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TITLE: Promises: The Next Generation
SERIES: Promises #5, Bounty Hunters
AUTHOR: A.E. Via
PUBLISHER: Via Star Wings Publishing
RELEASE DATE: August 27, 2018
BLURB: Duke Webb has run the most successful bail recovery agency in Atlanta for over twenty years. Thatâs because he has a team of trained, competent hunters backing him up to keep his name feared on the streets. But Duke knows that nothing can go on forever. His hunters are in committed relationships and ready to settle down, and so is he. Thatâs what leads him to start his new training program.
âThatâs the new vision for Dukes. Veterans operating and tracking behind the scenes with a new powerhouse apprehension team on the streets.â
Brian and Quick are the first to offer up two new recruits.
Kellam Knight has studied martial arts under his sensei, Quick, since he was eight years old. A tossed-out reject from high-society, Kell has a problem fighting on the right side of the law. If he sees an injustice, he has to correct it. He doesnât have to run and cower from his enemies anymore, heâs a fighter who can protect himself and others. When Quick offers Kell the opportunity to join Dukeâs training program, heâs all in. Except heâs not prepared for the straight, over-confident, extremely disciplined, sexy man Brian has recruited to be his partner.
Tyrell Jenkinsâ world was flipped upside down when his father never returned home from his last deployment. Heâd been Tyâs teacher, mentor, his guide to living a righteous life as a good man. His father didnât raise him to be like every other young, stereotypical male in Atlanta. Instead, heâs been taught to be respectful, to speak the language of real men. When Brian King â his fatherâs most trusted comrade â finally comes to him with the truth, he doesnât come alone. He comes with trained men hidden in the shadows⊠and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to join a brotherhood unlike any other.
This installment is a part of a series and contains previously mentioned characters, but CAN standalone. Each book centers around a new couple.
This book ends in a HEA. NO cliffhanger.
REVIEW: Oh my goodness. This bookâas usualâwas absolutely amazing. The characters, storylines and dialogue was top notch. But then again, this is nothing new as this author consistently churns out high quality work.
The author did something a little different this time in that an African American MC was featured. And he was DIVINE. But Iâll come back to him in a bit. Let me get into the other MC firstâKellam Knight.
KellamâKellâis this interesting mixture of innocence and compassion. Heâs a deadly warrior whoâs kind and gentle. Heâs vulnerable yet strong. Heâs definitely a survivor. Heâs extremely beautiful which he goes to great lengths to cover. The many ways in which she was able to make him this complex character with so much depth to him was absolutely brilliant.
Now back to Tyrell JenkinsâTy. Tyâs outward appearance belies his personality. Many would look at this young black man in expensive clothes and dismiss him as a criminal even though he doesnât present himself as such. Ty is a man with honor and principles. He constantly draws on and applies the teachings of his late father to live by. Ty is a righteous man. A loving and honorable man. He lives his life by a moral code of conduct and principles thatâs been taught to him by his father. A man who works hard to ensure that his mother is well taken care of. He is a man who is comfortable within his own skin. When he first realized that he was falling for another man, he didnât flinch or question it too much. He just went with it, realizing that love transcends gender and race. Her portrayal of this black man gave me so much LIFE. So much needed life, at that. What Miss Lady did was take all of those ridiculous stereotypes thatâs usually attributed to black men, balled it up and threw it straight in the trash where it belonged. And it was GLORIOUS.
Ty and Kellâs love story was a beautifully written thing. It wasnât based on lust. Theirs was a subtle build to perfection. Ty courted Kell. Like old school courted him. Thatâs what makes their relationship so pleasurable to read. These men fell in love with each other based on their hearts and minds instead of their flesh. That came later.
What I also enjoyed with this book was how spiritual both men were. They werenât religious but they were spiritual in that they believed in a higher power.
I could go on and on about how beautifully written this book and these characters are. If I could give this book a ten star rating, I would do it.
This womxyn comes up with the most fabulous creations every single time she put her fingers on that keyboard.
As always, went into the kitchen and put her foot in the damn pot. And this time, she did it for the culture.
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