Reviewed by Becca

TITLE: Redemption

SERIES: Men of Hidden Creek season 4 #6

AUTHOR: E. Davies

PUBLISHER: self-published

LENGTH: 350 pages

RELEASE DATE: September 20, 2019

BLURB:

“I’ll make up my own mind about you.”

Months after he was mugged in Houston, legal secretary Jasper Barnes is still hiding out in Hidden Creek. Self-defense classes would boost his confidence. Problem is, the guy offering them is Chad Allaback, and he has a reputation, to say the least. So why does Jasper feel an irresistible pull toward him?

Six months after his wakeup call, Chad is too afraid of his past to reach out to those around him in his hometown. Accepting help from Jasper when he finds out he’s about to lose his home is the hardest thing he’s done. Can he really change now?

Self-defense lessons quickly turn into a sizzling, secret connection. When neither man is sure if they can trust their heart to the other, they hit a breaking point all too quickly. It’s going to take a Hidden Creek miracle to heal their scars and find redemption in each other’s arms.

Welcome to Hidden Creek, Texas, where the heart knows what it wants, and where true love lives happily ever after. Every Men of Hidden Creek novel can be read on its own, but keep an eye out for familiar faces around town! This book contains a changed man, gossip text chains, and a sassy twink kissing his unexpected savior.

REVIEW:

I love second chance stories. Redemption stories. For those people who truly want to change and make their lives better, they deserve a second chance. Some people truly don’t want to change, and it’s a hard thing, because you still want to give them the second chance but it’s when it’s real it’s truly deserving.

Chad was used to being the town pariah. No one likes him. He didn’t exactly blame them. His life before was bad. He’s done bad things and even if he didn’t do the bad things, he didn’t stop them either. Which made him just as guilty. But he realized, himself and through a friend, he didn’t want to love that life anymore. A few people gave him a chance to start over. Giving him a job and such. But it wasn’t until Jasper that Chad starts to feel like he was maybe getting a bit of a break. But how wrong he was. Things were still falling apart. He felt like Jasper was just using him as a project instead of just loving him for him. Secrets were being kept, and communication was not being used. And it made things rough for a bit. But Chad had to make up his mind, fight for his new life or tuck his tail and run. 

I felt for Chad in this book. It’s hard when you’ve been one way for so long and are trying to make up for it, but no one trusts you or will give you a chance anymore. Everyone knew him and of his past and if they didn’t, it didn’t take long to find out. And he raked himself over the coals worse than anyone else could have ever done. His guilt and shame were constant burdens he carried. So when Jasper actually took the time to see Chad and the steps he was trying to take, it made me happy. Until he tried to make Chad a project. Communication was hard with these two and sometimes it just made something simple into something horrid. But they learned to talk better. Learned more about each other and shared the secrets that needed to be shared. Chad got rid of the dead weight of old so called friends and really moved forward. 

It was a good story. So good. It made me happy to see how it ended. 

RATING:  5 stars

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