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Tuesday, May 19, 2020

REVIEW : My Imaginary Boyfriend by Patrick Rangsimant

Title : My Imaginary Boyfriend

Author : Patrick Rangsimant, Thapana Pr (translator)

Genre(s) : gay romance, paranormal

Release Date : May, 8, 2020

Rating : 5/5 Stars

Buy Link : Amazon | Meb

"If you leave it without saying goodbye, it will come back to deprive the life out of you."

At first, Phai though that Klong was only his imaginary friend who stepped up to be an imaginary boyfriend. But seems like Klong doesn't want to be only imagination, he wants to be more even he has to do something terrible...

This is a paranormal thriller romantic novel about Phai who falls in with his imaginary friend whom he left behind without saying goodbye since he was young. After the reunion with Klong, even Phai feels really happy but there is a feeling that touches at the back of his neck. It's fear.

Because it's like in the bedtime rhyme said about the imaginary friend "If you leave it without saying goodbye, it will come back to deprive the life out of you."

I was thinking that That Thing is just imagination. My imagination. But how does something existing in my imagination can actually knock at the door and call me by my name? How could it possess flesh, skin and even senses?

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First, I need to tell you that I’m SOLD to the story right after I read the prologue. My instant thought at that time was, “What the hell I just read?!”

Curiosity then made me open the next chapter eagerly, and after that….I can’t stop myself from reading it. This book had caught me, consumed me and succeed engulfed me deeper to the story. And like Phai, I was trap in my own imagination until the word 'The End' come in my sight…

I keep wondering what or who Klong is?
A kind of supranatural things?
A ghost?

I thought I know what will happen next. But the more I read, the more it confused and curious me….

I almost sure what Klong is, but then one question that came from Klong’s mouth ‘ruined’ ALL my confident and ‘theories’. I must admit that the twist and explanations at nearly end of the book is reaaaaaally something!! And I didn’t see it coming…

You really got me here, Doc! *hands down*

The story between Phai and his Imaginary Boyfriend, Klong are unique, the character development was really extraordinary and the story-line was totally engaging!
The mystery and uncertainty succeed make me glued to the book and make it completely hard to put down. The relatable between the characters and the story make me feel the emotions each character feels ~ the happiness, the sadness, the anger, the doubt and the fear....

Well, it even gave me goosebumps at some part because the creepy sensations I felt, especially if you read this book at middle of the night! (Yeah, I can see that smirk, Doc!)

I like how the author trying to confused me and constantly tickling my curiosity and forced me to make a lot of assumptions about what or who Klong is, and slowly pushed my wild imagination to questioning almost everything that happen here until the very last page, then suddenly ~ BHAM! ~ the author dropped the answer of all my questions in one hit. And it stunned me to the "Oh, I'm speechless" level.
I even googled about ‘That Thing' just to understand more about it.
Yes, I’m that ‘kind’ of reader, Doc. I’m not an easy reader to please. So, if I said that ‘you got me and I’m sold', that’s mean the book had leave deep impression in me.

Well, I will not give any spoilers about what happen in the book, I just want you, yes YOU ~ my books fellas to experience what I felt during the reading. You have to meet Klong and Phai and following their journey to find the truth about the mystery that happened between them and bound them together. Trust me, It WORTH the penny!

I really can’t wait this story made into a series!

Will looking for the author other works. Glad there’s an English version of this book. For an international reader like me, it’s like heaven. Thank you!

Patrick Rangsimant is my penname. My Actual name is Utain Patrick Boonorana (that because I'm Thai so my family name is a bit long) I was born in 1981 and I think I'm gay since that day. Besides being a writer, I'm also a general neurologist in the university hospital. Now I'm still living happily ever after in Bangkok while enjoying writing and reading.

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Friday, February 7, 2020

ARC REVIEW : Fool for Love by Felice Stevens

Title : Fool for Love

Author : Felice Stevens

Series : Lost in New York Book 1

Genre(s) : contemporary gay romance

Release Date : February 3rd, 2020

Rating : 5/5 Stars

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Can there be a second chance for a first love?

