RHOADES: UNDENIABLE
MAN UP SERIES, BOOK 2
FELICE STEVENS
M/M ROMANCE
AUDIO RELEASE: 09.05.18
COVER DESIGN: REESE DANTE
NARRATOR: KALE WILLIAMS
Universal link: mybook.to/RhoadesUndeniable
BLURB
Rhoades.
Loneliness. The pain doesn’t simply go away with time. It’s been years, and they tell me I need to move on. But I can’t.
Blame and regret are my constant companions. Until I see him in the spotlight and everything changes. Night after night, I watch him dance. Thinking about him.
What he’d feel like.
What he’d taste like.
And now that I know, I want him even more.
And maybe…just maybe, he might want me too.
But not yet.
Not before he knows he’s more than a pretty face. Not before he knows what he means to me. I need him by my side.
The two of us.
Together.
Austin
Why can’t I forget him? His hands touching me. His mouth on mine. Kissing me. Rendering me mindless.
Breathless.
Every night I lay awake burning for him. Dreaming. Thinking. Needing him.
No—I don’t. I don’t need anyone.
I lie.
I want him.
I want more. I am more. He’s seen that, and now here I stand with my dream on the horizon. All I need to do is take that first step. Trust him.
3.5 Stars for the book
4 Stars for the audio
This is book one, but there is a book #0.5 that should be read and/or listened to before this one. You won’t really miss anything by skipping that book, but it does provide a short intro for this one.
I personally disliked Austin during this book. He annoyed me pretty much the entire time. I understand that he was hurt in the past from previous boyfriends as well as the crap his horrible father put him through. But seriously his pushing Rhoades away constantly for almost this entire book was just too much for me. Rhoades just kept showing him over and over again how serious he was, and how much he liked Austin in basically every single thought and action he made. And Austin still pushed him away at every instance. Rhoades is way too good for Austin, but I guess since he gets to pick who his HEA is with, I’ll let my dislike for Austin slide. Overall, this book was good, not my favorite from Felice, but somewhere in the middle of all her books I’ve read. I am extremely curious and a little nervous to see what happens in Frankie’s book. I’ll be checking that one off my list next.
Audio – Kale Williams has a super-hot voice for Rhoades and a totally different voice for Austin. I think that he was able to match up these characters and their voices perfectly. There was no mixing the two up and I was able to follow along with this book pretty easily. I liked this audiobook a lot more than I did for Austin’s #0.5 book. I am happy that the author kept him as the narrator through the first few books of this series so far.
EXCERPT
He mesmerized. Captivated and enthralled me. I’d watched Austin dance for months, his grace and poise outstanding in the crowd of dissolute men waiting by the stage to paw at him. A true master of his emotions, he’d matured from a skittish deer hiding in the shadows to a man taking his rightful place as the king of the club.
Everyone wanted him.
I couldn’t be angry with Austin for leaving me in this dingy back room when I’d broken every rule I’d set for myself by kissing him. The blame for Austin’s flight rested solely on my shoulders. All it took was one touch.… One simple, devastating kiss and the tight check on my emotions unraveled, sending everything I held together for years spilling out in wild abandon. I lost control. It both shattered and bewildered me, and I hated that. I was always in control.
At the sound of frantic knocking, I buttoned up my shirt and redid my tie with cool precision. A swift glance in the mirror to check and make sure all looked well on the outside and then I opened the door.
“Where is he?” James burst into the room. “Where’s Austin?”
“Hello to you too.” I smoothed my hair and gave him a lazy smile.
“Don’t give me your bullshit now. This is serious.”
I couldn’t recall the last time I’d seen James anything but coolly elegant. Now, his tie was askew and unknotted, and the blond hair he normally wore perfectly styled lay stuck to his forehead in sweat-darkened strands. Tension coiled through me, and I gripped his arm. Hard. “What’s wrong?” I squeezed, and James grunted in pain. “Tell me.”
Ignoring me as he’d always done since we were teenagers, James twisted out of my grasp. “I need to find Austin because wherever he is, hopefully Frankie’s with him.”
“Oh?” My rapidly banging heart settled back to normal, and I smirked. “Don’t tell me you’ve got a crush on little Frankie?”
With a wrinkle of his elegant nose, James looked every bit like a refined Englishman disdainfully peering down on one of his serfs. But my brother couldn’t pull his bullshit off on me.
Felice Stevens has always been a romantic at heart. While life is tough, she believes there is a happy ending for everyone. She started reading traditional historical romances as a teenager, then life and law school got in the way. It wasn't until she picked up a copy of Bertrice Small and became swept away to Queen Elizabeth's court that her interest in romance novels was renewed.
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