Reviewed by Roberta
TITLE: Home
SERIES: Spotless #3
AUTHOR: Bailey Bradford
PUBLISHER: Totally Bound Publishing
LENGTH: 151 Pages
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Solomon wanted nothing more than to stay at home and raise his siblings, until he’s kidnapped and everything in his world changes.
Solomon survived being abused by his father. He took care of his many siblings during that time, and continued to do so after he’d been rescued by his half-brother Steven, and Steven’s mates Cole and Shaun.
Now Solomon’s grown up. He’s still raising his family, and he wants to keep everyone right there, safe and with him.
Then he’s kidnapped, and he’s taken away. He’s got a secret that helps him escape his captors. That, and one of the jaguar guards who is supposed to be trying to capture him again turns out to be his mate, while the other guard is a woman who’s fed up with the cruelty of the clan who sent her after Solomon.
Azil has known only subservience all his life. The jaguar clan he’s from is warped, but he doesn’t know that. It’s just the way things are. It takes a taste of freedom, and finding a man who believes in him, to help free Azil from the chains of his past.
But someone wants to make sure neither he nor Solomon gets a happy ending.
Reader Advisory: This book contains references to past physical abuse and sexual assault.
Publisher’s Note: This book is part of the Spotless series and is best read in order. This series is linked to the Leopard’s Spots series.
REVIEW:
I read the first two books in this series and I vaguely remember Solomon’s character at the end of Steven’s book, Hunt. I was kind of excited to see what his book was like, what his life had turned into. I’m really glad that I did.
Solomon is the half brother of Steven and Adal from the books Hunt and Hide in the Spotless series, he’s always taken care of the younger children of a deranged father who raped and murdered many women in an effort to see what kind of half breed children he could have. Solomon is half leopard and half jaguar. Solomon has always taken care of his half and full blooded siblings. Solomon has always had to be strong and he continues to do so. Solomon is having a bit of a crisis of faith. Keeping the kids safe has always been his main goal in life and he’s wondering if he’s done a disservice to them by keeping them from the wolf pack that he lives with as well as not finding out about the mother’s of the other kids. Solomon is this really great guy. He loves his siblings so much. He wants his family to stay together so much. He’d be so lost without them. He even loves his big brothers, Steven and Adal. Solomon is lonely in the respect that he’s still a virgin and yet, he really wants to have sex. Of course, he wants to have sex with someone else and the most important part, with his mate. He really wants that closeness that comes with having a mate.
Azil is from a jaguar pack that resides in Mexico. In his pack, the females hold all of the power and the males are pretty much kept as slaves. There to do the heavy lifting and for sexual games. The males aren’t taught anything that would make their lives better or useful. They are there to just serve and that’s what Azil’s life is like. The worst part is he’s made to feel ugly and unwanted. He’s got red hair and freckles and that’s not attractive enough yet to be used as a sex toy. Azil doesn’t know any other life other than the one he has and he knows better than to question any females as it will lead to beatings. Azil has no real feelings about men as sexual beings as it prohibited in his pack. They are all about keeping the pack growing and never allowing the men to lead. Azil doesn’t really understand what is happening to him when he sees Solomon for the first time. Why he’s aroused and why he wants to do nothing but spend time with him. He’s confused, but he just knows that he should be around him. Azil is this really sweet, naïve guy who is doing the best he can in the life that he’s been given. I like that he’s got this really good heart and I hate how he’s been made to feel as he’s less than.
The intimate scenes in this book were really good. I loved how these two guys who are virgins get together and how they don’t necessarily fumble their way through being intimate together, but I like how Solomon won’t have “real sex” with Azil until there is a bed and lube, so that he doesn’t hurt Azil. I love how Solomon sticks to who he is by never doing anything that would hurt someone, especially his mate. These two young men together are so sweet and tender and loving with each other. I loved watching them go from just horny young mates into these two horny, family men who are mates. Their love and love making grew as their bond deepened and it is really beautiful to watch.
I really loved getting a chance to see Steven, Cole, Shaun, Remus, Cliff, Bobby, Dorsal and Adal again. I feel like it was going home week and I got to see how these guys whom I really liked and see how their relationships have evolved. How they’ve grown up to be even better men than when I last saw them. They still kept to their original characters and yet, they all grew up to become even more exceptional men.
This was a great continuation of the Spotless series and I can’t wait until the next book comes out. I’m hoping that it will be Rolly’s book. He’s got some stuff going on in his life and I’m intrigued. I know that Bailey’s got a couple of books coming out over the next couple of months and it’s not the Spotless series, however, I do hope that she comes back to this series. I really am invested in these characters and I want to see what happens next
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