Maybe Swearing Will Help by Lani Lynn Vale is the third book in one of her latest series, SWAT Generation 2.0 . All stories in this series so far have started with the day the calendar photo shoot is scheduled for a fundraiser starring the SWAT team members. This is Ford Spurlock and Ashe Trammel’s story. Best friends, bitter enemies, lifelong rivals, pick your day and they are one of those descriptors. When Ford challenges Ashe to join the SWAT team she can’t say no, goes to officer training over the winter break, passes and gets a better job with better pay than him. Figures. But the extended time together is making each of them realize that the combustible competitiveness between them isn’t just that - it is also a ton of sexual chemistry and strong affection drawn from there lifelong hate/love friendship. When they loosen the reins on their self-control a little, wonderful things happen between them that surprise both of them. Add in some cat kidnapping, a serial murder case, and some extremely protective family members and you have another wonderful tale from the town of Kilgore, Texas and the mind of the wonderful Lani Lynn Vale. Enjoy!

What a cliffhanger! While the book resolves itself, there is a little breadcrumb of a storyline that I thought we would find out what happened only to not and I am dying to know! Ford and Ashe have been best friends since childhood, but are friends that can’t stand each other and are extremely competitive towards each other. As adults, they still act the same, competitive and pushing each others buttons as much as they can. Their latest bet involves Ashe making it into the police and SWAT team. While Ashe isn’t completely interested, she ends up taking on the challenge and continues to prove people wrong while winning the best against Ford. While this book wasn’t as suspenseful as others, it did allude to a serial killer, and I for one am so excited to see where it ends up! These two finally hit a wall where the hate and love towards each other ride the fine line and love trumps the hate. Love these books and this author and can’t wait for the next one! I voluntarily read and reviewed an Advance Reader Copy of this book.

I SO loved Maybe Swearing Will Help! Ford & Ashe bickering back and forth as if they hated each other was hilarious. And I absolutely adored all the nicknames she had for him. I love the all the series that Lani Lynn Vale writes and how she weaves them together, truly amazing.

Ford Spurlock and Ashe Trammell have a long and storied history, meaning, they have known and competed with each other for as long as they can remember. Now that they're grown, nothing much has changed, except, maybe, for the way that they're coming to see each other. Their wagers, though, they're just as fierce as ever, and this one's a doozy. I'm a big-time fan of enemies, or, rather, frenemies-to-lovers stories, and MAYBE SWEARING WILL HELP has plenty of this and more. I think that the thing that I like most about books by Lani Lynn Vale is the quirkiness. I mean, yes, there's romance, yes, there's some suspense, but I can say for sure that Lani's characters are definitely not boring or run-of-the-mill, and that's the real draw for me. I am enjoying the books in her KPD SWAT Generation 2.0 series so much, and it's because I know that I'm going to have the best time while the stories unfold. This is the third book in a series, so not only builds on past books, but paves the way for future plot and action. I am entirely enthralled with this world, and cannot wait to read more of what LLV has up her sleeve. ❤️