Riggs calls Carter 'Duchess', while Carter pretends Riggs is his manservant (this was so childish, I couldn't stop cringing). (This is a ridiculous premise because no way do I believe that a former soldier would be this indiscreet and stupid.) Riggs isn't thrilled about the assignment either, but he fucked up big time, carelessly revealing classified information to a random hookup, and this is his punishment. When Carter, a cardiologist from a wealthy family, and Riggs, former military/bodyguard, first meet and Carter realizes that his grandpa has hired Riggs to be his bodyguard in Venezuela where he'll be volunteering for Doctors Without Continents for a month, he's understandably peeved. The first 30 percent of Hijacked fit the bill, but sadly the story took a nosedive from cute to silly from humorous to trying too hard. What happened here? The books set in Licking Thicket were adorable, lighthearted, and funny. See All My Latest Reads (Review Quick-Links) This book is *FREE* with Kindle Unlimited membership. I'm just praying that future Licking Thicket stories stay *IN* the Thicket, where the local folks put their crazy out on the front porch with a jug of sweet tea for everyone to see. I'd still rate the book at around 3.25 stars, as the story was still well-written and compelling, but this one felt a bit like ordering a dish specifically for the *Special Sauce*, then only getting a tiny smidge of said sauce on your plate. I was enjoying this story just as much as the previous Licking Thicket books, right up until the point where Carter and Riggs hopped on a plane and flew to Venezuela.Īfter that point, though, much of the charm and pun-friendly silliness that had previously drawn me to the series largely evaporated, leaving the reader with just your average, run-of-the-mill ' bodyguard falls for his client' story. The first rule of Licking Thicket Club is to *NOT* leave the Thicket.

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