Reviewed by Mal
TITLE: The Question of Us
SERIES: Fisher & Church #2
AUTHOR: Jay Hogan
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 347 Pages
RELEASE DATE: September 4, 2025
BLURB:
The nightmare is over. Or so I keep telling myself. Bruised and battered, we’d narrowly escaped with our lives. I should be grateful. Grateful that my captors are in custody. Grateful that the chilling, roller-coaster of events actually brought Nick and me closer. Grateful that we’ve finally taken a step toward something more than friendship. And I am, grateful.
But life isn’t simple.
Relationships need work.
And peace of mind is elusive in the face of unbearable guilt.
Because I’m the one who unravelled the puzzle. The one responsible for sending a young man back to a life he thought he’d escaped forever. Until I know he’s safe; until I’ve done everything I can to fix what happened, there will be no pretending I’ve done my bit. No leaving it up to the authorities. I can’t forget and move on. Not in my job. Not in my life. And certainly not in my fledgling romance with Nick Fisher who stormed into my heart with a truckload of his own issues.
The fate of a young man isn’t the only thing at stake. The quest for truth will push us to our limits. And the biggest question of all—do Nick and I have what it takes to survive the answers.
Author’s note: This story features discussion of the death of a spouse who is not a main character and references to domestic and sexual abuse. ‘The Question of Us’ is the second book in a romantic suspense series following the same couple. There are no relationship cliffhangers.
REVIEW:
Oh my gosh. Just when I thought the adventure couldn’t get any more perilous… Mads and Nick sure know how to find trouble and I don’t know if Gazza is a good influence on them.
This book starts exactly where book 1 left off and boy do these two test the bounds and containment of the “settling in” period of the relationship – the chemistry is riding high and hot but so is the friction. Nick has a lot to come to terms with but so does Mads and he isn’t really into giving an inch when it comes to Nick self sabotaging and ruining a good thing. I love Gazza, he is the most mature of the three tbh, he sets them all straight with a few well placed moves.
When they go on to set things right for Lee, the real danger begins, they are really shaking a hornets nest here and they don’t realise how big it is or how deep it goes. Marty Kline isn’t someone to play with and neither is Freddy.
Making and amateur plan to rescue Lee with Samuel as their only ace in the hole what these men stumble into is simultaneously bone chilling and heartbreaking. Lee’s story that’s hinted at is appalling. The action and twists in the later half of the story are so well done, o could not see how they would find their way out of any predicament and it just kept getting worse.
That climax was spectacular but I wanted more comeuppance – so felt a bit blood thirsty with what had been done to Lee and Aaron and Gazza and Nick. I was happy to see everyone paid and it was an HEA, though I did not see that last twist coming and now o need to wait for book 3 impatiently
I would also love to read Lee and Gazza’s story 🥹 I hope we see that.
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