Dirty Deeds by Megan Erickson (Mechanics of Love #3)
Released: December 8, 2015
Contemporary Romance
Avon Impulse

Reviewed by Mandi

Favorite Quote: “I was about to take off my dress.”

Spencer nearly swerved off the road. “In the car?”

“You said a bunch of amazing things that made me want to get naked, okay? Quit being nice and stuff and I’ll keep my clothes on.”

What a fun, sexy story. Book three in the Mechanics of Love series (they can all be read as stand alones) I’ve enjoyed the heck out of all of them. For those that have read the first two books, we’ve been waiting to see who Megan Erickson had planned for the tough, female mechanic. Alex moved to Tory, Maryland with her sister and young niece, after getting out of an abusive relationship. Alex never imagined she would be with a man who could verbally and emotionally abuse her – but she ended up with him, and fortunately, with help from her sister, left him for good. She still has emotional scars, but she is happy now. She is a very skilled car mechanic and found a great shop to work in. Owned by the Payton brothers, Cal and Brent have already had their HEA, and now it’s Alex’s turn – and that comes in the form of a British businessman.

Spencer is a location scout for Royalty Suites, a hotel chain. Growing up poor in London, he moves to New York city for college and stays for his career. He likes fancy things and tries to live a life above the life where he grew up. When he has car trouble scouting a location for a hotel in Tory, he drives his car into Alex’s shop. Alex is just leaving for the night, and tells this posh businessman he’ll have to wait for tomorrow. She can’t believe she is attracted to this fancy man. He can’t believe this gorgeous, red lip-stick wearing woman is making him hard. He offers to get her dinner, on a whim she goes, and hello hot and sexy one-night stand.

Spencer leaves and goes back to New York, but a few weeks later he’s back for work. Alex’s emotions are all over the place – she can’t believe how into him she is, but her past abuse issues raise their ugly head.

I loved the entire way this story unfolds. Alex has this tough demeanor she wears – she is able to banter and keep up with Cal and Brent’s constant badgering just fine – but deep down she has a soft heart and her abusive relationship really took a lot out of her. She loves her niece and sister deeply – and when she shows up to Sunday cookouts at her friend’s house, she loves the sense of family. But when romance is put in front of her, she has a hard time accepting it. Her and Spencer are great with the sexual physical relationship – but it takes some time to work out the emotions. Megan Erickson gives them that time. They get to know each other, they try their hand at plain old dating, they break porch rails dry humping like teenagers. It made me laugh and swoon.

Spencer wants Alex, badly. But he also realizes he lives in New York and is not sure how much committment he can actually give her. He is all polished sexiness in the daylight, and a dirty boy in the moonlight. I enjoyed him quite a bit.

I also love the dynamics between the Payton brothers and Alex and all of their friends and signficant others. A very funny, warm bunch.

A well done contemporary romance series.

Grade: B+

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