peace out
P.s.it's interesting sis went from an immature actress who couldn't even stand up for herself to a spy in 5 years.....I mean wow
Howwwwwww do you go back to a woman you claim to have loved for 5 years when you'd been contemplating marriage to another woman????? Wasn't she worthy of marriage 5 years ago??????? What made the love so strong in 5 years apart that you just HAD to go save her when you didn't think you were worthy of her in the first place?????
These questions are rhetorical I'm so pissed I read book 1 my blood is boiling.......let me back away from this mess before I break my kindle
Peace out
P.s.it's interesting sis went from an immature actress who couldn't even stand up for herself to a spy in 5 years.....I mean wow
October 24, 2024
Romance with a little bit of suspense
February 27, 2023
3.5 ⭐️
August 6, 2020
Breaking the Rules is the conclusion to the Sinner and Saint series. The story picks up exactly five years after the end of Crossing the Line.
I liked Xavier in book 1, but I really didn't like how he waltzed back into Waverly's life in book 2. He left her devastated, and five years go by and he expects her to welcome him back with open arms? I am baffled at how someone can spend half a decade apart and assume that his former fling would not only welcome him back with open arms but allow him to pick up right where they left off!
I was so incredibly frustrated and bored - if I may say - reading this book... DNF.
I liked Xavier in book 1, but I really didn't like how he waltzed back into Waverly's life in book 2. He left her devastated, and five years go by and he expects her to welcome him back with open arms? I am baffled at how someone can spend half a decade apart and assume that his former fling would not only welcome him back with open arms but allow him to pick up right where they left off!
I was so incredibly frustrated and bored - if I may say - reading this book... DNF.
October 25, 2019
WTF?
I usually love Lucy's novels but I couldn't finish this one. What kind of idiot disarms a woman who's been attacked, and probably will be again, and says she gets the weapon back "after she earns it"? After she kicks ads and saves his? Ugh. I can't read this kind of misogyny.
I'd been ignoring the ridiculous 'i know best because I'm a man' but I can't stand it any longer.
Gets 2 stars because the writing is very good.
I usually love Lucy's novels but I couldn't finish this one. What kind of idiot disarms a woman who's been attacked, and probably will be again, and says she gets the weapon back "after she earns it"? After she kicks ads and saves his? Ugh. I can't read this kind of misogyny.
I'd been ignoring the ridiculous 'i know best because I'm a man' but I can't stand it any longer.
Gets 2 stars because the writing is very good.
December 30, 2022
Woooof this was disappointing.
I was pleasantly surprised by book 1 and naturally picked up the sequel since the first one ended on a cliffhanger and followed the same characters. Basically unheard of in a romance book.
This book picks up five years later. And boy, do I hate a time jump.
And then the entire plot of this book has...very little to do with the first book. The idea behind it could have been interesting if this was simply a brand new book with brand new characters. The idea that the govt is using celebrities as spies is interesting. They get close to other rich, powerful families where they can spy or plant bugs in the home offices. Yeah, interesting. Okay.
But the fact that Waverly, who just wanted a NORMAL life in book 1 was all of a sudden a kick ass spy who was smarter and stronger than any of the other hired people she came into contact with was just...weird.
This was like someone wrote fan fiction about the first book, and we all know how much I like fan fiction...
So Waverly, who was a frustrated young girl in the first one, is now kickass and has taken back her power. I'm actually all for that. Awesome, good job. But then we pan over to Xavier and I'm sorry but WTF was that storyline?
It starts with us hearing what a complete disaster he was after ending things with Waverly in the first book. How he almost didn't make it through it. And then how he would keep tabs on her...only to the extent of what media interviews she would do. Basically if he saw it on Entertainment Tonight he would watch. Okay - great. Seeking out information about her is too painful but he still cares so he doesn't try to act like she has never existed and banish her from his mind. Got it.
But then...no?
He hears a news story about her, decides it seems wrong. And literally just...hunts her down? Like, shows up to her house in Belize that was purchased under a company account. Which means he had to like, literally HUNT her down...
A nice reminder that the entirety of book 1 was HIM keeping her safe from a STALKER.
Then he's like "I'm here as your new head of security! No one has hired me, but you can't get rid of me. Oh, BTW, I'm gonna marry you."
Buddy, what??
They haven't spoken in five years. He went from, if she pops up on the Tonight Show I'll watch, to I'm moving in with you and I have an engagement ring ready!!!
He literally just...moves into her life. And she keeps telling him to LEAVE HER ALONE. And he won't. He quite literally...stalks her. He's quite literally obsessed with her. The entire first book was about a stalker. And now the love interest has turned into one.
