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Tarfumes.com - Always
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List Price: $16.00
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Manufacturer: Amber Quill Press, LLC
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Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9781602729650
ISBN: 1602729654
Label: Amber Quill Press, LLC
Manufacturer: Amber Quill Press, LLC
Number Of Pages: 242
Publication Date: 2007-10-13
Publisher: Amber Quill Press, LLC
Release Date: 2007-10-25
Studio: Amber Quill Press, LLC
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From award-winning and best-selling gay-fiction author M.L. Rhodes... Now in paperback, Always combines the first two highly acclaimed volumes in the emotional and explosively erotic man-love story of Will McLaren and Ethan Gallagher. Never Let Go...
For years Will McClaren and Ethan Gallagher hid their deepest desires from one another, each thinking the other was straight, both of them too afraid of shattering their friendship to admit their real feelings. Then, in a vulnerable moment, they discover the truth and give themselves over to an explosive passion that will forever alter their relationship. But after just one night together, Ethan's secret life interferes and the two are torn apart for three long years. When at last Ethan returns, only a shell of the vibrant man Will once knew, and mysteriously evasive about where he's been, can the two men overcome years of deceptions and tragic truths in order to heal their friendship and perhaps find the kind of love that lasts a lifetime? Hearts & Bones...
Finally a couple in every way, Will and Ethan are savoring the pleasures of being together at last. But only a few short weeks into domestic bliss, their hard-won peace and contentment is put to the test. Someone from Ethan's dark and dangerous past has returned to settle a vindictive score, luring the lovers into a deadly game. When Will's caught in the crossfire and his very life is at stake, will Ethan be strong enough to overcome his debilitating fears and face down his old enemy? Or will this shadow from his past destroy the only man he's ever loved?
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Summary: Great Character
Comment: I really enjoyed this book, especially the first half. That part was pure fun reading. The second part was wonderful in the beginning, but it seemed to go off the believability track and merge into erotic fantasy, but there's nothing wrong with that. It just wasn't reality any longer, but after all this is fiction, and it's supposed to go a little wild. I finished it very quickly because the author did make you care about both men. You could tell she loved them as well. They were two very complete characters in their descriptions and personality. I felt as if I knew them. I will definitely be picking up another book from this author.
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Summary: Always- A Joyfully Recommended Title
Comment: Will McLaren has secretly loved his outgoing, daring, popular best friend Ethan Gallagher for years. Shy, studious Will believes he'll ruin their friendship if he says anything, though, so he keeps his secret. On the night of his sister's wedding, the secret slips out. Then, after only one incredible night together, Ethan leaves and doesn't come back.
Ethan and Will both had secrets, but Ethan's were serious enough to keep him away for three years. After a terrible ordeal, he's finally free to return to the man he's always loved--but Will feels angry and betrayed at his long absence. Will Ethan be able to show his best friend how much he loves him, or will their secrets be too much to overcome?
Simply put, Never Let Go is an incredible book. M.L. Rhodes's deep characterization made it easy to care about both Will and Ethan, and I was very moved by their deep love for each other. They face serious obstacles in the story, but I never stopped rooting for them. Each step in the story brought me closer to the characters. I laughed, cried, and rejoiced right along with them as the book unfolded. One of the best things about the story was the way Will and Ethan grew and changed. Ethan begins the story self-assured and outgoing, but after his ordeal emerges much different. Will starts out shy and biddable. Near the end, they had somewhat of a role-reversal, and yet they were still essentially the same men they had been before--just with more facets. This is my first book by Ms. Rhodes, but it certainly won't be my last! Never Let Go is a sweet, hot, vastly enjoyable story of finding love, losing it, and finding it again. I definitely recommend this book. It will leave you believing in second chances.
Cassie
reviewed for Joyfully Reviewed
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Summary: Always by M. L. Rhodes
Comment: M. L. Rhodes, is an excellent author of male gay romance novels. I have to admit there are very few writers that I admire as much as I do M. L. Rhodes. Always, is a wonderful love story that pulls at the heart strings. The only bad part was the hostage situation. Other wise, the book is an excellent read, and it makes you laugh and cry. The two main characters, both male, struggle to come to terms with their relationship. The book is actually in two parts. The first part is strickly five stars, but I can only give four stars to the second part. I highly recommend this book to anyone who loves a good gay romance. warning there is some man on man sex, and there is a bit of s/m.
