Never Say Never by Nicole Edwards Review
5 Smooches!
Synopsis
Ryan Trexler has devoted his entire life to his family’s security business. And now that he’s slated to take over the reins for the company, RT knows that his life is only going to get more complicated. Add in the fact that he’s lusting over one of the men who works for him and RT knows that there are some serious tough times ahead.
Zachariah Tavoularis—nicknamed Z—has been employed by Sniper 1 Security for a decade. Despite being known as the most loyal enforcer outside of family, Z also has a reputation of being quite the playboy, though that was based more on rumor than fact. When an assignment comes up that forces the two of them to work together, Z knows it’s time to show RT he’s not the man he thinks he is.
Can they complete the mission, despite the fact that it puts them in a tenuous situation, bringing them closer than either of them ever expected? And will Z allow RT to convince him that they can never be together, no matter how much they both want it?
Review
Never Say Never was my first foray into the romantic entanglements of a same sex couple and they don’t come much sexier or complicated than the delicious alpha-male filled Sniper 1 security team or in this particular instance- Ryan and Z.
Z is written to perfection, with his distinguished charm and cheeky charisma lending him the cover of a playful no-commitments type of man but it is when he finally let his guard down around Ryan or RT as he’s known that Z’s character took on a sublime level of depth and compassion and romance and some incredibly hot x-rated alpha bedroom show and tell.
When they are thrown together into an untenable situation it’s up to Z to prove to Ryan how amazing they could be together whilst also working a case.
How these two characters interact with one another had me smitten from the get go. RT has been burned in the past and as such has some pretty formidable shields erected to keep everyone at a distance and none more so than his devilishly handsome employee Z. Where Z is quirky and instantly likable, RT remains distant and removed but he is ultimately, one of the most vulnerable and caring and beautiful characters, he simply hides his softer side better but what better man to uncover those intriguing layers and hidden coves than Z?
‘Z was toeing off his boots, then tugging off his jeans.
Fucking hell.
Standing before him was six foot seven inches of prime alpha male, wearing nothing but a pair of black boxer briefs and a gorgeous grin. Ryan’s mouth dried up like the Sahara Desert.
“You goin’ in like that?” Z asked, pointing at Ryan by tipping his beer bottle toward him.”’
Nicole Edwards is a master (or mistress?) of her craft. I literally haven’t read a book or come across a set of characters that I didn’t instantly fawn all over and the fact that she got to pop my M/M cherry with Never Say Never, I’m so happy. She gave me a compelling storyline with two of the hottest, most sensitive but kick-ass alpha heroes I’ve ever encountered and as such has me a little addicted to M/M books. This is a terrific series and it’s just getting better and more diverse as each book moves along. I’m so excited for the third book but also a little morose that I can’t read this one for the first time all over again but what I can do is re-read it and re-live every exciting, scandalously hot and romantically sweet moment between these two fantastic men.
~Nicole
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