When Presley Dawson falls in love with a married man, he knows it’s wrong but can’t help himself. For the first time he’s wanted and desired and not so lonely. When his lover returns to his husband, Presley doesn’t worry. He always comes back—until he doesn’t. Years later, Presley is stuck in neutral and lonelier than ever. He can’t forget his past and doesn’t know how to reach for his future. When his best friend suggests a support group to work through his grief, Presley agrees but without much hope; nothing has helped before. At the first meeting, he’s instantly attracted to Nate and struggles not to fall so far, so fast. He won’t be fooled again. Nate Sherman is only attending a support group to get his family off his back. True, he hasn’t slept through the night in over three years, but he has reasons. Discovering your father—the man you love and idolize—is a liar and a cheater will do that. And dying in his girlfriend’s bed? No wonder Nate has trust issues. Meeting Presley changes everything. Nate sees Presley’s sweet nature and good heart and when he sets boundaries for their relationship, Nate surprises himself by willingly going along. With Presley by his side, Nate is able to sleep again and find the trust that he’s lost in himself and other people. He can even fall in love. But Presley is keeping a secret and if he tells Nate, it could be the end of everything between them. He knows it’s wrong to start another relationship based on a lie. But it isn’t a lie if you don’t say anything. Is it?

“Love can make us fools. But it can also make us strong and teach us about ourselves. I never want to think of my life as wasted. I hope I learn something from every experience, good or bad. I want you to trust me and what we have.”

I know who Presley Dawson is and I should’ve hate him for what he did with Arden's late husband, Jared. But when he show up at nearly end of Ross and Arden’s story, I don’t know why….I couldn’t hate him. There’s something about him that made me feel sorry for him and curios about his side of story. What had happen to this poor lonely guy? And I have this feeling that his story will be another heartbreaking one (well, we all know very well about the author capability in breaking readers heart, right?)

So, yes. I’m so excited when I know Presley will gonna have his own book.

Young, lonely, fool and in need to be loved. Young Presley fall into a married man charm. He know it’s wrong, but at that time he thought that it was love. Years after Jared gone, Presley still in grieve and hurt. Following his best friend suggestion, he then joining a support group for the people who lost their love one.

Nate’s life had turned upside down since he found out about his dad cheating scandal. For his entire life, Nate's always put his dad as a role model and secretly seeking for his praise. But after he’s 'coming out', the distance between them slowly grew apart. Years after his father gone, anger still engulfed him and his dad infidelity affected him and leave him with huge trust issues in relationship.

When Nate and Press meet at the group session, the sparks happen between them. But can their newly grow affection will have a future? Can someone who has trust issue accept someone who had been in a position as the third person who ruined someone else’s life?

Is there really a second chance?

I must admit that I really like how the author slowly turned the reader hate at Presley to love. I like Presley. I admire how he put himself to never be at the second place again in love and life. He learned from his mistake and fighting for his love. He deserve the best and so glad that he finally found his own HEA.
And I hope after reading about Press's story you'll falling in love with Press and Nate.

I’m totally curious about Frisco's story, but the author already said that the next story in this series belongs to Monroe and Ezra. Yes, that Ezra ~ Dom's agent from the book Running from My Heart.
Really can’t wait to know their story.

“I guess love is when you see something so broken, others walk around the pieces, but you stop and try to put them back together. Thank you for taking the time to gather the pieces of me and put this broken mess together again.”

Felice Stevens has always been a romantic at heart. She believes that while life is tough, there is always a happy ending around the corner, Her characters have to work for it, however. Like life in NYC, nothing comes easy and that includes love.

Felice has written over twenty books in the gay romance genre. Her books been translated into German, French and Italian. Her novel. One Call Away, part of her Soulmates series, was mentioned in Buzzfeed as one of the best “Out for You” gay romances of 2017.

Felice lives in New York City with her husband and two children. Her day begins with a lot of caffeine and ends with a glass or two of red wine. She recently retired from the practice law and now daydreams of a time when she can sit by a beach somewhere and write beautiful stories of men falling in love. Although there are bound to be a few bumps along the way, a Happily Ever After is always guaranteed.

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Saturday, January 4, 2020

ARC Review : The Dichotomy of Angels by N.R. Walker

Title : The Dichotomy of Angels

Author : N.R. Walker

Genre(s) : Gay romance, fantasy, paranormals, angels

Release Date : December 25, 2019

Rating : 4/5 Stars

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Nathaniel and Chasan are no ordinary angels.

Destiny chose them to be twin flames, fated mates. But Nathaniel has avoided Chasan for nearly a thousand years.

When sent to Earth on a mission to live and work together, Nathaniel comes face-to-face with his destiny. Short-tempered, petulant, and grumpy, he hates the idea of being fated to anyone and has chosen an existence of isolation rather than spending time with the calm, kind, and serene Chasan. But now he has no choice.

