Thicker Than Water

Dar and Kerry #5

by Melissa Good

This sequel to Red Sky at Morning is the continuing saga of Dar Roberts and Kerry Stuart. It starts off with Kerry involved in the church group of girls. Kerry is forced to acknowledge her own feelings/experience toward/with her folks as she and Dar assist a teenager from the group who gets jailed because her parents tossed her out onto the streets when they find out she is gay. While trying to help the teenagers adjust to real world situations, Kerry gets the call concerning her father's health. Kerry flies to her family's side as her father dies, putting the family in crisis. Caught up in an international problem, Dar abandons the issue to go to Michigan, determined to support Kerry in the face of grief and hatred. Dar and Kerry face down Kerry's extended family with a little help from their own, and return home, where they decide to leave work and the world behind for a while for some time to themselves.

Genres: Lesbian, Romance, LGBT, Lesbian Romance, Lesbian Fiction, Adventure, Queer

232 pages, Paperback

First published November 30, 2003

About the author

Melissa Good is a full time network engineer and part time writer who lives in Pembroke Pines, Florida with a handful of lizards and a dog. When not traveling for work, or participating in the usual chores she ejects several sets of clamoring voices onto a variety of keyboards and tries to entertain others with them to the best of her ability. She is a prolific author of many published novels and a very well-known author of Xena fan fiction. You can find other info at www.merwolf.com.
Melissa “Missy” Good is the Royal Academy of Bards 2005 Hall of Fame Author and the winner of 2008 Hall of Fame Lifetime Achievement Award.

Reviews

[Char Dafoe · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent. Full of suspense. Angsty. The ending left us on a happy high until you see and read the cover of book six. Now I cannot wait to dive in because I have a sneaking suspicion of the trouble that awaits Dar & Kerry ;)

[Kennedy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Enjoyable read. Look forward to reading the next book in the series.

[David · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book engages with the fallout from the previous books, and as such is best read as a companion to them, particularly the fourth in the series. (Don't worry, brand new adventures await in book 6!)

It's frustrating that Dar loses a fight in this book, or rather backs down and chooses not to fight. But the reason she chooses not to fight this one is the best reason, and makes up for the frustration.

Melissa Good cleverly divides Xena into two people in her series. Dar mostly, of course, but Good realized that Xena's truly dark side, the killer who enjoyed violence, couldn't exist in Dar. Dar may be cutthroat by corporate standards, and a martial arts champion, but she couldn't be a killer. So that part of Xena comes to life in Dar's father. This isn't a spoiler at this point - it was established long ago in the series that he's a Navy SEAL with vast combat experience. But that part of him has a real role to play in this book.

[Mel Mel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lovely

I've been reading Dar and Kerry for so many years they feel like old friends. I'm just glad to have these books in e format.

[Linda · Rating 5 out of 5]

goed spannend verhaal, op naar boek 6!

[Tony Hisgett · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another great story, but for me, there was perhaps a little too much ‘angst and mushiness’. I still enjoyed reading about Dar and Kerry’s relationship, but the parts I enjoyed the most were with Dar’s parents. I was especially pleased with the way Andy dealt with Kyle.

[Jenn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Family drama! Intrigue! Murder! Another great installment.