Reviewed by Cindy
TITLE: Relationship Material
AUTHOR: Jenya Keefe
PUBLISHER: Riptide Publishing
LENGTH: 220 Pages
RELEASE DATE: August 5, 2019
BLURB:
It’s not always possible to meet in the middle.
Registered nurse Evan Doyle doesn’t consider himself fit for more than occasional hookups. He has a good life, but the emotional aftermath of a horrific crime makes him feel too damaged to date. So when his sister’s hot bestie, Malcolm Umbertini, comes on to him, he turns him down flat. Mal is Relationship Material: the kind who thinks in the long term. What would Evan do with a man like that?
As a prosecuting attorney, Mal’s learned how to read people, and he knows there’s more to Evan than meets the eye. Mal has faced his own hardships since his family kicked him out as a teen, and he respects Evan’s courage and emotional resilience. More than that, he wants Evan–in his bed and in his life. But can he weather another rejection?
Both wary, they agree to a no-strings fling. Mal knows that Evan wants things to stay casual, but he’s falling in love a little more with each encounter. With health, happiness, and bruised hearts on the line, Mal and Evan must risk everything for love.
REVIEW:
Evan is sweet and absolutely convinced that he doesn’t need or deserve anything good in his life. Mal disagrees.
It’s a classic case of miscommunication that almost destroys the thing that both men needs the most.
Evan feels like he doesn’t deserve the love and devotion that Mal seems to exude….until Mal gets scared or angry.
I loved both of these characters. They are strong and smart and scared and the fear seems to push them apart as much as it pulls them together.
Evan’s sister is a great side character. She loves both men equally and isn’t afraid to stand up for what she believes in. Evan’s story is hard and compelling and I couldn’t help cheering for his happy ending from the very start.
Mal is so scared of being hurt that he lashes out to drive away the love he can feel starting to build with Evan. It’s better to burn out than fade away, so the story goes, but that might not always be true.
This story is compelling and I couldn’t put it down once I started. The pain that Mal and Evan have gone through is harsh and scary but somehow they manage to see the real importance in life.
The author has a gift for making the reader feel sympathy for their characters without them losing any of the strength the two men have managed to build.
I hope you are as swept away by Evan and Mal’s story as I was.
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