Reviewed by Dan
TITLE: Guns n’ Boys: A Breath of Innocence
SERIES: Guns n’ Boys – Book 8
AUTHOR: K.A. Merikan
PUBLISHER: Acerbi & Villani, Ltd.
LENGTH: 330 Pages
RELEASE DATE: May 14, 2018
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“I would wait a lifetime for this.”
“You don’t have to wait anymore. I want you.”
Mark is done with flings. He is looking for something real, and he knows just where to find it. Years ago, he fell in love with Charlotte Elswood, but after saving her life, he made the difficult choice to stay in a cartel for the sake of his family.
Now, free of the bloodstained work, he’s ready to rekindle what he’s lost.
But in England, he meets someone who is also blond, blue-eyed, and irresistible. Problem is, Griffith Elswood is Charlotte’s brother. Should Mark even consider putting his hands all over an innocent who would push him away if he knew what kind of monster Mark is?
After years of homeschooling, Griffith wants nothing more than to finally spread his wings at university. Secretly, he dreams of meeting a man he can fall madly in love with. A man he would have all the firsts with. But it’s hard to trust anyone after witnessing his sister’s heartbreak.
When Mark moves in next door, Griffith reaches out despite his sister’s warnings. Mark is mysterious, experienced, cocky, and just oh-so-dreamy. Alternating between hot and cold, Mark’s presence sends Griffith into a frenzy of passion like he’s never known before. So hot in fact, it might just burn him if he isn’t careful.
REVIEW:
As anyone who follows my reviews will know, I love the stories that these two women give us. Sometimes they get a little too violent, but not in this one. This one was a break from the violence and focused on Mark, the young man adopted by Seth and Dom in previous books. He is now a young adult and has run off to England to find Charlotte, the girl that got away after he chose to stay in South America and help Dom with the tough day to day running of their family ‘business’. But three years or so have elapsed, and Charlotte isn’t at all happy to see him. She flat out refuses to talk to him at all.
Enter the scene, her younger brother, Griffith. As we all know, young Mark isn’t picky about which gender ends up in his bed, and his eye catches on Griffith. Mark buys a condo right next door to the one shared by Charlotte and Griffith and drama ensues. Charlotte warns Griffith and everyone else away from Mark, saying he hurt one of her friends, but never telling the truth as she is sworn to secrecy with threats of physical harm if she ever discloses what really happened in the jungle in South America. The warnings don’t stick though, and Griffith finds himself drawn to this young man. While Griffith knows he is gay, he has never acknowledged it to anyone else, and he is sure Mark is straight. Is there any hope for something more than friendship?
I enjoyed this story. It built on and filled in some of the storyline from previous books, while letting us really get to know Mark. I like these two and really hope there is more of their story in the future.
As always, I highly recommend this book and pretty much everything these ladies have written!
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