Broken Trust

Beloved Scars #3

by Michaela Grey

Dominic Spector is a brilliant programmer who wishes people made as much sense as his code. When his assistant goes on maternity leave, Dominic is determined to hate her replacement on general principle. Just his luck her replacement has a bewitching mouth and hands Dominic can’t stop thinking about.

Farid Qadir has enough on his plate, what with a mother dying of leukemia, a sister in the middle of transitioning, a brother about to start college, and an abusive father. The last thing he needs is a neurotic boss with an attitude problem.

When Farid is approached with an offer he can’t refuse—steal a small piece of code from Dominic—he’s faced with an impossible choice; stay true to his moral core or take care of his family. No matter what he decides, he’ll have to live with it.

Genres: Contemporary

298 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 20, 2019

Reviews

[Bati · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fabuła niby ciekawsza, a jednak coś mi tam nie pykło.

[Viki · Rating 3 out of 5]

It goes something like this: for the most part, I was pretty stoked about the whole book. Then came The Point of More Complication - Peripeteia? - that moment where stuff "have" to go to... bad, in order to go right.

And that was not handled exactly to my satisfaction, but I was mostly able to get over that.

As for some characterization, this is a romance book. Like, every romance has this ratio of pure romance and then those Other pursuits, which can range from paranormal or action scenes to simply being dedicated to your work or resolving family or friend relationships and this one had a demisexual, shy, neurotic genius with exactly one friend, who now has a new assistant and... well, it did not take that long to get all personal, thought maybe longer than most books take and that was nice, because it was true to the characters. You have a nasty ex who is there for... dunno, actually, maybe just the token Shi...y ex, from whom our MC has to recover, yadda, yadda. If you made him a virgin, you did not have to add the ex, not when he's going to be just this empty parody , just a representation instead of a real person.

Anyway, the romance, told with 2 POVs, was pretty sweet and a bit kinky but mostly as a "I am fidgeting and nervous mess and letting go off control a.k.a letting some tell me what to do in bed is centering and anchoring me and quieting the voices in my head".

Recommend.

[G. R. M. · Rating 1 out of 5]

I wanted to read this book out of curiosity. The blurb is so horribly written ... way below average and highly unsuitable for a published book ... that, for a second, I considered it might be a mistake... but no. The story isn't better. The narration is what I'd depict as mechanical ; there's nothing smooth or enjoyable about it. I dropped the read before the end of the third chapter.

[Megan Gemperline · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another five star read

I shouldn't be surprised by now at how well Michaela writes believable characters. I'm constantly amazed at how real everyone feels.

I personally loved seeing the representation of grey-ace and grey-aro. The exchange of how Dominic wasn't broken for feeling that way, nor was Farid? Perfect.

[Serena Yates]

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