Review: Great MMM read!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 19, 2013
Sometimes you read a book that's hard to define. One that makes you think, one that makes you cringe, one that makes you question, and one that makes you realize sometimes you find the right person or persons when you least expect to. Bound For Keeps is a remarkable story of three men brought together by chance but who stay together out of love.Keith and Reed have been together for a number of years and recently lost their third partner to cancer. They are still recovering from the loss he's left in their home and their hearts. On Christmas Eve a very sick and frozen man appears at their door. They bring him in and care for him and nurse him back to health. They realize as he's convalescing that he's former military and he's suffered a great deal. He has the scars and nightmares to prove it.There is so much I liked about this book. The characters despite being a lot alike are also very different and have endured so many horrific incidents in their lives. I'm sure that's part of the reason they are all drawn to each other and why they understand each other so well. The fact that Keith and Reed are mercenaries doesn't escape my attention or Shane's. The fact that Keith especially doesn't trust Shane completely rings true due to the nature of their lives and the fact that Shane is hiding something big. It did surprise me that they being a sexual relationship before they know his complete story. I also found it interesting that Keith and Reed seemed to flip flop on their opinion of Shane, something I should have expected but didn't. For Keith it was a matter of respecting Shane for what he'd been through and that he came clean about everything. For Reed, it was jealousy pure and simple....something that I think is never covered enough in ménage stories because you can't tell me it doesn't happen. I applaud the author for bringing that very likely and very real emotion into this story.I really can't go into the plot too much because it will give away this story and its best read and digested as a whole. I can say that the plot is well thought out, the men's stories are somewhat brutal but realistic, their relationship progresses at a decent pace but not overly rushed, and the way these men care for each other is just the icing on a very scrumptious cake.I've read the other books in this series and I've enjoyed them but this book seems to have a lot more depth to it in all facets. Bound For Keeps is a story about loss, redemption, and learning to trust in yourself and in others. It's emotional and it's messy but it's the best in the series to date and I'm really hoping we get to see more of the elusive Prophet soon.Review copy provided for an honest review.