Kept me entranced, I loved it!
Buried Secrets By A.D. Ellis
Genre: Contemporary Romantic Suspense, GLBTQ, MM
Released: July 6, 2020
Publisher: Self Published
Length: 167 Pages
Detective Drake Lewis is tough, focused, and unbending. He has no problem keeping his workaholic professional life completely separate from his lonely personal life. Drake has never met a man who could pull him from his job.
Until he does.
Liam Walters is a construction foreman with a painful past. He’s happy with himself and what his life has become. When his path once again crosses with Drake’s, Liam is willing to take whatever Drake can offer him.
For now.
*Buried Secrets is a standalone male/male romance with suspenseful elements. This story has bits and pieces of opposites-attract, hurt/comfort, and redeemed by love tropes. Trigger Warning: This story has the mention of childhood trauma.*
Reviewed by ButtonsMom2003
Kept me entranced, I loved it!
I’ve read near every one of A.D. Ellis’s MM romance stories – and all of them have been great. But I think that Buried Secrets is right up there with the best that she’s written. Maybe it’s because it’s so different, at least it seemed really different, to me, from her other books. The romance between Drake and Liam is definitely the main focus of the story but the suspense and mystery, related to Drake’s job as a police detective, is also a hugely important part of the story.
Drake and Liam had a hookup, what Drake thought would be just a one-off. But then Drake’s job has them connecting again and the spark is still there between them. Drake doesn’t do relationships but he’s not opposed to having a bit of fun with Liam until whatever it is between them burns out. Liam really wants more than Drake is willing to give but for now he’ll settle for what he can get.
The more time that they spend together the more that Drake comes to realize that Liam is more than just a hookup for him. When Drake’s investigation into a serial murderer puts them at odds with each other he becomes a bit of an a-hole. He and Liam have differing opinions on the murders and it nearly destroys their relationship.
The suspense in this story was really good. A.D. did a great job of dangling suspects in front of us but I still didn’t know which way to go until she revealed all. There were some very tense moments towards the end of the story but she wrapped things up very nicely and the epilogue was really great.
♥♥♥♥♥
O Factor: Scorcher
Available to borrow with Kindle Unlimited.
A.D. Ellis is an Indiana girl, born and raised. She spends much of her time in central Indiana as an instructional coach/teacher in the inner city of Indianapolis, being a mom to two amazing school-aged children, and wondering how she and her husband of nearly two decades haven’t driven each other insane yet. A lot of her time is also devoted to phone call avoidance and her hatred of cooking.
She loves chocolate, wine, pizza, and naps along with reading and writing romance. These loves don’t leave much time for housework, much to the chagrin of her husband. Who would pick cleaning the house over a nap or a good book? She uses any extra time to increase her fluency in sarcasm.
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