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terriaminute's review against another edition
5.0
This novel wins full stars in part because it's believable - which seems silly on the surface, but I'm reading another cop romance in which the cop part is more fantasy than realistic (I like the characters, so I treat it as a fantasy) and the difference is striking. Much better tension, just for one thing. I liked that realistic edge in the first book, and this one does not disappoint at all. It may be even better. The kids seem real, not used as props. Mac's struggle with being gay in a toxic dudebro environment isn't presented as anything other than potentially dangerous. In short, this was really good and I'm glad I already own book 3!
lauraadriana78's review against another edition
5.0
Oh man can I add a start to this? Five seem to little!!!
I can't even begin to say just how much I loved this book, this couple, this family! I finished reading it, and I had a smile on my face and thought...This is as it should be...Every person has a right to a home full of love with children who know that there will ALWAYS be someone to come home to, and to keep them safe, and love them NO MATTER WHAT.
We meet up with Mac and Tony a year after they've started their relationship, it is still a secret, because Mac cannot face the consequences of outing himself at work, and what that will mean to his situation with Anna his little daughter.
A tragic crime results in Tony having to step up as a father to his Godson Ben. Things begin to escalate and for Tony it is no longer viable to remain with Mac in the closet...so he has to make hard choices.
The love these two men have for each other is raw and PRESENT in every single moment in this book, that I was consumed by their story. I wanted them together, happy, in love, in a family, out, proud of who they were as men, lovers, parents...I wanted them to have it ALL.
I loved loved loved this book. One of the best love stories I've read in this genre. And the writer backs all that up with a seriously good mystery/thriller.
I SOOOOOO Recommend this book!
Sighs...Is there a third one coming? Please?!!
I can't even begin to say just how much I loved this book, this couple, this family! I finished reading it, and I had a smile on my face and thought...This is as it should be...Every person has a right to a home full of love with children who know that there will ALWAYS be someone to come home to, and to keep them safe, and love them NO MATTER WHAT.
We meet up with Mac and Tony a year after they've started their relationship, it is still a secret, because Mac cannot face the consequences of outing himself at work, and what that will mean to his situation with Anna his little daughter.
A tragic crime results in Tony having to step up as a father to his Godson Ben. Things begin to escalate and for Tony it is no longer viable to remain with Mac in the closet...so he has to make hard choices.
The love these two men have for each other is raw and PRESENT in every single moment in this book, that I was consumed by their story. I wanted them together, happy, in love, in a family, out, proud of who they were as men, lovers, parents...I wanted them to have it ALL.
I loved loved loved this book. One of the best love stories I've read in this genre. And the writer backs all that up with a seriously good mystery/thriller.
I SOOOOOO Recommend this book!
Sighs...Is there a third one coming? Please?!!
pauliree's review against another edition
4.0
Loved this just as much as the first, went straight out and bought the next installment
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