One is fire, the other is air; a true dichotomy of angels. Together they will be ignited, or they will be extinguished. This assignment will seal their fate either way.

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85,000 words. A sometimes-funny, sometimes-serious story about love, destiny, and other heavenly disasters.

They were too different. Like night and day: Chasan was sunshine and roses; Nathaniel was darkness and thorns.

His (Nathaniel) wings were burned umber with blackened tips. Where Chasan was blue and white, Nathaniel was red and orange fire, aflame with power and glory.

Air and fire. The perfect dichotomy…..

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I like angel’s story, and this one is no exception.

Chasan and Nathaniel are two angels who destined to be fated together under the very rare bond that entwined them. The bond called ‘twinning of souls', where their eternal lights were destined to be weaved as one.

Chasan has been in love with Nathaniel secretly for almost a thousand years, and Nathaniel actually share the same feeling with him, but Nathaniel with his own baggage has avoided Chasan for nearly a thousand years too.

Tired for seeing his two angels keep avoiding each other, Saint Peter then put them on an assignment together as human to open up their minds. The problem is, they come to earth not just as an ordinary human but as a newlywed gay couple and pre school teachers with a mission : to save a child!

Soon this mission become a test to their bond that will affect their future. With Nathaniel stubbornness to hide what he feels, will there’s a good end for their fate? Will Chasan with his patience, kindness, tolerance and forgiveness could save Nathaniel from his guilt that burden him for so long?

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This story come with very interesting theme and completely out of the box. The story was so engaging and once I started it, I can’t put it down.

But, I must be honest here…

Overall, the story is amazing, love the idea of the story, good writing as always, good plot and pace, ALL feels so perfect and I do enjoying the story until about 65% of the read, until it came to the intimate sex scenes part. And then suddenly I feel so awkward, because my brain won’t accept the fact that they actually having sex. So, I decided to almost skip all the details intimate scenes to avoiding the changing mood and enjoying the rest of the story.

I know this is a fantasy story, but still, my logic brain cannot accept the fact of two angels having sex together, both as human or when they’re ‘up there' as an Angel. It totally ruined my logic. I’m sorry…

So, aside from the intimate sex part, I can say this book is amazing good and worth to read! And you'll falling in love with both Chasan and Nathaniel instantly, and oh, with Zophiel and Raguel too!!

Chasan gave him a tight smile. “Heaven’s not my home.”

“What does that mean? Where feels like home to you? Where have you spent so long that it feels more like home than Heaven?”

…and looked up at Nathaniel. “My home is you.”

N.R. Walker is an Australian author, who loves her genre of gay romance.

She loves writing and spends far too much time doing it, but wouldn’t have it any other way.

She is many things: a mother, a wife, a sister, a writer. She has pretty, pretty boys who live in her head, who don’t let her sleep at night unless she gives them life with words.

She likes it when they do dirty, dirty things… but likes it even more when they fall in love.

She used to think having people in her head talking to her was weird, until one day she happened across other writers who told her it was normal.

She’s been writing ever since…

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Saturday, October 12, 2019

ARC REVIEW : Running from My Heart by Felice Stevens

Rating : 5/5 Stars

Title : Running from My Heart

Author : Felice Stevens

Series : Rock Bottom book three

Genre(s) : contemporary gay romance

Release Date : October 6, 2019

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"Holding onto the past can hurt more than letting it go."

People say six years is long enough to mourn the death of his husband but for Ross Miller, the pain is as fresh as if it happened yesterday. He’s left his glittering Hollywood life behind, yet guilt still dogs his steps, no matter how far he runs. Trapped by his past and needing to escape his well-meaning friends, he rents a cabin in the secluded Adirondack mountains. A reclusive man moves in next door and piques Ross’s interest, but his persistent attempts at friendship are rebuffed. That doesn’t stop him because the one rule Ross Miller has always lived by is to never take no for an answer.

Novelist Arden Wainwright has given up. He can’t pretend a happiness he knows he’ll never find again. Solitary days turn into years, and he remains frozen, unable to take a breath. At his wit’s end, he retreats to the mountains, but it does little to stir his creativity. He continues to hide from life and avoids his overly nosy neighbor, who insists on planting himself at Arden’s doorstep at every turn. Making friends is the last thing Arden wants, but annoying or not, he can’t get the damn man out of his mind.

