Brilliant read! Loved every bit of it,highly recommend reading it ❤️

overall great read. Gio was something else. Love him

Tattooing is in Giovanni's blood, he manages Thorn Tattoo the shop his late father built from the ground up. Giovanni's passion and skill lies in tattooing not so much the management side of things and he's no idea just how much the shop is struggling.
Gio's brother Antonio owns the shop and brings in Riley Byrne in a last ditch attempt to save it but Riley and Gio butt heads at every turn and while they are both incredibly attracted to each other physically that's where the attraction ends.

Giovanni resents Riley being there, he considers her salary a complete waste of money, money which could be spent on another tattoo artist which would actually bring much needed money into the shop.

Riley tries her best to work with Gio but he's just not interested and unless something changes the shop will go under.

I really enjoyed this book the more time these two spend together the more they realise the other is so much more than they first thought.
Riley is such a great female character she's strong intelligent as well as beautiful and she remains that way throughout the book.

I loved both Gio and Riley although it did take me longer to warm up to Gio.

I voluntarily read a review copy kindly provided by NetGalley and Relay Publishing.

This is a voluntary review of an advanced copy.

I really enjoyed reading this story about Gio and Riley as they try to help the struggling Thorn Tattoo studio try to stay in the black. It was pretty funny that Gio really had this love/hate feeling going on with Riley! If I was Riley, I don't think I could have handled him just going ahead and making decisions without working together!

I loved how they were attracted to each other yet didn't want to act on that attraction. Gio and Riley really had a great chemistry and it was fun to watch them move closer and closer to giving in to their feelings.

Along with the romance, there were some twists that made the story really intriguing! Things that Gio didn't know about Riley, something Riley didn't know about Amanda, and lots of drama as they try to figure ways to save Thorn. They were so perfect together and I loved the scene when Gio practices for his workshop and all the guys try to get Riley to attempt a tattoo, that was so funny!

I hope that there will be more stories to come with Gio's brother as the main character.

Despite having no knowledge of tattoo parlours, where this book is based, I enjoyed the novel.
The attitudes of Giovanni and Rose portrayed some great disagreements but the emotions were a bit light for the story. I loved the way they came together allowing for an enjoyable HEA.
I look forward to reading more by this author.
I received the book from NetGalley and the publisher. This is my voluntary review.

ARC - I voluntarily offered to review this book with no obligations and my opinions are honest!
I loved Riley
She was a total take charge kind of girl. She had beauty + brains.
She was hired to co-manage the Tattoo shop w/ Giovanni.
He was always causing conflicts w/ Riley.
He thought that he knew better than Riley.
They both clashed in the beginning.
Eventually, even Giovanni has to acknowledge that Riley is slowly putting Thorn Tattoo Studio back in the black column.
This was a sweet story.
Specially loved the ending!
I can't wait to read the next book. Which brother is going to be ?

Riley is just full of surprises. She was way more than I expected. Gio was a little in awe of her at times too. If you like tattoos then you'll really love this book. But even if you don't have any, the story line is really solid and you will probably enjoy it just the same.