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Meant for Me
Ann Lister
Tony Wilcox, the quiet keyboard player for Ivory Tower, has always believed he was straight. A sexual encounter with his best friend leaves Tony questioning his heart and the unwavering attraction he has for Jared. Living and working together is no longer enough for Tony… he wants more. He wants Jared as his.
Jared Baker, the bass player for the band, has a past that is getting in the way of him fully embracing what he wants… Tony. He’s tried everything to create distance between them, but none of it eliminated the feelings he has developed for Tony.
Trying to suppress the anger and confusion from Jared withdrawing from his life, Tony does his best to get beyond the feelings he has for his friend. When Jared becomes deathly ill, it’s Tony that he calls for help and Tony has to decide if he can heal Jared without giving away too much of his heart.
Can best friends find their way to true love and discover if they were meant for each other, or will the challenges of life force them to choose separate paths?
Excerpt
Jared continued to gently rock his hips against Tony to ease them through the aftershocks, then leaned in to offer Tony a soft, lingering kiss. When Jared’s eyes opened, Tony was staring up at him. The intensity of that gaze took Jared’s breath away and he rose up to his elbows again.
“You okay?” Jared asked with tenderness.
“Isn’t this where you freak-out and leave?” Tony asked.
Jared’s eyebrows bunched together. “I told you, T, I’m not leaving,” Jared replied. “Being with you like this only makes me want more, so much more.”
Tony pushed his fingers through Jared’s hair and tucked a piece behind his ear. “There’s no girl here between us to act as a buffer, and no other logical way you can pretend this didn’t happen. Can you blame me for thinking you might bolt once the buzz of this wears off?”
“I know my track record with you isn’t the greatest, but things are different now—I’m different,” Jared proclaimed.
“How so?” Tony questioned.
Jared ran the back of his fingers across Tony’s cheek. “I guess you could say, I finally found the balls to admit to myself what it is I’m feeling,” Jared said. “More importantly, I found the backbone to come here and tell you.”
Tony shook his head. “I’m sorry if I’m being skeptical about this, but you’ve either run or pushed me away at very pivotal moments. At this point, I’m finding it difficult to understand where you’re coming from, and what’s really going on inside your head.”
Jared dropped down to Tony’s chest and his face rolled into the bend of Tony’s shoulder. It took a few seconds, but Tony’s arms finally wrapped around Jared’s back and Jared nuzzled in closer. God, he loved the warmth of Tony’s embrace. It offered so much more than comfort. It felt safe.
“I’m so sorry for putting you through that, and if there was a way I could take it back I would,” Jared said with his lips against Tony’s neck. “Truth is, I had trouble…accepting things.”
“Do you think it was easy for me?” Tony asked. “Jesus! How do you come to terms with wanting your best friend like this? There’s no easy way to accept something like that. You either go with what you’re feeling, or walk away, and that’s what you seemed hell bent on doing.”
“I’m here now, T, and that has to count for something,” Jared whispered.
Tony shifted beneath Jared and they both felt the come cooling on their skin. Jared eased off to Tony’s side and rolled from the bed. He walked into the bathroom and returned with a towel to clean them both. When he reached the bed, Tony was already using tissues from the nightstand to wipe the mess off his stomach. Jared climbed back onto the bed and finished cleaning Tony with the towel, then tossed the towel onto the floor and stretched out on his side facing Tony. He slid his leg over Tony’s thigh again, dropped his head to Tony’s shoulder, and ran his fingers over Tony’s chest and stomach. He loved the way Tony’s soft dusting of hair tickled the pads of his fingers.
“I don’t know how I can prove it to you, T, but I will. And, I’ll keep on proving it to you every fucking day you’ll let me,” Jared’s voice was soft, but he knew Tony was hearing every word loud and clear. “I’m not running, and I was serious about wanting more.”
About Ann
Ann Lister writes erotic love stories using beautifully drawn characters; flawed and emotionally damaged, and at the height of their careers, each in search of the one thing that still eludes them: love.
