4.5 out of 5 stars
Kindle Unlimited. 240 pages. Published January 28th 2017 by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform.
Blurb:
“My job is to protect you, not like you.”
After years of being bounced around the foster care system and an unwanted medical discharge from the Army, Jase Walker has finally found a place for himself as a bodyguard with Byrne Security. His loyalty to his job goes beyond professional dedication; the Byrnes treat him like family—the one thing he’s always wanted—and he’s not going to risk messing that up just because his newest client gets under his skin.
Kelly Davis, founder of the popular gay dating app bLoved, is a hopeless romantic, but for Kelly, nothing is more hopeless than finding someone to love. His outgoing, hot-tempered personality and high-profile life help him hide his loneliness, but when a series of personal threats force him out of the public eye, the only thing he has to distract himself with is the maddeningly stoic bodyguard who drives him crazy.
When Kelly’s impulsive nature puts him at risk, the two men are forced into a situation that will either bring out the worst in each of them, or help them find the one thing they need the most… each other.
Be Mine is a gay romance novel of approximately 81,000 words that features a tough guy who like chick flicks, creepy death threats sewn into pillows, and a cocky-mouthed man convinced that he’ll never find love. It has a Happily Ever After ending, no pesky cliffhangers, and can be read as a standalone… but if you enjoy Kelly and Jase’s story, be sure to keep an eye out for the other two books in the series! Enjoy!
Likes:
- I was interested in the story because of seeing bits of it in the previous book.
- Kelly and Jace were both interesting characters.
- The heat between the two simmered the whole way through.
- Watching as Kelly slowly broke through Jace’s shell.
- The bit of suspense because of the stalker.
- The prologue and epilogue really added to the story.
Dislikes:
- The slow burn was a little too slow for my tastes.
- Long.
- So much was made of how they shouldn’t get together.
- The recap of the meeting scene in the last book.
- Kelly got really annoying at times and Jace was way too damn stubborn.
- Wish we could have seen them living together normally.
After finishing Be True, I was really excited to read this book. Having an idea of who and what the story was about made me all the more curious. And while I enjoyed this book a lot, I will admit that I liked the first one better. The writing quality was as good as the last, but I didn’t connect with Kelly and Jace the way I did with Logan and Trent. It took me more than half the book to realize that I was a little too similar to Kelly, annoying traits and all, to really mesh with him.
The one downside of having seen a bit of Kelly in the last book was the repeated business meeting scene. Especially since I’m reading the books back to back, it was annoying. Even seeing the scene through Kelly’s eyes didn’t keep me from skimming, and I was a little disappointed that there was any new info at all because it meant I couldn’t just skip the scene alltogether.
The story was pretty by-the-numbers, but not in a bad way. It was obvious near the end that something bad was going to happen with the stalker and it felt like a sword hanging over the men’s heads. It was at odds with their lovey-dovey attitude but kept me on the edge of my seat.
I liked Jace better than Kelly, because his attitudes and the reasons behind them were very clear cut. Kelly on the other hand got annoying several times because of his inability to stop making trouble. His search for love, constant hookups, and running bLoved felt like the only things he had going on his life. It left him feeling a little shallow, both as a person and a character.
There was a lot of simmering tension in the first half of the book. A lot of the men reminding themselves why they shouldn’t get involved, too. It wasn’t in big blocks like the first book but it felt like it still took up as much page space, just divided into smaller bites. It was a lot, and felt like I was being beaten over the head by it.
Once the romance started the book flowed much faster. It was still a long book, longer than I’m used to for a romance, but at least it wasn’t 400 pages this time. I do wish we’d been shown a scene or two of Kelly and Jace living together normally. They were in hiding the whole time they were together, and the epilogue, which was adorably sweet, was at a hotel.
I’m excited about the next book because once again, one of the main character of that story had an important role to play in this one.
Be sure to check out the reviews for Be True (At Last, The Beloved Series #1), Be Loved (At Last, The Beloved Series #3), the series review, and All I Want, which has some of the same characters but isn’t technically a prequel.
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