Author Name: A.M. Arthur
Book Name: The Heart As He Hears It
Series: Perspectives
Book: Three
Can be read as a standalone
Release Date: April 19, 2016
Pages or Words: 253 pages
Also available in audiobook format with Guy Locke as the narrator
Categories: Contemporary, Fiction, M/M Romance, Romance
Book Name: The Heart As He Hears It
Series: Perspectives
Book: Three
Can be read as a standalone
Release Date: April 19, 2016
Pages or Words: 253 pages
Also available in audiobook format with Guy Locke as the narrator
Categories: Contemporary, Fiction, M/M Romance, Romance
While most of his friends have moved on to “real” careers, Jon Buchanan is content skating through life as a part-time waiter and gay porn star. Firmly single thanks to a previous relationship disaster, he focuses his spare time on Henry, a dear friend dying of cancer.
And with Henry’s happiness paramount, Jon is on a mission to help Henry meet his recently discovered grandson.
Isaac Gregory hasn’t set foot outside for the past year. He has everything he needs delivered, and his remaining family knows better than to visit. When a complete stranger shows up claiming to be his grandfather—with a distractingly handsome younger man in tow—his carefully structured routines are shaken.
Despite his instant attraction, Jon senses Isaac is too fragile for a relationship. Yet tentative friendship grows into genuine companionship. And when Henry’s health begins to fail, they realize Fate brought them together for a reason.
And with Henry’s happiness paramount, Jon is on a mission to help Henry meet his recently discovered grandson.
Isaac Gregory hasn’t set foot outside for the past year. He has everything he needs delivered, and his remaining family knows better than to visit. When a complete stranger shows up claiming to be his grandfather—with a distractingly handsome younger man in tow—his carefully structured routines are shaken.
Despite his instant attraction, Jon senses Isaac is too fragile for a relationship. Yet tentative friendship grows into genuine companionship. And when Henry’s health begins to fail, they realize Fate brought them together for a reason.
This is one book I couldn't wait to review. I have been reading A.M.Arthur books for a while, and this is one author who is in my automatic buy list. Although this is book 3 of the Perspectives series, it can be read as a standalone.
The saying chalk and cheese comes to mind with the MCs in this book. Isaac is a total recluse, does not go out of the house at all, and most importantly is partially deaf. Jon is his total opposite and a regular porn star on Mean Green studios, as well as a part time waiter!
Henry (who is like a father figure to Jon), discovers that he has a not only a son, but a grandson that he knew nothing about. Sadly his son has died, but he decides he wants to make contact with his grandson Issac, but only if Jon accompanies him. It is something Henry wants to do straight away, as he is dying.
For someone who is a recluse, Issac is strangely drawn to Jon, and the two begin to build a tentative friendship. Very slowly, as Issac is so wary of strangers, which is explained as you read through the book. When Issac rescues a kitten from his back yard, he needs help and automatically messages Jon.
Jon comes across as someone who has had his fair share of troubles, including an abusive relationship, ending with him suffering from anorexia. It was with Henry's help and guidance that he was able to get through things. He seems to understand that Issac needs handling with kid gloves, and it really came across how sensitive he was to Issac's feelings.
Jon and Issac grow closer, Issac seems to sense that Jon would never hurt him, and bit by bit reveals more about himself. Jon also manages to give Issac the confidence to try and leave the house, always by his side offering silent support.
When Henry dies, Jon hits out at Issac with his grief, and thus causes a rift between them. He ignores any attempt of Issac to contacting him, and also knows that Issac has no idea of where he lives but more importantly could not follow him there anyway. On top of all this, Jon seems to have acquired a stalker too.
Can Issac find a way to contact Jon? Does he also discover the identity of his stalker before things escalate?
This series is another one that is just getting better and better with each new story. I particularly like that AM Arthur has introduced the subject of anorexia in men, which seems to be another taboo subject that nobody will talk about. I sincerely hope that this is not the last book in the series, as I don't want this series to end.
The saying chalk and cheese comes to mind with the MCs in this book. Isaac is a total recluse, does not go out of the house at all, and most importantly is partially deaf. Jon is his total opposite and a regular porn star on Mean Green studios, as well as a part time waiter!
Henry (who is like a father figure to Jon), discovers that he has a not only a son, but a grandson that he knew nothing about. Sadly his son has died, but he decides he wants to make contact with his grandson Issac, but only if Jon accompanies him. It is something Henry wants to do straight away, as he is dying.
