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Hard Hits #10
Training Kyle
After years of working in Alaska as a police officer, Mason Rask takes on a new position as acting police chief of District Four. Mason hopes a change of scenery will help him let go of the loss of his partner in the line of duty. Determined to keep a low profile before he starts, Mason forgets all about that to save an officer in distress.
Lt. Kyle Shaun’s night goes very wrong when a standoff in the field nearly gets him killed. Kyle wants to thank the stranger who saves him, but the guy walks away without looking back. Will he ever see him again?
Mason can’t deny the attraction he has for Kyle, but he knows that they can’t get involved. As an experienced Dom, Mason knows he can’t risk taking a man under his command on as his submissive. As their relationship intensifies, Mason only wants to take Kyle on as his sub. Will Kyle say yes?
Word Count: 29,641
Lt. Kyle Shaun’s night goes very wrong when a standoff in the field nearly gets him killed. Kyle wants to thank the stranger who saves him, but the guy walks away without looking back. Will he ever see him again?
Mason can’t deny the attraction he has for Kyle, but he knows that they can’t get involved. As an experienced Dom, Mason knows he can’t risk taking a man under his command on as his submissive. As their relationship intensifies, Mason only wants to take Kyle on as his sub. Will Kyle say yes?
Word Count: 29,641
87 pages, ebook
First published July 1, 2014
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Tatum Throne
66 books49 followersTatum Throne has a Master's degree in Social Work. In 2006, she left the field of medical social work to be a stay-at-home mom and to pursue her dreams of writing romance. She has three rambunctious boys with her husband AJ. When not writing and doing research for her novels, Tatum enjoys baking chocolate chip cookies, hiking, spending time with her family, and volunteering. Tatum is a member of the RWA and lives with her family in a suburb of Cincinnati. Tatum enjoys hearing from readers!
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July 9, 2014
I am soooo hooked on this seriez... Theay always ended up with a sweet HEA...
July 19, 2014
Ide give it abt a 2.5...
The beginning of the book was a little all over the place for me. So kyle has a near death experience which his new boss just happens to be driving by and saves his life then right afterwards on the same night they both end up at the same bar which is in a totally different city. THEN the next day they end up at the same movie theater in the same movie...then on another day they end up at the same bar AGAIN and it wasnt even the same bar as the first time!!...Then there's another near death experience. Am I the only one going ummmmm wtf? Like that's A LOT of coincidences. Too many in my opinion. Like seriously. Wow. Also in the beginning Kyle is chasing Mason but Mason pushes him away then within hours Mason is pursuing Kyle but Kyle rejects him for absolutely no reason whatsoever. He changes his mind apparently but with no explanation to us. It was odd. Like on 1 page he is confidently coming onto mason and the next page he is so shy he cant look mason in the eye and is saying they shouldnt do this. Im a little confused abt who Kyle is as a person.
But as usual there is tons of chemistry with the characters and amazing sex scenes. That one great thing abt this series...the sex scenes in all the books are always different. You never feel like each book has the same sex scenes over and over. It may follow the same formula but each couple brings their own twist to their love life.
The beginning of the book was a little all over the place for me. So kyle has a near death experience which his new boss just happens to be driving by and saves his life then right afterwards on the same night they both end up at the same bar which is in a totally different city. THEN the next day they end up at the same movie theater in the same movie...then on another day they end up at the same bar AGAIN and it wasnt even the same bar as the first time!!...Then there's another near death experience. Am I the only one going ummmmm wtf? Like that's A LOT of coincidences. Too many in my opinion. Like seriously. Wow. Also in the beginning Kyle is chasing Mason but Mason pushes him away then within hours Mason is pursuing Kyle but Kyle rejects him for absolutely no reason whatsoever. He changes his mind apparently but with no explanation to us. It was odd. Like on 1 page he is confidently coming onto mason and the next page he is so shy he cant look mason in the eye and is saying they shouldnt do this. Im a little confused abt who Kyle is as a person.
But as usual there is tons of chemistry with the characters and amazing sex scenes. That one great thing abt this series...the sex scenes in all the books are always different. You never feel like each book has the same sex scenes over and over. It may follow the same formula but each couple brings their own twist to their love life.
January 11, 2016
DNF. I'm always wary of these long-running erotica series--they tend to be low in quality--, but the premise of this book was interesting enough that I decided to give it a chance.
Unfortunately, my first instinct was right. Usually it takes a few plot beats for me to realize the book isn't for me, but in this case, it had nothing to do with the characters and a lot more to do with the awful writing style.
For whatever reason, most of the sentences in this book have simple structures. He did this. It was that. They did that. Over and over, lending to a really unnatural flow. For example: "He couldn’t catch up to the man. He was getting away."
Those two sentences were pretty much the breaking point for me: not only are they in the same structure, but they're redundant.
I decided then to skip ahead a bit, and found both the characters to be rather annoying. Tough dom, shy/pushy sub... yeah, I've read that one before, from authors who can string two sentences together that don't sound awkward.
I'm definitely going to avoid this author in the future.
Unfortunately, my first instinct was right. Usually it takes a few plot beats for me to realize the book isn't for me, but in this case, it had nothing to do with the characters and a lot more to do with the awful writing style.
For whatever reason, most of the sentences in this book have simple structures. He did this. It was that. They did that. Over and over, lending to a really unnatural flow. For example: "He couldn’t catch up to the man. He was getting away."
Those two sentences were pretty much the breaking point for me: not only are they in the same structure, but they're redundant.
I decided then to skip ahead a bit, and found both the characters to be rather annoying. Tough dom, shy/pushy sub... yeah, I've read that one before, from authors who can string two sentences together that don't sound awkward.
I'm definitely going to avoid this author in the future.
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