And ya know, that COULD have been a cool twist to these books, like turning him into the bad guy. The exact thing he swore to protect her from. But nah. It's written in a way that we're supposed to swoon??? Absolutely not.
The entire time I was reading this I was thinking how I would have written these scenes differently. How I would have had Waverly eviscerating him until he freaking got the point that he wasn't wanted.
And every time she told him to leave her alone, or NOT TO TOUCH HER, he thought it was cute and would then like, try to hold her hand, or pinch her ass. This was NOT IT LUCY SCORE.
Then we find out that he's actually been keeping SERIOUS tabs on her throughout the years and even ran off a couple of her boyfriends. I just - no. Absolutely not. What happened to "if she shows up on the TV I happen to be watching I don't turn the channel"???
This entire plot for Waverly was how she was taking control of her life and no one was going to tell her what to do anymore and how she had found her voice and her power and then...
A MAN shows up and starts controlling her? And I'm supposed to find this attractive?
NO. NO MA'AM.
I am so disappointed in this.
I was pleasantly surprised by book 1 and naturally picked up the sequel since the first one ended on a cliffhanger and followed the same characters. Basically unheard of in a romance book.
This book picks up five years later. And boy, do I hate a time jump.
And then the entire plot of this book has...very little to do with the first book. The idea behind it could have been interesting if this was simply a brand new book with brand new characters. The idea that the govt is using celebrities as spies is interesting. They get close to other rich, powerful families where they can spy or plant bugs in the home offices. Yeah, interesting. Okay.
But the fact that Waverly, who just wanted a NORMAL life in book 1 was all of a sudden a kick ass spy who was smarter and stronger than any of the other hired people she came into contact with was just...weird.
This was like someone wrote fan fiction about the first book, and we all know how much I like fan fiction...
So Waverly, who was a frustrated young girl in the first one, is now kickass and has taken back her power. I'm actually all for that. Awesome, good job. But then we pan over to Xavier and I'm sorry but WTF was that storyline?
It starts with us hearing what a complete disaster he was after ending things with Waverly in the first book. How he almost didn't make it through it. And then how he would keep tabs on her...only to the extent of what media interviews she would do. Basically if he saw it on Entertainment Tonight he would watch. Okay - great. Seeking out information about her is too painful but he still cares so he doesn't try to act like she has never existed and banish her from his mind. Got it.
But then...no?
He hears a news story about her, decides it seems wrong. And literally just...hunts her down? Like, shows up to her house in Belize that was purchased under a company account. Which means he had to like, literally HUNT her down...
A nice reminder that the entirety of book 1 was HIM keeping her safe from a STALKER.
Then he's like "I'm here as your new head of security! No one has hired me, but you can't get rid of me. Oh, BTW, I'm gonna marry you."
Buddy, what??
They haven't spoken in five years. He went from, if she pops up on the Tonight Show I'll watch, to I'm moving in with you and I have an engagement ring ready!!!
He literally just...moves into her life. And she keeps telling him to LEAVE HER ALONE. And he won't. He quite literally...stalks her. He's quite literally obsessed with her. The entire first book was about a stalker. And now the love interest has turned into one.
And ya know, that COULD have been a cool twist to these books, like turning him into the bad guy. The exact thing he swore to protect her from. But nah. It's written in a way that we're supposed to swoon??? Absolutely not.
The entire time I was reading this I was thinking how I would have written these scenes differently. How I would have had Waverly eviscerating him until he freaking got the point that he wasn't wanted.
And every time she told him to leave her alone, or NOT TO TOUCH HER, he thought it was cute and would then like, try to hold her hand, or pinch her ass. This was NOT IT LUCY SCORE.
Then we find out that he's actually been keeping SERIOUS tabs on her throughout the years and even ran off a couple of her boyfriends. I just - no. Absolutely not. What happened to "if she shows up on the TV I happen to be watching I don't turn the channel"???
This entire plot for Waverly was how she was taking control of her life and no one was going to tell her what to do anymore and how she had found her voice and her power and then...
A MAN shows up and starts controlling her? And I'm supposed to find this attractive?
NO. NO MA'AM.
I am so disappointed in this.
November 26, 2023
"He had loved her, and he had left her. That was all there would be to their story.
Quick Thoughts:
-This book focuses more on a second chance love story.
-More suspense and danger here too. But the playing field is level, if you will.
-Definitely have to suspend reality and just go with it.
-Another hot chase scene though!
-I struggled a little with the MMC's time spent apart. And he felt different in this one.
