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Can there be love at first sight when you've known each other a year? 

Mac lost his wife and son but has rebuilt his life, with help from his friends and because of who he is; calm, solid and strong. As chief of police in a small town in the Rockies, he's busy. His friends keep him busy too. And when he feels lonely – well, there are women who aren't looking for commitments.

Beth lost her husband, and as she works through her grief, she finds a friend in an unexpected way. Then she uproots her life, and as an added bonus, she will get to meet the man she's been emailing with for quite some time. 

Mac had it once so when their eyes met, he recognized it immediately. There it was, that jittery-warm feeling running straight through his core. Is he ready to do it again? Is she?

Return to Wilhelmine for a final time in the last book in the Brothers series to follow Mac and Beth as they find out who they are, and who they are together.

Please note: This book contains crude words and somewhat explicit adult scenes. If this isn't your thing, then this book might not be for you.

258 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 31, 2019

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Profile Image for Rachael*Caribbean*girl*bibliophile.
2,270 reviews519 followers
July 22, 2020
Reread,Spoilers ahead

Mac was an idiot at times but by the end of this I decided to bump my rating up....maybe the pregnancy hormones of the h affected me lol but I enjoyed the ending of this one very much. I'd love to read the stories of the younger generation and to see the ones that have already coupled up in future books.

Further note on safety - At the beginning they were friends through email and she was recovering from the death of her husband. She hooked up with someone and told him and his hookup partner ended things with him I believe. After meeting no one else for either.
His handling of the ring and the pictures still bugged me but I honestly did not feel that the h was second best.
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Original thoughts
Spoilers ahead, 3.5*


My first read of 2020


Overall I've enjoyed this series and hope that this author continues producing work like these, I've had a couple of niggles and I REALLY wasn't a fan of the setup of Paddy and Jenny's books but this author is one I look forward to trying again.


So about this book

Mac and Beth are friends of the couples in the previous books, after a misunderstanding between them they start emailing each other regularly as Beth attempts to move on from the death of her husband. The mcs form a strong bond and when Beth comes to town Mac works things in such a way that she stays at his home. They go from frieds, to kinky lovers to their hea. Bad guys and Mac's own struggle with moving on from his past however causes some stumbling along the way

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I really liked the way Beth's husbands death is handled,I've had problems in other books where one of the mcs lost a loved one and took so long to move on that it called the feelings for the new person into question. Beth loved her husband but knew he wouldn't want her stuck without a life or happiness so she was able to deal with her grief and move on with her life

We see a lot of the previous couples which I really liked in this series, the bromance and girlmance is a really important part of each book
I liked Mac in the first half of the book but struggled with him in the latter half. Losing his wife and son as he did was heartbreaking but I didn't like the ring issue or how long it took him to say goodbye to his wife. He acted like a coward and Beth didn't deserve that. Thankfully she made him work for her forgivenesss
We see some of the next generation hooking up and I'm so here for it! I love Cal and actually wanted him to get his own book but I'm still satisfied with him and Annie as a couple, we see Trish and Andy together too and get hints of further pairing off which I'm hopeful we get to see ***
In each book there's a suspense element and here we see Mac and the guys take down some drug dealers which brings closure for Mac on his wife's death
Now one of the things that had me a bit dissatisfied was the lack of babies lol, I like my hea to include babies but each couple in this series has been in their 50s with either grown kids or the inability to have kids.Here Beth is 48 and Mac 56 and we get a pregnancy!!!! Yayyyyy! I'm especially happy for Mac because he'd lost his son and though it's late in life he gets another chance

All in all I'm pleased with thid series and this author and look forward to more

No cheating
A bit of kink with tying up during sex
Both have been married before and lost their spouses and Mac lost his son
No OW/OM drama
Mac's handling of his feelings for Beth and moving on from his wife caused a bit of a problem for me but I felt he pulled it together eventually


****There is a hint that Parker may end up with Mimi who is young while he's in his 20s so one assumes he'll wait for her to age up. I'd really like this author to not take the cliched road of having Parks having sex with OW while he waits for his own to come of age. Let's leave that bs in 2019 and have romance book heroes who know to act like men and not randy little boys.

I ignore the double-takes and stares from the woman I pass. That shit’s just a distraction. Anna’s not mine, but I’m hers. And I’ve got no interest in fucking another girl just to get my nuts off. "
Yes I'm using my love Gunner as an example! Here's to REAL MEN in romances in 2020 and goodbye to manwhores, men who have sex with OW after they've met their one, men who sleep with OW for their h's "own good" or to push her away and most importantly goodbye to cheating scumbags!

