Title: Faith & Fidelity, 2nd Edition
Series: Faith, Love, and Devotions, #1
Author: Tere Michaels
Genre: Contemporary
Length: Novel (288 Pages)
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press (October 7, 2014)
Heat Level: Moderate
Heart Rating: ♥♥♥♥♥5Hearts
Blurb: Reeling from the recent death of his wife, police officer Evan Cerelli looks at his four children and can only see how he fails them. His loving wife was the caretaker and nurturer, and now the single father feels himself being crushed by the pain of loss and the heavy responsibility of raising his kids.
At the urging of his partner, Evan celebrates a coworker’s retirement and meets disgraced former cop turned security consultant Matt Haight. A friendship born out of loneliness and the solace of the bottle turns out to be exactly what they both need.
The past year has been a slow death for Matt Haight. Ostracized from his beloved police force, facing middle age and perpetual loneliness, Matt sees only a black hole where his future should be. When he discovers another lost soul in Evan, some of the pieces he thought he lost start to fall back in place. Their friendship turns into something deeper, but love is the last thing either man expected, and both of them struggle to reconcile their new and overwhelming feelings for one another.
ISBN: 978-1-63216-136-9
Product Link: http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=5493&cPath=1235
Reviewer: Lisa
Review: This is the first book to this series and should be read in order.
I loved this story more than I can say. You can usually tell when someone puts their hearts into their stories and this was one of them. I can’t tell you how much pain I felt coming from both of these men and the confusion they had when they realized that they were falling for each other. Both men were straight, never thinking about being with a man and now they are coming to terms that they are in fact attracted to each other.
Evan had been in love with his wife. She had been his first in every way and she had given him four beautiful children. Then she was killed in a car accident over a year ago. He was not surviving to well without her. His heart was breaking every day since her death. On a night with friends, he had met Matt. They had become best friends, sharing everything about their lives. Then during a blizzard, Matt had stayed over and their friendship took a turn.
Everything was going good, if not a bit scary then Evan had been shot. His in-laws were causing problems. They wanted the children and blamed him for their daughter’s death. Things were getting to tense and he decides he can’t continue with Matt.
Matt had never been with a man before and in fact had never had a true relationship. He was scared that maybe he couldn’t love someone like he was supposed to. He hadn’t meant to make a move on Evan and then it just started happening. Then after Evan got shot, Matt got booted to the door. He didn’t know how long he could take with his heart being ripped out. It was up to them both to decide what they truly wanted.
This was the perfect story to me. It is as if you are right there with them going through it all. The pain Evan felt loosing his wife, then the happiness he got with Matt, then the despair of loosing it all is powerful, and you just want to help him through it all. Whereas Matt falls in love with a man, is confused through it all and then to have his heart handed to him on a platter because Evan gets scared tore me up. To give someone your heart is a dangerous but wonderful thing.
I would recommend reading this story if you love two gorgeous men, their first sexual experience, angst, pain, anger, fear and true love. It gave me all of that and so much more. I loved it and cannot wait to get my hands on the next book. Tere has an amazing gift at giving you a story so real that it makes you seem like you are going through every bit right there with them. It caught my attention from the moment I started reading and kept it all the way to the end. It has every feeling imaginable in this and so much more.
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