Although each book in this series of four can stand alone, you’ll enjoy them more if you start from the beginning with Under His Skin. This first book introduces most of the characters and gives you the background to really enjoy the dynamic between the sisters and their father. The three Titan sisters and their lifelong friend, Dana Birch, are in the fight of their lives against their half-brother, Garth Duncan.

Garth seeks revenge because his father, Jed Titan, refused to help him when Garth was 14 years old. Garth doesn’t mind destroying his half-sisters either, though they had nothing to do with his father’s rejection of him. They didn’t even know it existed. In the first book, under your skin, Lexi, Titan’s older sister, nearly lost her business on Garth. In her fight to save him, she makes a scandalous deal with Cruz Rodrigues. He will give her the two million dollars she needs from her in exchange for her marrying him and introducing him to Texas society. Lexi and Cruz share a past and, once again, sparks fly as they begin to live out their deal.

The second book in the series is lip service And this is Skye’s story. Skye is the second sister of the Titan family and the one who has always tried to please her father. She arranged her first marriage and, although Skye had already promised to marry Mitch Cassidy, she went through with the marriage to keep the peace in the family. This marriage produced a daughter that her father, Jed, will later use to keep her tied to him when she realizes that Skye and Mitch are together again. Meanwhile, Garth is getting closer to taking down the Titan family..

straight from the hip brings the third sister into the picture. Izzy is a free spirit who never gets attached and embarks on the most dangerous adventure possible. Right now she is an underwater welder on an oil rig. When the rig explodes, Izzy is left with impaired vision and the sisters team up to take Garth down. She has gone too far when she physically hurts one of them. Garth’s best friend Nick enters the picture as he helps Izzy find the courage to undergo the surgery that will restore her sight or render her completely blind. Garth swears that he had nothing to do with the explosion and promises to find out who did it. He hints that he could be Jed himself because Jed is getting desperate. Izzy begins to think that Garth might be right and decides that Garth needs to be saved. He is family and family means a lot to the Titan sisters.

Dana Birch has been friends with the sisters since childhood. Now as a deputy for the Titanville police force, she is determined to keep them safe. hot in her heels is the story of a strong woman who has vowed never to give a man any power over her. As Garth becomes more human, Dana sees that she will have to distance herself from him to stay safe. As the story draws to its conclusion, Jed becomes more dangerous as the net tightens around him.

This series is a powerful statement about family: what it is and what it means. You don’t have to share blood to belong to a family and just because you share blood doesn’t mean you’re part of the family. Mallery has created four women, each as different as she can be, but strong in her love for each other and determined to keep the family together even when her father’s betrayal is discovered.