Vanessa Shockley

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Book Review: Cut & Run by Madeleine Urban and Abigail Roux

Vanessa Shockley • April 20, 2024

Zane and Ty ... Oh yeah!

Initially, I thought this book was going to be a basic police procedural book with a story involving two males who become intimate with each other. Wrong. Cut and Run is brilliant, enticing its readers to continue the journey to solve the mystery of the cryptic death.

Cut and Run is about two FBI Special Agents that are thrown together in an unwanted and explosive partnership. Neither Zane nor Ty could stand each other. Talk about being rubbed the wrong way. The enemies to lovers trope is delightful and titillating.

"Are you getting hysterical?” Ty asked eagerly. “Can I smack you?"

- Madeleine Urban and Abigail Roux's Cut & Run

In the beginning of the book, Ty despised everything about Zane. Ty was a rough, brutally honest and sarcastic man. He was everything that made my toes tingle in anticipation.

Ty to Zane when they first met …

"I don’t wanna know about your childhood or how your momma whipped you with a rubber glove or how much therapy you had to go through ’cause you flunked out of preschool…and I’m not gonna help you pick out your ties to match your socks and, I swear to God, if you get me shot, I’ll kill you."

- Madeleine Urban and Abigail Roux's Cut & Run

This book is filled with a bottomless pit of highlight worthy moments. Funny enough, I was so excited about the tale that I forgot to make the notes for this review.

I highly recommend this book to any adults that are interested in an extreme psychological serial killer thriller. I loved the plot, the story and two sexy men and their relationship.

This book contains highly descriptive violent crime scenes. The intense attraction between Ty and Zane is wonderful. There are amazing intimate and sexual scenes between the two male characters. It’s well worth the time. A MUST READ!

And that’s My Two Cents…
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