Brody "Cujo" Mathews lives his life haunted by the memory of his mother. He keeps his heart locked up tight so as not to feel the loss of someone so close again. His tattoos are where he expends his energy. 
 Planning his best friend's engagement party isn't top on Cujo's list of things to do, but he loves Trent and wants the party to be a success. The challenge comes with working with Drea, the bride's best friend. Drea and Cujo have a contentious relationship. They don't see eye to eye on anything, and even the simplest decisions often end up with tempers flaring. 
 Andrea "Drea" Caron has no free time to speak of. Between caring for her mother and working as many hours as she can at her coffee shop job, the bills are barely being met let alone leaving time for college or dreams or a life of her own. When a late night at work lands her in danger, she has little choice but to turn to Cujo for help. 
 I liked watching these two interact. From their initial conflict filled meetings about the party, to Cujo's insistence that Drea lean on him for protection (despite the fact that their peace was still fragile), these two had a lot going on. The worry over how things would change if they got together and then things went bad was always in the back of their heads because of the relationship between their best friends. 
 There was a lot going on in this storyline. Beyond the couple's interactions and relationship, there was a mystery/suspense storyline that took up a lot of the characters' attentions and at times became the primary plotline. I liked trying to figure out where the danger was coming from and how all the pieces were connected, though I will admit that I had some major mysteries solved long before the characters. 
 There were times Drea's actions had me crying out in frustration. Things that seemed common sense were neglected in favor of convenience. The story would not have had the same flow had she remembered to share certain information in a timely manner, but I was still pulling my hair out at her lack of concern at times. 
 Trent and Harper appear in the background as best friends of both main characters, as do the other members of the Second Circle Tattoo family. Pixie and Dred have the makings of their own story teased in the background. 
 ARC provided by author/publisher in exchange for an honest review.