Review: Amazing story. A MUST read you won't regret it.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 12, 2014
Worth much more than 5 stars!Jamie is severely abused at the hands of his parents, from the time he is 6. They perform unspeakable and evil acts upon him. until he is 13 and is adopted by the police officer who rescues him.Tammy is the product of an affair with a married pastor. His father never acknowledges him.  He has no father figure except his uncle, who molests him.Tammy is just freakishly scary.Once his Aunt gets pregnant his uncle stops molesting and paying attention to him. Tammy feels abandoned and becomes jealous and enraged and even thinks of ways to kill his new baby cousin. He goes through a couple of years of performing some really evil deeds. This kid had all the makings to grow up a serial killer. Once in High school he turns to sex as a coping mechanism.At the age of 13, after Jamie is adopted. He enters his freshman year of High school, and meets Tammy, who a Senior. Tammy has become the all American jock and all around manwh@re.They are attracted to each other and fall in love. This love scares Tammy who has never considered himself gay. The night Tammy graduates they kiss for the 1st time. Tammy leaves the next day for college without even a goodbye.Tammy returns 16 years later when his mom is hospitalized after a fall. He meets Jamie again, who is now a nurse. They get reacquainted. They fall in love all over again. Horrific events threaten to wrench them apart. Will they survive all the trials and tribulations , and if so will they make it through in one piece?This book is very difficult read, not because it's not an excellent book, but just to read the terrible, evil things that are done to these boys, especially Jamie as a child, and also the horrible and cruel things Jamie is made to suffer as and adolescent and a young man.I know this is a work of fiction, but it is still so sad that there are such evil people on this earth that would abuse a child and condemn a man for loving another man. This book is very graphic in some of the details of the abuse Jamie receives, but the author handled it beautifully.This is a true love story and the love Jamie and Tammy have for one another is breathtaking. This book is difficult to read at times, but I promise it ends well and you won't regret picking it up. The horrific acts are worth getting through to get to read of the love these two men share. To read of how they work together to help each other heal and fight their daemons. This book will take you on a true emotional roller coaster. It will make you sad, angry, happy, and a host of other emotions.I highly recommend this book. This is my 1st book by this author, but I am looking forward to reading more of her work in the future.