Review: Wow. Just wow.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 14, 2013
I will admit that when this book was first released, I just couldn't read it. You see, I had read the description and I knew my Remy and Jamie weren't fated to be together and I just couldn't stand that idea. Well, I put on my big girl panties and dove in, for better or worse. Now I'm mad at myself for not reading it sooner, because I should have had more faith in Laura Harner. 'Oceans Apart' is just as incredible as the first book in the 'Separate Ways' series and I'm more in love with the storyline than ever before.It's been two years since Remy and Jamie went their separate ways and I wanted to hate Jamie's new partner, Ryan. Jamie still works for the obscure branch of Interpol with Ryan as his partner and his lover for the past twelve months. They've just been sent undercover on a small cruise through the Caribbean to keep an eye on a large diamond sale with possible piracy conflicts. Remy has done quite well in the past two years. He dragged his best friend Miggy home to Phoenix where they share a home as roommates and a personal security business along with the job of raising Toby, the young rent boy whom Remy and Jamie saved. Remy and Miggy get hired to escort and act as bodyguards for a man carrying fifteen million in diamonds on a seven day gay cruise through the Caribbean. Now I know how the four men end up on the same boat. What I don't know is what is going on with Miggy lately who seems to be watching Remy in a more than straight friend manner. So, when Miggy tells Remy that he's looked at him like that for the fifteen years of their friendship but didn't know what to do or how to handle it? Remy blows a gasket because, dammit, he doesn't sleep with friends and he doesn't do relationships.I liked the taste of Miggy that I had in the first book, but I completely fell in love with him here. He's Remy's best friend and the two of them, with Toby, have a family and there is no way that Remy is going to risk the friendship they have, no matter what Miggy says. Uncomfortable is about the only word I can use to describe these four meeting on the ship. Miggy figures the game is up. He can't be what Jamie was to Remy. Ryan knows that Jamie won't love him because he figures Jamie still loves Remy. Remy and Jamie are stunned to see each other, but they're with new partners and now they all just have to figure out how to make it through the next week. Oh, to be a fly on that wall! Definitely to be a fly on the wall of Remy and Miggy's cabin, because damn. I thought Remy and Jamie were hot? Jamie's got nothing on Miggy.Wow. Just, wow. I'm in stunned shock and awe over this amazing continuation of the series and now I'm really kicking myself for not having read it when it released. I'm sorry, Laura. The whodunit portion of the book was beautifully intertwined with the two romances and the mastermind behind the diamond theft caught me somewhat by surprise. I had narrowed it down to two possibilities, but I'm really glad the author took the direction that she did. However, she left me hanging a little bit, so I'm going to have to jump into the next book fairly quickly. Thank you, Laura, for a great read!