Title: The Drowning
Series: N/A
Author: AC Katt
Genre: Contemporary
Length: Novella (147 pages)
Publisher: MLR Press, LLC (July 10th 2014)
Heat Level: Moderate
Heart Rating: ♥♥♥♥ 4 Hearts
Blurb: Seriously ill, in pain with no money for medication or food, Dennis sets out to North Beach to drown but ends up being saved more ways than he can imagine.
Walking along the beach one evening, Luca Ferone encounters a body floating in the water. Being told to kiss off after rescuing the man isn’t what he expected.
Dennis O’Shea was ready to end it all. Being saved wasn’t in his plans. One look in Dennis’ eyes is all Luca needs to be lost. He won’t let anything get in the way until Dennis is his. Dennis doesn’t go easily but realizes that Luca is a man used to getting his own way.
Can the two find their way together?
ISBN: 978-1-10603-740-4
Purchase Link: http://www.mlrbooks.com/ShowBook.php?book=ACKDROWN
Reviewer: Leigh
Review: Dennis is an artist and just turned twenty-five. In the past year, he has been diagnosed with Lupus and MCTD. His best friend and lover of seven years has taken off and left him with almost nothing. Dennis is now to the point where he has to choose food or medicine. Tired of it all he decides to drown himself on the cold Jersey shore. He is almost gone when Luca a thirty-four year old business owner sees Dennis and saves him.
From the moment Luca find Dennis, he wants to take care of him and protect him.
This relationship was instant. Luca saw what he wanted in Dennis and set out to get it from the start. He is a very take-charge kind of man. Dennis tries to fight it, but part of the problem for him was Luca made him feel safe and cared for. Luca sets out to prove that he will help Dennis anyway, he can. He is dominate, but patient with Dennis and does not push to move the relationship ahead right away. The biggest thing in the start was to get Dennis healthy. During this time, the two men have come to know one another and start falling in love.
This was a sweet read. It was about two men falling in love and taking care of each other, in sickness and health. There are a few sex scenes and they are descriptive, but not the focus of the story. Dennis is a man who thinks he has nothing left to live for. Luca proves to him that he has everything and is worthy of love and happiness. Throughout the story Luca and Dennis show what love should be.
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