Tag, you're it by Penny McCall
Published by Berkley sensation

Why I read this: I liked the first book by this author so I wanted to read the second.

FBI Agent Tag Donovan isn't your typical hero – oh, he has a bit of a tortured past, and despite his sarcastic wit and laid-back attitude he's making no secret of the fact that his number one priority is finding the man who killed his partner and left Tag fighting for his life. And he'll do whatever it takes to get justice, including using a completely innocent woman. Alexandra Scott was just minding her own business, studying mountain lions in the Colorado Rockies and keeping her distance from the rest of humanity. It's not that she has anything against other people, she just likes being alone more. What she doesn't like is having an FBI agent tossed out of a low-flying plane and into her life. She’s really not thrilled that he's trying to charm – or trick - her into looking for an infamous buried treasure left over from Colorado's gold rush days. In fact, she’s not too fond of Tag at all – and he’s equally wary of her, because, after all, he wasn’t dropped on her by accident...

It starts off good enough. Alex is an ex-Miss USA who lives by herself in a cabin studying mountain lions. One afternoon she sees a man fall out of a very low flying plane, and like any normal person, she decides to save him. Tag wakes up tied to her bed in her little cabin and tries to get Alex to untie him, but she is smart and doesn't trust him. She is right not to play right into his hands, because he is just using her to find something, and their 'chance meeting' with him being rescued by her was just a set up.

Alex's cabin is soon set on fire, and since she pretty much lives out in the middle of nowhere, she has no choice but to set off with Tag and try to figure out what is going on.

As much as I liked the first book, All jacked up-(read my review of it here.) I did not care too much for this one. Half way through the book I started skimming the pages, and I only finished it because I can't stand to have another DNF. I really don't like those.
The dialogue started to drag, the inner turmoil got repetitive, and the plot was rather boring.

I'll give Tag, you're it a C-. The first half of the book was worthwhile, and Jackass, Alex's horse was a hoot, but I'm afraid that this book lacked the snappy dialogue and excitement that was plentiful in All jacked up.

All jacked up by Penny McCall

Published by Berkley Sensation

Ever since Jack Mitchell barged into her life, librarian Aubrey Sullivan
has been abducted at gunpoint, taken on a death-defying car chase, and kissed silly. She's starting to think that maybe she should try to shake the brawny hunk... But Aubrey doesn't realize she's ticked off the biggest mobster in the western hemisphere. It seems that somewhere in her photographic memory is something he'd kill to keep quiet. And Jack can't exactly go to the good guys because, well, suddenly they think he's a mole. Now, Jack needs Aubrey to help clear his name. If only she'd do what he says, they might just get out of this mess alive. That is, if they can keep their hands off each other long enough to think straight...

One day while at work Aubrey is kidnapped by Jack. Jack says that he is only protecting her because there is a contract out on her. She is instantly suspicious and can tell that he is not telling her everything and she fights him every step of the way.

They do a great amount of bickering. She calls him a meat head who has no neck and he calls her a bony egghead. The teasing is rather funny and even though they started off doing it in order to annoy each other, it turns into pet names for each other. There are no hurt feelings, so it's all good.

This book was non stop action. Car chases, guns, fighting, bikers, Harleys, sleeping in caves, breaking into hotel rooms, mean dogs, a drug lord, dumb & scary hit men, dirty cops plus one tough sarcastic FBI agent and a smart sassy librarian. A fun read that I'm giving a B-.

There were a few minor inconsistencies that I had taken a mental note of, but as I write this review I can't remember what they were, so they must not have been that bad.

Please highlight area below for ending spoiler,

My favourite kind of ending is the classic happily ever after ending. Yeah, it's cliche, but that is what I like. In Jack me up, the Hero and Heroine do fall in love, but they never say it to each other. They have a "You tell me, and I'll tell you" moment, but the words are never said. I thought that I would hate that, but it worked better than I expected. It fit the couple rather well, as they are pretty unconventional.

I liked Jack me up, and I'm looking forward to reading the next book in the series.