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On the Hunt #6
Heart's Bounty
Hunting is a young man’s game and Miho is well suited to it. He is a product of centuries of selective breeding, making him human-plus. He has a reputation for finding his quarry. But he doesn’t expect to find an older man at the Tag Board looking for work of his own.
Hevik was outlawed and banished from his homeworld, and now lives a solitary life hunting small-time criminals among the planets. A pretty boy with hair as dark as deep space makes him reconsider that lifestyle.
As the fates keep throwing them together while they pursue the same bounty, both of them discover depths about themselves, and about their lust and need for each other, that makes chasing their quarry all the more dangerous.
Inside This highly charged male/male tale of two bounty hunters scorches across galaxies! There are scenes of m/f, f/f, threesomes and moresomes. There is also a very brief rape scene. Don’t worry, our heroes get their happy ending!
A Romantica® gay erotic romance from Ellora’s Cave
185 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 24, 2013
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November 19, 2014
I should have read the publisher info more carefully. Just not the sort of romance novel I go for.
"This highly charged male/male tale of two bounty hunters scorches across galaxies! There are scenes of m/f, f/f, threesomes and moresomes. There is also a very brief rape scene. Don't worry, our heroes get their happy ending!"
"This highly charged male/male tale of two bounty hunters scorches across galaxies! There are scenes of m/f, f/f, threesomes and moresomes. There is also a very brief rape scene. Don't worry, our heroes get their happy ending!"
March 23, 2017
As a product of centuries of selective breeding, young Miho is a hunter and a good one. He has a reputation for finding his mark. Banished from his homeworld losing everything he knows and loves, Hevik lives a solitary life hunting. Both in need of work, a chance encounter at a Tag Board sparks the beginning of an attraction neither can resist. As they both pursue their quarries across the galaxy, they find their need for each other growing. As lust turns to something more, they find chasing their quarry could possible cost them everything.
I really liked Miho. He has this spunk and cockiness about him that is completely endearing. Hevik was more of an enigma to me. I'm not sure what his story was but as the book progressed I finally got my `Aha' moment. The May-December romance between then is sizzling hot and yet sweet. I have to give kudos to authors Angelia Sparrow and Gabriel Belthir for the way they wrote Hevik and Miho's BDSM scene. While Hevik is very much a Top, he is inexperienced and the way they presented his training and hesitations felt very real. Therefore, take note reader, yes there is erotic and steamy M/M sexual play as well as BDSM action.
I'm fairly new to the world of the M/M erotica but if this book is any indication of what I should expect I think I'm going to like it. Heart's Bounty really has every component I look for in a great book: great characters, lots of action (in and out of the bedroom), fast-paced and enough twist and turns to keep me riveted. My conclusion on Heart's Bounty - get it, read it, you'll love it!
I received this ARC book from JeepDiva in exchange for my honest review. The opinions and rating of this review are solely mine and in no way was I compensated.
Stars - 4 Flames - 4
I really liked Miho. He has this spunk and cockiness about him that is completely endearing. Hevik was more of an enigma to me. I'm not sure what his story was but as the book progressed I finally got my `Aha' moment. The May-December romance between then is sizzling hot and yet sweet. I have to give kudos to authors Angelia Sparrow and Gabriel Belthir for the way they wrote Hevik and Miho's BDSM scene. While Hevik is very much a Top, he is inexperienced and the way they presented his training and hesitations felt very real. Therefore, take note reader, yes there is erotic and steamy M/M sexual play as well as BDSM action.
I'm fairly new to the world of the M/M erotica but if this book is any indication of what I should expect I think I'm going to like it. Heart's Bounty really has every component I look for in a great book: great characters, lots of action (in and out of the bedroom), fast-paced and enough twist and turns to keep me riveted. My conclusion on Heart's Bounty - get it, read it, you'll love it!
I received this ARC book from JeepDiva in exchange for my honest review. The opinions and rating of this review are solely mine and in no way was I compensated.
Stars - 4 Flames - 4
May 31, 2013
This spirited story is character driven, with a plot that has a smooth flow from beginning to end. The style of writing is light hearted, but with enough of the dark side to balance it all out in the end. I really enjoyed the HEA ending and recommend it to anyone looking for a quirky way to pass some free time.
Trish's complete 3 1/2 sweet pea review appears at http://mrsconditreadsbooks.com/index....
Trish's complete 3 1/2 sweet pea review appears at http://mrsconditreadsbooks.com/index....
March 9, 2021
I'd go with 2.5, the world building was good but the plot, just not there for me
February 4, 2014
4.5 Stars
It can be tough to balance searing hot sex, characterization, and worldbuilding all at the same time in less than 200 pages, but Belthir and Sparrow manage admirably in this bounty hunter sci-fi BDSM romance.
The story opens with Miho, a young man in desperate financial straits looking for any job he can get as a bounty hunter. In exchange for a hefty sum from a contracting corporation, he’s going to take down Laric Malkin within a year. But along the way he comes into conflict with Hevick, a rival bounty hunter. As a reader I got off to a rough start with Hevick, whose rivalry with Miho seemed a little too intense. But I soon came to see that was a result of the sparks flying between them on a very different level.
Miho’s trip takes him to Taushi, a pleasure planet, just before their equivalent of Mardi Gras. Or maybe a grand opening of a furniture store, the kind where they give you free snacks along with a million different types of couches. It’s a big party, is the point, with few holds barred.
