First in a Soldier Series

 Wicked as Sin by Shayla Black 

I laughed so hard at the beginning of this book I gave myself a headache because what do you mean the MMC, the guy we are supposed to be swooning over, is named One-Mile? Absolutely not. I couldn't take him or this book seriously after that and was actively hoping this book was going to be a dumpster fire because, seriously?, One-Mile. This is a big of an age gap, but not terrible; she's 22 and he's 28. She's a very young 22. She is the innocent only child of a preacher. He is retired marine sniper. Her best friend (Cutter) works with him and they do not get along. Mostly because One-Mile does the killing and everyone in the office understands that it's a necessary part of their work, but they don't have to like it. So, bestie makes her pretend to be his girlfriend so One-Mile will stay away. Except he basically starts stalking her, and she's kind of into it. It works out in her favor when she's out running errands and gets a call that her dad is in he hospital and she is in no shape to drive, so he takes her. Also, she refuses to call him One-Mile and instead calls him Pierce, his actual name. He is convinced that bestie is cheating on her and is determined to break them up. A few days later bestie is at the grocery and a man shows up with a gun and holds the place hostage because his wife left him. Bestie calls Brea to tell her goodbye then bestie's older brother shows up to take her home. She says, I can fix this but you have to trust me and she leaves and goes to One-Mile. She tells him what's going on and he agrees to help if she agrees to sleep with him. She says yes. He goes to work, tells them the situation at the grocery, and they get him control of the scene. The gunman leaves with bestie and the wife and One-Mile kills the gunman. Then he goes home to Brea. Once they are done, he realizes the she was a virgin. And he realizes that bestie might not *necessarily* be cheating, he might be trying to honor her wishes of no sex until marriage. After the first time she and Pierce basically go at it like rabbits for the night. Then, she says she needs time. He gets sent to Mexico on a mission and gets captured for 22 days. Bestie is sent to rescue him. She shows up at the hospital and then takes care of him throughout his entire recovery. Once he's been cleared by his doctor, they start going at it like rabbits again. He finally tells her why he prefers to be known by his longest kill shot; his father was also named Pierce and he was a horrible father, oh and he killed him when he was 15. Then he gets a call and has to leave for a mission and that's where the book ends. Also, we as the reader can infer that Brea is pregnant but she is too stupid to realize it. This book was absolute insanity; I cackled through most of it and I will be finishing the series.