Reviewed by Lesley

TITLE:  Losing His Daddy

SERIES:  Coleman Ranch Book 6

AUTHOR: A.W. Scott

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 271 Pages

RELEASE DATE: May 25, 2024

BLURB:

“He was my everything…”
Gerald Grimes knew what it meant to live with a broken heart. After losing the love of his life, he worked hard to numb the pain with alcohol. When his drinking habit became too much and endangered everyone around him, he left his world behind for a chance to rehabilitate himself. He’s determined to get his life back on track.
Once sober, he knew going back to the ranch would only send him spiraling again. A call to a friend of a friend gets him connected with a new job in the city. He planned to start his life over, one good decision at a time. He just didn’t expect his boss to be so gosh darn tempting.
Weston Joffry was numb. After discovering his fiancée wasn’t all that interested in monogamy after all, he found himself in need of help to restart his life. One call to Tucker, his buddy’s husband and all-knowing expert of personal assistants, had his problem solved in no time at all.
He was ready to begin anew. No more romance, no more dating. It was the perfect plan. Except, when the man with the sad eyes and broken past came knocking, Weston wanted so much more than to hire him. He wanted forever.
Losing his Daddy is the final book of the Coleman Ranch series. This full-length novel features a broken hearted man running from his past, a frustrated businessman looking to start over, and the journey they take towards happily ever after. This is the most angst of all the books. Please check the author’s note in the front of the book labeled, “Dear Reader” for details.

Meant for readers 18+. This is an M/M romance featuring depictions of a past DD/lb relationship dynamic.

REVIEW:

If you have read the rest of the books in this series, then you know before you even start this book it is going to hurt. It was the one I was waiting for and dreading simultaneously. I knew it had the potential to rip my soul out like Gerald’s had been.

In this book we get see things from Gerald’s point of view. In the previous books we have only known him as a minor but integral character in the stories. We have seen him gradually descend into an abyss of despair and alcoholism after the death of Clancy the owner of the ranch, his life partner, boss and Daddy.

Now we get to understand their relationship in more detail  and the depth and multitude of feelings that Gerald is experiencing. We go on his journey of grieving and recovery from addiction with him.

This book is not Gerald meets Weston and he is magically over the loss of Clancy, which I was a bit afraid it would be. The moments in this book where Gerald is literally laying on the ground unable to move because his grief is so crushing make me tear up thinking about them.

I am conscious I am focusing on Gerald in my review so far and not Weston but that is because we have known Gerald for 5 books and Weston only very briefly appears on a phone call in one of the other books.

Weston is the vet Robin’s brother. (Robin is Griffin’s veterinary practice partner). The first time we meet him is when he is breaking up with his fiancé because she has been cheating on him and he is kicking her out and calling off the wedding. He and his brother care about each other but have a very strange relationship. I don’t want to give any spoilers away. I felt bad for Weston but Gerald was always going to be the star of the book for me, just because of our history with him.

An added bonus to this book is that the last 3 quarters is set in the Pen pal world, so we get to see Princess Aster and co again.

Allie Scott has promised that we will see the Coleman Ranch pop up in another book in the future and I am looking forward to reading more of her future books featuring Daddies.

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