Giving Up
Lee BrazilContemporary romance
Available from Breathless Press
ISBN: 978-1-926930-58-9
August 2011
| Brandon Blake is stressed out from his high pressure CEO job and assuming the role of family patriarch to his younger brothers. His brothers are starting families of their own and Brandon has a hard time giving up control. His constant interference and other controlling factors have led to an ulcer. His brothers have declared enough is enough and Brandon seeks help from Dr. Arden Grey. Dr. Grey has some control issues of her own. Realizing her feelings for Brandon are crossing the patient doctor boundaries, she terminates the sessions. Brandon is still trying to get a handle on his
control issues and feeling attracted to Arden is not helping his stress level. A relationship develops and these two soon realize that giving up some control isn't as hard as they thought.
Giving Up is the third book in the Truth or Dare series. I was surprised it wasn't an m/m story, maybe the author was cautious of making all the brothers gay. At any rate, it's a nice addition to the series and I was thrilled to revisit with the family, especially Terry and the twins. I love the family connection and the weekly poker games are a nice touch. The author gives a more in depth account of Brandon and his issues with control alluded to in the earlier stories. The story is well written and definitely illustrates the author's ability to write kinky, very hot and sexy love scenes no matter the genre. I got a kick out of one particular moment in the book regarding a "missing person". I didn't see that one coming at all. I'm still on the fence about Arden and Brandon being a couple. I really didn't connect with her. Maybe I was just a wee bit disappointed Arden wasn't a man. All in all, the read was an enjoyable one and I look forward to Dan's story. I'm hoping the author also has plans for Rick and Bastion.
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Reviewer: Beverly |