*gets off soapbox*
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2,600 reviews69 followers
February 8, 2022
I just loved Mac!
This one was amazing and a great way to end the series. I need more! I need there kids stories.
The ending wasn't something that I saw coming. It was just wow. Can't wait to read what Mia comes up with next.
Profile Image for Dianne.
6,817 reviews633 followers
June 5, 2019
If you EVER thought your love life or sex appeal is over after 30, take a look at Mac and Beth, both over fifty, both still able to create some rocking sizzle!

Wake up, people! No excuses and no holds barred this hot, hot, hot erotic tale could teach a few things to the younger generations! Mia Malone’s MAC is the story of two “mature adults” who have loved and lost and now have discovered that love can happen again and it can be even more magical than the first time around because, hey, “life” happens and we can always learn from it! One must just be willing to take a chance.

The entire series theme is “mature erotic love” and Mia Malone has nailed “sexy reading” with some tough suspense and heart throbbing action!

I received a complimentary ARC edition from Mia Malone!

Series: The Brothers - Book 5
Publisher: Mia Malone; 1 edition (May 31, 2019)
Publication Date: May 31, 2019
Genre: Mature Romance | Romantic Erotica
Print Length: 259 pages
Available from: AmazonBarnes & Noble
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Profile Image for Laiza.
656 reviews9 followers
July 20, 2020
Oscar 'Mac' MacKenzie and Elizabeth Johnson blew my heart into pieces! I am sad to say goodbye to all the great characters from this series. Can you please have books with the children stories!
#LoveLife
#SecondChance
#Death&Loss
#Family&Friends
#Thankful4Lee
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1,543 reviews
September 12, 2021
Finally we get Mac’s story. Beth and Mac met when she briefly visited Bebe. They began exchanging emails for over a year, during that time they became fast confidants and a friendship blossomed.

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Mac and Beth had rushed into their physical relationship, which eventually imploded. The explored their sexual hard limits with ropes, and Mac finds himself falling but in the recesses of his mind, he’s overcome with memories of Corinne and Robbie.

Beth lost her husband, Will, a law enforcement officer senselessly, he’d delved into an investigation involving Gibson and was killed.

Beth and Bebe have known each other since Bebe was seventeen, she feels betrayed when she divulges a confidence she shared about the photographs of his wife and son on his bedside table and his devastation on forgetting his ring at the station; this causes an estrangement between the two friends.

He was moving toward me but stopped when I raised a hand.
“I’m pregnant,” I said.
He pushed out a breath of weak laughter which sounded mostly as if someone had punched him in the belly. I nodded silently.
“But I’m fifty-six,” he said hoarsely.
“I’m forty-eight,” I told him, which he knew.
“We used –”
“You’re pregnant,” he stated.
“We’ll be a hundred years old when she graduates from high school,”
“She?”
“They do loads of tests on older mothers,” I said.
“She?” he repeated.

Annie earlier in the story admits to Callum that she’s pregnant and he asks Paddy permission to marry her.

Trish decides to accept a position with Mac’s old boss on the police force, and to see the promise of her relationship with Andy and where it might lead. Benny, Beth’s son finally grows out of his petulance and accepts his mother’s new life in with Mac. They become parents to daughter, Wilhemina or Minnie.

As with the entire series, characters over fifty with life experiences. We get to revisit previous and new secondary faces.

Each book depicts a story centred around a specific couple and their close-knit group of friends that surround them. The men are typically fifty-five 55 and the women of a similar in age.

This is the end of the series. This was not my favourite, I preferred Gibson and Day’s stories.
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Profile Image for Laur Laur.
583 reviews14 followers
October 16, 2021
Rating the series as a whole, although I skipped book 2 because while I love second chance books, 30+ years is ridiculous. And I gather it was more a missed opportunities book, but again, 30+ years...

This group was hilarious, they certainly didn't act in their late 40's and 50's. Suspended belief aside, I loved the totally different personality each character had, and how it stuck throughout each book. This group felt like a big unruly family, and you knew exactly which character was going to be the butt of the joke based on the set up. I was smirking right along with them and their one-liners.

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June 5, 2023
It Starts With Email

I’d probably give this book 4.5 ⭐️ if I could.

This appears to be the final book in this series, which I’m pretty sad about, because Wilhemine is an awesome place to visit. However this book is about Mac, the last of The Brothers to find happiness. It makes sense to end the series here, but I hope that maybe the author might be tempted to return to cover the younger generation who all appear to be pretty interesting folks.

