Reviewed by True
TITLE: Promises We Keep
SERIES: Arizona series #4
AUTHOR: Romeo Preminger
PUBLISHER: Self-Published
LENGTH: 284 pages
RELEASE DATE: January 3, 2024
BLURB:
The long-awaited fourth installment in the Arizona series continues Arizona’s rags-to-riches story as family life turns complicated.
At twenty-eight years old, Arizona is working for his politician father and raising his five-year-old son Chase with his partner Preston. Settling down in Louisiana hadn’t been his first choice. Now that Chase is going to school, he’s hoping to get back to his career as a writer and move his family to New York City where life will be easier for a gay couple raising a son.
There’s two problems with that plan, though. The first is Preston who’s content with living in a small town, even if it means pretending he and Arizona are just friends for the sake of his Christian family. The second is Gaston Bondurant, Arizona’s daddy. He won’t stand for his grandson being thousands of miles away, and the way he spoils Chase exacerbates the tensions that have always been a problem for Arizona and Preston. Arizona feels caught in the middle, and he’s starving for somebody to appreciate his hopes and dreams. When a handsome marketing associate from a big publisher takes an interest in his writing and him personally, Arizona faces a big temptation.
The Arizona series includes: Sins of Yesterday (Book 1), Daddy’s Boy (Book 2), Ties That Bind (Book 3), Promises We Keep (Book 4), and When Fallen Angels Fly (Book 5).
REVIEW:
The blurb starts saying it’s the long-awaited fourth installment, lol, I didn’t know there would be a continuation of two books. I had to dig into my reviews to pick up on this series. It was a while back.
Then I remembered what a strong written series it was, even with a bit unsatisfying third book, but hey, here we are book four!
Arizona is now twenty-eight, and he and his partner Preston are raising Arizona’s son Chase. Arizona works with his politician father, but deep down he is a writer.
Let’s not forget Arizona’s whole life wasn’t easy, it seems we got the continuation here.
They live in a small-minded christian town, Preston accepts this, but Arizona wants to spread his wings. Easier said than done, because it’s way more complicated, and now he’s just stuck.
When he felt he and his relationship with Preston was going down emotionally, Arizona got a phone call from his agent, she got an editor who was interested in his book.
A lot happened before and after he went to New York for the book deal. His relationship with Preston is at the lowest point ever. It seems no one is happy for Arizona or his plans for the future.
And that’s just a fraction of the whole story.
It would be so simple to spoil, but I won’t tell more. Let’s just say it’s getting messy.
It’s a fascinating narrative, the flow and direction of the story felt natural. All the highs and lows were super sensible. At some point I had enough of the family matters, I wanted to scream.
There’s a lot of manipulation and guilt and blame.
Arizona is far from a perfect protagonist, but he’s real, he’s trying so hard to do the best for everyone, my emotions got all over the place watching him struggle.
The courses of the relationships are complicated and harsh. Not everything was to my liking, which is perfectly fine.
Overall a compelling story, consistently written, a journey you must try!
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