Audiobook Tour and Review: Peacemaker by Morgan Brice, Performed by John Solo

28 February of 2024 by ButtonsMom2003

Peacemaker By Morgan Brice, Performed By John Solo

Genre: Romance, Steampunk, GLBTQ, MM,

Tropes: Secret agents, co-workers-to-lovers, forced proximity, hurt/comfort, slow-burn

Released: Audio: Feb 20, 2024; eBook: Mar 25, 2023

Publisher: Darkwind Press

Series: Sharps & Springfield, Book 1

Length: 7 hrs, 22 mins / 249 pages

Cover Design: Deranged Doctor Design

Synopsis

Supernatural Secret Service agents Owen Sharps and Calvin Springfield meet on the train to their new assignment in St. Louis, and sparks fly between them. But it’s 1897, and they need to be very careful—falling in love can be dangerous for men like them.

It’s their first case together, investigating mysterious disappearances—including the two agents who preceded them. Grim evidence leads them to look for a darker purpose. Old ghosts haunt the railroad line, zombie rise, signs point to ritual sacrifice, and they suspect someone is trying to open the gates of hell.

Can Calvin and Owen stop the mayhem, thwart the vampires, and find true love, or will everything go up in smoke?

Peacemaker is a high-stakes steampunk MM romance thrill ride filled with found family, paranormal Pinkertons, intrepid reporters, mysterious disappearances, nefarious land brokers, hellhounds, zombies, vengeful spirits, dark spells, absinthe magic, a ruthless vampire railroad baron and a love that won’t be denied.

Before Colt and Winchester, there was Sharps & Springfield!

It is a standalone book and the first in a new series. It does not end on a cliffhanger.

Review

Reviewed by ButtonsMom2003

Loved reading it, loved listening to it.

The only thing I can add to my original review is how much I enjoyed listening to John Solo perform this story. He’s one of my favorite audiobook performers and he did a great job with this story. My original review is shown below.

I’ve read nearly every MM romance that Morgan Brice has written and I’ve enjoyed all of them. Peacemaker is a bit different from the others in that it’s classified as Steampunk. I haven’t read very many Steampunk books so I wasn’t sure what to expect when I read this one. The other Steampunk stories I’ve read honestly just kind of confused me but not this one. Maybe this book is kind of Steampunk-light or maybe it’s just Morgan’s great writing? There isn’t a lot of mechanical gadgetry but there are a lot of creepy bad guys.

When Owen and Calvin first meet, they are on a train and don’t know anything about each other. They have great conversation and maybe a little bit of flirting but each of them is very cautious because letting the wrong man know what you’re feeling can lead to very bad things in 1897. They don’t know that they both are heading to the same ultimate destination and they are going to be partners. The close proximity puts a strain on each of them because they both think that the other one isn’t attracted to men and that if their feelings become known it could be disastrous.

I loved all of the back and forth between these characters and I loved the richly descriptive writing that allowed me to visualize St. Louis in 1897. Morgan Brice always pays attention to detail in her writing and I love that. There are some really bad and creepy characters in this story: zombies, bad vampires, bad witches (also good ones), hellhounds and more.

Owen and Calvin have to solve the mystery of the gruesome murders and stay alive while doing it. There are some great secondary characters in this story and I especially liked Winston, who’s a good witch and acts as kind of valet/protector/cook for Owen and Calvin; I hope he’s around for the next book. I also understand that some of the other secondary characters appear in other books written under Morgan’s Gail Z. Martin pen name and now I want to check those out.

Story: ♥♥♥♥♥

Narration: ♥♥♥♥♥

O Factor: Spicy

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About Author

Morgan Brice is the romance pen name of bestselling author Gail Z. Martin. Morgan writes urban fantasy male/male paranormal romance, with plenty of action, adventure and supernatural thrills to go with the happily ever after. Gail writes epic fantasy and urban fantasy, and together with co-author hubby Larry N. Martin, steampunk and comedic horror, all of which have less romance, more explosions. Characters from her Gail books make frequent appearances in secondary roles in her Morgan books, and vice versa.

On the rare occasions Morgan isn’t writing, she’s either reading, cooking, or spoiling two very pampered dogs.

Series include Witchbane, Badlands, Treasure Trail, Kings of the Mountain and Fox Hollow. Watch for more in these series, plus new series coming soon!

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