Title: The Next Call
Author: Sue Brown
Genre: M/M romance
Released: 4 February 2015
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Cover Artist - Christy Caughie
Blurb
Mark Grayson volunteers for an LGBT helpline, the same one that helped him through his teenage years. One day he takes a call from “Ricky,” a suicidal man being forced into a marriage he doesn't want. For weeks Mark talks to Ricky and provides support, but he’s frustrated by the lack of information Ricky provides and the decisions he’s making. In the meantime, Mark starts a relationship with another volunteer. Then tragedy strikes and Mark takes time away from the helpline, but when he comes back, Ricky is waiting. Mark realizes Ricky is stronger than before and their relationship changes, but Mark isn’t sure what their future holds if their relationship is destined to be at the end of the phone.
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Review
Foxy Rating = Five Ringing Stars!
*Copy provided by the publisher/author in exchange for an
honest review
This was a refreshing storyline and something completely
different that it really clicked with me and I just had to devour it in one
sitting.
It’s not the usual man meets man and then fall in love
romance as most of the dialogue of the main characters - Mark and Ricky, takes
place over a helpline so not much face to face sucking and bed hopping action
is going on. However this does not detract from the intensity of feeling this
book portrayed for me. Both men are singularly going through periods of change,
some distraught and some fraught but both life changing none the less. The one
constant throughout the book is the calls Ricky makes to the LGBT helpline and Mark. There
have also been instances where they have met but both not knowing who each
other are, just little episodes of fate throwing in a tease to the reader.
I found this read engaging and emotive throughout and at
times I did feel the need to sniffle into a hanky. The promise of love that
Mark has which is all so soon taken away and the pain and suffering Ricky is
going through having his life planned out for him without his consent. One man
planning out a life he wants and the other not having a choice. That is until
the world as they know it gets rocked and shows how life has its way of turning
out with the plan they both didn’t expect.
If there was anything I would have changed it would be Ricky’s
real name. It just didn’t do it for me!
A fabulous quirky, emotive and unique read for me. With that ending though I definitely need a follow up please? Loved it!
Five stars.
Meet the Author -
Sue Brown
Sue Brown is owned by her dog and two children. When she isn't following their orders, she can be found plotting at her laptop. In fact she hides so she can plot and has gotten expert at ignoring the orders.
Sue discovered M/M erotica at the time she woke up to find two men kissing on her favorite television series. The series was boring; the kissing was not. She may be late to the party, but she's made up for it since, writing fan fiction until she was brave enough to venture out into the world of original fiction.
Giveaway
There will be FIVE winners chosen from this contest:
First Winner will get a $20 Amazon Gift Card.
Second Winner will get a paperback copy of Stolen Dreams. (The contest is open for everyone and not limited to a specific region!)
First Runner up will get e-copies of The Next Call and Stolen Dreams each.
Two Second Runners up will win an e-copy of either The Next Call or Stolen Dreams.
Contest Begins: 26th January, 2015
Contest Ends: 28th February, 2015
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