Finding peace in their isolated surroundings, the two lonely men forge an unlikely friendship where they realize they’re more alike than different and better together than apart. With Ross’s help, Arden begins to rebuild the shattered pieces of his life, while Arden gives Ross the strength to face his fears and find his way home. When love comes calling you can choose to hide from hurt, loss, and pain, but if you take a chance and open the door, you might discover that running from your heart is the last thing you'll want to do.

This book can be read as a stand alone but you may remember Ross, Foster's best friend from Broken Silence, Book One of the Rock Bottom series.

“Life took away the love I never planned to lose, but it also brought me you....The love I never thought I’d find again.”

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I always curious about Ross's story since his first appearance as Foster best friend back then. The sadness and mysterious vibes he gave had raised my curiosity right away. Made me wondering, what story he has? And my heart instantly feels, it must be the heartbreaking one…

I’m fully aware of what kind of story I will put myself into this time when I started this book, but I didn't expect that this book will hit me with not just one, BUT TWO heartbreaking story!
And of course I didn’t prepare myself to be hit by double heartbreaking moments in one shot!

Being hit this hard, I must admit it shattered my heart into pieces along with Ross and Arden while I’m reading their story.
Both Ross and Arden drowning in their own grief, but how they dealing with the grief are different. Arden shut himself from people and the world, and grieving in silence, and Ross? He sleeps with a lots of men just to ease his pain, hide behind his cheerful happy face and ‘running’ from the regrets that keep chasing him from the past...

Fate then brought them meet as neighbors when they isolated themselves from the world.
From neighbors to friends, both Ross and Arden slowly found out that they both shared similar wound due to the loss of the people they love. If someone will understand the hurt and grief Arden has been through, it would be Ross. Because for years Ross also struggling with his own grief and regrets. And that what make they both understand the sorrow and regrets that eat them alive…

But after that small incident at the groceries store, their life started to change…

I love the dynamic in this story. I cried when they trying to deals with their grieving and I also laughs with their casual & fun banters. Their ups and downs emotions and how they both cope with their loss and grief by supporting each other are the wonderful things that ache my heart but also successfully warm my heart.

I know Felice’s abilities in wrecking the readers heart with her beautiful broken stories, but being hit twice in one time?
Ma'am – that’s cruel. But still, the masochistic side in me keep craving for her sad-angsty story even more...

Justin’s poem is one of the scene that hit me so bad beside ‘the baby osprey burial’ scene. When I thought that there’s no more tissues needed since everything seems to finally fall into the happy moments part, then Justin’s poem hit me hard. Then all the feels I felt from the beginning rushed back and put me back into another meltdown. This is the reasons why I ‘hate’ and love you at the same time, Felice!!!

Arden and Ross's story definitely will be my fave story from this series so far. They’re beautifully made for each others!

Oh, last but not least...
Well I can't denied that I’ve been curious about ‘that guy' while I’m reading Arden’s story, I ‘hate’ him at first but then I feel sorry for him and want to know more about him. So when I found out that he will have his own story, I must admit it surprise me and also excited me at the same time! Hopefully through his point of view I can understand more about him and what he’d been through….

And I really can’t wait for Ezra story too, I can smells another hints of heartbreaking story in him!

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

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Tuesday, October 8, 2019

ARC REVIEW : The Art of Drowning by Gillian St. Kevern

Title : The Art of Drowning

Author : Gillian St. Kevern

Series : Read by Candlelight #6

Genre(s) : Gothic paranormal romance

Release Date : September 19th , 2019

Rating : 4/5 Stars

How far will an artist go for his muse?

Frustrated artist Francis Dawson has come to the remote Scottish fishing village of Armadale to reconnect with his battered muse. But he gets more than he bargained for when he's struck down by a condition fatal to art: love.

Leith’s moods shift with the sea. Silent on his past, his present, in fact, on pretty much every subject, he nonetheless provides the inspiration Francis has been lacking. But even as his art takes flight, Francis finds himself mired in doubt. Are his feelings returned, or do Leith’s actions conceal a deadly secret?

When a fisherman drowns in perfectly fine conditions, Francis is drawn into a conflict knottier than a fishing net. But will solving this tangle free Leith—or end Francis’s painting career?

It’s always excited me every time I’m about to start another book from this series. What will I find next in this newest book? What mysterious thing I will experience this time?! Will it satisfied me?

