Ellora's Cave romantica

When he arrives at his company's drilling site, hard-nosed and cynical Jack Green is greeted by an explosion and fire.  But even that pales in comparison to the sexual sparks that sizzle between him and landowner Kate Black, an innocent country schoolteacher.

     Each of the three stories reviewed here, while unrelated to the others, share basic characteristics; one of the male characters has to make peace with himself regarding his sexuality. In each instance, he is not only extremely physically attracted to another man, but feels a very strong emotional attachment to him as well. But the emotions exist and, while they may struggle for awhile, there is no fighting true love.
     I enjoyed each of these stories… the characters in them are varied, the progression of the relationships are different and the stories themselves vary. In one of the stories, the two main characters are police officers and dealing with a serial killer preying on young gay men. One involves a twenty-year high school reunion… and a reunion between two men who have known each other most of their lives. The other story is another reunion story, this time between a man and his best friend’s brother with whom he was always attracted.
   None of them easy, but all of them heartwarming.

RATING:
Excellence: Great to Excellent ~ 3.5 stars
Steaminess: Inferno (male-male sex)

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