San Francisco bike messenger Matt Robinson lives to ride and rides to live, both his bike and his dispatcher boyfriend Jason. But when he’s injured on the job, can they ride the emotional ups and downs the same way Matt rides the hills of the city? Can he keep going for both of them? Or will Matt’s stubborn refusal to accept help drive Jason to do something drastic?
Kate Roman is an adventurer, a scribe, and a hopeless romantic. A native of northern California, she divides her time between dreaming of beautiful, heartbroken men and the men who love them and working in IT support. She's ably assisted by one cat, three dogs, and four rabbits and doesn't want to talk about the shameful state of her garden. She also reads more books than can possibly be healthy and can be reached at romankate@gmail.com.
Jesus but it was painful reading this book. No, the writing was wonderful; I loved it, I loved the style, I loved the description of the city’s chaos and the traffic’s dangers. I loved how this author made me “feel”, the heartbeat of Matt’s job. But it was so freaking painful to read once the accident occurred. I think it’s because I’m a bike-accident victim myself and I related too much with what happened. Perhaps it was because I knew what kind of physical pain the character was suffering. Perhaps it was because it was so damned well described that it felt as if my own bones were feeling that pain, again. I don’t know. I know one thing though, and it bears repeating. I felt this book, not merely read it...