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Book Title: Finding My Way Home – Doyle Global Securities #2
Author: Kendel Duncan
Publisher: Dare Publishing & Design
Cover Artist: Dara Nelson & Dan Skinner
Release Date: July 25, 2018
Genre/s: Gay Romance, MM
Length: 53 000 words/230 pages
It is the second book in the series but can be read as a standalone.
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Blurb
“Have you ever been so lost that you couldn’t remember what home looked like, what it felt like?
So lost that home was a distant memory – a place that you never had hope of finding it again?
That’s how I felt, how I’d felt for years, for longer than I could remember.
Until I found you, Bas.
I just wish I could tell you that….
I’m coming. I’m coming for you, Bas. And I’m going to do my best to try….for you.”
~Ten
For longer than he could remember Tenley ‘Ten’ Pinkerton had been lost. Wandering this earth with no hope, no soul, no heart, no purpose. The day the love of his life, Sawyer, had been brutally murdered was the day that everything beyond the basic elements of survival – like breathing and a beating heart – had been shut down.
Until him.
Sebastian ‘Bas’ Monroe.
Fucking Bas Monroe.
Somehow the man had wormed his way past Ten’s defenses, past the armor plates surrounding his heart, past the pain. Somehow he’d gotten inside.
Ten wasn’t really sure how he felt about that.
But the day that Bas went missing?
Ten knew that he would die if he that’s what it came to in order to find Bas, in order to save him.
The question that remained:
Was he going to be saving Bas Monroe? Or was he going to be saving himself?
Excerpt
Tenley ‘Ten’ Pinkerton stepped out onto the balcony of the hotel room. For a brief moment, he glanced down at the pool twelve stories below and thought, I could make that. I could jump, land in the pool and just fucking disappear. Leave my job, leave my home and leave this pull that fucking Bas has on me.
Just thinking Sebastian’s name brought a growl from his chest. He hated thinking about the man, even though he couldn’t help doing it almost every moment of every day.
Sebastian ‘Bas’ Monroe.
The asset that that Ten had been assigned to protect on his last assignment.
The lawyer who was assigned to help out the prosecution in the case against Jacob Knight.
The lawyer who had coached and guided Jacob’s two victims, Noah Pierce and Jesse Miller, so well that it was their testimony that sent the man to prison for life, where he belonged.
Bas Monroe….the man who had somehow, for a brief second, made Ten forget all about the man who owned his heart, who would always own his heart, his murdered boyfriend Sawyer.
Sawyer would always be the love of Ten’s life, always.
Oh, he knew he’d have hook ups from time to time, he’d have to slake that itch. But those would be with no-named men in the bathrooms and alleys behind clubs – blowjobs and hand jobs with random strangers when his own hand wasn’t enough. But they would never, ever involve kissing. And he would never lust after the person, never want them again. He would only need a willing hole.
But Bas, fucking Bas Monroe had to come along and somehow, someway, weave his way past Ten’s defenses. He’d found a small crack in Ten’s armor, pulled it open and he’d snuck inside.
But it wasn’t their brief moment of passion that had Ten so pissed off.
No.
It was the fact that Ten had wanted it. Fuck, he’d desperately wanted it. He’d wanted it so bad that he couldn’t control himself. And he’d kissed Bas. No, that’s not exactly true. He’d devoured Bas’s mouth with his own.
And he’d liked it. Even worse, he wanted it to happen again. Sure, he’d pushed Bas away the second it had happened. He’d turned, with the evidence of what they’d done covering his stomach, and he’d ran away.
But he was honest enough, and angry enough, to know that running had been the last thing he’d wanted to do. What he’d wanted to do was melt into Bas’s strong embrace and never leave.
Fucking Bas Monroe.
With a sigh, he forced his focus back to the task at hand. He glanced to his left and right, noting that both balconies were a good fifteen feet away, not a jump that most people could make. And there weren’t balconies on the rooms above or below him. He turned and walked back into the room, “We’re good,” he said with a nod to his partner on this protection detail, Dante.
Review
Finding My Way Home by Kendel Duncan
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Finding My Way Home (Doyle Global Securities #2) (ARC) was graciously provided to me by Gay Book Promotions for an honest review.
“Love, Friends, and, Family”
Did you ever come across a book that you had to read? Immediately? If not sooner? A book, that despite being an inanimate object, had actually caused all other reading of all other books to come to a screeching halt? Well, I recently came across a book such as this. When I came across my next read, by an author I had read before, hence the dire need to read once again, whose previous book, Blackbird Fly Home, that’s right this one book, had actually blown-me-away, a book that could quite possibly be considered as one of the most incredible books that I have read in a very long time, that when I came across this current read, from the same series, after quietly screaming, I put all other books temporarily aside, so as to be able to read an early release of this new book, because I just knew it was going to be an amazing read.