Francis Dawson is an artist who trying to find back his desire in painting after being betrayed by someone he trust in the past. From the big town, Francis then decided to stay in this small fishermen village and start everything from the scratch again. Finding new muse to boost his desire in painting is another reason he leave everything behind and start his new life here. But could he find his muse back in this small village?

Then he saw him...

From the first time Francis saw this fisherman, he could feels that there’s something about this man that took his curiosity. The aura that come from the man full of mystery. There’s something that frightened him about this man but at the same time there’s also something that drawn him to the man. His logic scream ‘this man is dangerous’, but still Francis can’t denied the growing attraction he feels toward this man. Leith with his mysteriousness slowly light the spark in him that long has gone. Through Leith, Francis finally found his new muse….

But…. Can he keep his muse close to his side? What mystery Leith hide from him? Is he really dangerous?

With the mysterious murders that haunted the small town lately, will Francis following his instinct and leave or should he trust his heart instead?

I must admit that I’m a bit in struggle when I started this book. Not like with the previous book in this series, I have difficult time to get into the story. I need to reread the first two chapters before I finally get it. But after that the problems are solved by itself and I can enjoying the rest of the story.

I still found that the mystery things the author keep maintaining in her works are the best part that I enjoyed during the reading. Yes, the mysteries and the surprises!

Another thing that a bit confusing me while I'm reading this book is a young boy character that took part in this story. Julian. For almost the entire reading I’ve been questioning about this boy. Who is he? Why he’s sounds so familiar?
Then I found out that he’s actually the same Julian Westaway, Pip and Lord Cross adopted child and also the main character from The Well-Dressed Werewolf. I must admit that the timeline a bit confusing because in this book Julian is still a young boy.

Overall, the story still fulfilled my expectations and I really enjoying the reading!

Really can't wait for the next story from this series!! Yes, I'm addicted!

Saturday, September 28, 2019

ARC REVIEW : Tallowwood by N.R. Walker

Title : Tallowwood

Author : N.R. Walker

Genre(s) : contemporary gay romance, crime, mystery, suspense

Release Date : September 23th, 2019

Rating : 5/5 Stars

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Cold cases, murder, lies, and an unimaginable truth.

Sydney detective August Shaw has spent the last decade of work solving cold cases. Since the death of his boyfriend eight years ago, August works alone, lives alone, is alone — and that’s exactly how he likes it. His work is his entire life, and he’s convinced a string of unsolved cold-case suicides are linked to what could be Australia’s worst ever serial killer. Problem is, no one believes him.

Senior Constable Jacob Porter loves his life in the small town of Tallowwood in the middle of the rainforests in northern New South Wales. He runs summer camps for the local Indigenous kids, plays rugby with his mates, has a close family, and he’s the local LGBTQIA+ Liaison and the Indigenous Liaison Officer.

When human remains are found in the camping grounds at Tallowwood Reserve, Jake’s new case turns out to be linked to August’s cold cases, and Jake agrees they’re not suicides at all. With Jacob now firmly in August’s corner, they face one hurdle after another, even when more remains are found, they still can’t seem to gain ground.

But when the body of a fellow police officer turns up under the same MO, it can’t be ignored anymore. August and Jake must trace the untraceable before the killer takes his next victim or before he stops one of them, permanently.

“I want to feel . . . alive.”

When you read a good book that made you speechless and cannot find any words to write the review….

I wish I could only said , “DROP EVERYTHING YOU READ RIGHT NOW AND GRAB THIS BOOK. BECAUSE TALLOWWOOD IS ONE OF A MUST READ BOOK!”

But it seems not fair because ALL the feel this book gave me NEED to be appreciate properly. So, after calming myself for two days, I started to gathered all the feels, find my words and write this review…

First of all, I need to say they this book had sucked me deep into the story and didn’t give me a time to breathe! The fast pace and the tensions are breathtaking! Once I started it, I shut down the world and devour it in one sit.

The story was so intense from the beginning to the last page. The murder cases August & Jake trying to solve with all the twists and turns are consuming enough to make me glued to the story. The emotional connections between the two main characters are strong even if it’s kinda instant but feels so deep. They way fate bring they found each other through the cold case August been struggling to solve for years without any help from his colleagues because they won’t believed the possibility of the serial killer case and not just a simple 'suicide'.

When the remnants of bodies found by Jake have the similarities with the victims from August cases, they soon knew that their cases linked to each other. Together they trying to solve the mysteries when finally the real killer start to aim one of them as the next victim….

