Keeping Faith picks up a few months after Playing for Keeps leaves off. Trent is now playing for the Miami Dolphins and so the trio has moved3.5 Stars
Keeping Faith picks up a few months after Playing for Keeps leaves off. Trent is now playing for the Miami Dolphins and so the trio has moved to Miami. The book takes place around Christmas time and starts out with what has become a tradition for the three -- hiding gifts for each other to find in the days leading up to Christmas. I kind of like that. Puts a little adventure into an otherwise staid holiday.
Of course, their holiday becomes a bit more of an adventure than any of them bargained for when Brock gets kidnapped in a plot to flesh out Trent's waste of oxygen dad.
While I did enjoy the story, I didn't like it quite as much as the first book. I thought the author was trying to do too many things for such a short book. The whole side story with Sammy, particularly struck me as out of place. So while I liked the first one better, I did enjoy this one as well. I found it worth the read.
Merged review:
3.5 Stars
Keeping Faith picks up a few months after Playing for Keeps leaves off. Trent is now playing for the Miami Dolphins and so the trio has moved to Miami. The book takes place around Christmas time and starts out with what has become a tradition for the three -- hiding gifts for each other to find in the days leading up to Christmas. I kind of like that. Puts a little adventure into an otherwise staid holiday.
Of course, their holiday becomes a bit more of an adventure than any of them bargained for when Brock gets kidnapped in a plot to flesh out Trent's waste of oxygen dad.
While I did enjoy the story, I didn't like it quite as much as the first book. I thought the author was trying to do too many things for such a short book. The whole side story with Sammy, particularly struck me as out of place. So while I liked the first one better, I did enjoy this one as well. I found it worth the read....more
While I didn't enjoy this one quite as much as I did My Cowboy Heart, it was an excellent read. Jimmy is an alcoholic that doesn't think he has a probWhile I didn't enjoy this one quite as much as I did My Cowboy Heart, it was an excellent read. Jimmy is an alcoholic that doesn't think he has a problem. And Eddie cares about Jimmy enough to risk their friendship in order to help Jimmy dry out.
These two cowboys have been dancing around their feelings for one another for 15 years. Jimmy didn't know all that time that Eddie was gay. And Jimmy also wouldn't admit that he was, too. In fact, it took Eddie's intervention and some help from an old friend of his (Don), to make Jimmy comfortable enough to admit, at least to himself, that he's gay. Admitting his feeling for Eddie, though, is much much harder for him.
The subject of alcoholism is a bit heavy. Ultimately, Jimmy needs to get sober for himself, not for anyone else and his journey to that realization nearly costs him all he holds dear.
Don is a voice of reason and experience throughout Jimmy's journey to sobriety and he has a cowboy fetish. He is also the catalyst for Eddie and Jimmy finally exploring each other. The sex scenes in this book are scorching hot hot hot! Save a horse - ride a cowboy!
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While I didn't enjoy this one quite as much as I did My Cowboy Heart, it was an excellent read. Jimmy is an alcoholic that doesn't think he has a problem. And Eddie cares about Jimmy enough to risk their friendship in order to help Jimmy dry out.
These two cowboys have been dancing around their feelings for one another for 15 years. Jimmy didn't know all that time that Eddie was gay. And Jimmy also wouldn't admit that he was, too. In fact, it took Eddie's intervention and some help from an old friend of his (Don), to make Jimmy comfortable enough to admit, at least to himself, that he's gay. Admitting his feeling for Eddie, though, is much much harder for him.
The subject of alcoholism is a bit heavy. Ultimately, Jimmy needs to get sober for himself, not for anyone else and his journey to that realization nearly costs him all he holds dear.
Don is a voice of reason and experience throughout Jimmy's journey to sobriety and he has a cowboy fetish. He is also the catalyst for Eddie and Jimmy finally exploring each other. The sex scenes in this book are scorching hot hot hot! Save a horse - ride a cowboy!...more
Ok, this book definitely won't be for everyone. Twincest is rather taboo, of course, so if that's a limit for you, do yourself a favor an3.5 Stars
Ok, this book definitely won't be for everyone. Twincest is rather taboo, of course, so if that's a limit for you, do yourself a favor and keep on walking. If twincest trips your trigger, however, I can definitely recommend this one.
Hot doesn't even come close to describing the sex in this book. But there is story and character development too. Lynn Kelling does a really good job at portraying damaged characters. And, though the story isn't really believable, I was able to suspend my disbelief enough to enjoy it.
Evan and Brennan are eighteen years old and identical. They were separated as babies when their parents divorced and neither one knew about the other until very recently. They have different socio-economic backgrounds, but both of them are a bit damaged in their own way. Brennan because he watched his mother die from cancer and Evan because life is just plain old harsh. Evan had to learn early on to keep part of himself locked away in order to survive. They each start out mildly resenting the other, but more so, their father, who orchestrated throwing them together.
