Return of the Bad Boy was one where I literally stopped everything else I was reading and picked this up......and proceeded not to put it down again until finished. 
 For anyone who has read this series since the beginning with Bringing Home the Bad Boy there has always been Gloria and Asher. These two characters proceeded to dance around the edges of the other books in the series, while the other couples were getting their happily-ever-afters, and I was so happy when Jessica Lemmon announced she would write a book for Gloria and Asher. 
 They haven't had the best time of it between them. And it's been three years since they first hooked-up in Bringing Home the Bad Boy, and three years since everything went in a downward spiral as well. They can't completely avoid one another because (regardless that Gloria is Asher and Evan's agent), they are so drawn to one another it's crazy. 
 The chemistry between Glo and Asher literally leaps off the page. The whole book is full of super hot moments between these two as they try to work through their hang ups and finally decide if they can make it work. I mean it Super. Hot. 
 We learn a lot about Gloria's past. Not that we haven't gotten little tidbits in previous books, but to see the true vulnerability she has underneath her tough-as-nails exterior was eye opening for her character. 
 Asher, too, is struggling with learning to be a father. It's a role he takes on whole-heartedly and I loved that even with that huge thing going on in his life, he includes Gloria in it all. I've read stories before where one person is a single parent, or newly single parent, and it always seems to cause a lot of tension with their significant other. Not that caring for a person is easy by any means, but I liked the way Jessica Lemmon tackles this storyline. 
 I think my only tiny, minor complaint (if you can even call it that) is there are some things mentioned in the book, that I would have liked to see a bit more resolution on. I'm not going into details because of spoilers, but I'm not too worried because it seems like Jessica Lemmon's characters like to pop up in her other series (I am of course talking about characters from her Love in the Balance series), so I'm hoping something like that could happen. Also, I don't think leaving readers wanting more is necessarily a bad thing. In many cases it signifies that the characters and series are much liked. 
 Overall, I think if you've been waiting, like me, for Gloria and Asher's story you won't be disappointed. While you could pick this book up without having read the others, I think it's definitely one that is most appreciated when you've read the series from the beginning and have seen where everything kind of starts. This is a really good, strong series anyway so I don't think there would be any qualms about starting from the beginning. 
 *ARC provided by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.