Title: The ProtectorSeries: Sizzling Miami #3Genre: MM/Gay RomanceAuthor: Jessie GReleased: 10 February 2015
There was a time when Master Saul Alvarez filled his days fighting and his nights teaching willing subs the pleasure of his whip. His compassionate understanding of the masochist mind makes him the most sought after professional sadist in the Miami BDSM community. Neither role invites long term relationships, but he’s comfortable with his solitary existence until he is charged with guarding Durango’s prized whore. One look into those terror filled eyes has him vowing to risk it all to save the beautiful man.
Javier Escardo had been praying for death, but never expected the stone cold killer he got in response. One glimpse into those sinful eyes reveals not only the promise of retribution, but a reason to live. Eight years later, free and mostly sane, Javier is determined to take what belongs to him. Saul’s heart. Through hell and back, through layers of pain and shifting realities, that one truth has remained firm. His protector needs saving and he can’t do it alone.
Hidden beneath the public persona, Kyle Jensen is a man who craves to be invisible without being insignificant. He longs to find a Master who will see his need to be taken over without abusing him and a lover who will care about him beyond the sexual games. It isn’t until he encounters the smoldering combination of Saul and Javier that he realizes it was never supposed to be just one partner at all.
Can two battered hearts be mended by the love of a third? Kyle becomes the light to their darkness, and he’s willing to risk his heart for theirs, but when the past threatens Saul, will Javier’s sacrifice destroy them all?
Author’s Note:
The Protector deals with issues of sexual abuse and forced prostitution. While these acts are not detailed on the page, there are many references to them and the ongoing fight to heal and overcome. This book should not be read by anyone who would be adversely affected by these references.
REVIEW
Foxy Rating = Four Stars
*ARC provided by the author in exchange for an honest review
This is the third book in the Sizzling Miami series about a self-made
family of ex-prisoners with hard exteriors but softer on the inside! This is
Saul and Javier story which to my surprise also introduced Kyle to the mix.
For the past seven years Saul and Javier have been together
through a horrific and disturbing past and are now going through a period of
recovery. Although they both have an unconditional depth of love for each
other, they have never stepped into the lover’s realm. Both feeling they cannot
fully give what the other one needs. That is until the day in the café when
everything tilts in their world and by coincidence Kyle is there to witness.
Kyle is coming to the end of his career as Kit – the superstar
of the porn industry. After being cast out from his family home in his tender
teen years he has found a strength to carry himself over the last decade but
now he feels a need for someone to be his strength and nurture. Who knew that
that very essence he was needing came in the guise of Saul and Javier.
This was quite a slow starter and complex read. I have read
the other books in the series but here all the characters plus some additional ones
are brought into the mix which at times was confusing to try and remember who
was who and who was with who. So trying to keep up with that along with the
backstory, the additional plotline plus engage in the tripod love story was an all-encompassing
read. It definitely keeps the reader on their toes!
However saying all that I fell deeply for Saul, his forthright
dominance but hidden inferiority complex just made this enigma of a man so
loveable. Kyle was also one to fall for, he was like a breath of fresh air with
his own inner strength, his cheeky one-liners but his yearning for love just
had me routing for this ‘pup’. Javier was a little harder to understand and at
times he did come across as a little childlike, maybe that was how Saul’s
treatment of him with kid gloves made him seem so a little more punch from
Javier would have been welcomed.
There were some surprise scenes thrown in that made me
wonder had I missed something such as the puppy play with Saul and Kyle. Kyle
seemed to have a fascination for the D/s in the club and although he made clear
he was not into pain I wasn’t expecting the puppy play. Fun to be thrown off
course with that I guess.
Overall a good complex and engaging instalment to the Sizzling
Miami series and great to catch up with the other guys from the garage.
Especially Bull and Red from For A Reason (love that sexy duo) and I can’t wait
to see what happens with the foursome, what the heck is going on with them?
Hope we find out soon! A solid four star read.
