Title: Wes’ Denial: Tease and Denial Book Two
Release date: 09/01/2016
Publisher: JLT Publishing
Cover & Graphic Artist: Preston Hultz, www.prestonhultz.com
Genre: M/M, Romance, Erotica, BDSM, D/s
Novel
103K+ Words / 300+ Pages
Blurb:
Wes has spent his life looking for that one
special guy who will understand and love him—all of him. From his tender
vanilla side, to his darker debauched side.
Throughout high school, his successful career
in the Marines, and as a BDSM Dom, he’s remained confident his partner is out
there waiting to be found.
However, several events shake his normally
unflappable self–assurance.
And, even after he finds Grif, will his past
catch up with him and possibly drive his soul mate away?
Tags: GAY, EROTICA, BDSM, D/s, DEGRADATION, SPH, BITTERSWEET,
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My thoughts:
“It’s an irreplaceable gift they choose to give
us and it’s a gift they can just as easily choose to take back. Never fucking
forget that, Quinn. Particularly when your sadistic cock and inflated ego are
trying to tell you otherwise.”
Some books shouldn’t be allowed to end. But because stories invariably
must come to a conclusion and I really didn’t want to say goodbye to Wes and
Grif I did something I almost never do and rationed my reading. In fact, it
would be safe to say that, in keeping with one of Wes and Grif’s preferred
kinks, I denied myself the pleasure of reaching the end as quickly as I could
have. And still I’m sorry I didn’t manage to make the book last longer. Because
while Grif’s Toy was a
fantastic read, this one is even better.
It was quite a journey because, dear God, Joseph Lance Tonlet sure knows
how to draw his readers in and shatter their hearts at the same time. Chapter
one is short but it packs a punch hard enough to leave you breathless and
devastated. But, after that first chapter the story settles down and, as was
the case for Grif in Grif’s Toy,
we are shown both Wes’ past and his and Grif’s present in alternating chapters.
In the process we learn how Wes turned into the man we met in the earlier book
and how his relationship with Grif grows, develops, and gets ever closer and kinkier.
These two men are so perfect for each other. Their desires and needs are
mirror images of each other. They complement each other, fit together like two
halves of the same coin and yet, there’s a part of himself Wes is afraid to
share with Grif. You see, Wes’ Denial
is a most appropriate title for this book because the story isn’t ‘just’ about
Wes denying Grif his pleasure and orgasms. It is also, or maybe more so, about
Wes denying a part of himself, a part he’s afraid of, a part he doesn’t trust,
a part that has led to horrific consequences in the past, a part of himself he
can’t show to Grif although—or maybe because—he loves Grif more than life
itself.
Like Grif’s Toy this is
a very sexy and kinky story. I have to admit I’m surprised at how much the kink
affected me despite the fact that I’d run a mile if anyone would even come
close to playing with me the way Wes plays with Grif. But, while I loved all
those scenes, I adored the depth of their feelings for each other even more.
The trust necessary to maintain a relationship like these two men have is
staggering and a thing of beauty. And yet, at no point is either man portrayed
as perfect. Wes, in this book, is shown to be all too human and fallible and
he’s all the more beautiful for it.
I don’t think there was a single word in this book I didn’t love. Over
the almost twenty-four hours since I finished the book, Wes and Grif have never
been far from my mind. Images, phrases and ideas keep on swirling through my head,
making me smile and reigniting some of that excitement I experienced while
reading.
Pushing boundaries is a huge part of BDSM, and if there is such a thing,
the books by this author are my personal boundary pushing reading experience.
I’m enjoying scenes and descriptions I feel I maybe ought to frown upon, and
yet I can’t. JLT has managed to make me appreciate, admire, and even feel
curious about something I don’t understand and can’t begin to wrap my head
around and that, in and of itself, is a five star achievement.
I’m not going to say anything concrete about it, but I do want to finish
this review by saying that for me this book ended perfectly. In fact, the
ending could have been written for me. And while I hope that the author will at
some point tell us more about Quinn and Gage, I won’t complain too hard if he
doesn’t because Grif and Wes’ story is perfection, exactly as it is.
Long story short: Wes' Denial is almost certainly the
best book I have read this year so far. And if it wasn't impossible for more
reasons than I can count, I'd ask Joseph Lance Tonlet to marry me, just for
having written that epilogue.
Author information:
Name: Joseph
Lance Tonlet
Bio:
JOSEPH is a born and raised Southern Californian—with
a twenty-year stint of living in the Midwest. He loves the laid-back lifestyle
of San Diego and considers himself lucky to live where people dream of
vacationing.
A lifelong reader
of m/m fiction, he began his writing career one night sitting at his MacBook
and has never looked back. He writes to bring the characters he dreams about to
life.
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