Title: Heated Rivals (previously published as The Wedding Pact) (The O’Malleys #2)

Author: Katee Robert

Publisher: Forever 2016

Genre: Romance

Pages: 320

Rating: 4/5 stars

Reading Challenges: None

Where I Got It: Library Ebook

Spice Rating: 5

Carrigan O'Malley has always known her arranged marriage would be more about power and prestige than passion. But after one taste of the hard-bodied, whiskey-voiced James Halloran, she's ruined for anyone else. Too bad James and his family are enemy number 1.

Hallorans vs. O'Malleys-that's how it's always been. James should be thinking more about how to expand his family's empire instead of how silky Carrigan's skin is against his and how he can next get her into his bed. Those are dangerous thoughts. But not nearly as dangerous as he'll be if he can't get what he wants: Carrigan by his side for the rest of their lives.

This series is fast becoming my fun romance series that I read in between much more dense or serious books. For the second book, we get another enemies to lovers storyline. I mostly knew where this one was going, but I still enjoyed the ride. Carrigan isn’t my favorite of the O’Malleys, but she does fit nicely with James. He is much more interesting character, taking over the family after his brother was killed and father went to jail in the first book. I wanted to see more from the innerworkings of the Halloran family. Maybe we will get to see a bit more later in the series.

The O’Malleys