-Overall a good read, different from what I've read from this author thus far- but again, definitely feel like the authors writing has grown since writing this.
-Would like to see a story for some of these other characters!
3.5 Stars ⭐
Quick Thoughts:
-This book focuses more on a second chance love story.
-More suspense and danger here too. But the playing field is level, if you will.
-Definitely have to suspend reality and just go with it.
-Another hot chase scene though!
-I struggled a little with the MMC's time spent apart. And he felt different in this one.
-Overall a good read, different from what I've read from this author thus far- but again, definitely feel like the authors writing has grown since writing this.
-Would like to see a story for some of these other characters!
3.5 Stars ⭐
September 16, 2020
Just no
After book one I had such high hopes that quickly fell flat. From a young movie star that was disillusioned by Hollywood and her star parents who dreamed of going to college to this? No. These characters had the potential for much more. Hell they deserved more. This wasn't a love story but a sex fest with arguing and wannabe secret agents. I skimmed through half the book and ended feeling disappointed. I believe the author missed the mark on this one.
After book one I had such high hopes that quickly fell flat. From a young movie star that was disillusioned by Hollywood and her star parents who dreamed of going to college to this? No. These characters had the potential for much more. Hell they deserved more. This wasn't a love story but a sex fest with arguing and wannabe secret agents. I skimmed through half the book and ended feeling disappointed. I believe the author missed the mark on this one.
February 6, 2017
Loved this! (:
April 20, 2024
Devoured this like it’s the last piece of donut and I just came out of a week’s sugar-free fast. That’s how much I invested I am in Sinner and Saint’s love story.
Did I love it? Hell, yes. It’s been five years since our MCs last saw each other and a lot has changed since then. Waverly is now stronger and is actually working as a spy for one of the TV production companies that work for the government. She’s kick-ass, has graduated college, controlled her panic attacks, went to training to be a better spy, and enjoys a much better home life with her parents. In short, she’s living her best life.
And then what happened? She got shot from one of her assignments and Xavier heard about it and decided there and then that he needed to be back in her life to support her. This. This is the area I have a problem with. I just really wish that X has a better reason why he walked out in the first place. Like I get it, they had to break up because they both needed to grow, but I would have wanted a better why. Not the usual “I’m scared, I’m an asshole, I made a mistake”. FIVE FREAKING YEARS!!! Then one day you woke up and decided- heya! I am going back to her to try because I can’t live without her anymore.
And then he can just do that??? Like apparently waltz back in her life and just pester her into succumbing to their love??? Honestly I was expecting more fight from Waverly, because it kinda disgusts me to think that X can just walk out whenever he pleases, even when Waverly begged him to stay, and then come back because he finally decided he can’t stay away.
Ugh. He needed to grovel. It’s why this book ain’t getting the 5 star treatment from me. I am so bothered by it. And Waverly is supposedly “stronger” at resisting him. Would have wanted to see more struggle and fights.
Anyway, this book is good because of the secondary characters like Kate York, Waverly’s friend. I love Kate’s personality and snarky humor. I also love Chelsea, X’s sister. I wish she has her own story.
Wrapping this up- 4 stars. Lucy is one hell of a writer.
Did I love it? Hell, yes. It’s been five years since our MCs last saw each other and a lot has changed since then. Waverly is now stronger and is actually working as a spy for one of the TV production companies that work for the government. She’s kick-ass, has graduated college, controlled her panic attacks, went to training to be a better spy, and enjoys a much better home life with her parents. In short, she’s living her best life.
And then what happened? She got shot from one of her assignments and Xavier heard about it and decided there and then that he needed to be back in her life to support her. This. This is the area I have a problem with. I just really wish that X has a better reason why he walked out in the first place. Like I get it, they had to break up because they both needed to grow, but I would have wanted a better why. Not the usual “I’m scared, I’m an asshole, I made a mistake”. FIVE FREAKING YEARS!!! Then one day you woke up and decided- heya! I am going back to her to try because I can’t live without her anymore.
And then he can just do that??? Like apparently waltz back in her life and just pester her into succumbing to their love??? Honestly I was expecting more fight from Waverly, because it kinda disgusts me to think that X can just walk out whenever he pleases, even when Waverly begged him to stay, and then come back because he finally decided he can’t stay away.
Ugh. He needed to grovel. It’s why this book ain’t getting the 5 star treatment from me. I am so bothered by it. And Waverly is supposedly “stronger” at resisting him. Would have wanted to see more struggle and fights.
Anyway, this book is good because of the secondary characters like Kate York, Waverly’s friend. I love Kate’s personality and snarky humor. I also love Chelsea, X’s sister. I wish she has her own story.
