House of Payne: Ice by Stacy Gail [Review]

House of Payne: Ice (House of Payne #8) by Stacy Gail
Format: ebook
Source: purchased
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Date read: May 23, 2019

House of Payne
1. Payne
2. Scout
3. Twist
4. Rude
5. Steele
6. Max
7. Tag
8. Ice - Kindle
9. Styx
9.5. His Princess
10. Loki
11. Sage
11.5. Good Girl
12. Talon
12.5. Party Girl

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Stacy Gail
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Synopsis (Goodreads):

One year ago…
Sunny Fairfax, daughter of a former Chicago mayor, had been tops in the marketing game. She’d taken a tiny tattoo parlor, Skull and Bones Ink, and turned it into the most famous studio in California. Then the owner and unrequited love of her life, Atticus “Ice” Eisen, fired her.

One year ago…
Everyone thought Ice had it all—a privileged Beverly Hills background, a hot ink-slinging studio and a kickass reality TV gig. The truth? He’d hated most of it, especially that frigging show. The only reason he’d stuck with it was because of Sunny. Then shadows from his past closed in, and he’d had a choice—let the one thing he actually gave a damn about get destroyed, or sacrifice everything.

The way he saw it, the choice was easy.

Now…
Sunny’s stunned when Ice walks into her new life in Chicago. He’s the newest tattooist at House Of Payne, and no amount of dodging him works. Wherever she goes, he’s already there, ready to melt her panties with hot glances, hotter words and the hottest kisses she’s ever known. But none of it makes sense. Why had he fired her? And how can she trust him now?

The shadows are back, but Ice is a different man now. He’ll protect Sunny from the darkness that’s been dogging his steps every day of his debauched and useless life, and this time he has to destroy it. He has to, because when it comes to convincing Sunny he’s a man she can believe in, he’s on very thin ice.

Thoughts on House of Payne: Ice: ICE AND SUNNY. Ice is a fairly new tattooist at House of Payne, having just relocated from California, and BOY does he have a doozy of a story behind everything that happened a year ago with his girl Sunny. Except Sunny wasn't actually his girl at that point because of that aforementioned doozy of a story.

Their's is a complicated relationship. Actually, everyone at House of Payne kind of does the complicated thing. Or, at least, it's not a straight line from beginning to end. There tend to be a lot of twists and turns and roadbumps and IT'S SO DARN FUN.

So. Sunny. She's returned home to Chicago after her issues with Ice and she's pretty much hating life. Her father's sick. Her job is of the soul-sucking variety. The man she had a thing for had dumped her like yesterday's garbage in a VERY public way a year ago. Let's just say she's not in the best place emotionally when Ice rolls back into her orbit and leave it at that.

On the plus side, she was finding her feet again. You know, until Ice swept her off them. Then it was less about Sunny finding her feet and more about holding her own against Hurricane Ice.

Which she did. Beautifully. (She also found both her people and her place in a big way and I'm all over that.)

Secrets. Lies. Protective, dirty-talking men. Payne and Scout and their crew of artistic miscreants. LOVE IT!