This book feels a lot more complicated than the others and that’s because it’s about a much more complex situation. Mac lost his beloved wife and son 12 (ish) years ago when they were killed by a criminal who belonged to a gang The Brothers wiped out. Mac never really recovered from their loss. He had longer term hook ups but never looked for another relationship. He also kept his emotions bottled up and away from his friends and family.

When Mac first met Beth they had a misunderstanding and Beth was hurt by it. After she left Wilhemine Mac decided to email her to apologise and they end up communicating for well over 9 months via email as Beth travelled the world with her best friend Bebe. Beth was trying to recover from the death of her police officer husband. She turned to Mac because he understood the loss of a spouse in terrible circumstances. Slowly they both grew closer and closer, without ever meeting again, until Beth decides to come and visit Bebe again.

I loved that this story was messy and that there were hiccups in the relationship because both parties were vulnerable. There was also Beth’s adult children to take into consideration. Once again the friendships between all people in this group shines through on almost every page. It also overflows into the friendships all the children have or are developing.

Whilst this book mainly focused on the relationship side of things, it did also have sections of action based plot, as is to be expected as Mac is the police chief. As usual The Brothers pitch in to help, as do Wolves MC (I’d really love to see a series about them!!)

This series really is wonderful and this was an excellent book to round it out so everyone gets their HEA. I’ve enjoyed every minute of this series that covers people in their middle years finding happiness. It was well written and the characters were wonderfully engaging. This is definitely an author I will be reading in the future.
95 reviews
November 4, 2022
Love this series

This was a great ending to a great series. It really needs to be read on order because the author thankfully doesn't repeat information from past books ad nauseum to make them stand alone books.
I love this group of friends and I'm sad to see them go every time I read this series. There are a lot of typos that drive me a bit nuts and I wish I could fix them, but her storyline is so good and her characters are so awesome I can't take away a star for that.
It's nice to have fully developed older characters that aren't caricatures. They are all strong individuals and the non romantic relationships are as important as the romantic ones.
Beth and Mac are both widowed and coping with that is part of them building a new relationship without knocking or idolizing the old ones. They feel very real in a way not many authors can accomplish. And I laughed out loud so many times my kids kept asking me to tell them the joke, which at 11 and 8 I could very rarely share. The sex is steamy and again, very genuine.
Profile Image for R. Beach.
Author 6 books8 followers
August 5, 2025
Mac & Bethie
4.5 stars
A conclusion to The Brothers series that wove a lot of ties together in these mens and womens lives. The middle portion dragged a bit and I will say the end felt more tell than show which I simply skim read. The angst of recovering from losing a spouse when encountering the opportunity for a new lease on life is real and the author portrayed that very well.

I do feel like the ending drama with the Muerta club was a bit hurried and wrapped up too neatly but since Joke nearly died in his book I'll take the clean finish.

The ending surprise was a bit unexpected but it did give me the warm fuzzies for Mac, as he seemed to be an awesome father so this would give him the chance to only improve. I enjoyed the fact that her son didn't just fall in line (though he was a brat) as most families live in drama and these men and their kids were making it all too easy. Good stories!!
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Profile Image for Catherine Staerkel.
230 reviews1 follower
May 10, 2020
Not bad, but...

I really enjoyed the story for the most part. However, the writing style was hit or miss. Great premise with a couple of widowers finding love again. But if the couple are as old as we later discover, then becoming parents again isn't really an exciting event. The story could have been aided with them being somewhat younger.
Editing on this one was disappointing. Many grammatical and usage errors.
Fairly swoony sex. But the story seemed disjointed quite often, assuming the reader knows backstories on the multitude of characters thrown in the mix. Poor development/ explanation of many situations. And throwing in a gang of drug dealers as an aside ? Just silly.
2,906 reviews3 followers
September 15, 2019
Loved this series

I love this series! Mac and Beth have a second chance at happiness after losing their first spouse(s). This is a sweet romance with a little drama, lots of sexy times (not too graphic)m with funny friends and family. This is the last scheduled book in the series (unless books are written later on). Well written, great characters. Going to miss these characters. Wish all the books were in audio!
770 reviews
March 17, 2023
This book made me sad for so many reasons, both main characters lost their spouses & + child. I really love that it was different & gave back story for them through the emails. That added some depth for them but I did feel like they maybe rushed into sex but it was done tastefully. Considering the female main character just lost her spouse recently. I’m happy that after reading the whole series someone finally had a baby!!! Definitely want to get more of Mia Malone’s Books.
88 reviews2 followers
July 14, 2019
Wow!