Wrapping this up- 4 stars. Lucy is one hell of a writer.
May 26, 2024
‘His future wife was a spy and his sister a freaking hacker. If he found out that his college professor mother moonlighted as a stripper, he was going to lose his mind’...
We have to get out of this bed and get some clothes on or we’re both going to die of orgasm-induced dehydration.”
Waverly had rolled to her side and watched him approach. “God, you’re magnificent,” she sighed.
“Which one of us are you talking to?” he asked, glancing down at his still hard shaft.
“Bravo to both”.
“Angel, please get dressed so we can get this conversation over with.”
“And then what?”
“And then I’m undressing you again and keeping you that way for at least six or seven months.”
He heard her shift on the mattress and the sound of her pulling on clothes.
He turned around to find her pulling her hair up into a knot on the top of her head. Her nipples were visible through the soft white cotton of the t-shirt. He felt his c#$k move in appreciation.
“There’s got to be a parka or something in here,” he said, hurrying back into the closet. He found a sweatshirt, three sizes too big for her and hurled it in her direction.
She humored him and pulled it over her head. “Better?” she asked.
“Not really. Maybe it’s the bed. Let’s go back to the living room and sit on opposite ends of the couch.”
Bradley Archibald Tomasso, the youngest CEO in Target Productions’ history, had identified a unique need that the government’s intelligence gathering organisations shared, there were certain places that agents couldn’t get into but places that celebrities had access to, contract work, fact gathering intelligence from people in situations where they wouldn’t be seen as a threat. The income from the contracts padded the studio’s bottom line, and Dante and herself received a cut. The organisations they worked for were happy to farm out some of their case load.
“When you say ‘organizations,’ who do you mean exactly?”
“NSA, FBI, DIA, occasionally the CIA and the SEC.
The idea was actually fascinating, but the fact that his Angel was taking assignments from the intelligence community destroyed any objectivity he had. He was the first, to her knowledge, to have the foresight to double the studio’s income by farming out talent to intelligence gathering organisations on a contract basis.
He swiped a hand over his face. The love of his life was telling him she was a spy.
“How long have you been doing this?”
“Since I graduated. I have a good grasp of languages, so I do well with European and Russian targets.”
“When you say, ‘do well…’” he trailed off, not really wanting to know the answer.
“I’m not James Bonding my way through assets if that’s what you’re asking. It’s just the kids of weapons dealers have looser lips around drunk party girl movie stars. Or a mogul’s lonely daughter needs a new BFF. Occasionally, Dante and I double-teamed targets. We’ve hacked phones, searched private offices, gotten information out of coked up entrepreneurs with shady business dealings.”
We have to get out of this bed and get some clothes on or we’re both going to die of orgasm-induced dehydration.”
Waverly had rolled to her side and watched him approach. “God, you’re magnificent,” she sighed.
“Which one of us are you talking to?” he asked, glancing down at his still hard shaft.
“Bravo to both”.
“Angel, please get dressed so we can get this conversation over with.”
“And then what?”
“And then I’m undressing you again and keeping you that way for at least six or seven months.”
He heard her shift on the mattress and the sound of her pulling on clothes.
He turned around to find her pulling her hair up into a knot on the top of her head. Her nipples were visible through the soft white cotton of the t-shirt. He felt his c#$k move in appreciation.
“There’s got to be a parka or something in here,” he said, hurrying back into the closet. He found a sweatshirt, three sizes too big for her and hurled it in her direction.
She humored him and pulled it over her head. “Better?” she asked.
“Not really. Maybe it’s the bed. Let’s go back to the living room and sit on opposite ends of the couch.”
Bradley Archibald Tomasso, the youngest CEO in Target Productions’ history, had identified a unique need that the government’s intelligence gathering organisations shared, there were certain places that agents couldn’t get into but places that celebrities had access to, contract work, fact gathering intelligence from people in situations where they wouldn’t be seen as a threat. The income from the contracts padded the studio’s bottom line, and Dante and herself received a cut. The organisations they worked for were happy to farm out some of their case load.
“When you say ‘organizations,’ who do you mean exactly?”
“NSA, FBI, DIA, occasionally the CIA and the SEC.
The idea was actually fascinating, but the fact that his Angel was taking assignments from the intelligence community destroyed any objectivity he had. He was the first, to her knowledge, to have the foresight to double the studio’s income by farming out talent to intelligence gathering organisations on a contract basis.
He swiped a hand over his face. The love of his life was telling him she was a spy.
“How long have you been doing this?”
“Since I graduated. I have a good grasp of languages, so I do well with European and Russian targets.”
