Mustang Sassy by  Daire St. Denis – a Review

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Description:
When Sass Hogan catches her boyfriend slow-dancing and doing the tongue-tango with Tori Double-D-Cup Hunter, she pays him back the only way she knows how—by taking a tire iron to his beloved ’67 Mustang Fastback. There’s only one problem. She’s destroyed the wrong car.
 
Jordan Michaels wants his car fixed, now, and he wants Sass’s auto body shop to do it.  But the handsome blond has a secret−he’s really Jordan Carlyle of Carlyle’s Classics, Hogan’s biggest competitor, and he’s determined to prove himself to his family. 

As Sass and Jordan get to know each other, the depth of the attraction has them falling in love. But a relationship based on lies will only leave them primed for the worst wreck of their lives.

Review:

In Mustang Sassy by Daire St. Denis, we meet Sass Hogan and she is hell on wheels…  She works at her father’s vintage auto restoration shop and she doesn’t take anything from anybody.  When Sass decides to stop by the local bar for her birthday she sees her so called boyfriend dancing with Tori “Double-D-Cup” Hunter – she loses her mind and all of her senses.  She does the only thing she can think of to get even with him.  She takes a tire iron to his beloved 1967 Mustang Fastback.  The revenge is fleeting and bitter sweet – especially when she realizes it wasn’t her boyfriend’s car she totaled – the vehicle belongs to tall, blonde and handsome stranger Jordan Michael.  Facing up to her mistake proves harder for her than she would like but making it right is her only mission.  Good thing she is on of the top vintage car restorers out there. In a twist of fate, it turns out that Jordan Michaels has a story of his own. He is in town for one reason and one reason only.  To scope out the competition at the local auto restoration shop and steal their lead restorer. But why – and who exactly is Jordan Michaels?  Little did they both know that with one fatal blow of the tire iron – their lives would be forever intertwined! 

Sass Hogan is the epitome of tom-boy.  She knows her cars, she likes to drive fast and she knows what she likes. A short list of men that have hurt her has led her to a few simple rules.  No dates and no sleepovers. Seems like simple rules to follow.  But Jordan Michael’s is making it hard for her to follow them – making it hard for her to concentrate even.  Sass becomes beyond frustrated in every sense of the word and her frustration flows from the page – gripping you – the reader. I fell for the character of Sass within the first few pages – she is feisty and sassy and everything in between.  She is strong willed and in self protection mode.  And exactly the way she wants and needs to be. Or so she thinks.

Jordan Michael’s has a secret – he isn’t who he claims to be.  And he is in town on his own agenda.  But some maniac took a tires iron to his car and he must now stay in town and wait while it gets fixed.  Jordan doesn’t seem to mind – this all gives him more of an opportunity to stakeout the competition, Sass’ fathers’ restoration shop. Jordan is complex and compassionate.  And the scenes with him and Sass at the cabin are some of my favorite.

The sub characters of Sass’ friends – Libby and Millie are just as wonderful.  I wish we would have found out more about Libby and her life and what became of Millie.  

The story has a hint of “Taming of the Shrew” tendencies and also hints at it in the story.  I found this a highlight of the story that only added to the intricacies. Mustang Sassy was quick moving storylilne and never once did I falter reading it.  I read it all in one sitting and wished that there was more to the story and that it hadn’t ended at all. Thoroughly enjoyed and highly recommend.

Reviewed by Erin

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