Let
Your Heart Decide
by
Lily G Blunt
Format: ebook and paperback
Language: English (UK English spellings)
Book Length: Novel (69K), 304 pages
Genres: Contemporary, Gay, Erotic Romance,
Mystery/Suspense, Paranormal, Taboo/Incest
Heat Rating: Burning/3 Flames
Release Date: 3rd June 2016
Please note this is a taboo romance featuring
two brothers.
Blurb
New
house, new job. A new start with his brother….
Two
out of three isn’t bad, right?
Rhys
returns to his hometown and must face the brother he’s
been avoiding for two years. In his heart, Rhys still hopes to recapture the
bond they once shared.
Jake
willingly offers him the hand of friendship, but Rhys is reluctant to confront
their past, fearing it will only rip them apart again.
When
Rhys sees ghostly figures in the grounds of a local historic house, it leads
him to investigate their shocking past—and to face his heart’s true desire.
Excerpt
THAT
NIGHT my thoughts blurred into dreams as I drifted to sleep, filling my head
with memories of when I was a boy. I pictured Jake running with me down
grass-topped sand dunes, flying our kites on wispy tufted downs, and rambling
over the ruins of some ramshackle old castle. My heart soared in my dreams. I
recalled the many nights we told each other ghost stories under the tents we’d
constructed from blankets in our bedroom, times we snuggled under our duvets
and shone torches under our chins, making scary faces.
In
that haze of half-sleep, not sure if I’d slept yet or not, I jerked awake. Yes,
wide awake now, not an interrupted dream.
And
there it was again.
A
cry.
Outside.
And
close by.
Not
a baby nor a fox, but a man. I lay there, heart thumping, straining to hear in
the darkness, trying to pick out the sound and its direction. But nothing came.
In
the long quiet that followed, I remembered again how Jake used to hold me when
I was scared, or when I came home from school crying because bullies had called
me names or pushed me around. He’d stood up for me, protected me, and one day
the bullying stopped. I always thought it was because of Jake’s intervention,
although he never told me what he did to make it better. I never asked him. One
day I would.
The
quiet of the night buzzed in my ears.
Maybe
the cry was a dream, after all.
My Review
Let
me start by making something very clear: this is a TABOO story. The lovers in
this story are BROTHERS. If this is not to your liking, this book and this
review are probably not for you J
With
that out of the way I want to say that I loved this story and count myself
lucky I was allowed to beta read it for the author. There are a few levels to
this story and for me they all worked. This book starts on a very emotional
note, drawing the reader in immediately, before settling down a bit and
introducing the situation and characters. Except that the reader isn’t allowed
to relax for very long because next thing we (and Rhys) know, ghostly apparitions
keep both him and his audience guessing.
The
attraction between Rhys and Jake is palatable just as Rhys’s doubts and
hesitations make perfect sense. Their reunion after two years apart and their journey
back towards each other had me on the edge of my seat even more than the
ghostly part of the story had. While the mystery certainly captivated me I
couldn’t wait to see when and how Rhys and Jake would find a way to be all they
were destined to become.
The
secondary characters in this story were equally fascinating. It took me a while
to figure Rhys’s neighbour and his role in the story out, and even longer for
me to make up my mind about him. I love that; there’s nothing quite like a
story that keeps me guessing to rope me in and keep me hooked. Between the
ghosts, the unconventional love story and Philip, there was more than enough in
this story to keep me captivated and turning the pages as fast as I could read
them.
I
was rather impressed with the balance the author managed to strike between the
very realistic angst especially Rhys experiences whenever he contemplates
giving in to his feelings and desires and the relative ease with which he
eventually surrenders to that which cannot be denied. Maybe most of the people
in their lives show more acceptance for the situation than you’re likely to encounter in
real life, but for me it worked, especially since this is also a ghost story
and therefore only loosely set in our world at best anyway. J Besides, I
like my endings happy, even if they’re happier than they’re like to be in
reality because I’ll never stop hoping that one day tolerance—both when it
comes to the books we read and to the relationships we want to have in our
lives—will be the norm.
If
you enjoy your books with supernatural elements and a healthy dose of taboo
romance, I highly recommend Let Your Heart Decide.
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About
the Author
Lily
G. Blunt writes contemporary gay romance. She loves to explore the relationship
between two men and the intensity of their physical and emotional attraction.
Angst often features in her stories as she feels this demonstrates the depth of
the men's feelings for each other. Lily is forever writing imaginary scenes and
plots in her head, but only a few ever make it to the page. There never seems
to be enough hours in the day despite having left the teaching profession to
concentrate on her writing!
Lily
discovered the wonderful world of m/m romance novels five years ago via fan
fiction and went on to write stories in her spare time. With the encouragement
of her friends and readers she decided to publish some of her work. Lily subsequently
self-published several stories and later published short stories with Torquere
Press, Wayward Ink Publishing, and Pride Publishing.
Lily
is an avid supporter of GLBTQ rights and advocates equality for all. She was
recently a steward for Pride in London. She lives in central England with her
rather bemused husband and a 'mad as a bag of frogs' Shetland Sheepdog called
Barney.
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