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Summary: Always by M.L. Rhodes
Comment: Never Let Go by M.L. Rhodes
Will and Ethan are highschool mate friends. For all the years of the school they were inseparable, then Ethan went far away for college but they remained best friends and sometimes Ethan turned back home to see Will. And for Will was pain and pleasure cause Will was deeply in love with his friend and had no courage to admit it, especially not to Ethan who seemed to have plenty of women around him.
But one night, maybe thanks to some much drinks, Will and Ethan confess thier mutual feelings, and make passionate love. Will also declares his love to Ethan. But the morning after, Ethan has to leave in a hurry, and can't explain to Will why and where and doesn't know when he will be back. He only asks to Will to never let go him and his love for him.
But Ethan can return only three years after, without any words in between, and Will has not maintain his promise, he has let go and he has moved on, try to find someone else... but this is not true, cause his love for Ethan is not dead and flares to new life when his lover is again near him. But Ethan is not the same man he was when he has left, and Will has to change to deal with this new man.
The plot is simple and somewhat cosy: the external world is only hint and never really break into this novel. Will and Ethan are first friends and then lovers, and this allow them to be able to trust themself without much words to explain the past. If not for the friendship between then, it will really impossible to believe true Will's behaviour, when hungry will turn suddenly in hunger for his lover's soul and body.
Hearts & Bones by M.L. Rhodes
From best friend to lover the passage is not always easy, but Will and Ethan, the same couple of Never Let Go seem to have chosen the right path.
Ethan, ex secret agent and very commanding man, turns in a man to be nurse by Will. He is not weak, but he needs his man to be strong and protective, to shut out all the bad memories haunting him. And he needs also to accomadate himself to a live made of 9.00 to 5.00 work and domestic peace.
Will is tender and patient, he lets Ethan adjust himself to the new life, and he looks at him like a dream come true: the love of all his life is in the end near him, and it seems not true... And in fact the past is not so willing to be forgotten.
A good sequel to Never Let Go, actually the real story: Never Let Go introduces to us Will and Ethan, but only in Hearts & Bones you can see how their relationship evolves. In Hearts & Bones Ethan is the main character and we have the chance to understand him better: Will is the reason of all his life and his salvation. The story is a good mix of romance and thriller, with some unexpected twists. The plot is well planned and as realistic as can be a romantic novel.
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Summary: Intensely emotional, compelling, sexually charged. Love this one from Rhodes.
Comment: Rhodes has given us two appealing and memorable characters in Ethan and Will, their story told in 2 novellas which were released a few months apart. Very pleased that AmberQuill has combined the 2 e-books in print, as this one is for keeps.
Ethan's and Will's story is compellingly written, emotionally stirring and stunning in its intensity and passion, their sex ranging from lovingly tender to sizzingly hot BDSM.
"Never let go", the first novella, is beautifully written. Ethan and Will are best friends since high school, secretly in love with each other yet never dare to declare it as afraid the other would be repelled by it. Since embarking on their own career, they hardly meet up as Ethan's supposely high flying career takes him around the world. Only nothing is as it seems. They finally consummate their love 16 years later, and just as Will thinks all is well, Ethan vanishes from his life only this time it seems for good. Three years later, Ethan appears at Will's door step, a "broken" man. Thereon, their reunion is one emotional ride, bittersweet and deeply touching.
I thought it will be hard to measure up to the first novella but Rhodes proves me wrong. "Hearts and Bones" is just as compellingly written and powerfully emotional as their brief domestic bliss is disrupted by Jackson, a psychotic sadist from Ethan's past. The lovers are held captive and their torment in the hands of this sadist who is into heavy BDSM have me at the edge. These parts are not easy to read as Jackson threatens each man with the life of the other. Rhodes has done a marvelous job here exploring the depth of each man's feelings for the other. Ethan's mind torture is heart wrenching as his horrible past is used against him. BDSM is heavy here, the sex sizzling erotic. The intense moment when the lovers manage to turn the table on their tormentor have me holding my breath. There is a bit of comic relief towards the end when one unlikely hero comes to their rescue. The only flaw in this novella is Rhodes seems to make light of the injuries each man sustains during his captivity. A flaw easy to overlook as the lovers' gripping story have me spellbound until the end.
I love both characters. Ethan seems a man of the world, strong and confident. But he is one vulnerable and haunted man, his discovery of a side of himself startling. Will is equally appealing with his solid quiet strength, the pillar in their relationship, and he is of course not quite the gentleman "geek" he appears. Strongly recommended to all M/M romance fan out there.
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