Release Blitz, Review and Giveaway: Salvation by Garrett Leigh

02 September of 2021 by ButtonsMom2003

Salvation By Garrett Leigh

Genre: Contemporary Romance, GLBTQ, MM

Tropes: Second chances, friends-to-lovers, hurt/comfort

Released: September 2, 2021

Publisher: Fox Love Press

Series: Darkest Skies, Book 3

Cover Design: Garrett Leigh @ Black Jazz Design

Synopsis

Reformed gang boss Dante Pope is out after a four-year stretch in prison. But freedom has found him faster than he’s ready for. His only brother hates him, and with nothing but PTSD and a newfound fascination with plants for company, the outside world is a terrifying place.

A prisoner rehabilitation scheme lands him at a stately home that might as well be the moon. Working for gorgeous gardener Sid is a welcome distraction—his shoulders are broad, his rugged jaw unshaven, and his long, tanned legs?

Wow.

But Sid has problems of his own. A life-changing disease has left him limited in ways he can’t bear and accepting help, even from a stranger, makes him want to curl up and die.

If Dante would let him.

Newsflash: he won’t, and he’s not a stranger for long. With his dark smile and sinister ink, Dante Pope is the most beautiful man Sid has ever seen. Life is hard, but falling for each other is easy.

Sunshine and shadows.

Old ghosts can haunt Dante all they like. Loving Sid is the only salvation he’ll ever need.

Salvation is a sweetly angsty standalone MM romance novel in the Darkest Skies series. Expect: second chances, forced proximity, friends-to-lovers, and buckets of hurt/comfort themed loveliness. Content warnings for childhood trauma, violence, and chronic illness.

Review

Reviewed by ButtonsMom2003

I have the best book hangover!

The Darkest Skies series is best enjoyed when read in order but each book stands alone quite well. Salvation is closely tied to book one, Redemption, as Dante is the brother of Luis from Redemption so I suggest reading at least book one before reading Salvation. But the whole series is really fantastic.

I love it when a bad guy gets redeemed and Dante Pope was not a nice character at all in the first book. Prison changed him and he read books to better himself and took up gardening as a hobby. That has turned in to a job he does while out on parole.

Sid is the head gardener that Dante works with and, OMG does he have physical challenges to deal with because of his MS. I loved him so much. He doesn’t want to let his illness get him down but Dante provides much needed help with the gardens. Sid sees things in Dante that Dante can’t see in himself. Dante still believes he doesn’t deserve good things because of all of the bad things he did in the past.

I could really feel how much Sid and Dante cared for each other. Sid has physical challenges that he feels will keep him from ever having anyone to love him and stay around. Dante can see beyond those challenges and loves Sid regardless of his physical difficulties.

I loved everything about this book. I loved all of the British slang even if I didn’t quite get all of it. Garrett Leigh does a wonderful job of writing in depth, multidimensional characters and stories.

Once again, I’m struggling to put into words how much I loved this book so I’m going to stop here and just say give this book/series a try, I don’t think you’ll be sorry if you do.

♥♥♥♥♥

O Factor: Scorcher

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About Author

Garrett Leigh

Garrett Leigh is an award-winning British writer and book designer.

Garrett’s debut novel, Slide, won Best Bisexual Debut at the 2014 Rainbow Book Awards, and her polyamorous novel, Misfits was a finalist in the 2016 LAMBDA awards.

When not writing, Garrett can generally be found procrastinating on Twitter, cooking up a storm, or sitting on her behind doing as little as possible, all the while shouting at her menagerie of children and animals and attempting to tame her unruly and wonderful FOX.

Garrett is also an award winning cover artist, taking the silver medal at the Benjamin Franklin Book Awards in 2016. She designs for various publishing houses and independent authors at blackjazzdesign.com, and co-owns the specialist stock site moonstockphotography.com with renowned LGBTQA+ photographer Dan Burgess.

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