“When you say, ‘do well…’” he trailed off, not really wanting to know the answer.
“I’m not James Bonding my way through assets if that’s what you’re asking. It’s just the kids of weapons dealers have looser lips around drunk party girl movie stars. Or a mogul’s lonely daughter needs a new BFF. Occasionally, Dante and I double-teamed targets. We’ve hacked phones, searched private offices, gotten information out of coked up entrepreneurs with shady business dealings.”
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
February 7, 2017
I love Lucy's books, but I am not a big fan of spy stories. I enjoyed the first part of this series, Crossing the Line, and was so excited for the rest of the story after its exciting cliffhanger! But Breaking the Rules almost seemed like a different story altogether. The characters were the same, but the storyline was completely different than the first part of the story. It takes place five years after the end of the CtL, so things are bound to be a little different, but it was not what I was expecting. I found it a little hard to follow, but again, this might be because the spy genre is just not my thing. I liked Xavier, but I really didn't like how he waltzed back into Waverly's life and basically told her they were going to be together whether she liked it or not. He left her devastated, and five years go by and he expects her to welcome him back with open arms? He eventually won me over, but I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have even given him a chance if I were Waverly. The conclusion was very exciting, and of course, being a Lucy Score book, it was well-written and sexy and funny.
March 20, 2017
This was probably one of the best written books I've read this year. Part of me didn't want it to ever end.
Waverly and Xavier, five years later, had even more chemistry then when they first fell in love.
The conversations between them, professing how they felt for each other, were my favorite parts.
The adventure, suspense and jokes kept me excited throughout.
This is definitely a must read. Lucy Score is an amazing writer!
Waverly and Xavier, five years later, had even more chemistry then when they first fell in love.
The conversations between them, professing how they felt for each other, were my favorite parts.
The adventure, suspense and jokes kept me excited throughout.
This is definitely a must read. Lucy Score is an amazing writer!
July 23, 2021
What the actual hell?
Now I should be embarrassed to say that I’ve read about 10 of Lucy Score’s books over the last week or so with reactions ranging from “ooh” to “meh”. (
This one, though? “TRASH”
The first book in this series is damn good, we’ll written, good buildup. This one is a Cinemax b-movie in book form. what an actual letdown.
She didn’t even try with this one. The “plot”? HA. She could have kept this.
Now I should be embarrassed to say that I’ve read about 10 of Lucy Score’s books over the last week or so with reactions ranging from “ooh” to “meh”. (
This one, though? “TRASH”
The first book in this series is damn good, we’ll written, good buildup. This one is a Cinemax b-movie in book form. what an actual letdown.
She didn’t even try with this one. The “plot”? HA. She could have kept this.
August 2, 2017
5 Xaverly Stars!!!
I loved everything about this book!!! I'm forever in love with both Xavier and Waverly. They are now part of my favorite book couples.
I ran across this duet by accident and decided to take a chance and I'm soooo glad I did. I hope we get some more of our Xaverly couple.
Sinner and Saint: Breaking the Rules and Crossing the Line gets TWO BIG THUMBS UP FROM ME!!!!
I loved everything about this book!!! I'm forever in love with both Xavier and Waverly. They are now part of my favorite book couples.
I ran across this duet by accident and decided to take a chance and I'm soooo glad I did. I hope we get some more of our Xaverly couple.
Sinner and Saint: Breaking the Rules and Crossing the Line gets TWO BIG THUMBS UP FROM ME!!!!
June 13, 2020
The perfect ending to this series! I didn’t think I could love this more than the first book, but I couldn’t put it down. It was so great! Sinner and Saint are my new favorites.
