Reviewed by Kat
TITLE: Challenge
SERIES: Kinky in the City #2
AUTHOR: Quinn Ward
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 193 pages
RELEASE DATE: May 28, 2018
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When two men reveal the secrets they tried keeping, even from each other, sparks will fly…
Freddie’s life changed forever when he walked in on his best friend dancing around the room in women’s lingerie. A lifetime of friendship was buried in the same box as Peter’s lingerie and makeup. The single father isn’t ready to face the man who made him question his sexuality when they were teens.
He may not have a choice.
Peter refuses to call himself the black sheep of the family, because his life has been nothing but color since he left home rather than face a future he didn’t want. The death of his mother brings him home, and he can’t leave until he knows his sister’s okay. When Freddie offers him a place to stay, he’s not certain his heart will survive.
Can Freddie make Peter believe he’s not turned off by a bit of satin and lace while finally exploring his bisexuality?
REVIEW:
The next offering in the Kinky in the City series!
Freddie is the brother of Frankie. He is head chef and runs the kitchen at Marino’s, a family owned Italian restaurant in the DC area. When he was younger he accidentally witnessed his best friend, in a secret moment, dancing in his bedroom in ladies lingerie. He was taken back and didn’t know how to process this since he had been having secret thoughts about him. When Peter has to return for his mother’s funeral Freddie knows that he has to clear the air about why their friendship was ruined. Can these two men accept each other and work through their desires after so much time and pain has passed?
I am really enjoying this new author and was really looking forward to this book. I hadn’t realized that the series would be about all the Marino brothers. I had felt like we were left a bit on the edge of the cliff with the abrupt ending to the last book with Frankie and Calvin’s relationship and had thought that the next book would pick up where we left off. Boy was I surprised that, not only was it not about them, but about his brother Freddie, who had appeared to be a heterosexual single father. Discovering that Freddie was bisexual and had been hiding it for years really caught me off guard. I really fell for both Freddie and Peter. I know that Frankie helped paved the way to make it easier for Freddie to explore his desires. And that both men had yearned for each other for all that time was sweet but sad that they had missed out. However, without Freddie with his ex-wife Angela (who is a nasty piece of work) they would have never had his sweet little daughter Sophia. I am thankful that the author portrayed her exactly like a five year old is. She gives you a run for your money that truly reminds me of my granddaughters. And Sophia completes these two men and makes them a family focused on what needs to be focused on.
I had also assumed that the “kink” in this series was the mild D/s like we had with Calvin and Frankie. Wrong again! It turns out that there is a different type of “kink” with each brother. This focused on wearing ladies lingerie and make up. I have had another recent series touch on this. I really enjoyed this book but this particular kink really isn’t my “cup of tea”. I enjoyed how the men’s relationship evolved and how they resolved their situation in a mature and thought out manner. I have read that the next book is their youngest brother Matteo and that it a look into something called demisexual age play. I have no idea what that means but I am about to find out.
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