Reading the Paranormal: Young Buck by Kilby Blades [Review]

Young Buck (Green Valley Heroes #5) by Kilby Blades
Format: ebook
Source: provided for review
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Date read: March 13, 2024

Green Valley Heroes
1. Forrest for the Trees
2. Parks and Provocation
3. Letter Late Than Never
4. Peaches and Dreams
5. Young Buck - Paperback | Kindle
6. Package Makes Perfect
7. All Fired Up
8. Wild Goose Chase

Kilby Blades
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Synopsis (Goodreads):

When her husband died in bed with a 19-year-old college student, Loretta Boggs swore off men. Now she moonlights as Green Valley's finest infidelity investigator. When she's not staking out scumbags, sidelining sugar babies, and catching cheating bastards, she's the fearless leader of Cheated On-onymous, a secret support group for betrayed women that meets in the basement of Green Valley Library.

Fire Lieutenant Buck Rogers is Green Valley Fire Department's newest recruit. He's also renting the house next door to Loretta’s. When a mysterious family secret compels him to seek the talents of a private investigator, he calls in a friendly favor.

But keeping things neighborly isn't easy. Not with Loretta spying on Buck's chin-up routine through his open bedroom window. Not with Buck's shameless flirting and beguiling blue eyes. Buck may be testing her resolve, but Loretta is testing his mettle. Can she get over the fact that he's just so young?

Thoughts on Young Buck: Hoo-boy! We're back with the heroes of GV and Buck and Loretta are GREAT! Not just because they fit nicely together, but also because they uncover a lot of truths (many of them unexpected) when Loretta agrees to take the job Buck offers.

But I'm getting ahead of myself. Let's talk about Loretta and Buck first. She's the job-juggling lady who makes lives better for pretty much everyone she meets. Well, except the cheaters. Their lives don't get better, but that's on them, isn't it? Loretta helps women in tough situations with her PI gig, helps everyone in GV with her job at the Sheriff's department, and makes fabulous beauty products because she's an overachiever like that. Given her past relationship issues, she's also tends to be a little wary in the heart department.

Buck is...well, he's kind of an old soul. He's young, but he wants the things his older coworkers and friends want. Which is to say a romantic partner who matches his in all ways and a family. Convincing Loretta that age is just a number takes a bit and it's complicated by some familial issues. Those issues are what prods Buck into asking for Loretta's help in the first place. And when that familial stuff takes a turn no one expected, Buck makes the mistake of going it alone in an attempt to keep Loretta safe. Which isn't his best idea ever, but I absolutely understand where he was coming from.

Twisted family dynamics, a support group of strong women, investigations, road trips on said investigations, a couple of Cletus sightings, a man who uncovers secrets that rock his world, and a lady who isn't good at leaving things alone. I mean that in a good way. Loretta pushes when she needs to and is a rock for anyone who needs one. *thumbs up*