Book Reviews

Book Blurb

Mario De Luca is a former biker and the key witness in a trial that will put a mobster away for a very long time...if he makes it to testify.

FBI agent Thomas Petrie was looking for excitement and danger, but his very first assignment has him on 'babysitting duty.' Thomas is not very happy having to spend his every waking hour with De Luca in an isolated cabin, especially since he won't stop coming on to him. All he wants is to complete his assignment and move on. But Mario is proving to be quite a distraction.

First Edition published by Mojocastle Press, 2008.

Book Review

I loved this second "Melting Ice" book as much as the first, if for different reasons. There is no mystery about what is going on in this book: Thomas, the FBI agent, has to keep Mario, the biker/mobster turned witness alive until the trial. Most of the tension comes from the characters in this story, and I think that DJ has succeeded in doing that really well.

Thomas struggles with his sexuality, as well as his need to succeed in a career against the backdrop of an ex-Army father who would disown Thomas if he found out that he was gay, and isn't too enthusiastic about his career choice either. Even though Thomas is in his mid-twenties, this reads a lot like a coming of age story, since Thomas has to learn to be his own person, and to admit his feelings for Mario. I really felt for him.

Mario has issues of his own, having been "a biker's pet" at age 14. His struggle to be seen as a man who wants a loving relationship was just as heartbreaking as Thomas's struggle for freedom from preconceived ideas. No wonder it takes them a long time to come to terms with who they are and what they want.

I loved the way this story showed how love can help to overcome seemingly insurmountable internal and external obstacles.

 

 

 

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Additional Information

Format	ebook
Length	Novella, 113 pages/34864 words
Heat Level
Publication Date	03-November-2017
Price	$4.99 ebook
Buy Link	http://www.extasybooks.com/melting-ice-2/?series_id=1479