I am so happy, I have found yet another book series, and this is by an author I don't know!!  Now this book can be read as a standalone, but as soon as I read this one, I just had to get the first book. 

You won't be able to help loving Cody from the minute you meet him. As you read through the story, you also learn about the abuse that started at such a young age - I will say that this book has a trigger warning before you start the book, about references to rape, sexual exploitation of a child, drug use and suicide. 

Now Issac is another that you will love! He actually has loved Cody, but due to the issues Cody has, he doesn't act on these feelings - deciding he would rather have his friendship than not have him in his life at all. 

Now Jonah is the eldest of them, and to begin with he seems like he is the ideal person for Cody and Issac - then things change when he continues to listen to the little voice in his head, the one that tells him that he is just there until Cody and Issac are sure of each other, and then they will be dumping him. 

You go through their journey with them, and here they do actually communicate with each other, and agree to try a relationship between the three of them, and slowly but surely they seem to be growing closer to each other - but still Jonah has the nagging feeling that he is just an extra until Cody and Issac grow tired of him, but he doesn't let on how he is feeling. 

Is there any way of Cody and Issac making Jonah see that he is wrong?  Will Jonah even give them a chance to prove their love??

I really did enjoy this book, and I am actually looking forward to the next book in the series too. 

Yet again, this is another new to me author (and yes I checked my kindle for any other books by this author!!).  I am so glad I got the chance to read the Matchmaker Series in one go, as soon as I had finished one book, I moved straight onto the next one.  Below is a review for each of the three books...... 

Second Chances - wow, what a start to the series.  Remy I loved straight away, he may have been what most people would call a twink, and also look like he was brainless, but nothing could be further from the truth. Also being so young (he was only nineteen), people would not understand that he wanted a forever relationship.   

Now Chance, I have to admit I wasn't so sure of him.  He was ok when you first met him, but boy does he have issues, which Remy was sure to pull him up on! Even Chance couldn't accept that Remy wanted something permanent and in some ways Chance was just waiting for their relationship to fail.

To begin with, it seems like their relationship is actually going to go really well, except for the fly in the ointment which is Remy’s friend Matty.  What Remy doesn’t realise is that Matty thinks he is in love with Remy, and although Remy is happy decides that he knows what is best for Remy and does something unforgiveable….

At this stage of the book, I am beginning to get angry with Chance, as he has everything worked out in his head, and he has decided he was always right, and was most definitely right about Remy – but he is so so wrong, and to make matters worse, he refuses to listen to his own friends.  Is this relationship completely broken now, or will Chance finally listen to his friends??

Second Drafts - Now Shain is one MC that I rather disliked when we first meet him.  I get that he wants to live alone, but how he treats his one night stands quite annoyed me!  Now Elliden is totally different, and you will see straight away he is a totally different person to Shain. 

Elliden and Shain meet again when Elliden decides he needs to find his one night stand he met in Matchmakers from years ago, the one person who made him feel normal.  They do meet again, but as usual Shain treats Elliden like his usual one night stands – and you can really feel the devastation from Elliden about this, he doesn’t know what he has done wrong. 

They do meet again, and whenever he is with Elliden, Shain finds that he is able to write much more than usual, but he is his usual sunny self and sends Elliden packing once too often.  This time Elliden decides that he will try and keep his fits at bay in his own way, and that usually means avoiding people at all costs. Is this even possible, or does he need Shain or his sedation drugs to help??

How long will it take Shain to realise that Elliden is something special, and his very presence in his life means that Shain can vitually write non-stop for hours…. But Shain is one stubborn man, but there is also something secret that he holds close to his chest.  But there is also a secret that Elliden has too, so will Shain and Elliden ever be able to have a relationship together if they don’t share these things?

This is one book where you will be shouting at your kindle, telling Shain to change what he is doing.  At times he does come across as very selfish and totally self absorbed, but things are revealed later in the book which give you some idea of what it is Shain is hiding.  But will Shain ever realise that Elliden is good for him, and that he is a calming influence of Elliden??
 
Second Place - Before you start reading this book, make sure you have a box of tissues on hand – you will need them.  I never saw this coming in the third book, but I couldn’t stop reading even when in tears!!

Danny is the man who loves matchmaking people, usually with great results.  He has been doing this, since he made the worse choice of his life…. he cheated on Bryan and lost him, seemingly forever.  Danny then managed to match Eric with Bryan, but However, Danny has seen Bryan coming to matchmakers and disappearing into the back rooms with his tricks, and with Eric nowhere to be seen.

Danny tries to talk to Bryan, who refuses to talk to him…. Until the night he receives a call, and Danny goes with him and soon finds things are not quite as simple as he thought.

I don’t want to spoil things and say what is happening, but this is mainly where you will need your tissues, and you will also be on an emotional roller coaster ride. I have to commend the author on this book, it will really pull at your heart strings big time.  I have actually read this book twice, and it was just as emotional the second time of reading as the first.
 
My only little niggle, is that the glossary was at the end of the book, but it would have helped me had this been at the beginning of the book – but that is my preference only. 

I have read the Collars and Cuffs series by KC Wells, and when I read the blurb for this book, I knew it would be totally different, but would I enjoy it as much as those??  Well, most definitely I did, I absolutely loved this book - so much so I have read this twice.

I can pretty much guarantee that you will fall in love with Christian when you first meet him, and also Josh too.  I will also say that you will read and be smiling when they first meet too!! 

