Sweet Southern Betrayal (The Boys are Back in Town #3) by Robin Covington
Sweet Southern Betrayal has just a bit of suspense mixed in - it's hard not to when you have a Vegas dancer making deals with a mobster who is trying to get some dirt on a DC lawyer - sounds a bit like something you'd see on a TV crime drama. I'm glad that Robin Covington didn't overdo this aspect of the story, but just let it hang in the background and linger while Teague and Risa figure out thier life - together or not. These two characters really shone through for me. Risa was who she was and she didn't care if you approved or not. Her small business venture led to quite a few humorous scenes as well, it's great when a book can make you grin or chuckle.
Having not read the previous books in the series I can say this does well as a stand alone, but it does make me want to go back and read the others to see what I may have missed. The few side characters that really stood out were a bit stereotyped, but I think that helped make them who they were as well. After all, how many ways are there to write about a creepy Vegas mob boss. With a really sweet ending straight out of my one of my favorite classics, this one was really close to getting a fifth star.
