The second in this series. This book is about Skye Titan. She is the middle Titan daughter. She is a widow with a little girl who is trying to get her life back after loosing the husband her father forced her to marry at a very young age. While she learned to love the older man, she never gave him her heart. That has always belonged to Mitch, the boy next door. Now Mitch is back in Titanville after losing his leg in Iraq and leaving the Seals. Mitch is angry about the end of his SEAL career and he is still angry at Skye for dropping him for an older man 8 years before. While Skye is ready to give him her heart, Mitch is still madder than hell and ready to fight her any way he can. Villain Garth is still around from book 1 and Mitch decides that teaming with him is the best way to destroy Skye and pay her back for all the pain she ever caused him. Poor Mitch - things never work out quite as he plans!!! The storyline in this series just keeps getting better and better. Lip Service is a great book and Mallery fans will NOT be disappointed!!!!!

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Excellent read!

Grade: D

Skye Titan fell in love with the neighboring rancher's son when she was just 18 years old. Only her father put the kibosh on their budding romance and Skye was left with no choice but to leave her feelings for Mitch behind and marry the man chosen for her by her father. She had a daughter with him and they had a nice marriage, albeit a passionless one for several years until he died leaving Skye a young widow. Mitch did not take being dumped by Skye very well and left his Texas home to join the Navy. He became a SEAL and saved lives on a daily basis, until he lost his leg to an explosion. Now he is back on his ranch, bitter and angry with the world. He wants to make Skye pay for the hurt she has caused him only his passion for her still hasn't diminished over the years, nor hers for him.

Lip Service frustrated me dearly to no end. It has nothing to do with Mallery's talent as a writer. She is extremely competent, but if only her characters Skye and Mitch could be too, would this book have been a better reading experience. The first part of the book, Mitch is a complete and utter ass to everybody he encounters, his own family and of course Skye. He is bitter and angry and feels like he has nothing to live for. Skye is frustrating because she has no backbone when it comes to her father, Jed. She is constantly trying to prove herself to him, even though it is obvious to the reader that nothing Skye does will ever be good enough for Jed. She just needs to get away from him because he is a poison in her life. Skye needed to come to this conclusion much sooner than she did in the book.

The real kicker that made me want to throw the book at the wall came towards the end of the story. Skye finally manages to win Mitch's trust back and not two seconds later she is off repeating the same mistakes that she made eight years before. Once I could understand, but twice pushed me passed tolerance. I was extremely disappointed with Skye's growth in the story. On a positive note, I am curious to see how the plot with Skye's half-brother Garth will turn out. I am not sure I want to devote anymore time to this series, as the first two books have been less than stellar reads. Maybe I'll wait and see what the word on the web is about Izzy's book (#3).

2nd in the "Lone Star" series. This one is Skye's story, although the author does do a good job of keeping the main characters from the first book "Under Her Skin" in this one. I LOVED this book as well. I couldn't wait for the ending to see how Skye's story would end. I am sure it isn't quite done, so I am looking forwarded to the 3rd installment "Straight From The Hip".

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