New Release Review: Dauntless by Victoria Denault

23 September of 2022 by ButtonsMom2003

Dauntless By Victoria Denault

Genre: Contemporary Romance, GLBTQ, MM

Tropes: Secret relationship, opposites attract

Released: September 22, 2022

Publisher: Heart Eyes Press

Series: In Vino Veritas, Book 6

Length: 226 pages

Cover Design: Christine Coffey

Synopsis

He’s everything I’ve ever wanted, at the worst possible moment.

One and done. That’s always been my motto when it comes to guys, because I’m not about to pull someone else into the closet my parents have locked me inside. I’ve been waiting years to claim my inheritance and live the life I want to live–out, free, and oh yeah, rich.

So why is the universe dropping the sexy farm boy with the lazy smile into my life right now? When Bowen Whitlock says he’ll join my band, and later my bed, I know one time won’t be enough.

But loving Bowen is dangerous for me. And he has his own struggles, like keeping his family afloat and trying not to get fired from his job at Vino and Veritas. But he lives his life with an authenticity that gives me a tantalizing taste of living my truth.

My secret relationship with Bowen is everything, until someone betrays us in the worst possible way…

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Review

Reviewed by ButtonsMom2003

A great story!

Dauntless is the first book I’ve read by Victoria Denault and I loved it. This whole series has been so wonderful; I hate to see it end. I may have also said that at the end of the first series, Vino and Veritas, so maybe there’s hope for yet another one. 😊

Chase and Bowen each have their own set of issues but they still manage to find time to carve out a relationship. Bowen is out and proud and has sworn to never again get involved with a guy who’s still in the closet – but something about Chase has him breaking that oath. Chase has several good reasons for not being out so Bowen agrees to keep things secret for now.

This is such a romantic story. There is trouble ahead for Bowen’s brother who is running for mayor, and it upsets things for Bowen and Chase, but then things work out and Chase makes a huge grand gesture – one of the best that I’ve read in a while. There’s a nice amount of sexy time with a nice slow build up until they get into more than BJs and frotting.

I’m so happy that I was given the opportunity to review advanced copies of all of the stories in this series. This may be my first book by Victoria Denault but I’m sure it won’t be my last.

♥♥♥♥♥

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O Factor: Scorcher

In Vino Veritas Series

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About Author

Victoria Denault

Victoria is represented by Kimberly Brower of Brower Literary.

Victoria’s debut novel, One More Shot, was released by Hachette June 2, 2015. Since then she hasn’t stop writing. She became a full-time author in 2017 and expanded from sports romance to contemporary, small-town, and M/M. In the near future she hopes to pen books in even more genres like historical, paranormal, book club fiction and thrillers.

Victoria’s love of books began at 12 when she picked up her first Sweet Valley High and the obsession grew from there. Her favorite childhood gift remains the 1930s typewriter her parents found at a garage sale which actually wasn’t a gift for her. It was meant to be a display piece in their front hall but Victoria snuck it into her bedroom and it was on that typewriter she first began pounding out her own stories.

Victoria, her husband Jack and their chihuahua Gus live in a 222 year old home with character, charm and more spiders than she cares to think about. When not writing books she can usually be found on a beach somewhere. Her favorite beaches are La Concha in San Sebastian, Spain, Zuma in Malibu, California and Ocean Park, Maine.

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Review copy and promotional materials provided by Heart Eyes Press.