4 HeartsReview written for MM Good Book Reviews
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Edward is fast approaching thirty and really doesn’t want to still be a virgin when he reaches it, with that in mind he sets out awkwardly to pick up a rentboy and ends up becoming infatuated with the gorgeous Goth who turns his life upside down. Fox has no choice but to follow his father’s orders if he wants to keep his siblings safe, but he was never supposed to fall for the mark, now after finding out the truth he has to convince Edward that not everything he says is a lie and he has to take drastic actions to save Edward before it is too late.
This is a sweet story that also has a combination of humour and danger with violence thrown in. Edward is a very awkward scientist, give him his lab setting and he is in his element but with other people he hasn’t got a clue, when he meets Fox he has no idea that the Goth is about to shake his foundations and Edward is about to find out that love is not an easy path. Fox has to keep the real reason that he met Edward quite, his father has made it clear what will happen if he messes up, but falling for the geeky scientist wasn’t in the plan but Fox can’t help but keep going back to Edward… will both men live long enough to sort out their differences or will Fox’s father and Edward’s boss be the death of them.
I found that both Edward and Fox were a fun couple even with the trouble that plagued them, I liked that both characters were completely different but inexplicitly drawn together and the storyline was very interesting with the hidden aspects which were all tied together. Fox’s father needs to be shot very early in the book, a more evil nasty man I have yet to see, Fox’s siblings are very sweet and it was such a shame what their father did to them and poor Fox caught in a situation that there wasn’t much he could do about and turning to self-harm to have some control. Edward is quite a clueless character but he is a man of his principles, and it takes a lot from Fox to make up for lying, it also comes blazing through near the end that Edward would rather die than hurt innocent people.
This is a story of blundering love, making mistakes, protecting people and doing the right thing, it is also a story of mystery and danger, with a healthy dose of forgiveness and in some places righteous justice. You may also be surprised to encounter Stephen Conran, Angel and Kael from the Angel and The Assassin series but it all makes sense in the end.
I recommend this to those who like to see justice prevail, enemies quashed, a geek and a Goth falling in love, danger, mystery, making up and breaking up with some more making up and some hot sex and finally a very happy ever after for all involved.
