Ready To Cash Out by K.L. Hiers


Trevanion is the epitome of a feisty spitfire character, and he takes no prisoners, even when he becomes one himself. Trev has to decide if he can trust Jupiter and maybe they can both make an escape from the mafia and their plans to use them.


From the Ready to Cash Out blurb:

Trevanion Usher's mother had always told him that beauty faded but stupid was forever, so he aimed high and set out to be beautiful for as long as he could and only let people think he was stupid.

Since her passing, he's managed to navigate the perils of Perry City, a dangerous metropolis run by the mob and oozing with corruption. His sharp wits, good looks, and absolute lack of shame have served him well, and he's almost ready to escape and start over somewhere with a tropical climate. When his landlord calls in a favor, Trev is suspicious but jumps at the chance to score big in exchange for one night of work.

Naturally, that's when everything goes wrong.

Jupiter Prospero is a member of the city's ruling mob family and he's interested in sharing much more than Trev's company for the evening. He's gorgeous, powerful, and has secrets to reveal—like Trev's relation to a powerful gangster in the city of Strassen Springs.

Trev finds himself trapped as an unwilling pawn in a deadly game between two long feuding criminal families and he'll have to use all of his skills to survive, but does he stand a chance against Jupiter's devastating charms?

Or will he succumb to even darker forces before he has a chance to cash out?


SNik's review:

Standalone set in the author’s Cold Hard Cash universe. Adversaries to lovers. Found family. Single POV. 

Hustling for a living, Trev is smart and beautiful and he owns it. So when a lucrative hookup is offered, of course he wants to add to his nest egg, not realizing that he will end up a pawn in a mafia conflict. I loved everything about Trev, his intelligence, his bravado, his smart mouth, and his confidence, and it’s easy to see why Jupiter falls for him almost immediately. 

Trev doesn’t need anyone to take care of him and Jupiter quickly appreciates everything about Trev, and Jupiter is just the right amount of caring, strength of character to match Trev’s independence. I do wish there was more about Jupiter’s background and discussion between them, but all of their push/pull and super steamy interactions kept me invested in their growing feelings for each other. There is tons of action, banter, fun side characters (with cameos), and two men that end up trusting each other with hopes of ending up on a tropical beach together somewhere.


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