I’m so in love with these main characters this author always brings us. They are older, 39/41 and bring a maturity to the book I crave. You don’t find silly games being played and while they are still human and flawed, they do react to miss understanding and drama better. They stand out amongst all those 20 year old characters in other books.

Willa is a heroine I really enjoyed. I could completely relate to her view point when it came to relationships, but I also liked how she opened up to the possibility when the right guy came along. She struggles but she didn’t shove away completely. I liked her level head and her compassion for others.

Dimas did take a a bit in the beginning to win me over. It didn’t take him long to prove that Willa was different for him and how good he could be for her. That is ultimately what I need to see to really get behind a hero. He turned out to be very protective, and a he spoiled her. I just love it when a guy spoils his girl.

The plot of the book was equally as exciting. It was unique and has you on edge a lot through this book. Overall, I loved it and I can’t wait for the next in the series!

Dimas and Willa are so much fun to read! They're perfect together.

Update: Audiobook review
Another top notch audiobook experience. The storyline always just draws you in and having the opportunity to listen to it was fantastic. The narration was much better this time around. I did increase the speed and it made the experience much more enjoyable. I actually did not have the same problem with the female narrator, Tanya Eby as I did in the first book and the male narrator, Tor Thom was fantastic.

Like in many of Freya Barker’s books, Life & Limb, book 2 in the PASS series is filled with amazing characters, intense attraction, mystery that keeps you guessing and a fantastic happily ever after. The heroine, Willa Smith is a fierce, strong, independent and compassionate character. She worked as a social worker in the Army Forces in Germany for eight years and now works at a homeless shelter assisting mostly veterans. The hero of this story is Dimas Mazur, we meet him briefly in Hit & Run, is also former military and he is now one of the security specialists at PASS security. I wasn’t quite sure how I would feel about him, but he definitely shows his swoony side.

From the very first meet, the attraction was instantaneous. Their relationship develops quickly, but both not really looking for anything serious. Things start to heat up when Willa becomes involved in a homicide investigation when one of the residents is found murdered with her card on his person and the accused happens to be one of Dimas’ military friends. As the danger increases, so do the feelings between Willa and Dimas. The suspense portion definitely kept me on my toes, there were twists and turns that I didn't see coming. The secondary characters, especially Britt, WIlla’s niece and the other family members, and a wonderful pup were an added bonus.

Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed this book and I am looking forward to the next in this series.

So wonderful

Just an all around great book! The characters! They way they interact as the story builds!! So much goodness in one place!!

Merged review:

So wonderful

Just an all around great book! The characters! They way they interact as the story builds!! So much goodness in one place!!

Who are Dimas and Yanis? Where are they from? What business are they in? Who and what is Mercedes? Oh, she's not a nice one! At least I don't think so! Who are Jake, Bree, Rosie, and Willa? Who are Brad and Arthur? What happens to them? Love the slow romantic burn that happens in this story. It is not too slow to cause one to lose interest, but just enough to keep you reading. It was a very interesting story to read!

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Willa and Dimi are the perfect match they don't take crap, they are stubborn and they have no clue how to deal with each other and they are passion about their jobs along with the people around them. Things heat up for them not just with attraction but also with murders that are linked to Willa's work and Veterans that Dimi knows, which leads to drastic steps by Dimi and danger for Willa. You won't be putting this down as it's chock full of Alpha men, strong women, suspense, hella steamy scenes, a motive for murder and a killer to find!!

This was a definite improvement over the first installment. I liked Hit and Run, but this second book had more character and plot development. I appreciated Dimas and Willa were not the typical "six pack abs" and "gorgeous curves" characters so overdone in romance. I look forward to the next installment.

I am a big fan of Freya Barker and book 2 of the Pass series is a fast-paced romantic suspense featuring an independent and strong-willed social worker at a veterans shelter and a tough and dependable security consultant.

With Willa Smith, what you see is what you get. She’s authentic and shoots from the hip. She’s the odd duck in her cool and authoritarian family and loving aunt to her niece Brittney. But when the big, sexy Dimas Mazur appears in her life, she is finding it hard to “keep her expectations low and casual when it comes to the opposite sex”. He has a way of pleasantly surprising her with his thoughtfulness, respect, and humbleness.

I love Willa and Dimas as a couple. Willa is tough, but she has a compassionate side. And the love for her niece, Brittney is so heartwarming and adorable considering she caves and adopts a schnug (pug and schnauzer mix) named Twister for her niece with the hopes of using him as a therapy dog for the veterans shelter as well. Dimas is also tough, but he is kind and gentle with Brittney and romantic and caring with Willa. And let’s talk about the hilarious meeting of their parents. It was like Meet the Fockers. Dimas’ hippie-like, pot-selling parents are a hoot and even won over Willa’s narcissistic father and gullible mother offering them hemp brownies. Very funny!

Of course, there is a mystery with a twist that includes murdered veterans from Willa’s shelter that places her in the line of fire and Dimas to the rescue. It’s a great addition to the love story.

Freya Barker has done it again. She has written another sexy, romantic, and engaging story that can be read as a standalone in the series. And on that note, I hope to find out more about Yaris and Bree in a future book. If you enjoy strong heroines, passionate heroes, and an absorbing who-done-it mystery, give this one a try.

Thank you to Ms. Barker for giving me the opportunity to read this book with no expectation of a positive review.

I found a few things that I am enjoying about both this book and this series. One thing is the characters are late 30's (around 38, 39 maybe) or early to mid 40's. They also deal with real life issues, flawed family relationships, quirky parents, abandonment, DV, etc. Lastly, PASS, as a business, is far from perfection. They make mistakes they manage to recover from fairly quickly.

With Dimas and Willa, their major problem had to do with an inability to communicate. Neither one was good at the communication issue. Once it was resolved, the relationship moved forward rather smoothly.

They had to resolve all of the obstacles set in their path once the relationship was on pretty stable ground. The book had a decent mystery going on. The characters were engaging. There was plenty of heat between Dimas and Willa.

I listened to the audiobook. I thought the narration was was gpod, but the story easily stood on its own. I definitely meant to read the next book in the vPASS series.

Life and Limb by Freya Barker

This book is the second one in the authors PASS series and Dimas Mazur and Willa Smith's series. You'll fall in love with the care that Willa gives the homeless veteran's who come for food, shelter and therapy at the South Avenue Shelter but when one of them are accused of murder Dimas will be assigned to help solve the murder. But can Dimas follow the "hands off" instructions from Bree? You'll have to read the book to find out if he can or can't.

Willa Smith loves her job and helping the people at the shelter and she can relate to them after serving 8 years with the Army Medical Corps but she won't hesitate to help when one of their own is accused of murder. But when she finds out there's more to the story including a possible crooked cop and off the books MMA fights that prey on men Dimas will need to race to the rescue to save Willa.

This is a very good story and if you read Ms. Barker regular all of her books are excellent.