I’m not sure what happened between book 1 and book 2 but book 2 was trash. The heroine was supposed to be this badass ex cop on the hunt for her mom’s murder and she was the opposite, completely dumb and didn’t question anything. Going from
Rose (the Brit) to this heroine it was like night and day. Beau  didn’t have a cop bone in her body and just let people walk all over her. One of the worst heroines. As for the hero he carried the book alot of the time as did the mystery/suspsene part. There was alot of kinky sex and I didn’t feel any connection other than sex between these two. 
Also the story dragged on way too long that I skipped a lot of chapters,I was surprised by a few twists at the end. I do plan to read book 3 and I hope it’s better