Jane Elliot (1)

Perhaps as a warning, this was quite the sedate tale of how these two men come together.

Having helped John a few years back, Will now knows he aided a notorious outlaw. On the run with really nowhere to hide, John comes back several years later looking for a little reprieve. Not to excuse his past, but terrible circumstance made him into something he truly wasn’t, and there’s regret and pain and failed attempts at leading a straight, honest life - a life he attempts to do so with Will.

Not much happens except the slow unraveling of feels in and amongst daily living on a ranch. These two warily circle each other at first, and later accept that some company is better than none. Eventually mutual respect, affection, and lusty comfort develop, as they mesh their lives together, eking out a tough but satisfying existence.

This unfortunately is not overt - in the smex or the proclamations - and I could always go for more of that. However the life they build together and the future they want and work towards, was satisfying and good enough.
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This is the first book I've read by Jane Elliot and I like her style of writing. The writing has a spareness about it that suits the characters and the setting. I'm looking forward to reading the next book about in the series.

In the past I've always eschewed reading M/M books with girlie bits. Through this book I realized it's not the girlie bits I mind so much. This book contains 2 such scenes and I really didn't mind because... Ah Ha moment here... there was no emotional involvement between the 2 main heroes and the two women. The connection was totally between the two men. I love finding out new things about myself. :)… (mehr)

Jasper Swinton and Brian Stark are among my favorite couples, cause, well, Jasper is so unlikable that you cannot avoid to love him. Jasper is really an unpleasant man, bad not for wanting but cause he is so insensitive he doesn't realize when he is hurting people. In this second enstalment, the author has already explained who Jasper is and so he doesn't really do any arm, but maybe it's also due to the good influence of Brian, who is basically the opposite of Jasper, a good man with a great heart and a sensitive soul.

The story centers around a prank war between the two of them, trying to outdo each other. They are clever but innocent pranks, and in the middle of them, Jasper and Brian enjoy a lot of sex and good friends. There is a moment of climax, no pun intended, just a touch of drama, but truth be told, I didn't need it much, to me the story as it was had already satisfied my needs.

One complaint? Barney the cat wasn't so much on the stage as I would have loved too, he is a kitten, still in that moment in life when he is totally cute cause there is no second intent in his actions.

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