Protecting Francis by Amber Kell

Title:  Protecting Francis

Series:  Yearning Love #2

Author:  Amber Kell

Genre:  Contemporary

Length:  Novella

Publisher:  Total-E Bound (September 19, 2011)

Heat Level:  Moderate

Heart Rating:  ♥♥♥♥Hearts

Blurb:  Francis thought he had it all until danger came into his life…and he realized the man he’d always liked had become the one man he longed to love.

When Francis agreed to let his cousin stay at his place, he had no idea it would trigger a chain of events that would change his life forever. Bill Timmons had watched Francis for months waiting for the perfect time to insert himself into the other man’s life. When Francis gets into trouble, Bill decided this time nothing was going to stop him from protecting Francis.

Reviewer:  Portia

Review:  In my humble opinion, Amber Kell is the Queen of the Novella.  She manages to churn out sweet romances with just enough heat to keep me coming back for more.  Protecting Francis is the second in the Yearning Love series.  I liked it better than Taking Care of Charlie.  In that book, Charlie had issues and Marcus was his knight in shining armor.  In Protecting Francis, Francis is so not in need of protecting.  On one hand he is very limp-wrist cliché, on the other he has a mean left hook and is not afraid to use it.

I wish the other MC, Bill could have been developed more.  But, it was really sweet to watch him try to get close to Francis without scaring him off.  God bless him, I just wanted to hug him and tell him “it would be all right.” (Because, I know Amber Kell ALWAYS finds a way to bring a happily ever after.)

If you are into sweet romance, sweet loving and a bit of suspense…this is a must read.