Gabriel's asshole.first it felt electric pulses, then it was described as his palsied channel' (I'm going to get to this) and then it had a seizure. And my biggest issue which I couldn't stop scratching my head about. The whole weird meld of two books that portrayed different sides of the main characters. A blind man shooting a gun? Really? Let's be fucking honest.would you go into a room with a blind man packing a gun? If you would, you're going to love this book. If Gabriel is not interested in Gina(his undercover 'charge' is in love with Gabriel).why would he care about her well being after his own tragedy? If he didn't seem to really care in the first half.why? I'm going to rate this 3 stars because it's just one of those books where it sort of worked, sort of didn't. I'm not rehashing the plot-this book is too popular for you not to look it up. There's plot twists and surprises, bullets, and a shocking disability. And there's sex and a sort of HFN ending.

Ortega and Gio met on a one night stand and now learn their crime factions will be working together. We have a undercover cop, Gabriel/Gio falling for an under boss, Ortega. Especially after the main character's first hook up in the club, it dragged. The first half I thought was rougher than the second half. I'm not sure if each author chose a half to write and tried to blend it together because it's definitely reading like 2 separate books trying to meld. Mexican Heat isn't horrible but there are flaws. What rock have been hiding under? Lemme alone) So I'm not sure if this was their better work or worst. This is my first time reading from either of these authors (Yes, I know. Then one savage act changes everything, testing not only their fragile bond, but Gabriel's will to live. On a trip to Mexico to set up drug supply lines, a violent confrontation proves they've got each other's backs-to a degree.

But distractions are nothing short of deadly right now, not with his boss's impending marriage to Botelli's sister, which will ensure peace-and massive drug profits-for both families. Miguel Ortega doesn't trust anyone, but tough, street-smart Gabriel brings out the conquistador in his Spanish blood. But that was before he had a name to pin on that anonymous one-off-Miguel Ortega. Gabriel can't afford emotional entanglements. One red-hot sexual encounter in a bar's back room has put two years of deep undercover work in jeopardy-two years of danger and deception as he worked his way into crime boss Ricco Botelli's inner circle. Crimes & Cocktails, Book 1 SFPD detective Gabriel Sandalini might as well have put a gun to his own head. In this town, danger moves to a steamy Latin beat.

Mexican Heat by Laura Baumbach