Title: Saving Smith
Series: The Unwanted, #5.5
Author: Westbrooke Jameson
Genre: Paranormal
Length: Novella (54 pages)
Publisher: Westbrooke Jameson (April 29th, 2014)
Heat Level: Moderate
Heart Rating: ♥♥♥♥ 4Hearts
Reviewer: Tams
Blurb: Smith Devonshire is heir to his father’s international shipping company. That is, he will be if he meets all the demands of the Will. As a gay man too long denied the ability to live his true life, Smith must bury his emotions and do whatever he can to take control of the company. While marrying a good friend in need of a green card was easy, fathering a child without medical intervention might just destroy our man Smith.
Lucky for him, the Narsoreal Bru de Bartina who suddenly bonds with Smith holds the key to unlocking everything Smith has ever longed for or needed. Smith just has to accept.
AUTHOR’S NOTE: This is a spin-off short story from THE UNWANTED series featuring Smith Devonshire, the last john Renzo had in his story, RENZO’S REDEMPTION
Purchase Link: http://www.amazon.com/Saving-Smith-The-Unwanted-Pt-ebook/dp/B00K1NQIBG
Review: We were first introduced to Smith in Renzo’s Redemption when Renzo went on his last call for the husband and wife that required a little… assistance to reach their goal. You see, Smith is a gay man living a lie. His father’s will had a lot of stipulations Smith had to complete in order to maintain control of his family’s company. Including getting married and producing an heir. The ONE thing that his homophobic father didn’t do when attempting to ruin his son’s life from the grave, make the stipulation in the will that Smith actually be married to a woman in order to complete his task.
On a walk to clear his head, Smith ends up in a part of town he’s not familiar with having walked a little farther while lost in thought. He runs into, literally, a Nasoreal. The Nasoreal are the alien race that has come to earth because their own planet would not allow same-sex mating, so all their LGBT people fled to earth in hopes to find their mate and share their knowledge with our government in exchange for this privilege.
Bru de Bartina knows Smith is his mate as soon as they lock eyes. The Nasoreal are a very unique and visual race, they know their mate by the connection they feel to them, and their eyes, the way they are able to see inside each other through them. Smith is taken aback, but he feels so comfortable with Bru that he opens up to him and tells him the weight he bears from his late father. The Naoreal have changed their body type before to please their mates, can Bru adjust to be the male soul mate lover that Smith desires, while also being able to bear children? Something Smith not only wants, but also must do to complete the terms of the will.
My favorite aspect to the novels aside from the dystopian sci-fi is the eyes are the window to the soul. I love that is how the Nasoreal know exactly who their mate is. As usual, this book is quirky, sexy, erotic, and very different from any other stories out there, plot, and character wise. But all the books set in this world are. If you were looking for something outside of the norm and like the stories that hit every spectrum of the LGBTQ personalities, this would be the perfect series for you. Read them in order though, or you won’t understand the Nasoreal.