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A review by kaje_harper
Hard Fall by James Buchanan
5.0
Hard Fall begins the Deputy Joe series. Deputy Joe Peterson has to be one of my favorite characters in M/M romance. He's a cop and a believing Mormon but also a closeted gay Dom. He walks a difficult line, trying to reconcile his personal faith with who he is. His integrity does not let him pretend to himself about the hard questions.
Joe meets young free-climber Kabe, as a murder mystery opens. Kabe is his balance - a sub, but also a free spirit, a man who can encompass all the parts of Joe that have so far found no real outlet. Joe has always just kept his sexuality and desires under wraps and gone with the flow, but with Kabe in his life, hiding is not going to continue to be an option.
I love Joe's narrative voice. Some people have found his colloquial country-boy tone annoying (one reader on Amazon complained about all the 'typos') but I like it; it sounds right in my head. About his relationship with Kabe, Joe says, "My heart decided to go and I didn't have much choice but to follow." It's that simple, but not that easy.
Each book in this series has a mystery and a solid ending, as the relationship develops, and as Joe finds his way, both in his profession and with his Mormon family. The BDSM element is present, but not the main feature of the stories. I enjoyed all of them, and would read more of Joe any time.
Joe meets young free-climber Kabe, as a murder mystery opens. Kabe is his balance - a sub, but also a free spirit, a man who can encompass all the parts of Joe that have so far found no real outlet. Joe has always just kept his sexuality and desires under wraps and gone with the flow, but with Kabe in his life, hiding is not going to continue to be an option.
I love Joe's narrative voice. Some people have found his colloquial country-boy tone annoying (one reader on Amazon complained about all the 'typos') but I like it; it sounds right in my head. About his relationship with Kabe, Joe says, "My heart decided to go and I didn't have much choice but to follow." It's that simple, but not that easy.
Each book in this series has a mystery and a solid ending, as the relationship develops, and as Joe finds his way, both in his profession and with his Mormon family. The BDSM element is present, but not the main feature of the stories. I enjoyed all of them, and would read more of Joe any time.