They each meet and start dating (separately and unknown to each other) another set of twins, Alek and Luka. Akek and Luka are a bit older, 25, and they've had a sexual relationship with each other for years. They've always been there for each other during their awful upbringing and that developed into a more physical relationship when they were in a heavy drug use phase. The drugs are a thing of the past, now, but the sex has stuck around.
The story revolves around the twins building a relationship with their counterpart in the other set of twins and then, later, merging the relationships somewhat. They don't become a true foursome, but they definitely intermingle.
All in all, I enjoyed the book.
Merged review:
3.5 Stars
Ok, this book definitely won't be for everyone. Twincest is rather taboo, of course, so if that's a limit for you, do yourself a favor and keep on walking. If twincest trips your trigger, however, I can definitely recommend this one.
Hot doesn't even come close to describing the sex in this book. But there is story and character development too. Lynn Kelling does a really good job at portraying damaged characters. And, though the story isn't really believable, I was able to suspend my disbelief enough to enjoy it.
Evan and Brennan are eighteen years old and identical. They were separated as babies when their parents divorced and neither one knew about the other until very recently. They have different socio-economic backgrounds, but both of them are a bit damaged in their own way. Brennan because he watched his mother die from cancer and Evan because life is just plain old harsh. Evan had to learn early on to keep part of himself locked away in order to survive. They each start out mildly resenting the other, but more so, their father, who orchestrated throwing them together.
They each meet and start dating (separately and unknown to each other) another set of twins, Alek and Luka. Akek and Luka are a bit older, 25, and they've had a sexual relationship with each other for years. They've always been there for each other during their awful upbringing and that developed into a more physical relationship when they were in a heavy drug use phase. The drugs are a thing of the past, now, but the sex has stuck around.
The story revolves around the twins building a relationship with their counterpart in the other set of twins and then, later, merging the relationships somewhat. They don't become a true foursome, but they definitely intermingle.
Dang, that was exciting. I can't tell by the ending if we're going to get more or not, though. I mean, it's finished, but also isn't. I know 4.5 Stars
Dang, that was exciting. I can't tell by the ending if we're going to get more or not, though. I mean, it's finished, but also isn't. I know that doesn't make sense, but it's what I've got. I am very curious to know what the true antagonist's game was. Damn. Way to go Ms. Nash!...more
The melodrama is strong with this one. Sadly, the editing is not.
I really liked the premise and the overall story arc (though there are a ton of ploThe melodrama is strong with this one. Sadly, the editing is not.
I really liked the premise and the overall story arc (though there are a ton of plot holes), but my. god. This 1900 page tome is rife with misspellings, incorrect punctuation, grammatical errors, missing and wrong words. Plus there were a few times when the wrong gender was used for a character that has a single gender. There was too much internal dialog, too much repetition, etc. Was this edited at all? Sure didn't seem like it.
Also on the list of things I pretty much hate in a story -- hot and cold running MCs (boy howdy do I love those /sarcasm), the main MC crying every other page (it seems) and whining pretty much all the time. It took me a long while to actually warm to the Fifth Horseman.
You might wonder why I didn't just DNF it. Honestly, I had things to do IRL and needed to not get so lost in reading that I neglected those things so I just kept plugging along. It took me almost two weeks to read.
Finally though, the story picks up at the end of book 3 (something FINALLY happened!!), so that bumped up my overall enjoyment and rating a bit.
Book 1: 2 Stars Book 2: 2.5 Stars Book 3: 3 Stars Book 4: 4 stars
I started reading this on a flight yesterday and I'm honestly surprised I managed 55%. Nothing has happened except some sex scenes tTime of death: 55%
I started reading this on a flight yesterday and I'm honestly surprised I managed 55%. Nothing has happened except some sex scenes that were completely void of actual emotion. There's been too much telling and the worldbuilding is pretty light. I. Am. Bored. Time to move on to something else....more
As predicted, I did enjoy this more than my girls Ele and Renee did, but I do agree with them that more relationship development was needed. 3.5 Stars
As predicted, I did enjoy this more than my girls Ele and Renee did, but I do agree with them that more relationship development was needed. Hide With Me was high on the filth scale (bless Cara Dee!) but low on relationship development. I rather enjoyed the orgy scene.... Anywho, I'm looking forward to the next installment, though I do hope Ms. Dee pays a visit to Camassia Cove sooner rather than later. I miss those peeps....more
-- Being back in Singing Bear Village!
-- Seeing (almost) allllll the guys again
-- BAZ
-- B3.5 Stars
Things I loved:
-- Being back in Singing Bear Village!
-- Seeing (almost) allllll the guys again
-- BAZ
-- Brett & Darwyn
I love this series and any chance I get to visit this quirky little town I'm gonna do it. I never really warmed to Travis as part of Brett and Darwyn's relationship, though. He was ok as a general part of the plot, but as a third to Brett and Darwyn? I never felt like he fit.
Still, Touched by Your Lies was a happy surprise....more
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