When Miho and Hevick meet up again at a dance club, the ensuing scene was genuinely hot and made me rethink their chemistry, although it winds up with an encounter that’s rough, rushed, and awkward (in-story), alas. Although, speaking of rushed–when a mutual contact offers Miho to Hevick as a sub for the biggest BDSM party of this planet’s year, Hevick is disappointingly unsurprised. I’d have enjoyed flabbergasted reaction paragraph or two, to be honest.
The preliminary negotiation and training between Hevick and Miho is both realistic and touching (although I winced to see a Dom practicing with a flogger for the first time on a new sub’s back. In a sci-fi universe of all places, maybe a realistic dummy?). It’s especially interesting because Miho’s Alerian culture has a strong taboo against being submissive. Despite his background, he and Hevick have excellent chemistry, and the overall culture of the pleasure planet seems to encourage fun and cozy BDSM rather than the dark and depraved–although Miho was sort of conned into this through a roundabout search for information on Malkin. I also appreciated a certain dominatrix side character.
After their Mardi Gras period together, the party is over and the two hunters go their separate ways. But, since they’re both on Malki’s trail, it’s not long before their paths cross again. Miho’s luck continues to not improve as a bad bet lands him in a gladiatorial area. Thanks goodness for bio-regeneration tanks, and for the coincidence that places Hevick in the same arena.
One thing that impressed me about this story is the worldbuilding–future society does *not* function exactly like the 21st century with the occasional flying car. Gender roles vary, for instance, as do sexual mores. A lot. The scene with Miho’s fellow gladiators really drove this home. Miho’s seemingly game-ending injury, and Hevick’s reaction to it, also make clear the romantic bond between them. I liked to see Hevick’s tender side when he’s not actively topping–and as Miho observes, apparently he takes orders well enough, too, when they’re for his own good.
I don’t want to spoil the ending, but I will say I was beginning to doubt their target Malkin even existed. Also, the buildup to the climax includes a massive bioterror attack–on live television, no less–that felt kind of glossed over. But then the actual climax includes, in more or less rapid succession, truly wild kitchen sex, skydiving, gender role fuckery and culture porn, and marriage and homecoming rituals. All good on their own, and pretty mindblowing alltogether, in the best possible way.
This review is cross posted from my blog.
It can be tough to balance searing hot sex, characterization, and worldbuilding all at the same time in less than 200 pages, but Belthir and Sparrow manage admirably in this bounty hunter sci-fi BDSM romance.
The story opens with Miho, a young man in desperate financial straits looking for any job he can get as a bounty hunter. In exchange for a hefty sum from a contracting corporation, he’s going to take down Laric Malkin within a year. But along the way he comes into conflict with Hevick, a rival bounty hunter. As a reader I got off to a rough start with Hevick, whose rivalry with Miho seemed a little too intense. But I soon came to see that was a result of the sparks flying between them on a very different level.
Miho’s trip takes him to Taushi, a pleasure planet, just before their equivalent of Mardi Gras. Or maybe a grand opening of a furniture store, the kind where they give you free snacks along with a million different types of couches. It’s a big party, is the point, with few holds barred.
When Miho and Hevick meet up again at a dance club, the ensuing scene was genuinely hot and made me rethink their chemistry, although it winds up with an encounter that’s rough, rushed, and awkward (in-story), alas. Although, speaking of rushed–when a mutual contact offers Miho to Hevick as a sub for the biggest BDSM party of this planet’s year, Hevick is disappointingly unsurprised. I’d have enjoyed flabbergasted reaction paragraph or two, to be honest.
The preliminary negotiation and training between Hevick and Miho is both realistic and touching (although I winced to see a Dom practicing with a flogger for the first time on a new sub’s back. In a sci-fi universe of all places, maybe a realistic dummy?). It’s especially interesting because Miho’s Alerian culture has a strong taboo against being submissive. Despite his background, he and Hevick have excellent chemistry, and the overall culture of the pleasure planet seems to encourage fun and cozy BDSM rather than the dark and depraved–although Miho was sort of conned into this through a roundabout search for information on Malkin. I also appreciated a certain dominatrix side character.
After their Mardi Gras period together, the party is over and the two hunters go their separate ways. But, since they’re both on Malki’s trail, it’s not long before their paths cross again. Miho’s luck continues to not improve as a bad bet lands him in a gladiatorial area. Thanks goodness for bio-regeneration tanks, and for the coincidence that places Hevick in the same arena.
One thing that impressed me about this story is the worldbuilding–future society does *not* function exactly like the 21st century with the occasional flying car. Gender roles vary, for instance, as do sexual mores. A lot. The scene with Miho’s fellow gladiators really drove this home. Miho’s seemingly game-ending injury, and Hevick’s reaction to it, also make clear the romantic bond between them. I liked to see Hevick’s tender side when he’s not actively topping–and as Miho observes, apparently he takes orders well enough, too, when they’re for his own good.
I don’t want to spoil the ending, but I will say I was beginning to doubt their target Malkin even existed. Also, the buildup to the climax includes a massive bioterror attack–on live television, no less–that felt kind of glossed over. But then the actual climax includes, in more or less rapid succession, truly wild kitchen sex, skydiving, gender role fuckery and culture porn, and marriage and homecoming rituals. All good on their own, and pretty mindblowing alltogether, in the best possible way.
This review is cross posted from my blog.
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