Review: Brody & Nick by A.D. Ellis

24 July of 2016 by ButtonsMom2003

Reviewer's Rating: 5

5.0Overall score

I’ve found another new-to-me author to follow!

Brody & Nick By A.D. Ellis

Genre: Contemporary GLBTQ MM New Adult Romance

Released: June 23, 2016

Publisher: A.D. Ellis Publishing

Series: Something About Him, Book 2

Synopsis

Army specialist Brody King is a successful and respected soldier. With only a year left in his commitment, he devises a plan to help him save money—a plan that requires him to marry.

Nick Ferguson is working toward college graduation and his community services management career. With his lease about to expire, he’s more than willing to take Brody up on his crazy marriage scheme.

A solution that seems quick and easy turns into more than either of them ever anticipated. When Brody’s fears and insecurities surface, he makes a decision that may push Nick away forever.

Can a fake marriage built upon friendship withstand the obstacles of an uncertain future?

**This is a male/male romance for ages 18+ due to adult language and themes.**

Review

Reviewed by ButtonsMom2003

I’ve found another new-to-me author to follow!

Brody & Nick is a stand-alone romance in the Something About Him series of unrelated stories. This is the first book I’ve read by Ms. Ellis but it surely won’t be the last.Brody will be getting out of the Army in a year but he wants to move off base now. If he gets married he’ll get a housing allowance. He figures he can split the rent with his new husband and they will both save money. When the year is up they can both go their separate ways.

Nick will graduate from college in a year so Brody’s plan seems perfect to him since he doesn’t really like his current housemate and he and Nick are already friends. Neither of them counted on falling in love.

I always find it hardest to write a review for a book that I really love. There is no way that my writing skills can adequately express how much I loved this story. The story itself is a new twist on the old “marriage of convenience” trope and it’s done extremely well. The characters are likeable and their story was one that captivated me right from the beginning. The heat between Brody and Nick is off the charts. The sex scenes are hot but not gratuitous.

As almost always with books I love, this one had my emotions all over the place and I found myself doing an ugly cry more than once. Brody is such an idiot at times that I just wanted to smack him, but he is also a very caring individual who suffers from low self-confidence and bouts of depression. Nick is very supportive of Brody even when he suspects that he’s going to get his heart broken.

I love epilogues and the one for Brody & Nick is one of the best I’ve ever read. I also fell in love with Addie who starts out as Brody’s best friend but she later becomes as good a friend to Nick. I would love to see Addie get her own story with guest appearances by Brody and Nick.

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O Factor: Scorcher

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About Author

A.D. Ellis

Ms. Ellis is the award-winning author of A Torey Hope Novel Series (four books) and her spin-off series is Torey Hope: The Later Years.

Ellis’ debut novel For Nicky was voted #3 on the Top 50 Indie Books of 2014 by readers on ReadFree.ly. Loving Josie, which is the fourth book in A Torey Hope Novel Series, was awarded the bronze medal for contemporary romance in the prestigious Readers’ Favorite International Book Awards.

A.D.’s newest series is titled Something About Him. This is a male/male romance series, and will consist of four standalone titles. Bryan & Jase released in late April 2016. Nick & Brody is slated to release in June of 2016 and Barrett & Ivan is currently in progress. Braeton & Drew will round out the series.

A.D. Ellis is an independent author. She is also a wife, a mother of two, and an inner city alternative education teacher.
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