For someone who is a recluse, Issac is strangely drawn to Jon, and the two begin to build a tentative friendship. Very slowly, as Issac is so wary of strangers, which is explained as you read through the book. When Issac rescues a kitten from his back yard, he needs help and automatically messages Jon.
Jon comes across as someone who has had his fair share of troubles, including an abusive relationship, ending with him suffering from anorexia. It was with Henry's help and guidance that he was able to get through things. He seems to understand that Issac needs handling with kid gloves, and it really came across how sensitive he was to Issac's feelings.
Jon and Issac grow closer, Issac seems to sense that Jon would never hurt him, and bit by bit reveals more about himself. Jon also manages to give Issac the confidence to try and leave the house, always by his side offering silent support.
When Henry dies, Jon hits out at Issac with his grief, and thus causes a rift between them. He ignores any attempt of Issac to contacting him, and also knows that Issac has no idea of where he lives but more importantly could not follow him there anyway. On top of all this, Jon seems to have acquired a stalker too.
Can Issac find a way to contact Jon? Does he also discover the identity of his stalker before things escalate?
This series is another one that is just getting better and better with each new story. I particularly like that AM Arthur has introduced the subject of anorexia in men, which seems to be another taboo subject that nobody will talk about. I sincerely hope that this is not the last book in the series, as I don't want this series to end.
Jon studied him, his gaze taking in…something. “May I ask you something?” “Of course.” His chest flushed with anticipation. “How do you feel when you’re with me?” Isaac tried to push aside the anxiety still attempting to blur his thoughts, an old friend that wanted to be part of the conversation. Only anxiety wasn’t allowed in, not this time. He shuffled through different words, emotions and adjectives, searching for the one that best described how he felt about Jon. How Jon made him feel, despite being a near-stranger, bigger, stronger and far more experienced in pretty much everything. Jon still made him feel… “Safe,” Isaac said. Jon’s eyebrows crept up. The corners of his mouth quirked into something not quite a smile. “Really?” “Yes. The first time I saw you on my security feed, I noticed how beautiful you were.” His cheeks warmed. Jon flat out grinned. “Yeah?” “You’re kind and patient, and I feel safe because you don’t try to fix me, and you don’t act like I’m broken. My family thinks I’m broken, and I don’t want them to fix me. I just…” Something in Isaac shifted, accepting this new truth. “I need to feel safe, Jon. That’s why I hide. But you make me not want to hide.” Jon’s eyes glittered. His expression melted into something so warm, so sweet, that it burned in Isaac’s blood in a way he didn’t understand at all. The strange sensation urged him to reach out, to initiate contact of some kind. Deep-rooted fear kept Isaac still, unable to make that first move. Unable to do anything except soak in the wonderment on Jon’s face. “I think that’s the greatest compliment I’ve ever gotten,” Jon said. His voice was hoarse, strange. Almost difficult to hear, so Isaac paid more attention to his lips. “Is it cheesy to say your strength makes me want to be better too?” Isaac shook his head. “I’m not strong.” “You’re stronger than you think. You proved that by letting me and Henry in two weeks ago. You proved it again by going out to rescue a kitten. Twice, by the way. You told me you want to get better, get into the world, and that takes a fuck-ton of courage when you’ve lost as much as you have. I know it won’t be easy, but I still want to help you do that.” “I know you do. I want that too.”
A.M. Arthur was born and raised in the same kind of small town that she likes to write about, a stone's throw from both beach resorts and generational farmland. She's been creating stories in her head since she was a child and scribbling them down nearly as long, in a losing battle to make the fictional voices stop. She credits an early fascination with male friendships (bromance hadn't been coined yet back then) with her later discovery of and subsequent love affair with m/m romance stories. A.M. Arthur's work is available from Samhain Publishing, Carina Press, Dreamspinner Press, and SMP Swerve. When not exorcising the voices in her head, she toils away in a retail job that tests her patience and gives her lots of story fodder. She can also be found in her kitchen, pretending she's an amateur chef and trying to not poison herself or others with her cuisine experiments. Where to find the author: Facebook Author Page: https://www.facebook.com/A.M.Arthur.M.A Twitter: http://twitter.com/am_arthur Website: http://amarthur.blogspot.com/ Tumblr: http://www.tumblr.com/blog/am-arthur Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27880548-the-heart-as-he-hears-it Publisher: Samhain Publishing Cover Artist: Lyn Taylor
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