Reviewed by True

TITLE: Loverman

SERIES: Sydney Stories #1

AUTHOR: B.D. Roca

PUBLISHER: Self-published

RELEASE DATE: November 12, 2020

LENGTH: 271 pages

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Once, they were enemies. Maybe they still are. But now that they’re lovers, the stakes are life and death.

For Kemp Lansey, his one-time stepbrother, Charles Durant, should be off limits.

He walked out of Charles’ life eight years ago. Kemp had secrets to keep—terrible secrets that weren’t his own to spill—secrets that put Charles off limits. Secrets that if Charles knew, could be weaponised to wreck the life of someone Kemp loves.

But Charles has pushed back into Kemp’s life, into his bed. This time Kemp can’t fight their red-hot chemistry.

Kemp tells himself it’s just convenience—for both of them. Kemp’s the high-profile lead singer in a band, but Charles isn’t interested in Kemp’s reflected fame and glory. And Charles, heir to a massive fortune, knows that Kemp isn’t in it for his millions. What binds them together are the dark, unbreakable bonds formed years back, when they were living in the luxurious Durant beachfront compound. The place where it all began. The place where it should have ended.

Keeping it just physical should be simple. Easy. But what happens when the ghosts of the past start crowding in? What happens when a series of bloody, violent break-ins makes it clear Kemp’s not the only one with something to hide?

Because Charles has dangerous secrets of his own.

Secrets that will either send Kemp away, or bind them together, forever. Because, maybe, it’s more than just sex.

Can either of them risk it all to find out?

REVIEW:

What an extraordinary story, a powerful drama with a lot of tension, emotionally and sexually .

Eight years ago Kemp and Vivian’s mother Maxime was married with Charles’s father, Richard Durant, the mining magnate, billionaire. Let’s be clear here, Maxime is a calculating cold bitch and Richard is already dead.

Now Charles is back in Kemp’s life, it seems like they live together, but only physically, there are a lot of feelings, mostly cold, sometimes it looks like hate. There is definitely a mountain of lust which they express in a hot steamy way. They are under each other’s skin.
Charles is a successful photographer and Kemp a musician, ex- stepbrothers, it seems they are lovers without love. Let’s just follow them to understand what those feelings really are about.

Viva despises Charles, even more now because he’s her brother’s lover. Something happened all those years ago and bit by bit we get to understand the horror of it.
How their past influences the present and future. How reality is different from what it looks.

Both men are guarded, definitely protecting their hearts, they are misunderstood, especially Charles. Sometimes gentle sides are exposed, little cracks in their shields, just a second, and then the walls go up again.

Charles has secrets, and not all are locked in his safe, some are in his head, secrets to protect the ones he deeply cares for and loves.
Behind the closed off attitudes, there are glimpses of vulnerability and raw emotions. Those moments were precious and full of possibilities.
Subtle, very subtle their dynamic changes in something that has always been there, latent.
In this journey there are dark secrets unfold, they are ugly, fasten your seatbelts!

A stunningly written narrative, intriguing, full of heartache, with well-defined personalities. There was sometimes a what heavy blanket lying above this narrative, with raw hurt. So many emotions here to find, despair, hope so much hope, misunderstanding, forgiveness, a lot of steam and love. The whole story was well developed and fast-paced.
The very end was quite emotional, finally a deserved happiness, it was extremely enjoyable.
For me, this story was a mind-blowing 5-star winner!

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