When I review, every book starts with a 5 star rating. As I read, I deduct stars for various reasons, with the #1 reason for star deductions being that the book just bores me. The previous book in the series (Flirt) didn't really bore me all that much & I was hoping that this book would follow suit, but sadly it didn't. 
 Bullet finds Anita & crew at a ballet recital where she watches two of her loves dancing with the kids they'd been teaching. When a simple kiss finally pushes Asher over the edge, Anita realizes that she's been ignoring his needs for far too long & that in order to keep him in St. Louis & happy, she has to start compromising. It isn't all sexy fun times though- she soon discovers that not all of her previously vanquished foes are willing to lie down & die, as well as finding that once again, she'll have to be auditioning more men to join her not-so-happy family. 
 I do have to give Hamilton credit for some of the sex scenes in the book- they have improved over her previous work & there's some decent heat when it comes to some of the groupings. (No spoilers about who they are, but there are finally other women besides Anita getting some action.) However when it comes time for Anita to take the stage, the sex becomes bogged down with the same familiar phrases & descriptions. If Hamilton would just widen her vocabulary for her sex scenes, her writing for this would improve drastically. 
 Then there's the plot. I'll warn you; this is more of a short story masquerading as a fuller length novel. Part of what made Flirt decent was that Hamilton had kept it short to suit the plot & that's where this book fails. Bullet should have been a novella like Flirt. There are some scenes in the book that are meant to be very serious, but when the story flow is interrupted for excruciatingly long & unnecessary descriptions & conversations, those scenes lose their impact. In fact, some of the descriptions are re-used several times during the book, such as Jean Claude's cameo getting two lengthy descriptions during the course of the book. 
 This book had a lot of promise to it, what with it having two character deaths (one a minor character & one a semi-major character) but ultimately the book was just disappointing. I can't help but think that if it were shorter & the plot a little tighter, it would have qualified for a 3-4 star rating for me. As it is, I'm going to have to give this a 2 star rating for just being a dull read.