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The Trouble With Two
Chasing Terence
Three years after Martin's brother, Eli, falls in love with Dr. Aiden Bradley, Martin has accepted the fact his brother and Aiden were meant for each other. The couple, after years of dating, are buying a house together. After watching Eli and Aiden's flourishing relationship, Martin begins to realize how much he wants a relationship of his own. While Martin searches for a relationship, Aiden's assistant, Trinity, begs him to show her cousin, Terence, around town. He has just gone through a divorce and is new to Phoenix.
When Martin meets Terence, he realizes that this is the man he has been searching for. Terence is a smart and funny architect with a passion for photography, and he's sexy and passionate too. The problem is, Terence's company decides they want to move him to Denmark and away from Martin.
When Martin meets Terence, he realizes that this is the man he has been searching for. Terence is a smart and funny architect with a passion for photography, and he's sexy and passionate too. The problem is, Terence's company decides they want to move him to Denmark and away from Martin.
- GenresM M Romance
71 pages, ebook
First published March 23, 2013
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About the author
Penelope Rivers
82 books71 followersPenelope Rivers is a good girl from Utah with a naughty side!
Penelope Rivers is a bestselling erotic novelist of M/M romance novels and short stories. A hopeless dreamer, she spends her day thinking about all things fantasy, romantic and not. It is her view that when you start choking on the occasionally dry bread of life, you need something sinfully delicious to chase it down with. Currently, she lives in Utah with an abnormal amount of pets.
The first four erotic M/M short stories, Eyes on You, Lollipop Lick, The Naughtiest Student, and Dr. Perfect in Penelope's new series, Lust at First Sight, are now available from New Line Press.
Penelope Rivers is a bestselling erotic novelist of M/M romance novels and short stories. A hopeless dreamer, she spends her day thinking about all things fantasy, romantic and not. It is her view that when you start choking on the occasionally dry bread of life, you need something sinfully delicious to chase it down with. Currently, she lives in Utah with an abnormal amount of pets.
The first four erotic M/M short stories, Eyes on You, Lollipop Lick, The Naughtiest Student, and Dr. Perfect in Penelope's new series, Lust at First Sight, are now available from New Line Press.
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March 27, 2013
1.5 Hearts
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While reading this book I felt it lacked… a lot. It lacked an enticing plot, it lacked character you’d care for, and it lacked in the erotic/sensual department.
This is the follow up sequel of Speaking to Eli, and it’s Martin’s story. Martin, Eli’s twin, is finally ok with Aiden’s and Eli’s relationship. What bothers him though is this hollow feeling in his gut and the envy for love. Martin has always wanted that perfect someone that will be his one and always.
When Trinity sets him up with her cousin Terence, Martin tries not to get high hopes, but he’s lost at one look at Terence’s face. It’s lust at first sight that quickly evolves to love. But when Terence asks him to follow him to Denmark after merely three weeks, Martin is torn between his life as he knows it or a future with no guarantees. Should he risk it all?
I know it sounds good, hell it could have been great even, but it was not so. First and what’s most important to me both characters were too much aloof. I didn’t get to know them, who they were and why and how. They are complete strangers I care nothing about. Nothing they did or say made me sympathetic toward them. Terence is an architect who just got a divorce and he falls for Martin. That’s it. And Martin is Eli’s twin and a photographer. His character came closer to a leaf in the wind for me. He was unstable and easily directed/manipulated, almost childish. I did not like him.
As for the plot, well the author gave it all up with the title and the first chapter. It started on the dull side and there was no tension there whatsoever. When Terence came with his “bad news” and offer it was no surprise, and when Martin declined it was no surprise either. I simply expected that to happen. So in the end my question was “why”, what was the purpose behind this plot since it had no ups and downs and twists to keep you going?
I would have perhaps forgiven all the above though if the writing, dialogues and erotic part were decent. I felt cheated there too. My huge astonishment to the bareback scenes and the not at all romantic context can’t be described. The clichés and cheesy parts had me rolling my eyes and wondering. And the end scene was simply unbearable. It was just too much.
In the end I can’t even say this read was ok, it was not even easily readable and I can’t recommend this in good conscience.
Thommie.
Read and reviewed on behalf of MM Good Book Reviews
http://mmgoodbookreviews.wordpress.com/
While reading this book I felt it lacked… a lot. It lacked an enticing plot, it lacked character you’d care for, and it lacked in the erotic/sensual department.
This is the follow up sequel of Speaking to Eli, and it’s Martin’s story. Martin, Eli’s twin, is finally ok with Aiden’s and Eli’s relationship. What bothers him though is this hollow feeling in his gut and the envy for love. Martin has always wanted that perfect someone that will be his one and always.
When Trinity sets him up with her cousin Terence, Martin tries not to get high hopes, but he’s lost at one look at Terence’s face. It’s lust at first sight that quickly evolves to love. But when Terence asks him to follow him to Denmark after merely three weeks, Martin is torn between his life as he knows it or a future with no guarantees. Should he risk it all?
I know it sounds good, hell it could have been great even, but it was not so. First and what’s most important to me both characters were too much aloof. I didn’t get to know them, who they were and why and how. They are complete strangers I care nothing about. Nothing they did or say made me sympathetic toward them. Terence is an architect who just got a divorce and he falls for Martin. That’s it. And Martin is Eli’s twin and a photographer. His character came closer to a leaf in the wind for me. He was unstable and easily directed/manipulated, almost childish. I did not like him.
As for the plot, well the author gave it all up with the title and the first chapter. It started on the dull side and there was no tension there whatsoever. When Terence came with his “bad news” and offer it was no surprise, and when Martin declined it was no surprise either. I simply expected that to happen. So in the end my question was “why”, what was the purpose behind this plot since it had no ups and downs and twists to keep you going?
I would have perhaps forgiven all the above though if the writing, dialogues and erotic part were decent. I felt cheated there too. My huge astonishment to the bareback scenes and the not at all romantic context can’t be described. The clichés and cheesy parts had me rolling my eyes and wondering. And the end scene was simply unbearable. It was just too much.
In the end I can’t even say this read was ok, it was not even easily readable and I can’t recommend this in good conscience.
Thommie.
March 25, 2013
Wow, this novella was bad, really bad. For starters this so called lust at first sight between Martin an Terence felt wrong. A cliché in every way. And their first sex in the car, wow, what a mess. A word for this novella is "terrible".
March 26, 2013
I couldn't get into it...The love at first sight (which seemed forced), non-safe sex practice and speed of light pacing relationship-wise turned me off. First time sex by the couple done in the backseat of a car parked in a vacant parking lot near a stadium was just bad taste.
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March 10, 2015
This one, too!
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