Heart of the Storm by Gemma Snow


Heart of the Storm by Gemma Snow
Publisher: Totally Bound Publishing
Genre: Contemporary
Length: Full Length (210 pages)
Other: M/F, M/F/M, spanking, Anal Sex, mild BDSM, Menage
Rating: 4 stars
Reviewed by Honeysuckle

Cade and Sawyer might be Hollie’s biggest risk yet…

Ten years ago, Hollie Callihan left her best friends Cade Easton and Sawyer Matthews in the middle of the night for fear of breaking their hearts—and broke her own instead. She’s spent her whole life chasing adventures on distant shores, but spring floods in the Black Reef Mountains force Hollie, Region VIII FEMA Response Director, to return to Wolf Creek, the town where she left her heart in two.

Cade and Sawyer are now Wolf Creek’s chief of police and fire captain, Hollie’s first line of defense in emergency response…making them unavoidable. Her former friends are all grown up now and totally at odds since she left.

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But facing genuine destruction and danger alongside Cade and Sawyer helps Hollie learn that vulnerability and trust aren’t dirty words. If she’s brave enough to let Cade and Sawyer in on what had her running all those years ago, Hollie might just find that taking the biggest risk of her life leads to its biggest adventure—three hearts beating as one.

A natural disaster that FEMA agent Hollie Callihan can fairly accurately predict leads to a reunion collision with her past that no one could predict.

It was unnatural to want two guys, right? That’s what a younger version of Hollie told herself nearly 10 years ago. The heart wants who the heart wants but she couldn’t see a way without hurting one of them so she chose to spread the love…err, uh heartache actually. Coming face to face with much more grown up and commanding versions of the boys she left, as well as some surprising new trouples (tri-couples) in town, has Hollie questioning her reasons to go and embracing her reasons to stay. I was sad right along with them, for the time they had lost, and I think the author did a good job of conveying that.

Cade and Sawyer aren’t what anyone in town would call friends or even frenemies. I actually thought that was an interesting twist from the author because in most scenarios like this, the guys are typically at least friends with the same goal. Not these two so, I looked forward to seeing exactly how they would work things out between themselves and still convince Hollie to give them (the three of them) a chance.

The story flows really well and the constant threat that looms over the town, the impending natural disaster, kept the tension ratcheted up for a good portion of the book. When it finally hits! Expectantly destructive and well described. I felt like I was battling Mother Nature right along side of them.

Honestly, if it wasn’t for some nagging grammatical errors, this book would be close to perfect. Not like every other sentence or even page but unfortunately noticeable to the observant.

Readers looking for a story where the guys or girl are constantly denying themselves of what they want shouldn’t read this book. If instead, they appreciate a lust/love temptation that can’t be denied, Cade/Hollie/and Sawyer’s reawakening is the way to go! It’s powerful and emotional and just a bit raw. And it made me want to go check out the three books that precede this one. That’s some good story telling in my book.

Vincent – Part One by Sarah Masters

VINCENT
Vincent – Part One by Sarah Masters
Publisher: Totally Bound
Genre: Historical
Length: Short Story (44 pgs)
Other: M/M, Anal sex, Mild BDSM
Rating: 4 stars
Reviewed by Cactus

Vincent has missed Julian for two years, but now The Master is on his way back…

After an altercation with Vincent, Julian leaves the ton as captain of Le Frai de Démon, trading his wares in foreign parts. Two years pass, two years of Vincent abstaining from sex and mourning the loss of his love.
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One night, Vincent’s life is turned upside down with the return of Julian. Though his heart tells him to open up and allow Julian in, his pride rears its stubborn head. Will Julian be able to break down the barriers? And will Vincent find out why Julian is really called The Master?

Sometimes a second chance is scarier than the first. Vincent has been waiting two long years for the love of his life to return from the sea. All that time Vincent has stayed true to Julian, even though he knows Julian has been with other men. However, nothing can dampen their feelings for each other – not time, distance, or other men. When Julian’s ship docks in the town once again, Vincent is torn between clinging to his hurt and wanting whatever he can get from Julian.

Vincent: Part One is the first in a five part series of short stories. I was pretty sure I’d read this years ago and when I saw it re-released with TEB, I wanted to read it again. Mostly I remembered it being smoking hot and I’m happy to say it certainly is! The story is just an introduction and rather short at that but it manages rather skillfully to give background on the two main characters while offering quite a bit of tension, both sexual and emotional, within the short pages. Vincent is an excellent narrator and almost immediately I could get into his head and feel his emotions. He feels surprisingly three-dimensional given the restraints of the short story. Yet I felt for the character, his hurt, and his love. I wanted to see the two men together and was drawn into their love affair, something that rarely happens for me in a short story.

Additionally the story is incredibly hot. The chemistry between Vincent and Julian leaps off the page from the moment they’re together and continues to build and build, far beyond the obvious climax. The BDSM nature of the story is definitely a component – Julian is called the master after all – but it’s subtle in this first book. I expect it’ll play a more prominent role in the series but the first book is extremely mild. Just a few hits with a crop and some ass play with a wooden phallus. But it does set up the dynamic between the two men. I am intrigued to see where the series go but I especially appreciated that Vincent is not a doormat. He’s a strong willed man that loves Julian whole heartedly but makes Julian work for his forgiveness, master or no.

I was surprised with how much I enjoyed this on even a second reading. It’s clever and articulate and manages to offer a compelling emotional relationship alongside a combustible sexual one and all within the space of thirty pages or so. I’ve read full novels that don’t manage to do that so for that alone I’d recommend this short. And it’s free right now! But beyond those arguments, I found this short historical story to be engaging, wholly entertaining and smoking hot. It’s only a small time investment and hopefully readers will enjoy it as much as I did.