Reviewed by Becca
TITLE: Edging Closer
SERIES: Tales From the Edge #9
AUTHOR: L.M. Somerton
PUBLISHER: Pride Publishing
LENGTH: 183 pages
RELEASE DATE: January 19, 2021
BLURB:
Apparently, the path of true love meanders through a minefield.
After several years of adventures, submissive Olly Glenn and his Dom, Joe Dexter, are about to tie the knot. Needless to say, all does not run smoothly on the path to matrimony. Only Olly can turn a visit to a cupcake shop into a police incident.
While Joe and Olly’s friends join forces to make their wedding the most memorable ever, others are not so keen on them getting their happy ever after—or living to experience their honeymoon. So, when Joe walks into a carefully laid trap, it’s hard to see a way out.
Olly is determined that nobody, not even a sociopathic killer with connections to his past, will ruin the big day. He wants Joe standing next to him, in one piece, and he’ll risk anything to make sure that happens, even if they have to be handcuffed together. In fact, that idea has possibilities…
Reader advisory: This book contains scenes of violence, stalking, abduction, and attempted murder.
REVIEW:
When I thought that book 8 was the last book, I almost cried. And now to think this may be the last one, I really did cry. Because the world would never be the same without more Olly in it. Up to his usual shenanigans and trying to stay out of trouble, which for Olly is impossible. But what kills me with this one, is all he was trying to do was plan for the happiest day of his life, when everything turns out to be not at all the way it should.
When you think back over this series, Olly has made it through by the skin of his teeth some days. It seems like every time you turn around, someone has it out for him, or he ends up in the middle of some kind of trouble. He’s definitely a magnet for trouble. In more ways than one. At least with Joe, most of the time the trouble is fun. But even Joe ends up scraping by sometimes. Just by his job and people who aren’t the brightest in the bunch. But what I love is how resilient they are.
I love that Olly may break down. The adrenaline may crash and he may lose his mind for a bit, but he gets back up and becomes that happy go lucky sub that we all know and love. The one with a passion for coffee, chocolate and making his Dom nuts with his antics. And I love how much Joe gets him. Doesn’t mean there are times when the lines of communication get mixed up, they do with any couple. But Joe always seems to know, for the most part, what Olly needs. He’s Olly’s compass, his rock, his port in the storm, and the one thing that always keeps him steady. And for Joe, Olly is everything he never knew he needed. He was used to a certain type of sub. But Olly had a way of getting under Joe’s skin with his golden curls, goofy grin and playful antics. And he couldn’t have shown any better at how much he loved Olly by making the man his husband. If they get that far.
There’s always trouble afoot. But they manage to get through, with friends, family, and each other. I love this series. If you haven’t read it, you should. Olly is just the absolute best and I will beg til the day I die, for more and more of Olly.
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