Recent Release Review: Keeping Kellan by Amy Aislin

20 June of 2021 by ButtonsMom2003

Keeping Kellan By Amy Aislin

Genre: Contemporary Romance, GLBTQ, MM, New Adult

Tropes: Best friends-to-lovers, Boy-next-door, Sister’s best friend

Released: June 9, 2021

Publisher: Self-published

Series: Keeping Him, Book 2

Length: 268 pages

Cover Design: Cate Ashwood Designs

Synopsis

Brant Harkrader is done living by other peoples’ rules. He may not know exactly what he wants out of life, but he’s perfectly happy letting that question figure itself out while starting a new job as a tour guide.

Too bad the one thing he does want—his sister’s BFF—only sees him as a little brother.

Or so he thinks…

Kellan Shelby-Briggs has never shied away from going after what he wants. And what he wants is the important contract that will put his brand new company on the map—and Brant.

Too bad Kellan’s career keeps yanking him away just as things heat up between them.

Now that Brant is back in town—up close and personal in Kell’s living space—can they finally get the timing right to go after the love that has eluded them both for too long?

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Review

Reviewed by ButtonsMom2003

Such a sweet story; I loved it!

I could almost repeat word-for-word (except for changing the MCs names) the review I did for Keeping Casey, the first book in the Keeping Him series. The books absolutely standalone but Amy Aislin fans will enjoy the references to some familiar characters from other books.

Keeping Kellan is a low angst, sweet-with-heat, slow-burn, friends-to-lovers story that ticked so many boxes for me. There aren’t a lot of sexy or explicit scenes in this book but I like those kinds of stories a lot. Sometimes is great to just let your imagination fill in the blanks.

Kellan is Brant’s sister’s best friend. They’ve known each other for years. The five-year age difference was a lot when they were young; not so much now, though. Brant has been crushing on Kellan forever but he had no idea that Kellan’s view of their friendship changed a while ago.

Brant’s step-father is a jerk and so is his mom for not sticking up for Brant when he was young. Even though Kellan lived next door he didn’t know how badly Brant’s step-father was treating him. Now that he sees first-hand how things are he is quick to come to Brant’s defense.

I could go on and on but I won’t. I’m just going to recommend that you read this if you enjoy a good slow-burn story with beautiful and descriptive writing, great characters and a wonderful HEA.

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O Factor: Spicy

Keeping Him Series

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About Author

Amy’s lived with her head in the clouds since she first picked up a book as a child, and being fluent in two languages means she’s read a lot of books! She first picked up a pen on a rainy day in fourth grade when her class had to stay inside for recess. Tales of treasure hunts with her classmates eventually morphed into love stories between men, and she’s been writing ever since. She writes evenings and weekends—or whenever she isn’t at her full-time day job saving the planet at Canada’s largest environmental non-profit.

An unapologetic introvert, Amy reads too much and socializes too little, with no regrets. She loves connecting with readers. Join her Facebook Group, Amy Aislin’s Readers, to stay up-to-date on upcoming releases and for access to early teasers, find her on Instagram and Twitter, or sign up for her infrequent newsletter.

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