Review: Marvelously crafted book
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 23, 2013
Welcome to Westburg, Texas, where the temperature is hot and the men are hotter. Meet Cade, native of Westburg, and Jake, lately widowed and newcomer to the town. Throw in children the same age, a small town which tolerates the gay Native American (but only because he doesn't flaunt any relationships and takes the occasional beating), a man-hungry "desperate housewife" and an overpowering instant attraction between the two men and we have a rollercoaster ride of a story.. Strap in and off we go.I will not go much more into the story - no I probably will so scratch that last part, than to say that coming out to the kids, the courage and honesty of the two men, the tension created by the intolerance and fear of some of the townsfolk, the sheer bloody-mindedness of the final explosive climax, all these events makes this an exciting and prodigious start to the Aramadillo Series. Patricia Logan handles all this with humour, a knack for storytelling and an understanding for the closeted submissive nature of some people. There is also a gay hate crime plot that runs through this book ,creating tension that builds up towards the shattering climax, which actually goes beyond what I thought would happen. It was so marvelously built and crafted, that I just wanted to keep reading incase I missed anything.. Sounds a bit ridiculous I know but that's how I felt.Jake and Cade are just off-the-scale hot. From the start when they keep forgetting where they are and keep almost getting caught out, their make-out sessions, phone sex, the first time they are together, and, even though it may not be everyone's cup of tea, the sometimes silly and over the top names they call each other. Oh and a Tease or warning, as the case may be, lots of talk, dirty talk, dirty sex talk. Before sex, during sex after sex, about sex, of course during phone sex or there wouldn't be much titillation.. lots of talk.. "Stop staring at my ass, Cade," Jake said without turning.I fell in love with both Cade and Jake for a whole lot of reasons and if this is your cup of tea then you will too. And the good thing is that you don't have to wait, at least for the next one cause these are what we call retro reads so your holiday reading is all sown up.This review originally appeared at Mrs Condit & Friends Read Books