Only Yours by J.R. Patrick

J.R. Patrick is a member of one of the groups where I hang out -- I do have a life away from the computer, it just doesn't seem like it -- and when her first book, Only Yours, was released, well of course I was going to buy it!  Especially since she had given us one doozy of an excerpt; HOT?  I needed refrigeration to cope? Yowza

My heart went out to Dre; he had no idea why Nate had left and it nearly destroyed him.
Discovering the truth about why just about finished the job. 
Nate:  I tried to hate him for what he did to Dre, but there is just something about him.  All I'm going to say is that he has good friends.

This is a story about love, but it's much more than that.  It's a lesson in the importance of honesty in a relationship; if you can't tell your partner the truth about something then you're doing a disservice to not only the one you love, but to yourself and the bond you share.  And then there's being honest with yourself.  Too often it's much easier to pretend that something is, or isn't, what it appears.  No one wins in that situation.

Only Yours is also a story about growth, personal and relationship.  Both men had something to learn, Nate probably more so than Dre, so that they could build a solid life together.  There needs to be equality and honesty, and J.R. Patrick shows us just why it is so important. And she does it in a powerful and affirmative way.  This is an author who's just begun and all I can say is... bring it on!

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Book info:

Only Yours by J.R. Patrick
Dreamspinner Press
Genre: M/M, Erotic Romance, Contemporary
Length: 56 pages

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Summary: When Dre asks his boyfriend Nate to move in, Nate leaves in the night without a word. Dre thinks he pushed too hard too fast, but the truth is a little more complicated. Nate is afraid Dre would dump him if Dre knew about his job in adult entertainment. Six months later, Dre is still beating himself up over scaring Nate away when they meet again… at a club where Nate works

Sins of the Father by D.W. Marchwell

Buying this book was a given; this is the third story by D.W. Marchwell that I've read and it totally blew me away. I've loved his other stories, but in Sins of the Father, he's surpassed himself. This is not a short story ~ I was up 'til 4:30 in the morning because I literally could not put this book down ~ but it read as though it were. Was it worth it? Oh heck yes! (I'm using much stronger language in my mind... just so you know.)
In fact just after I started reading the book I had to go back and buy the print version. This is one of those authors whose storytelling leaves me wanting his books in any form that I can get them... and, while I have a large list of favourite authors, the number whose books I have in all formats is much, much smaller.

Sins of the Father is amazingly rich in detail, the storyline is one that will stand the test of time and the characters? Dear heaven; they were phenomenal and... even thinking about them now leaves me feeling almost overwhelmed with emotion. Connected, involved with, interested in... none of these describe how I felt about them.
And the story ~ Wow! Even though I was merely an observer I felt as though I were there with all my senses involved and it and it totally rocked.

I'd like to say I'm speechless, but of course that won't wash... but it's taken me 6 hours before I felt capable of doing D.W. Marchwell's Sins of the Father any justice at all.

So run, do not walk, and buy yourself a copy... you won't be sorry!