Review: Amazing collaboration by two authors
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 27, 2013
"I'm sorry," Adam called after him. Scott stopped and closed his eyes. Maybe it wouldn't have been so bad if he really hated Adam. Even after six years, there was still a place reserved for only Adam in his heart. "Please, Scott, I truly am sorry. You were never supposed to get involved."Chase the Sun is a beautiful story of redemption and second chances. I loved it.Adam Ross and Scott Antonelli were once happy and in love, but Adam wanted an easy life, with easy money, and Scott wanted a future. Six years ago Adam's 'easy' money and stupidity brought the police to their door and broke Scott's heart. Adam's spent three years in prison which cost him not only his freedom but his future with Scott, who never visited or contacted him. Adam now released and in his final year of studying to be a chef decides the time is right to try and win Scott back.After Adam was arrested Scott tried to move on, but six years after that fateful day Scott and Adam meet and Scott realizes that he hasn't moved on at all, he's still in pain, still furious, and seeing Adam in front of him his fury is unleashed, the first thing he does is punch Scott, telling him he never wants to see him again. Can Adam persuade Scott to see him, listen to him and give him a chance to show he's sorry and that he's changed?I loved this book, I love all the Sapphire Cay stories but this one is my favorite to date. Both men are still haunted by their past. The emotions flowing at the beginning of the story are so real, feelings running so close to the surface that I wondered how Adam would ever get Scott to listen to him. The way the authors created the situation which gives Adam the time he desperately needs with Scott was brilliantly done, Adam was in a situation where he needed help and Scott, still deeply in love with Adam was unable to resist putting out a hand to help.I loved both men but Adam was my favorite, I felt his desperation, which he carried with an air of dignity and resignation. He almost felt he didn't deserve any happiness, which was quite sad. I did worry at one point that he might get tempted back in his old life but I trusted that he wanted Scott more.I did understand how Scott felt though, he was betrayed, not just in the day to day life he shared with Adam before his arrest, but his dreams were betrayed and that I think was what hurt him the most, more than the lying and evasiveness he can now see when he looks back at his former life with Adam.I also loved Dylan and Luke, loved how they helped both Scott and Adam, never taking sides, and the scenes in the kitchen between Adam and Dominiq were the most poignant, hinting at the kind of life Adam had to endure in prison.I continue to be amazed at how two authors can write a story and I can never tell who wrote what. RJ Scott and Meredith Russell write together seamlessly and I always enjoy the books they collaborate on.I adored Chase the Sun, its gentle and sweet, but angsty as well, a perfect way to spend a few hours. I can't wait to read more in this series.This review appeared originally at Mrs Condit & Friends Read Books