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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. Thatās 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. Thatās what leads him to start his new training program.
āThatās the new vision for Dukes. Veterans operating and tracking behind the scenes with a new powerhouse apprehension team on the streets.ā
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 doesnāt have to run and cower from his enemies anymore, heās a fighter who can protect himself and others. When Quick offers Kell the opportunity to join Dukeās training program, heās all in. Except heās not prepared for the straight, over-confident, extremely disciplined, sexy man Brian has recruited to be his partner.
Tyrell Jenkinsā world was flipped upside down when his father never returned home from his last deployment. Heād been Tyās teacher, mentor, his guide to living a righteous life as a good man. His father didnāt raise him to be like every other young, stereotypical male in Atlanta. Instead, heās been taught to be respectful, to speak the language of real men. When Brian King ā his fatherās most trusted comrade ā finally comes to him with the truth, he doesnāt 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 bookāas usualāwas 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 Iāll come back to him in a bit. Let me get into the other MC firstāKellam Knight.
KellamāKellāis this interesting mixture of innocence and compassion. Heās a deadly warrior whoās kind and gentle. Heās vulnerable yet strong. Heās definitely a survivor. Heās 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 JenkinsāTy. Tyās 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 doesnāt 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 thatās 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 didnāt 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 thatās usually attributed to black men, balled it up and threw it straight in the trash where it belonged. And it was GLORIOUS.
Ty and Kellās love story was a beautifully written thing. It wasnāt based on lust. Theirs was a subtle build to perfection. Ty courted Kell. Like old school courted him. Thatās 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 werenāt 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.
RATING: āļøāļøāļøāļøāļø
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