As you meet Christian, you soon realise that he thinks of himself as more or less a freak, and avoids contact with anyone and everyone at all costs. He is holed away in his apartment, and only goes out at night, with the hood pulled up so nobody can see him. 

When they finally do meet in person, you can't help but smile at how they meet - although Christian is quite distressed at the time.  It is now that Christian also realises that Luke isn't starring at him with disgust, but rather with concern.

This starts a tentative friendship, between them, but the more time they spend together, the more they learn about each other - although there are some crossed wires to begin with!  Josh is attracted to Christian as soon as he sees him, but seems hesitant to act on this, and bides his time to approach Christian.  Christian is also attracted to Josh, but he is convinced he is unlovable, and nobody would really want him anyway.

Josh takes his time with Christian, and slowly things begin to blossom between them, although you can tell that Christian is so hopeful of something wonderful happening, but then at other times just waiting for things to fail.  Is it possible for Josh to show Christian how good things can be between them??

This is a really heart warming story, and you will keep reading to see what happens.  Josh is so gentle with Christian, but there is also a side of him that is determined to try and show Christian that he doesn't need to hide away.  It also gives you a real insight into what life is like for Christian, and you can totally understand his hesitation at going out into the world, but then you are also willing him to take a chance with Josh, as Josh would never deliberately hurt him, or take him anywhere where this would happen, I guess you could say that Josh is protective of Christian. 

Oh wow!!  If you have read the book, then I would say get the audio too, it is one of the most incredible audios I have listened to this year - be warned, you will need tissues with this one, even more so than you would have done reading the book. 

James is a deeply troubled man, very complicated and to most people hard to understand. He is a confident man at work at Holden House, but it seems to be personally he has big issues, but he has learnt to hid this side of himself from everyone, especially his family.  He actually comes across as believing that he is unloveable, that nobody should have to deal with him and his issues, they are his and his alone.  I think a lot of this relates to how he was treated during his childhood - I have to say here, that I really wanted to reach into the audio and slap his mother!!

However, along comes Theodore, and he seems to see right through the facade that James puts up to keep people away.  It wasn't the usual way to meet someone - they met in a club bathroom - but neither of them could forget the encounter, and you think the more they meet they are doing ok.

One major thing though, is that James is keeping things from Theodore, and the repercussions are devestating..... (so hard to try and cook dinner while sobbing at the audio you are listening to! Lol). Will Theodore stand by James, or will he just walk away, which is what James believes everyone should do with him.. 

This has got to be the most emotional audio I have ever listened to, and it is all there - Joel Leslie has totally excelled himself on this one, I honestly didn't think it would be as good as the book, but I was proved wrong big time, and I applaud Joel on his abilities to get the emotional distress through on here.  

 I will confess that once I had listened to the first audio in this series (click on review for the link to the first review),  and I then went straight out and brought the remaining ebooks in the series!! I jumped at the chance to listen to book 2 on audio, and I wasn't disappointed. 
I have to say Kale Williams is not a narrator that heard of until the first audio in this series, but he had done brilliantly on this second one too. I love his voices  for Luke and Jordan, and I hope he also narrates the final book in the series too. 

You will just fall in love with both Luke and Jordan - but for completely different reasons.  Lucas is quite the complicated man, although he is also a very angry man, who still have to deal with his past.  Jordan, you can understand being like he is, as he has lost his lover in a senseless killing, and he is finding it very hard to cope and was now reliant on prescription medication and alcohol.

The two meet as Lucas works for a company that is trying to fulfil the wishes of Jordans dead lover, but they only meet when Luke more or less threatens Jordan - man do they not seem to like each other when they first meet!! 

The two meet again and again, and then things seem to change between the two of them, and it was all going well - until Luke realises that Jordan has been lying to him about his beating his addiction - at this time, I was getting mighty frustrated with Jordan, as you could see what he was doing and knew what would happen, but could nothing to prevent it all happening. 

However, Luke has some substitute mother influences in his life, and they straight talk to him, and give him other things to think about, and he considers giving Jordan a second chance.  Jordan himself is totally devastated about losing Luke and doesn't know what to do to get him back - if he can. 

There is then an incident, that brings things home to both Jordan and Luke, and this may be the wake up call that they both need to actually be honest with other about their feelings. Is it too late for them both?? Will they actually be totally honest with each other??  

If you loved the first audio in this series, you will really enjoy this one too.  Once I began listening, I really didn't want to stop, and only did once when my iPod decided to shut down as it had run out of power.  I highly recommend this series on audio. 

Wow, I am so glad that I signed up to review this book.  I have not read any books by this author, and this is what drew me to review., and I will definitely been looking for more books.

I totally loved this book from the first page, and I am so glad that rather than start reading as I went to bed, I waited until the following morning to start - as I didn't stop until I had finished.  

This is a book that shows you two men, from totally different backgrounds, who are both loners, although one is not by choice.  They meet through Ted's work as an artist, and at first it seems like nothing will happen.

Things change, and Anderson and Ted meet again, and this time seem to be going somewhere with their budding relationship.  However, there are always demons around, but in this book they were not from their past, but from the present.  

Now we come across an angry preacher, who will shock you in more ways than one.  Now add in an act of God, and who knows what will happen next - but I guarantee it will not be what you think will happen. 

​I am not going to spoil things and say what happens, but what I will say is that this is a book where once you start reading, you will find it hard to put down.