I really glad that I found.this author. This series was fun from the first. Each book tells the story of a couple and the friends that surround them. The men are 55 years old and the women similar in age. Love the relationships that they share. A great Seasoned Romance series.
Profile Image for Leah.
53 reviews
October 27, 2019
Great Read!

Good character and story development. Loved that the main characters were NOT 20 or 30 something years of age.
The interaction between the "brothers" and their women was well thought out. I was sorry this was the last of the series and wished for more.

I found quite a few typos and grammatical errors but was able to overlook those to enjoy the story.
34 reviews
September 16, 2020
Enjoyable book and a good end to the series. I liked the fact that Beth "got over" her ex in a relatively short time and Mac seemed to be ok but even after many years he has a lot of unresolved emotions deep down, people deal with things differently. There could have been more tension and drama if you ask me but over all I liked it.
Profile Image for Jenn the Readaholic.
2,184 reviews72 followers
July 24, 2019
Much better than some priors in the series

Mac and Beth got the story they deserved. It was at times a tad far-fetched, but also realistic and enjoyable. Even if you couldn’t stand some of the other couples in this series, I’d say to give this one a shot. It’s worth the read.
Profile Image for Maxine Bennett.
69 reviews
November 18, 2019
Mac finishes out the group

Mac and Elizabeth, another fabulous read by Mia Malone. Loved the story and the other couples and all the children. Lol. I hope Mia writes thier stories too. Would love to visit back in Willhemina again.
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4,308 reviews361 followers
December 15, 2019
Older Hero and heroine. Hero is 55 I think. Heroine in her late 40s.
Both widowed.
Deals with grief and moving on.
Lots of scenes with previous couples from previous books in series.
No cheating.
Relationship starts with emails.
HEA.
Profile Image for Michelle.
693 reviews2 followers
January 18, 2020
Omg so fantastic

I loved this book so much. Beth and Mac loved them. Especially loved their little surprise. Got to say wish this was a real town, I would love there. So sad that this is the last in this series.
Profile Image for Sandy Emary.
592 reviews4 followers
March 7, 2020
I’ve read the whole series and loved the characters. I really enjoyed reading about fifty-something characters for change. The bond between the Brothers and the way each found their lady loves was well written.
124 reviews1 follower
May 10, 2020
I loved everyone in the series!

What can I say? I love series that keep everyone involved and there is a new catastrophe for each book. This series is quick to read with lots of laugh out loud story lines. Well developed characters. Highly recommend.
Profile Image for Cathy.
424 reviews
June 16, 2020
Excellent read and loved Mac and Bethie. Loved that all the characters in this series were in their 50s. Being in your 50s doesn't mean your dead. Just more experienced and that's a good thing. Sad to see the series end, but it ended wonderfully. Now to see what else Mia writes.
Profile Image for Michelle.
830 reviews48 followers
August 4, 2020
I'm so happy I found this author. I'm definitely going to continue with her other books.
I've never been one for "The Next Generation" type books, but I would so love to read about all the "kids". Maybe because they were all adults and not heavily involved in the storylines of the books.
1,357 reviews4 followers
September 23, 2021
(3.5) I enjoyed the story, but at points throughout the book I felt the drama was pushed and it made me roll my eyes. The characters were fun to read about in parts, well Mac was my main eye roll, and the secondary characters made me laugh throughout.
Profile Image for Kirstie Ibrahim.
1,872 reviews21 followers
June 3, 2019
Aww Mac and Bethie make such a sweet couple. Both have gone through a lot of heartache and have to learn to navigate new feelings. A great addition to the series.
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42 reviews
July 25, 2019
Perfect

This was a wonderful series and this final book wraps everything up in such a beautiful way I highly recommend this whole series
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830 reviews58 followers
November 10, 2019
Overall a solid series and an author to look forward to reading
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33 reviews
November 18, 2019
This was one was a bit of a sleeper but it picked up and had a great, and unexpected ending. This was a great series. You will want to re-read them in the future.
35 reviews
February 20, 2020
Awesome series!

This whole series has been a joy to read! Need lots more like them! I like that ther characters are not in their 20's.
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1,340 reviews18 followers
February 23, 2020
Beautiful

Tears will be shed. This beautifully written book had me go through a box of tissues, but so worth every tear. Take a chance on this amazing book.
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