Radical Hearts By A. E. Ryecart
Genre: Contemporary Romance, GLBTQ, MM, Romantic Suspense
Released: June 20, 2018
Publisher: Self-Published
Series: Deviant Hearts, Book 2
When the past shatters the present, how can their future be saved?
Taking shelter from a storm in an off-beat, alternative bookshop, security consultant Lee Adams only wants to wait out the weather. Wary and cautious following the collapse of his long-term relationship, Lee’s got no time and even less interest in having a man in his life. Or that’s what he tells himself as he works long, exhausting days in a futile effort to deny his crushing loneliness. But when the flirty, dark-haired assistant invites him to a campaign meeting to save an old pub from being bulldozed out of existence, Lee finds himself saying yes when everything tells him he should be saying no.
For Dominic Russell, the Save Charlie campaign is personal. Charlie’s was where the frightened teenager he’d once been found a safe haven to be himself without fear or shame – until the events of a long-ago night ripped his world apart and forced him into a decision that changed his life forever.
Both are wounded by betrayal, let down by those who should have loved them unconditionally. It’s only when they find the courage to open their hearts to one another that Lee and Dominic understand what each of them wants and needs to make them whole and complete.
Against the background of Lee and Dominic’s unfolding love story, the campaign to Save Charlie is falling apart. Nobody’s interested and nobody cares – until a stranger with vision, passion and conviction arrives. He’s the shot in the arm the campaign needs, and he’s come with a full syringe. But something about Charlie’s saviour doesn’t add up, and Lee’s determined to find out why.
A whispered revelation, an angry confrontation, and the campaign takes a dark and disturbing turn. As Dominic’s new-found trust is tested to the breaking point, everything he’s trying to save threatens to destroy him.
For Lee and Dominic, preserving the past might just tear down their future.
Reviewed by ButtonsMom2003
I didn’t expect what happened! Great story!
Radical Hearts is book two in the Deviant Hearts series. While it can easily be read as a standalone, I also recommend reading book one, Captive Hearts, because it is such a great story and it’s where we first met Lee. Like Captive Hearts, this story is told in first person POV alternating between the two MCs (main characters): Lee and Dominic.
The blurb/synopsis for the book is great so I won’t retell it here. Much of this story is about the developing relationship between Lee and Dominic, and while it moved at a nice pace, both of them were a bit wary of rushing into anything serious.
Radical Hearts had a brilliant twist that I never saw coming. I knew that something was brewing when the character called Jez showed up but the author did a great job of keeping us in the dark and kind of stringing us along. I don’t mean that things were too drawn out, rather I was kept on the edge of my seat, so to speak, waiting with anticipation and trepidation for the bad thing to happen. I surely didn’t see it coming when the first thing was revealed and then another thing happened. Sorry for being deliberately cryptic but I don’t do spoilers in my reviews (at least not intentionally).
Radical Hearts is a great story. If you like your M/M romance with a bit of mystery and suspense and an HEA you should enjoy this one a lot.
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O Factor: Scorcher
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I’ve always told stories. I used to tell them to myself, but with the discovery of a whole tribe of like-minded mm readers and writers, I’m now telling those stories to the world.
One of my favourite places to write is the café at the gym. An early morning swim, then settling down with the laptop and a strong coffee, surrounded by energy and music, is my idea of a good time. I’m easily pleased.
I live with Mr R just outside London, near to a lovely historic town jam-packed with good pubs and cafes.
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