June 11, 2023
So I actually liked the first book better than the second book. I’m glad they got their happy ever after but idk the first book was just hotter and spicier and this one was kinda harder to follow in some parts. This book takes place 5 years later. Waverly is holed up in one of her houses on the beach healing, she had just recently been shot while working. Not only does waverly still do movies but she does freelance work as a spy. Her boss has started a side gig where he uses celebrities to get information out of people. Her and dante had just recently been on a mission together. He’s now missing and she’s “in rehab” according to the publishers. They used her accident as drunk driving and now in rehab when in fact she had been shot and is healing. She can’t get ahold of dante and she’s trying to piece everything together. The public things her and dante are together it does better for their movies but in fact they are really just platonic best friends. But she is still worried about him and why she hasn’t heard anything from him when they claim he’s just on a trip. She is afraid that he got shot and killed. Xavier sees the news about Waverlys accident and her party girl phase and knows that doesn’t sound like her. So he hops on a boat and shows up at her island. It’s 5 years later and he knows she’s the one. He bought a ring before he even got there. When he surprises waverly the chemistry is still hot and they mold into a smoldering kiss instantly until waverly pushes him away and asks him why the fuck he’s there. He tells her that her father hired him as her security guard so they’re doing this again. He goes and talks to Kate and I can’t remmeber her nannys name and tells them that he’s here to stay and shows them the ring and that he plans on marrying waverly that she’s it for him. Kate and the nanny tell him good luck. Waverly doesn’t want Xavier figuring out she’s a spy. Kate and her nanny are helping her get an outfit ready when Xavier hears them ask if she could have got shot somewhere else and he bolts upstairs and rushes them out to find out she’s been shot. He checks over and cleans and rewraps her wound. He’s very upset about her being shot. Waverly uses Chelsea, Xavier’s sister as her hacker. But Xavier has no idea. Waverly and Xavier end up on a talk show and everyone can tell it looks like they’re back together. Waverlys boss Brad wants to meet with her privately. She goes to see him and he is mad she returned back home so quickly she was supposed to lay low and she told him she wanted answers on dante and what the hell that mission was. And Brad told her she doesn’t get answers, he then asks her to kidnap the princess that they had been at her house when she got shot. She knows she needs to talk to the princess. She sees she’s at a club so her and Xavier go. The girl runs from her I wanna say her name was Pedra. And waverly uses Xavier as a distraction to get to her. They get outside together and a car stops thinking they’re prostitutes and then men in black come out of nowhere she has her get in the car with those original guys while waverly fights the guys in black. That’s when Xavier comes out and watches her fight these men and she saves him from getting shot. He realizes she’s not telling him something. They end up having sex outside a church courtyard and then he drags her to one of his businesses houses to fuck her again. They spend the night making love and in the morning Kate and Micah both are there to help them plan. She wants to know where dante is, if the missions she was doing were real. Why they would want Petra. Micah doesn’t want any part of it but Xavier begs. Xavier now knows that Waverly is a spy and he told Micah. He was in shock about it but hadn’t had much of a reaction yet. They all get houses in an Inxibus house, I think that’s the name of Micah and Xavier’s business something like that. Anyways Xavier is looking over info from Waverlys hacker and realizes her username is a name he used to call his sister Chelsea. He calls her and he realizes not only is his girlfriend a spy but Chelsea is a hacker. He gets her flown in to work with their team. Xavier told waverly that they’re together as soon as they had sex she tried to fight him but when he asked if he could fuck other people and she said no he said that meant they’re together. Waverly is trying to keep her guard up. Xavier had hurt her so badly 5 years ago but he has still been the only one she’s yearned for all this time. After they go public Xavier’s ex Cassa asked to meet with waverly. She meets her and the women asks waverly to give him a chance that she wanted her and Xavier to be more but he was always all waverly. And thanked her because now she had a husband and a baby on the way and she was happy and wanted that for them. She cares for Xavier and doesn’t want waverly to lead him on if it won’t be something. She tells Xavier about this. When Xavier goes with waverly to her parents for dinner he announces to them all that he plans on marrying her. Waverly keeps fighting it even though Xavier has announced it to her face and anyone who will listen. So now this is where it starts to get confusing. While doing all this research they find out that Brad wanted to make a deal with petras father for his pharmaceuticals. He sells them cheaply and they want to make them more expensive so he had called off the deal not wanting to make that needed drug unaffordable. They wanted Waverly to kidnap Petra, so they could hold her hostage to make her dad agree to the deal. Waverly decided they needed to abduct her sooner so that Brad couldn’t get his hands on her. So her and Xavier got into a produce truck and went into her property. She found Petra and dante having sex and was just so excited to see dante alive when she thought he was dead. They got them out of the house. Petra had been scared or waverly because she thought her and dante were actually together and thought waverly had found out. Waverly was happy for them. Xavier was furious with her. She had led him to believe this whole time she was with dante and that he’d be putting her