Reviewed by Dan
TITLE: The Copper
AUTHOR: Bonnie Dee
PUBLISHER: Self-Published
LENGTH: 176 Pages
RELEASE DATE: April 4, 2016
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Jaded lord, stalwart cop, instant attraction.
Lord Avery Wickersham wakes from a night’s debauchery at a bordello to police officers pounding on the bedroom door. During the vice raid, Constable Connor Tate is ready to arrest the lord and his two male sex partners when Avery’s glib tongue earns a reprieve for his friends if not for himself.
From this grim beginning, men as opposite as summer and winter slowly work their way to an unexpected spring. Avery is ripe for a change in his aimless life, while Connor struggles between duty and desire. Overwhelming passion takes them by storm, but can a rush of lust evolve into love when their lives are so different?
While Avery attempts altruism by volunteering at a charity mission, Connor uncovers government corruption and an evil man who brings torture and death to his victims. The duo join forces to try to stop the killer, but when one of the lovers faces peril, their time may run out.
Warning: Contains a scene of abuse and torture.
REVIEW:
When Constable Connor Tate is part of a police raid on an establishment catering to sodomites, he never expects to meet a man who will bring him out of his self-denial.
When Lord Avery Wickersham wakes in a bed with a pretty male singer, and a huge hunk of Nordic manhood attached to a huge hunk of Nordic man, he never expects the door to come crashing down and Constables to rush in to arrest him with his pants barely pulled up!
And all that is in the first few pages! What will happen when Lord Avery comes seeking the young Constable that let Avery’s friends go, while arresting him. Why can’t Avery get the man’s electric blue eyes out of his thoughts?
The Copper is also Bonnie Dee’s take on a historical serial killer. Not one that I believe ever existed, but if he had, based on the victims, we probably wouldn’t know. I enjoyed how Ms. Dee brought us into a plausible story, complete with a very evil man who has been perpetrating dastardly deeds against the poorest residents of the city. Will Avery and Connor be able to stop him in time? Please pay attention to the content warning in the blurb. The details were very slim, but the content is there.
This newest book from the author was enjoyable, and well written and edited. I almost always enjoy the historical works of Ms. Dee, whether on her own or in partnership with Summer Devon. That said…there was something that just didn’t get me excited about this book. It was good, but not great. I started writing this review last night and put it down and picked it back up this morning, and still don’t know how to express my feeling on this one. I guess I will have to say I liked it, but didn’t love it, even though I don’t know why.
In conclusion I’m going to have to rate this one a 3.0 on our scale, meaning it was Good/Average in my opinion.
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