If he had to look in those concerned eyes one more second he was going to lose his shit and he didn’t even know why. What he needed to do was get the ball rolling on their forty-eight hour fuck-fest. The clock was ticking and he refused to waste another second pondering things best left un-pondered. “So what’s the prize?”
“The prize?” Damn but Javier was cute with his nose wrinkled in confusion. Kyle couldn’t resist leaning in and rubbing his own against it, causing Javier to giggle. There it was again, boy on the cusp of discovery.
“For the winner of tongue tag, there’s got to be a prize.” Kyle pretended to think about it and rocked back against Saul, willing him into the game. “I know!”
Vibrating with anticipation, Javier pressed in close along his front, rubbing their cocks together and begged, “Tell me!”
And to think, Javier had called him adorable. “Winner gets to ride his cock.”
Saul rocked him forward and he could feel Javier automatically respond. Just like that they were one fluid movement, now if only Javier were willing to roll over and offer up his ass they could be one fluid fuck chain. Though he was content to be the bottom, Kyle just knew being the guy in the middle of Saul and Javier...in this position...was going to rock his world. The whole staged ménage to get the right camera angle usually included a test of his dexterity and rarely came with a satisfying orgasm. This right here, the leisurely seductive rocking felt so intimate and….damn! Focus, he needed to focus on the moment and store that thought away for the future.
“Well then what’s the loser get?” Javier asked.
It was the perfect response. Not that he thought either of them was going to be selfish lovers, but it was always good to get confirmation. “Uhm, I guess that depends. I’m thinking some oral gratification would be a good consolation prize. Does he do that?”
“Saul? Why wouldn’t he?” Kyle had known many a top who thought it was beneath them to suck cock; apparently Javier never had that problem. “He’s really good, too.”
Hot damn! Did Saul suck cock the way he kissed, like he had all the time in the world to enjoy it? Kyle was so ready to experience that! “How good?”
“Like...” Javier chewed on his lower lip as he sought the right words. “Like mind numbing, toe curling, shake you apart and leave you begging for more, good.”
“Well now—” Kyle teased when he felt Saul’s smug smile against his nape. “—it’s not that I don’t trust your opinion, baby, but I should really judge that for myself.”
“Always best to experience these things first hand.” Javier nodded seriously. How was he to resist this pair, really?
“Are the two of you going to talk about it all morning or will there be actual tongue tagging soon?” Saul grumbled. “Not that this hasn’t been amusing, but one of you better make a move or I’m leaving you both here to suffer.”
“Suffer?” Kyle scoffed, “We’ll just fuck without you.”
Faster than he could think of why that challenge was such a bad idea, Saul flipped him onto his stomach and pinned him. With Javier squeaking and scurrying back, and Saul giving him his best early morning glare, Kyle could not find a single thing to regret in his statement. In fact, it was all he could do not to pat himself on the back and whoop out an enthusiastic Hell Yes!
“I would’ve thought a smart pup like you wouldn’t need this spelled out for him. My pups don’t fuck without me and back talk like that will make me impose further sanctions,” Saul warned.
Kyle really wanted to push his luck. If not for Javier watching them curiously, he would have aimed for the back talker of the year award.
Like many readers, the dream of being a writer has been with me a long time. After three decades of trying, I'd begun to doubt. Thanks to social media, I followed my favorite authors hoping to glean some words of wisdom as I pounded out half-formed ideas with alarming regularity. Two repetitive themes emerged: To be a great writer you must read a lot and your butt must be in the chair every day like it's a job. The more you write, the easier it will be to write and the better you will be at writing. I took that advice to heart and write every day. With two published books and counting, it's been amazing to have made this dream my reality.
I am a firm believer in marriage equality, love at first sight, power dynamics and happily ever after. I'm a lover of strong secondary characters and series filled with families, biological or chosen. All are themes you'll find throughout my books.
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I did throw a few curve balls in there, didn't I? Will I redeem myself if I promise the freaky foursome's book will be out this year???
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