boyfriend back in her lap. He had been hopeful since they were sleeping together that she would choose him but he had been so scared to bring dante into the equation and there had been nothing to worry about all along. Waverly had been using dante as protection against Xavier. She thought it she kept pretending she was with dante maybe her heart wouldn’t rewelcome Xavier into it but that hadn’t been the case. They all began to plan their next moves now that they had Petra and dante who were both safe and happy to be there. They weren’t being held against their will. They let Petra’s father know where she was and asked to meet with him as well. They all went out of the country to an invidius safe house. Petras father was pissed at dante and especially when he told him he’d be marrying his daughter. That night when they heard a scream they thought something was wrong but Petra’s father had walked in on her and dante. Xavier was the calm of the storm. Brad had them announce that Waverly was suspect to killing dante, was holding Petra captive and had been doing other bad things. They realized they needed to expose Brad. They had discovered some of the missions were just through him and he was making all of the money. So they made a plan. So we were kind of in the dark on part of this plan. When Brad called waverly and sent her a picture of her mom being held hostage and drugged we hear her say she’s gonna piss everyone off and veer off the plan because she won’t let them kill her mom. So this is when we think her and Xavier will get into it or she’s going to be harmed. But instead. Petra and waverly go to the meeting space Brad calls her and gives her instructions on what to do. She dumps her mic and everything so we think she’s really going off course!!! And then she gets on a bus goes to the studio. And she finds him with her mother. He threatens to kill her but Petra takes off her scarf and it’s actually one of Xavier’s employees who holds a gun at Brad and then waverly grabs another gun off the girl. She unties her mom. More of Brads hunchmen show up, but then dante shows up. Brad is in shock, dante is supposed to be dead. Then their fbi friend comes In to arrest Brad but Brad takes off running, waverly chases after him. Xavier and the rest of the team arrive and she knows Xavier is chasing after her. Brad starts shooting off shots. She knocks him out with a flashlight and when she’s holding Xavier she realizes he’s been shot. Brad gets taken away. Waverlys name is cleared. They all celebrate Hollywood style. Xavier had asked her to marry him and she had said yes. They snap a picture and send it to his parents before everyone at the party finds out. Xavier ends up traveling cleaning up all the loose strings and cant wait to get home to waverly but when he gets home he finds a note that she took a vacation. When he gets to Barbados he’s pissed at hee he just wanted to relax and be with her but when he finds her she says they’re getting married. She got everything set up for them to get married in Barbados and surprised him with it. And that’s how it ended with him excited for them to get married and their next adventure. I still loved the book and I’m glad they got a happy ending and we still had some spice but the whole mission was kinda confusing. Like there was just a lot going on that it was hard to follow. I still loved it but I liked the first book with her stalker better than her becoming a spy and all that.
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March 15, 2024
This was so meh. 3 stars because you pretty much HAVE to read it IF you read the first one because you can’t just let it end after the first one. I needed so much more information at the beginning because it picks up 5 years later with 0 context until the middle of the book? Added too many characters and moved too fast? Just meh. If there was a third book in the series I wouldn’t continue
December 22, 2024
This book took me nearly a month to read because I just couldn’t get fully into it. I did enjoy it when I was reading it but I did get a bit bored and wasn’t itching to pick it up and read again. So probably 2.5-3stars. I feel like it could have been one book or this could have been a novella, I don’t know. Something didn’t quite grab me but yeah.
March 9, 2025
I liked to see how the og couple came back together but the mmc should have groveled wayyyyyy harder. Poor girl caved so quickly to him and deserved better than that. The spice felt a little unnecessary in some parts but still a good book and had more action in the subplot this time around!
May 20, 2022
very cute
It was a very cute story that I typically would have rated three stars but I had to knock it down one because of the extreme overuse of stupid nicknames.
It was a very cute story that I typically would have rated three stars but I had to knock it down one because of the extreme overuse of stupid nicknames.
January 21, 2024
Can I have a bodyguard too ? Lol ! Trop une belle histoire :)
May 5, 2024
I should have known Lucy would give me my first 5 star book in months! I love Xaverly! The grumpy sunshine trope is my all time fave and the banter between these two characters is off the charts!
March 1, 2023
Not a favorite. Had to suspend a ton of reality for this one. I only finished it because I wanted to see where Waverly and Xavier ended up.
February 1, 2024
This is book 2 of 2 in a series. It picks up 5 years after book 1 with Waverly and Xavier. You will want to read book 1 before this one or you will miss out. Another fun read from L. Score.
September 30, 2019
it was nice to see waverly's growth
November 27, 2023
2 STARS
Spice Level: 🌶️🌶️🌶️
Tropes:
• Second Chance
• Celebrity Romance
• Body Guard x Actress
• Forced Proximity
• Age Gap
• Dual POV
He did not, in fact, grovel.
What in the actual fuck? Am I supposed to swoon at a guy who dropped me like a hot potato 5 years ago, came back, and act like what he did to me was easily forgiven just because he said he never stopped loving me and inserted himself into my life just because he wanted to and start controlling it? ARE. YOU. FUCKING. KIDDING. ME.
