Slick's review posted at Guilty Pleasures Book Reviews 
 Return of the Bad Boy was not an easy romance, these characters have history and a lot of it is volatile, but they also can't deny the pull between them. I loved every minute of this complicated, emotional, sweet and very, very sexy story. It was really hard reading this book knowing it was the last in the exceptional Second Chances series, but Jessica Lemmon takes this series out on a high note giving resident rock god Asher Knight and Gloria "Sarge" Shields their much earned and much deserved happily ever after. 
 From the first moment Asher walked on the page in book one, I was hooked. I loved his swagger, his cockiness and his attitude, but it was also easy to see there was a sweet side to him in the way he related to his friends. Throughout this series we saw him grow and change and I think a lot of that could be contributed to his fascination and on again/off again relationship with his book agent, Gloria, but some of it also due to the wake-up call that comes when he finds out that he fathered a child with a groupie. Who would have thought underneath all that rock star bad boy persona was a sweet man who is an amazing dad? 
 Two things can be said about Gloria she is as strong and self sufficient and she refuses to need anyone for anything. So while I admire her for those traits, they are also keep her closed off to relationships of any kind. Just when she was beginning to really feel something for Asher, an incident sent her reeling and despite the fact that he was innocent, she refused to allow him back into her world. 
 It was like these two switched places in this book in the way they approached being together. We find Asher doing everything in his power to prove to Gloria they are good together and she just can't let go and trust what they have. She sees the changes in Asher, she admires his devotion to his son and she approves of the changes he's making in his life but oh...trusting him is another issue. Asher worked his a$$ off and at times I got frustrated with Gloria, but when the layers were peeled back and we saw the pieces of her life that molded her, it was easier to understand the woman she has become. What I loved is that Asher never wavered in his pursuit and he refused to let her push him completely out of his life no matter how hard she tried. 
 One area these two did not have trouble communicating or trusting was physically and man did these two burn up every surface they touched. I loved how they pushed each other, how they were willing to try new things and most of all how worn out they were each and every time...whew!! 
 From the first book to the last we've had the pleasure of watching these two together and so it was fitting that all of the other characters were very much present in this story and in fact rooting for them or offering support when they needed. I loved this book so much, but in honesty it is because this series has been superior from the start and it just never let up. Return of the Bad Boy was magical because not only did it wrap up a romance that has been brewing throughout four books, but it ended what has been a superior series by an author I highly recommend. 
 Review copy provided for an honest review.