The End Game

by Lisa Marie Davis

Micah McQueen's first love affair ended in a bloodbath he only barely survived. Thirteen years later, the memories still haunt him, leading him to keep everyone at anemotional distance, so it takes him some time to warm up to the idea of getting cozy with his boss, Harrison Harper. Just when Harrison thinks he has a chance at earning Micah's trust, Micah's past returns with a vengeance, bringing his worst nightmares to life... but Harrison won't give him up easily."

Genres: M M Romance, Contemporary, Romance, Abuse, Friends To Lovers, Contemporary Romance, Crime

134 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 13, 2011

About the author

Born and raised in Florida, Lisa spends her time writing and babysitting her nearly three-year-old nephew, Zach. A night owl, most of her writing gets done well after one in the morning when the rest of the world is happily sleeping.

Visit her blog at http://lisamariedavis.livejournal.com/.

Reviews

[♥Laddie♥ (Lee Lee) · Rating 2 out of 5]

ETA: The bulk of this review has been put into a spoiler tab.

Dear you,

I wish I could tell you all about this book; the story of Micah and his boss...ummm...*goes back and reads the blurb*...Harrison! His boss, Harrison.

The End Game is an utterly forgettable story, though, so I can't tell you all about this book because even though I just read it I can barely remember it. Here's what I do remember.

Micah was almost killed (I think) when he was a teenager. Well, I know Micah's mother was killed by his boyfriend. Some years later Micah works from home doing...something. Harrison is Micah's boss and he (maybe) owns the company where Micah works doing...whatever it is he does.

Harrison has a thing for Micah but Micah is traumatized and always turns Harrison down. Harrison finally gets a date (don't ask me how). They start dating after that. Wait, do they start dating? Crap. Well, let's say for the sake of this review that they start dating.

So, they're dating, they make out in a limo, I think they go to a party and then I think they make out in the limo again. Fast forward to Micah standing in front of his apartment building where he's confronted by some crazy prison wife who's married to the guy who murdered Micah's mom.

She says something like "(Insert the name of the murderer) read the Bible and he's reformed. Tell the parole board to let him out."

Micah says something along the lines of "Ummm..how about no."

Crazy prison wife says something like "Repent! Repent homosexual!"

Micah's like "Ummm, again, no. I have to go now. My ice cream's melting."

After that (maybe right after) Micah has a panic attack and passes out. His ice cream probably ends up melting anyway. He wakes up and (once again, don't ask me how) Harrison is there.

Stuff happens but we're going to fast forward past that stuff because I don't remember what that stuff is.

Harrison and Micah are in the limo again, probably making out. When the get to where they're going, and the driver lets them out, there are gun shots. The driver gets shot.

Errrmmmnnn...there's some kind of conspiracy involving the crazy prison wife, the murderer who's still in jail, and the crazy prison wife's brother. Or cousin. Maybe her uncle. Someone who's male.

Fast forward again. Micah goes to the prison to visit the murderer.

The murderer is all "WTF are you doing here? Crazy Prison Wife was supposed to kill you."

Micah's like "Your plan was foiled. I wanted to come and tell you that I will not let my fear of you rule me anymore...and stuff."

The murderer sucks his teeth I think and says "Whatevah, bitch!"

Micah's like "K bye."

It was anti-climatic to say the least.

I'm pretty sure nothing else important happens. Really, nothing important happens in the whole story. It was Blah. Very, very Blah.

So, that's what I remember. I was so excited to read this story when it came out but it wasn't really worth the time it took to read it. Like I said, utterly forgettable.

Yeeeeeeaahhh, do I recommend this? Not so much.


Love,
Me

[Candice · Rating 3 out of 5]

YUM! So sweet. Exactly what I wanted at the time :) Harrison and Micah...yeah. Liked them ;)

[Tam · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is kind of broken into two parts. First is Micah as a young 15 year old (I think, around that age) who falls in love with new boy in town Peter. However when he catches Peter in bed with a girl and outs him, things go horribly wrong, as Peter is not just a jerk, he's a homicidal wackjob who murders Micah's mother and nearly him. Ten or so year later, Micah still has issues and mostly works at home in the publishing industry, although his hot boss has made no bones that he's interested in Micah, eventually, Micah gives in and agrees to try dating and it's going well until a blast from the past comes back to haunt him. I enjoyed the story and was surprised by the result of his first relationship, I didn't see that coming. I really liked Micah's best female friend, she didn't fall into that annoying female friend stereotype. I thought maybe the past catching up seemed a bit extreme and melodramatic, but on the whole I enjoyed the story and really liked Micah.

[Leonel · Rating 2 out of 5]

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Lisa Marie Davis' "The End Game" has quite a compelling story: a fifteen year old,Micah, meets someone, and he thinks this is the boy of his dreams, but things quickly get very dark. Cut to fifteen years later, and we can see how his traumatic past has affected him and how he has put his guards up against finding love. I was instantly hooked, as the story line felt unique. He opens his heart to his boss, Harrison Harper, who has been pining for him, and just as he starts to accept love again in his life, his past comes back to haunt him. I wish the story was more formed, it had the potential of being so much more. As such, we get a run-of-the-mill romance story, with pulp elements. (The sex scenes are almost hilarious) This would be good just to pass time, but then I never expected anything else from it.

[Summer · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved how the author gave so much of Micah's past in that long Prologue. It really helped understand what happened and worked much better than a flashback later on in the story could have. I much prefer books this way. My only complaint on this one was that it seemed that Micah went into his relationship with Harris pretty quickly. I know that they wanted each other, but it seemed that they never really talked much before. But overall it was a great story and the MC's fit really well together.

[Vio · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was too nice, with the too perfect boyfriend. The story was okay, nothing thrilling or gripping. Harris and Micah could have been a much more interesting couple, the romance I'm not sure what it was that didn't work. Not great but not a total loss.

[Shannon · Rating 3 out of 5]

The three stars here is for the idea of the book. It could have been a heart wrenching story but sadly I felt nothing. Nada. The guys were likable and there was some sex but still, something was missing.

[melek · Rating 5 out of 5]

Micah fell inlove when he was a teenager and it turned out to be a nightmare, Years later Harrison comes along and wants a chance with him but micahs past catches up with, will that stop micah from the happiness he deserves.

[Mandi · Rating 2 out of 5]

Blurb sounded great, but I just couldn't connect with either of the characters.

[Heather♥ · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars

[LaShonta]

Thanks Laddie for the review:)

[Amanda · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars