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Resilient Love #2
Melanie Hansen
Releasing Sept 28th, 2015
Dreamspinner Press
High school teacher Kai Daniels has a heart for at-risk kids—he was one himself, and a teenage brush with the law and some troubled years behind bars left him scarred inside and out. With courage, hard work, and the support of friends, he’s built a fulfilling life that leaves no time for a relationship.
An intense encounter with Kai at a gay club ignites a spark in Jeremy that he thought was extinguished forever, but he’s unwilling to destroy the fragile peace he’s managed to create, and he leaves Kai humiliated and disappointed. Things should have ended there, but a bizarre occurrence brings the two together in a way neither of them expected.
Excerpt:
Jeremy almost
flinched as the man’s eyes met his, but somehow he managed not to. There was
something vaguely familiar about him, which was why Jeremy had been watching
him in the first place, but he was positive they’d never met; this man was
unforgettable. When Jeremy had first walked into the club, so noisy and
crowded, he’d almost turned around and left. It was a mad impulse that led him
here in the first place, and it had been so long since Jeremy was impulsive
that he felt shaken and out of his depth. That fact alone had stiffened his
resolve to stay for at least a little while; then he’d gotten a glimpse of the
beautiful, exotic man, and nothing could have convinced him to leave.
The first thing
that struck Jeremy was how confident he seemed, how he held himself. Here was a
man who knew who he was and was comfortable in his own skin. He was simply dressed
in a tight black graphic T-shirt and jeans, but when he’d stood up from his
stool to dig his wallet out of his back pocket to pay for his drink, Jeremy’s
mouth watered as the jeans slid down to ride low on the man’s slim hips,
showing a slice of muscled belly.
His shoulders
were broad, his torso slim and compact yet rippling with muscle under the tight
shirt. Long, lean legs were showcased by the soft, worn jeans, black boots
completing the look. As Jeremy stood at the edges of the sheltering crowd and stared,
he noticed the leather bracelets and silver rings the man sported on his wrists
and hands, his eyes following the corded forearms up to a tattoo that was just
visible on his right bicep, the lower edge of it peeking out of the sleeve of
the shirt.
Jeremy edged
closer, lust surging through him, his eyes drinking in thick black hair,
carelessly styled, and a nose that had been broken before but did nothing to
detract from the man’s startling good looks. As he tilted his head back to take
a long swallow of his beer, Jeremy’s mouth watered at the arch of his throat,
the muscles working as he swallowed, a pair of sinful lips wrapped around the
tip of the bottle like Jeremy suddenly wanted them wrapped around the tip of
his cock, drinking him down as Jeremy
emptied his balls against the back of his throat….
Then the man’s
eyes met his, the predatory heat in them making Jeremy’s knees weak. As the man
licked his lips, Jeremy noticed with a jolt he was sporting a hoop through the
lower one, emphasizing the plump fullness of it, and the simmering lust ramped
up into raging hunger. Helplessly Jeremy moved closer, the man holding his
gaze, the eyeliner he had lightly applied around his amazing golden eyes making
him look even more exotic, dangerous.
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She grew up with an Air Force dad, and ended up marrying a Navy man. After living and working all over the country, she hopes to bring these rich and varied life experiences to her stories about people finding love amidst real-life struggles.
Melanie left the stressful world of the courtroom behind and now enjoys a rewarding career transcribing for a deaf student. She currently lives in Arizona with her husband and two sons.
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My review:
4.75 out of 5 stars
Signs of Life by Melanie Hansen is part of the ‘Resilient Love’ series and is a sequel to “Everything Changes”. This story follows Jeremy Speer who has had to cope with horrendous tragedies, with varying degrees of success. He crosses paths a couple of times with Kai Daniels, under far different circumstances, but each time is memorable. Kai has had his own demons to deal with, and the hot sexy man he is attracted to is very clear about what he is willing to accept and what his boundaries are. Life tends to throw its share of curveballs, however, and each man has to decide whether what he thinks he wants is truly what will work for the two of them.
by Melanie Hansen is part of the ‘Resilient Love’ series and is a sequel to “Everything Changes”. This story follows Jeremy Speer who has had to cope with horrendous tragedies, with varying degrees of success. He crosses paths a couple of times with Kai Daniels, under far different circumstances, but each time is memorable. Kai has had his own demons to deal with, and the hot sexy man he is attracted to is very clear about what he is willing to accept and what his boundaries are. Life tends to throw its share of curveballs, however, and each man has to decide whether what he thinks he wants is truly what will work for the two of them. The word I would use to describe this story is intense. There is intense emotionalism, intense intimacy, and intense relationships. This is one of those tales that plummets down and takes its characters through a crucible that threatens to destroy them before allowing them to gingerly explore whether they can even reach for happiness. The secondary characters are also intriguing and it was delightful to get a chance to see Jase and Carey from the first book in the series and I look forward to reading Loren’s story. The heartbreaking issues of abuse and the terrible cycle of poverty and oppression are sensitively depicted and I suspect that anyone reading this tale will need several tissues, just as I did. I was enthralled by the combination of angst and searing intimacy and I look forward to reading more chapters in this compelling series.
A copy of this title was provided to me for review.
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