I'm so disappointed! I hated Xavier! I liked Xavier in the first book but he became such a controlling, presumptuous asshole in this book. Who does he think he is waltzing back into Waverly's life like nothing happened? He acts like he still owns her when she literally is telling him to leave and leave her alone! It's like he has no regard for Waverly's feelings at all. He only thinks about himself! I like the idea of wearing her down but this is just not it!
I also find Waverly's spy job unbelievable. Are you telling me that the girl who dreamed and wanted a normal life in the first book suddenly became a wreckless, strong, and badass government spy in the span of 5 years? Yeah, no.
I had to skim so many times because I couldn't keep my eyes from rolling. I'm honestly beyond disappointed that I started not to care if they ended up or not.
Spice Level: 🌶️🌶️🌶️
Tropes:
• Second Chance
• Celebrity Romance
• Body Guard x Actress
• Forced Proximity
• Age Gap
• Dual POV
He did not, in fact, grovel.
What in the actual fuck? Am I supposed to swoon at a guy who dropped me like a hot potato 5 years ago, came back, and act like what he did to me was easily forgiven just because he said he never stopped loving me and inserted himself into my life just because he wanted to and start controlling it? ARE. YOU. FUCKING. KIDDING. ME.
I'm so disappointed! I hated Xavier! I liked Xavier in the first book but he became such a controlling, presumptuous asshole in this book. Who does he think he is waltzing back into Waverly's life like nothing happened? He acts like he still owns her when she literally is telling him to leave and leave her alone! It's like he has no regard for Waverly's feelings at all. He only thinks about himself! I like the idea of wearing her down but this is just not it!
I also find Waverly's spy job unbelievable. Are you telling me that the girl who dreamed and wanted a normal life in the first book suddenly became a wreckless, strong, and badass government spy in the span of 5 years? Yeah, no.
I had to skim so many times because I couldn't keep my eyes from rolling. I'm honestly beyond disappointed that I started not to care if they ended up or not.
May 26, 2021
First...
...It was a good story. I give the story itself--the action and drama--4 stars. I always like a little excitement with my steam.
But second...I had trouble with the fact that I was supposed to believe that over the course of 2 years, Waverly had suddenly become Billie Bada$$. (Yes, this is 5 years after the first book, but the first 3 years she spent in college and she tells Xavier that she's been doing the spy thing for 2 years.) Had there been anything in her past that even hinted at a propensity for badassery (had she taken martial arts? had her father or someone taught her how to shoot as a kid? anything at all?), then maybe, MAYBE I could have suspended disbelief enough to buy that Waverly--the girl who was formerly TSTL--could have turned into a ninja. So, yeah...no.
I also didn't like the fact that Xavier was reduced to a simpering, sniveling, love struck punk.
I liked all of the side characters. I'd like to see Chelsea and Malachi get a story. I'd like to see more of Xavier's family. I also think there could be a story with Dante, Petra, Grigory and Anatoli. I'm not sure how, but I really liked them.
...It was a good story. I give the story itself--the action and drama--4 stars. I always like a little excitement with my steam.
But second...I had trouble with the fact that I was supposed to believe that over the course of 2 years, Waverly had suddenly become Billie Bada$$. (Yes, this is 5 years after the first book, but the first 3 years she spent in college and she tells Xavier that she's been doing the spy thing for 2 years.) Had there been anything in her past that even hinted at a propensity for badassery (had she taken martial arts? had her father or someone taught her how to shoot as a kid? anything at all?), then maybe, MAYBE I could have suspended disbelief enough to buy that Waverly--the girl who was formerly TSTL--could have turned into a ninja. So, yeah...no.
I also didn't like the fact that Xavier was reduced to a simpering, sniveling, love struck punk.
I liked all of the side characters. I'd like to see Chelsea and Malachi get a story. I'd like to see more of Xavier's family. I also think there could be a story with Dante, Petra, Grigory and Anatoli. I'm not sure how, but I really liked them.
January 25, 2023
I typically love Lucy Score books, with “Things we never got over” and By a thread” being two faves of mine, however this two-book series missed the mark for me. The banter between Waverly and Xavier along with the spicy scenes are probably the only thing that kept me reading it through - a lot of the storyline was not realistic to me especially the jump from her being a 20 year old actress and socialite (in the first book) to becoming an undercover secret agent at 25 (in the 2nd book) and then jumping right into marriage after after being apart 5 years and not being together very long in the first place. Definitely a lot plot holes and unrealistic parts of the story to me. I’m a huge fan of happily ever after and romance (especially if there is trio of suspense/action, love and spiciness) but a lot of this story was far-fetched to me. Imo, it was an attempt to be a Mr and Mrs Smith, but fell flat.
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