An amazing read? *Pfft* No way was it simply amazing…it was absolutely incredible. Finding My Way Home, by Kendel Duncan, is an absolutely gripping, heart-breaking, intense, highly-emotional, and yet, beautifully written book that contains amazing twists and turns that I found it nearly impossible to put down even early on in the read. I found this story to be so uniquely written that I had to stop a few times and just allow the plot(s) to sink into my almost-frazzled brain. It contains such a powerful and massive storyline, with a plot that weaves numerous sub-plots into one, with fantastic characters that drew this reader into their perspective stories, while breathlessly continuing on with the journey of the initial plot. I am speechless about how it was able to wrap itself totally around me with these varied moments.
Finding My Way Home is one of those rare books that has a multitude of different characters who have been written so clearly that the reader-greed for their own future stories had already been set even before the end of the present book. I absolutely loved all of the characters with their overall involvement with their added bantering, humor, sexiness, and, certainly their gripping emotions for one another. With the gut-wrenching and trigger moments, it was welcoming to encounter the additional adorable and humorous combination breaks as they were very much needed. To say that I needed to squeeze-hug all of these characters more times than I could count would certainly be an understatement.
As previously mentioned, I loved the characters, but…I adored the main characters, Ten and Bas. Tenley “Ten” Pinkerton, a strong yet incredibly broken man, throughout this story and the previous one, attempts to swim through life, as he battles an emotional war that is brewing inside of him, as he heavily mourns for his beloved Sawyer as he fights that invisible something from an intrinsically important and equally strong man Sebastian “Bas” Monroe. Gah, if there was ever a character that I had ever needed to jump right through the screen to squeeze-hug-nurture, this would be the person, as the emotions that had radiated from Ten were ones in which had this reader equally as emotional right along with him. And, Bas…Bas was this massively strong, patient, dedicated and wonderful man who wore his heart right on his sleeve for Ten, who was this slowly destructing man, and was almost like that necessary balm that Ten so desperately had needed in order to heal.. The almost desperate need for the other for their actual survival was so very palpable that I had almost permanently melted when the walls broke and the seal was cemented between the two men..
Finding My Way Home by Kendel Duncan is a story about love, strength, and dedication. It’s about finding a way to survive despite all of the pain and suffering that is so debilitating that it slowly begins to stifle any and all means of survival. It’s a story that is so gripping and emotional and breathtaking and beautiful that while there was a smattering of seemingly insignificant typos, and I needed more character background and development, and, there were so many different characters, it really didn’t make a difference to me because all of that flew out the window as the entire story was just so incredible. I’m so glad that I read it….:)
*star rating: 4.90 ‘I really liked it’ stars*
About the Author
I was born and raised in the Bay Area of Northern California but have made my home in the Pacific Northwest for the last two decades. My husband & I live on a small farm surrounded by chickens, goats, rabbits, a turkey, 5 dogs and a cat, in the shadow of stunning Mt Rainier.
With my grown children and grandchildren nearby, my life is always busy, happy and full of laughter.
I am an active Blogger, having created Love Unchained Book Reviews out of my love for all things MM books.
Owner of Dare Press – Offering quality, affordable services for indie authors, including:
Editing, Publishing, Book Cover Design
NY Literary Magazine Best Story Award 2017 Nominee
When I’m not on the phone with my best friend (which is at least once every day) – I am an avid, addicted reader. It is my passion, my escape, my joy.
And I am most definitely a writer. The characters in my head are constantly demanding that their story be told.
But above all that – I am a human being. My passion for people is unparalleled, my firm belief in Love is Love unwavering, my hope that all can be accepted, undying. I do not write because I want to, I do it because I have to. I write because these voices, these beautiful men, have chosen me to tell their stories – and how damn lucky am I for that?
As an author, I write under both my name and a pen name, with total transparency and honesty:
Dara Nelson is the author of:
Author of the wildly popular ‘Healing Hearts’ series (Love in the Aftermath, Love After Chaos, Love Worth Fighting For – and more to come soon)
“5 stars 5 stars Amazing!!”
“Highly recommended”
“This is not your average romance story. It is so much more. A book that touched my heart.”
“OMG!!! This was probably one of the best books I’ve ever read.”
“This is the first time I’ve read anything from Dara Nelson, but it won’t be the last. I need more of her writing!”
Under the pen name Kendel Duncan:
Author of the popular & critically acclaimed ‘Black Ops Heroes’ series and the new top-selling ‘Doyle Global Securities’ series
“I can’t recommend Kendel Duncan or Black Ops Heroes ENOUGH!!!! OMG, everyone who likes strong vulnerable men will love these stories!!!”
“I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS BOOK AND THIS AMAZING SERIES!!!!!”
“I love how you keep the story going and keep all the characters interesting. Can’t wait for the next book!”
“The emotions are so raw and just I don’t have the right words to express how amazing the books are. You have to read them to understand. I can’t wait for the next installment!!”
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