Reviewed by Becca
TITLE: Brothers by Bond
AUTHOR: Brenda Cothern
PUBLISHER: Wench Publishing
LENGTH: 95 pages
RELEASE DATE: August 16, 2012
BLURB:
Johnny Baxter has been Mike Morgan’s best friend for the last seventeen years and his adopted brother for the last fifteen. They have been attached at the hip since they were kids, all through high school and even through the Army with the buddy system. From being stationed as MP’s in Germany to graduating the police Academy and riding in the same patrol car night after night, where one was found, so was the other. They shared everything.
Until six months ago… when Johnny got divorced.
Mike’s feelings for his best friend and brother changed; became more than just brotherly love and avoidance was his way of coping. However, the night he traded shifts to avoid his brother, once again, was the night he almost lost him. And more than anything else, that is Mike’s biggest fear.
Author Note:
Contains m/m sexual practices and is intended for readers of legal age in the country in which they reside.
REVIEW:
I’m not a huge fan of the brothers in love thing but it was an alright story. Technically, they’re brother by adoption and not by blood so that helps but anyway. If you guys like that kind of taboo stuff, then this is definitely for you.
Mike was withdrawn for the past week or so from his partner and best friend since kids, Johnny. He’s discovered lately that his feelings for Johnny are more than brotherly and it’s leaving him uncomfortable and weirded out. But seeing Johnny get shot and almost died, brings things in perspective for Mike. He really loves Johnny, but he can’t help but think Johnny and the parents that adopted him would be grossed out by him. Or worse. But as Johnny starts to recover, he stays at Mike’s house and several things have Mike questioning things even more. And now he’s terrified Johnny knows how he feels. And losing Johnny in any way would kill him.
It’s hard to come out period, when you aren’t sure of how it will be taken. But it’s harder when the person you’re in love with is someone you might not should be. Even though they are only brother by adoption, it’s still Mike’s best friend. And he’s terrified of losing him and the only real family he’s ever known. I feel for him. Then seeing Johnny might not live from his shooting, it’s horrifying to think about. To lose the one person you love more than anything. It’s confusing and scary as hell.
It’s not a bad little story. It’s the journey of Mike and Johnny and how things turn out. A quick read that has some hot scenes.
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