S.E.X. Review~ Blue Moon Rising by Bailey Bradford

Love can conquer all, if he’ll only believe…

Roman Jonas has spent years recovering from a violent assault when he was just a teenager. He’s worked hard, and finally found his place in the world. Now, if he can only get his coyote to agree. As a medicine man for his pack, he isn’t able to shift. It’s frustrating to say the least, but not as frustrating—or confusing—as the feelings he has for former Ranger Abraham Evans.

Abraham lost the ability to do his job effectively when he was shot. His right arm and hand are close to useless, and he’s had a hell of a time not dying over the past month. Sometimes it seems like it’d be so much easier to just give up, but a certain hazel-eyed man has captured his heart, and it won’t stop beating.

When Abraham is discharged from the hospital, he moves to Del Rey to be closer to Roman, and because he has no one else in his life who truly cares about him.

Slowly, he and Roman begin a tentative friendship that turns into something more enduring than they’ve ever dreamed of, but enemies from the past threaten everything and everyone Roman and Abraham love.

Reader Advisory: This book contains reference to past sexual assault.

As the medicine man for his pack, Roman has a lot of responsibility, but his first priority must be to healing himself spiritually and physically after a vicious attack. His savior was a ranger named Abraham, who also happened to be Roman’s mate.

Blue Moon Rising was an investment in reading. The world building created by Bailey Bradford was fresh and original. Shifters who have lost their natural way, can’t shift, and need to discover their inner beasts~ all a part of Coyote Call series and the innovation which Ms. Bradford has laid upon us.

I adored Roman and Abraham and Ms. Bradford’s characterization of the men, the roles each assumed in their relationship, yet the need to keep us guessing.

This brave and sometimes scary new world was full of passion, angst and love. A world that Bailey Bradford opened for her characters and her readers.

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Definite S.E.X.

A five handcuff review

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S.E.X. Review~ In From the Cold~ Bailey Bradford

Running away twenty years ago didn’t mean Gael could ever escape his past.

Gael Martinez fled the small Texas town of Del Rey the minute he turned sixteen. Legal or not, he had to leave or end up dead. Life’s been hard, and everything Gael ever hoped for has been stripped from him. He’s close to giving up, so worn down from fighting to live every day. When incredible information reaches him that gives him a reason to hang in there, at least a little longer, Gael is afraid to hope for a better life.

An accidental encounter leads to him being told things have changed with the coyote den that had been floundering in Del Rey years ago. Miller Hudson, the coyote shifter alpha, had found his mate, and the den was now flourishing—and the biggest miracle of all, some of the shifters could now actually shift.

As tempted as that makes him to return, it could all be a bunch of lies and Gael is still hesitant, even though he yearns to go home. There’s no point if he’s only likely to be killed. Dying at another’s hands isn’t the way Gael ever intends to die.

It’s only upon discovering the changes regarding some of the humans in Del Rey that allow Gael to truly consider going home.

What he finds in the small town is more than just a home. He finds himself, and the man he’s always meant to be. 

Reader Advisory: This book contains scenes of BDSM, BDSM-related genital torture and spanking, as well as references to fisting and to the sexual abuse of a secondary character

In From the Cold, Coyote’s Cal 2 by Bailey Bradford was an emotional upheaval as Gael Martinez attempted to make his way in life and find himself. Alone in a unforgiving world, Gael is stunned to find out that he still has den members who care and have had no idea that he was still alive or at the very least not living a fulfilling life.

Iker is shocked when he discovers he has another mate and puts all his energy into making Gael feel comfortable and wanted in his new home.

Ms. Bradford took the Coyote’s Call series to a darker seedier side with her edgy style of writing that left me emotional and introspective. The heart ache radiated through the author’s words and landed in my being making me want to reach the end and cheering for an HEA. I wasn’t sure of the final outcome of the book as I was mesmerized by the sadness which traversed Gael’s psyche, but Ms. Bradford not only delivered satisfaction and resolution for Gael and Iker but for this reader as well.

In From the Cold dealt with issues not normally discussed and created a world of understanding and friendship that will surely please new and old fans of Bailey Bradford.

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Definite S.E.X.

A five handcuff review

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