Could they finally found the killer and bring peace to ALL the innocent souls that lost his life in the hand of the killer?

I remember had serious anxious time during the reading, I cried at some part and have serials goosebumps feel at nearly end of the book! Yup, those kookaburras birds are really something!

And for ALL those feel this book gave, it definitely deserved FIVE STARS from me!

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

N.R. Walker is an Australian author, who loves her genre of gay romance.

She loves writing and spends far too much time doing it, but wouldn’t have it any other way.

She is many things: a mother, a wife, a sister, a writer. She has pretty, pretty boys who live in her head, who don’t let her sleep at night unless she gives them life with words.

She likes it when they do dirty, dirty things… but likes it even more when they fall in love.

She used to think having people in her head talking to her was weird, until one day she happened across other writers who told her it was normal.

She’s been writing ever since…

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Tuesday, September 17, 2019

ARC REVIEW : Ride the Whirlwind (Love Across Time #4) by Jackie North

Title : Ride the Whirlwind

Author : Jackie North

Series : Love Across Time #4

Genre(s) : contemporary gay romance, time travel

Release Date : September 17th, 2019

Rating : 5/5 Stars

Buy link : Amazon

Soulmates across time. Two hearts, stronger together.

In present day, Maxton is good at finding trouble and bad at everything else.

In 1892, Trent Harrington, sheriff of Trinidad, Colorado, lives a respectable but lonely life, devoid of any closeness.

Trying to escape a past that keeps chasing him, Maxton drives south to avoid getting arrested. When his car spins off the road, he is swept up in a desert whirlwind and finds himself in the year 1892. Lost and alone, unused to the laws of the wild west, Maxton gets arrested anyway.

Trent is tasked with escorting Maxton to Trinidad. The request isn’t unusual, but the miscreant is. Maxton draws Trent’s heart out of its shell with his flashing green eyes and lush head of hair. It isn’t right. It isn’t natural. It’s illegal. Yet Trent cannot resist the impetuous young man.

As the two men travel through the vast, empty desert to their destination, will they find in each other the love and companionship they never thought they’d have?

A male/male time travel romance, complete with the scent of desert roses, brilliantly colored sunsets, starlit nights, bitter campfire coffee, growing honesty and trust, and true love across time.

WARNING : SPOILER ALERT!!

Maxton had always needed someone to belong to and with. Someone to love. Someone all his own. Someone like Trent...

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This is still the continuity from the previous story, this time is the story about Maxton, Another Laurie's best friend, and I’ve been waiting for this story since I ended Zach and Layton’s book!

After Zach went missing mysteriously following what had happened to Laurie, Max then receiving another letter from Laurie that sent from the past which told that Zach now lived with him at Trinidad.

In the present time Maxton's life always get into troubles. Finding his life is in danger, he then decided to runaway. But on his way he’d been swept by the whirlwind and thrown into the past.
Confused and disoriented, Maxton then got into trouble and jailed.
Then come Trent, a sheriff from Trinidad who brought the message from Laurie and had been assigned to take him to the place where Laurie lived.
Their journey back to where Laurie lived was not easy, both Max and Trent must face lots of obstacles. With the baggage and insecurity they both carried from their past and with the mysterious clouds and whirlwind that always ‘chased’ Maxton and want to throw him back to the future had made this book become another interesting and consuming book from Jackie North.

The two MCs come with their unique characters and the way the author describe Maxton's anxiety and afraid and Trent's dilemmas, and their slow changing feelings and deep connection are enough to make you glued to the story until the last page.

This series become more and more addicted since I start the first book. Now with all these three best buddies finally reunited again in the past I assume the story about this trio finally come to its end. BUT….will this series also come to its end? Well, don’t think so. Because I’m sure the author still has more unique time travel story on her mind!

Last but not least, if you a time travel lovers like me, I’ll recommended not only this book, but this whole series to you! Trust me you’ll love all the story in this series!

"Pain holds me still, holds me here, in this year. It keeps me grounded, and keeps me from the whirlwind," said Maxton. "Just like the smell of roses—"

"Roses?" asked Trent. "Yeah," said Maxton. "I smelled roses, and knew I'd made it back to the right time, to you—"

"I won't let it take you," said Trent. "Focus on where we are, and where we are going. Listen to the sound of the wind on the river, the faraway wails of coyotes singing to the moon. Be with me now, be with me."

High Recommended!