August

Blue Belles Investigations #1

by Tee Smith

Men suck! August had learned that lesson the hard way. As a private investigator, she had seen every type of sleaze that the human race could spew out and it had left her jaded, tired, and above all, alone. Reese had believed in love once. His life had been damn near perfect until circumstances broke it all into jagged pieces. Now, he’s just a cop. His job is all he has left. Reese feels sparks fly the first time sees the sassy blonde P.I., but August refuses to pay attention to anything outside the job, especially a handsome cop who could crack the shell she’s worked so hard on building. When their work forces them into close contact the heat between them threatens to burn out of control. Two broken people, can they come together to heal each other? Or is the job all they’ll ever have?

Genres: Romantic Suspense, Novella, Romance, Contemporary

96 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 10, 2018

About the author

Tee Smith lives in a small town in country Western Australia.
Her four children are all grown and she recently became a proud grandma.
Her novels are primarily romantic suspense. She reads almost everything, but loves nothing more than a good psycho-thriller.

Reviews

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Blurb:
Men suck! August had learned that lesson the hard way. As a private investigator, she had seen every type of sleaze that the human race could spew out and it had left her jaded, tired, and above all, alone.

Reese had believed in love once. His life had been damn near perfect until circumstances broke it all into jagged pieces. Now, he’s just a cop. His job is all he has left.
Reese feels sparks fly the first time sees the sassy blonde P.I., but August refuses to pay attention to anything outside the job, especially a handsome cop who could crack the shell she’s worked so hard on building.

When their work forces them into close contact the heat between them threatens to burn out of control. Two broken people, can they come together to heal each other? Or is the job all they’ll ever have?

[Nicole · Rating 4 out of 5]

August by Tee Smith is book 1 in the Blue Belle's Investigations series. It's a romantic suspense novella in which August works as a Private Investigator for Blue Belle's and specializes in cheating partners and eventually mayhem ensues.
I loved August, Reece and Mercy. These characters are great, flawed and felt real emotions.
The interactions between August and Reece we're great filled with sass, tension and banter.
I'm looking forward to more from Blue Belles.

[Annette Aguilar · Rating 5 out of 5]

To love or to run

A sweet refreshing love story, although most men were a..holes, as she saw every day at work, she secretly hoped to find a good man. After a tragedy at work she finds a chance for happiness will she take it or run from it? Read this delightful entertaining story and see!b

[Bella · Rating 5 out of 5]

I thoroughly enjoyed this book and am so glad it's part of a series! Great chemistry between characters, loads of humour, very well written (and I adore reading work by Australian authors), and an excellent balance between the romantic and action/detective threads. Looking forward to the next one!

[Nicole Henderson · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great short story

This book is short and sweet, it’s straight into the story that counts and ends beautifully we know that for a heartbeat at least August is prepared to follow where her heart leads her with Reese and I’m hoping that with other books in this series we get little snippets of how their relationship is going.

[Cathy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not for me this one, the characters were all a bit one dimensional, I just wanted a bit more depth. I did like the storyline of the detective agency and the potential danger.

[Tracy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quick...easy read...well written...gotta say August wasnt my favorite character

[Rebecca · Rating 5 out of 5]

August doesn't trust men but when she meets officer Reese Tucker could there be something there between them.

Gorgeous, sweet, loving, sexy.

[Melissa Turner · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautifully written

Loved the whole book and left wanting more have bought the next two hoping to see more of the next adventures

[Lolita · Rating 5 out of 5]

Well written, loads of humour and great chemistry with characters. Looking forward to reading the rest of the series.

[Linda Elliott · Rating 4 out of 5]

I found it hard to concentrate on this book while it wasn't very long, but it was worth it

It was easy to see that these characters each have flaws, but are flaws we're an asset to them. The part with the little boy was upsetting but vital. The author did a good job at writing this.

[Melanie R · Rating 3 out of 5]

Decent novella

I liked Reese and August and their relationship. Mercy, August’s boss was pretty cool as well. The premise that August was jaded due to her stepfather being a jerk and her job getting the dirt on cheating spouses was fine.

[Candice · Rating 2 out of 5]

August, the main character, was the worst character I've ever read. She was horrible to everyone, and she really didn't progress by the end of the book. I don't know why the love interest would ever fall for her.

[Will Decker · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really liked August. She has spirit and attitude and a big heart buried beneath it all. Great character development, clean editing, and if there were a little more spice instead of glossing over in the bedroom, I probably would have given this 5 starts.

[J · Rating 1 out of 5]

DNF

[Miss Mila Odd Books · Rating 2 out of 5]

August doesn't seem to care about anyone but herself, so it kinda makes it hard for the reader to care for her.

[Live, Laugh, Love · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quick read, was well written. I just felt a bit disconnected from August.

[Beth Jones · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great read

This book is a romantic novel about Reese and August getting together with each other. HEA. This book is a great story.