REVIEWED BY CINDY
TITLE: Beginning to Believe
AUTHOR: Sean Michael
PUBLISHER: Torquere
LENGTH: 74 Pages
Blurb:
Tyler’s a fun-loving, surfing mechanic who loves his life and lives every day to the fullest. When he meets potential client Kit, he’s immediately attracted and ready to get to know the man better.
Kit’s a music producer who used to do the singing himself. He was quite the star, actually, until an accident in his tour bus wiped out nearly his entire band. Kit didn’t come out of it unscathed, though. Along with emotional scars, he lost both legs and hasn’t sung a note since.
Tyler’s more concerned with how Kit makes him feel than whether or not the man has artificial limbs, and he pursues Kit eagerly. Can Tyler help Kit to believe in love again?
Review:
I’m a fan of Sean Michael’s writing so I was happy to pick up this story and give it a try. I’m also a sucker for the hurt/comfort genre and I was hoping for good things from this book.
Tyler’s a man who seems to live life to the fullest. He loves his job and it shows in everything he does.
Kit is almost the complete opposite of Tyler. He’s a little broken, but his spirit is worse than his body. After an accident claimed almost everyone he loved, he’s just sort of existed on the edges of life. His visit to Tyler’s shop is his first step in his journey back to life.
And it’s a step in the right direction.
This was a good story. Watching these two men draw closer and closer is a treat to be sure. I love how Tyler just goes with the flow and doesn’t really let Kit get lost in what he can’t do anymore.
The chemistry between them starts at a slow burn but it isn’t long before the heat builds into something scorching.
I loved watching Tyler help Kit find his way out of his shell and realize that he was still someone that could be wanted and loved. Tyler seems to know exactly how far and fast he can push before backing off and letting Kit catch his breath.
It’s not a perfect story. I would have liked to have seen them spend a little more time getting to know each other before falling into bed. There’s more to this story than just hot, steamy sex, although there is plenty of that. It’s also heavily emotional in places especially as the two men start to realize how important the other is becoming in their life.
In some ways everything in the story almost happens too easily and I would have liked a little more angst and tension to balance it out, but that’s probably just a personal choice on my part. I like a little bad to help make the good seem even better.
This story is sweet and compelling and I’ll admit that once I started it, I couldn’t stop reading. There’s not a lot of side characters, at least none that jump out at me, but that’s okay. It means the focus is completely on the two main characters and there’s absolutely nothing wrong with that.
If you are looking for something short, well-written and guaranteed to tug at your heartstrings, then Beginning to Believe is the story for you!
One little side note: Authors, if there are spelling and grammar mistakes in your blurb, it doesn’t encourage people to read your story. I corrected them in the blurb attached to this review, but that was a fail on both the author and the editor’s part.
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❤ this book!