Publisher:
Carina
Press
Published: May 19, 2014
ISBN: 9781426898303
Genre: Contemporary Romance; M/M
Book
Format: E-book
Obtained
via: Publisher
Reviewed
by: Helena Stone, helenastone63@gmail.com
Rating:
3.5
Adam
Walker was a teenager when he discovered girls didn’t excite him whereas his
sister’s friend Harris Kingston did. Adam wasn’t prepared to admit he was gay though.
His big dream was to be a pilot and join the navy, a dream that made the love
he felt for Harris impossible. For the past twelve years Adam and Harris have
only hooked up in secret while Adam was home on leave.
Harris
Kingston has loved Adam since he was a teenager. For ten years he’s patiently
waited for Adam while accepting his on again off again lover couldn’t commit to
him. He’d hoped the reversal of ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ would make it possible
for them to have a future together, but Adam hasn’t come back home or contacted
him since. That final rejection brought Harris to the end of his patience. He’s
moved on, is together with a man he’s happy with even if he can’t call it love
and determined not to allow Adam to mess up his life again.
When
Adam returns home on leave while deciding whether or not to extend his contract
with the Navy he is determined to win Harris back. He only has two weeks to
convince Harris that he is ready to come out and commit. Harris, after more
than a decade of being someone’s dirty little secret isn’t sure he can face the
emotional rollercoaster again. He may not be able to deny his love for Adam, he
can and will put his own emotional welfare first this time.
I’m
a bit ambivalent about this novella. On the one hand I loved the idea of two
men who have loved each other for over a decade at last finding the courage to
be together. On the other hand I wanted to slap both Adam and Harris. I found
it hard to like Adam considering how he’s been treating Harris and while I adore
Harris for his loyalty I wanted to scream at him to stop thinking about others
and put himself first for a change. Having said that, the way the author
described the two men together made the story plausible and their relationship,
flawed as it was, easy to believe in, if not to accept.
I
wasn’t completely convinced by Adam’s sudden change in attitude. For someone
who denied his homosexuality for over a decade and actively avoided coming home
in order not to deal with the man he’s supposed to love, he suddenly finds it
very easy to admit to everything he’d been so afraid of. And I didn’t like the
way he expected Harris to just fall in with his change of heart.
I
did sympathise with Harris and completely understood his reluctance to believe
Adam’s sudden change of heart. What I did have an issue with was his decision
after Adam has at last come out and they spend a wonderful night together.
Adam
and Harris together were beautiful and hot though and made up for a lot of my
reservations. In fact, the scenes of the two men together, be it in a social
setting or in private, made this book a sweet, if at times exasperating, read.
“Trust was a fragile thing, and this little bridge they
built with their bodies was precious to him, he wouldn’t destroy it by beings
selfish.”
This is an objective review
and not an endorsement of this book.
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