The Rock Gods series gave her Bestselling Author status on Amazon. Each book in this series brings her two favorite elements together: musicians and the love between two men. These stories focus on what it truly means to love; love unconditionally, love without restrictions or labels, love without fear or judgment – to just simply love.
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Review
Title: Meant For Me
Series: The Rock Gods 05
Author: Ann Lister
Genre: Contemporary Gay Romance
Length: Novel (270 pages)
ISBN: B00W4LA0S0
Publisher: SleighFarm Publishing Group (May 28th 2015)
Heat Level: Explicit
Heart Rating: ♥♥♥♥♥ 5 Hearts
Reviewer: Tams
Blurb: Tony Wilcox, the quiet keyboard player for Ivory Tower, has always believed he was straight. A sexual encounter with his best friend leaves Tony questioning his heart and the unwavering attraction he has for Jared. Living and working together is no longer enough for Tony… he wants more. He wants Jared as his.
Jared Baker, the bass player for the band, has a past that is getting in the way of him fully embracing what he wants… Tony. He’s tried everything to create distance between them, but none of it eliminated the feelings he has developed for Tony.
Trying to suppress the anger and confusion from Jared withdrawing from his life, Tony does his best to get beyond the feelings he has for his friend. When Jared becomes deathly ill, it’s Tony that he calls for help and Tony has to decide if he can heal Jared without giving away too much of his heart.
Can best friends find their way to true love and discover if they were meant for each other, or will the challenges of life force them to choose separate paths?
Product Link: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00W4LA0S0
Review: Tony and Jared have been bandmates, roommates and best friends for years. When all the other guys in the band want to go out and party, Tony and Jared are happy to spend the night at home at their condo, watching TV. They are so in sync they even finish each other’s sentences. Somewhere along the way, the lines between friendship and something else got blurred. While Tony is confused by his ever growing feelings for his best friend, Jared fights his feelings to the point it drives a wedge between them.
Jared struggles with the attraction he is feeling for Tony, big time. When things finally reach a breaking point and Jared realizes that the stigma associated with loving another man doesn’t matter as long as he has Tony in his life, by his side, it might be too late. Eating crow takes on new meaning when Jared follows Tony to his brother’s wedding. Either Jared will convince Tony that he wants to be with him, really be with him, or it will be the quickest round trip flight in history.
Early on in this book I wanted to take Tony’s head in one hand, Jared’s in the other and just slam them together. They were both feeling this confusion and pain but I’ll be damned if they would talk to each other. No they just festered in it and got angrier, more confused and continued to drift further apart. That frustration quickly morphed into sorrow as I continued to read and saw how much the tear in the foundation of their friendship really rocked them both. It took Jared a little while longer to come to terms with their mutual attraction, and he did some pretty stupid shit along the way. But once they were finally both on the same page, the story took on an entirely different meaning.
The story is told from alternating POV between Tony and Jared, including a trip back in time so the reader can get the entire picture of Tony and Jared’s lives, which is key to understanding why Jared struggled to the extent he did with his attraction to Tony. Once they finally accept and embrace becoming lovers, the story takes another turn. It becomes a passionate and endearing love story. But with the sweets, comes the sour. The family that they’ve become a part of, the two bands and all the members, hits some rough waters when Danni goes into labor early and she and the baby are in danger. Then Tony’s brother Harry goes MIA after cleaning out Tony’s bank accounts. So before Tony and Jared can really get comfortable in this next phase of their relationship, they are forced to deal with some of the worst life has to offer. It’s only through the strength of their bond, truly relying on each other, that they’ll make it through.
This is a must read for my fellow hopeless romantics. Tony and Jared will make you want to strangle them one minute, then leave you rooting for them to make it the next. There is a little bit of angst, a good dose of camaraderie, and a whole lot of passion and love to go around! Definitely a must read but they must be read in order. I’m going to have to go back and re-read this amazing series to get ready for the next book, which promises to be a no holds barred, furniture breaking, possibly bruised and bloody story for Dante and the guy that he loves to hate.
Amazing reviews Txs for posting and supporting Ann