To me, this book wasn't about all the pop and pizzazz that comes with many contemporary books. This is a more down-to-earth story. Although it has erotic parts, it is more about real people issues. Often book characters are super promiscuous, but here it's about quality not quantity. Instead of experimenting, they are looking for love.

"Look. Just 'cause I'm gay doesn't mean I sleep around. I'm selective in who I sleep with and monogamous when I have a relationship. But"—here Ryder took a deep breath, staring hard into his face—"I'm not a freaking sideshow act for you to look at, and I don't plan to be an experiment for you to practice whatever feelings you think you have."

Ryder has been through the ringer when it comes to family and lovers. His mother has totally cut him from the family for being gay. His past two relationships were with men just using him to play around.

"Welcome to Verizon Wireless. The number you were trying to reach has calling restrictions that have prevented the completion of your call."

Of course, there are some positives in his life. He has an underage brother that he rarely gets to see because his mother won't allow it, but his little brother still believes he hung the moon no matter what. He has a job rescuing animals that he loves. He also gets to work with his two best friends who are also his greatest champions.

Ryder and Jason meet because of some neglected dogs left in a building where Jason is working. So you have two hot men, and then you throw in cute puppies. *Swoon*

The puppy's head was silky smooth, and when Jason rubbed behind his ears, he whined and looked up into Jason's eyes. Such trust and affection from a creature who'd known nothing but pain and fear its short, miserable life rattled him.

After they decide to give each other a try, we get some great sexy times mixed in with drama from outsiders. We also get some romance. This is one of the most awwww quotes I've ever read so I have to share it.

"Don't you understand how much you mean to me? Your heart, it's mine, man. I'm going to hold it and make promises to it and love it for as many years as you give me it."

The basic theme in this book is relationships. It covers many—friendships, dating, siblings, parents, children, marriages.

"I'm not asking for you to understand me. I'm asking you to stand by me. Support me. Who I choose to love isn't a group project. You don't get to decide what's right for me."

I recommend this for someone looking for a sweet mostly mellow read.

***Copy given in exchange for an honest review***





toni





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Hmmm...I'm having a hard time rating this book. You see on one hand it deals with serious topics of domestic abuse, stalking, rape, PTSD, war crimes committed in Afghanistan, coming out of the closet, etc. And then you have the sometimes weird, sometimes a bit too dramatic dialogue the characters speak, where despite some serious body injuries and trauma people fall in love in a matter of a day.

So if I take both hands and combine it produces this MMF title called Rescued". The sex scenes were hot but I couldn't get over the fact a survivor of domestic abuse be so trusting and sleep with a virtual stranger in a day. Also after being seriously injured, it was like the injuries disappeared for sex and then reappeared the next day when one of the male character's sister remarks on how horrible he looked. (Let me tell ya honey, it wasn't so bad he couldn't get it up on numerous occasions through the night.)

So take the story seriously or as a joke?

I liked the premise, the characters and bedroom action was very erotic.

So I figured I give this story three stars. The story is not horrible but does become cheesy at times." ( )