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Blurb
Pete doesn’t know where he stands when Damon’s ex, Michael,
turns up out of the blue.
Talk about bad timing.
Damon had thought his wounds long since healed. Yeah, right.
So where do they go from here?
Review
Damon and Pete’s story may have started as pure kink in the
first book, Summer Heat, but over the course of the subsequent four books
things changed. I like to think those changes took both men by surprise. I
don’t think either of them was thinking long term, never mind relationships
when that first encounter took place and yet…when Fractures starts both of
them have reached the stage where they are ready for more than the occasional
hook-up. Or so they think.
Do not get me wrong; this series is pretty much about the sex
and various kinks and there’s plenty of it in all five books, culminating in a
breath-taking and surprisingly moving public scene in Fractures. But, there is
more to these stories than ‘just’ sexy-times. It happens almost imperceptibly,
but as the tale continues we get to know these two men, understand why they are
so good together, and watch as they, almost by accident, fall into something
resembling a relationship.
For me the beauty of Fractures was twofold. As with the
previous tales I just loved the hot scenes these two men engage in. But, I
think I appreciated the opportunity we are given to get to know Damon
better—discover what (or who) has made him the man he is—even more.
Not that this is a particularly heavy or angsty story.
There’s just enough ‘conflict’ to flesh Damon out, make him truly
three-dimensional, but nothing in these shorts is allowed to distract the
reader from the heated passion between him and Pete for more than a few
paragraphs or pages.
I feel I should add that the scene Pete and Damon engage in
in Fractures is not for the squeamish. It is very graphic and properly
hardcore. It is also one of the most intimate and beautiful scenes I’ve read in
a long time. Who knew so much tenderness could be found in something that, on
the surface, seems shocking, maybe even obscene?
It is no (longer a) secret that Tantalus is K.C. Wells’ alter
ego, so it shouldn’t surprise anybody when I say that these stories are well
written and thoroughly researched. Nor should it come as a shock when I say
that Damon and Pete are vivid characters who quickly worm their way into your
heart. And every Wells fan knows that her sex scenes are off the charts hot.
The only difference is that these books take ‘hot’ to a whole new level.
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