Reviewed by True
TITLE: Double Shot
SERIES: Bold Brew #10
AUTHOR: Gwen Martin
PUBLISHER: Self-Publishing
LENGTH: 186 Pages
RELEASE DATE: April 22, 2021
BLURB:
Coffee, with a double shot of desire….
West is still floundering three years after a failed relationship spun his life out of control, and forced him to move back to his hometown. When he meets Rhys at Bold Brew, his curiosity sparks, and he wonders if the alluring photographer could be his shot at embracing the inner Little he suppressed in the past. Rhys’s photos are a passionate exploration and call to West’s needs and desires.
Rhys loves to guide and nurture partners—then send them on their way. But something about West is different. The quiet man responds to Rhys’s Daddy dominance in beautiful ways. And the camera loves him, too.
When West agrees to a photoshoot, their chemistry ignites. Rhys and West are a perfect complement to one another’s cravings. But can this double shot at love last as long as one of Rhys’s photographs, or will they drink their fill and move on?
Double Shot is a stand-alone novel in the multi-author Bold Brew shared universe centered around an inclusive coffee shop set in a fictional small city. Each steaming hot coffee shop romance can be enjoyed alone, but collect all ten for the most fun!
Potential Trigger Warning for a character discussing issues with alcoholism. There is no relapse on page.
REVIEW:
After getting an introduction of both main characters’ lives, we’re arriving at the point where they meet at the inclusive coffee shop Bold Brew.
West is forty-two and trying to live his life, sober for two and a half years. His life is quite narrow. Taking care of his Nana and his cat.
Rhys is thirty, he has trouble with his father’s attitude toward him and tries to get his career as a photographer off the ground, without being interfered with by his father. A nearing exposition is where he’s working to breakthrough.
Now Rhys and West meet at Bold Brew. Rhys can’t keep his eyes off the beautiful man.
He wants to take pictures of him.
West is shy, vulnerable and when he accepts to be photographed by Rhys, he knows what to wear. Rhys is breathless.
Rhys loves to take care of West and I loved the caring Daddy vibe that comes with Rhys. It felt real.
Their chemistry is wonderful, there are some beautiful encounters.
There’s, in my opinion, a wonderful message about living and invest in a certain life. When you can recognize and face this and find the courage to open up, oh my goodness.
Their moments together are utterly intense, there is a fondness so incredibly heartwarming, I melted, I really did.
I loved this story, the further I came the more I loved it. It’s delicate, precious, and vulnerable, opening up could crush you or lift you to enormous heights.
The parts about being a little were sweet, they didn’t stand in the way, but didn’t do it for me in this story, maybe when more developed it would do more justice to this part of the content.
Both characters were quite vulnerably displayed.
The parts about addiction were well entwined with the story, it had a place without overwhelming the whole picture with it, all good proportioned. The struggle felt real and convincing.
Overall a well-balanced story, not too deeply developed but it was enough for me to make this a wonderful journey.
I would have loved a somewhat prolonged end.
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