Let It Ride
Pickup Men #2
L.C. Chase
Contemporary Gay Romance with Cowboys!
Riptide Publishing (May 26th 2014)
Moderate to Explicit
***** 5 Star Read *****
Pickup man Bridge Sullivan is the kind of cowboy everyone wants—as a brother, a
friend, a lover. People think he’s straight, but Bridge isn’t one for labels,
and when a sexy male paramedic jumpstarts his heart, he charges in with all
guns blazing.
New York City transplant Eric Palmer
grew up in foster care. While he always had a roof over his head, he never felt
love or a sense of belonging . . . until he joined the California rodeo circuit
as a paramedic and found a band of brothers who took him in as one of their
own. Now, one in particular is making Eric’s pulse race.
When things heat up between Bridge and
Eric, Bridge has to prove to Eric he’s not just experimenting with the rougher
sex, while Eric must overcome his fears of being unwanted and cast aside. He
knows that trusting Bridge may be the key to his happy ever after, but getting
in the saddle is much, much easier than learning to let it ride.
Grab your copy of Let It Ride from Riptide Publishing or Amazon today!
What is a pickup man? They swoop in
after rides are finished or a contestant is bucked off, sidling up next to
bareback and saddle bronc horses and helping herd ornery bulls out of the
arena. Known as pickup men, these cowboys are crucial to keeping athletes, both
two and four legged, safe in the arena.
Bridge Sullivan is a care free, easy
going cowboy that is so completely comfortable in his own skin that when he realizes
he is attracted to a man, he doesn’t really question it, he just jumps right
in. He played around with a guy in college, but women really did it for him
too, so he never considered himself gay. But the extremely erotic dreams he has
almost nightly about one sinfully sexy paramedic with that New York accent prove
otherwise.
Eric Palmer was quickly accepted into
Bridge’s close knit group of friends after he tended to Marty when he was
injured during a Rodeo. Finally feeling some form of acceptance and camaraderie
with these men, Eric is very weary to walk into a relationship with Bridge, for
several reasons. Up until now everyone thought Bridge was straight, Eric doesn’t
want to be his ‘time to experiment with a man’ rendezvous. What if things go
south and Eric looses these people he’s come to think of as friends and family
in a way. Eric’s past makes it difficult to open up to Bridge as well, no one
Eric has ever loved has stayed. He fears that if he cracks the window and let’s
Bridge in he will break his heart and leave him lying in the dirt alone again.
Bridge is determined to make this man
see just how much he wants him, wants to be with him. He goes above and beyond
to prove to Eric that he is wanted, that he is safe in Bridge’s arms and in his
bed. But that is never an issue with these two, the only place they both
completely let their guards down and just enjoy each other is in the bedroom.
Bridge, the guys and Bridge’s family try hard to make sure Eric knows and
understand that he is loved and wanted. The past is engrained deep inside him
though, and in the end Eric winds up doing the very thing to Bridge that he
feared Bridge would do to him. Breaks his heart.
I loved that these two men’s
personalities were completely at odds with each other, and yet, Chase found a
way to bring them together and make their union believable and beautiful. Not
necessarily a ‘gay for you’ story, more of a Bridge fell in love and the
wrapping didn’t matter story. He is one of the most laid back and easy going
characters that I’ve read. Eric is seriously damaged from a life of being
tossed aside and abandoned by literally everyone he’s loved. While the way he
handled some situations grated on my nerves, it was still completely plausible given
what he’s lived through, so I let it ride. <see what I did there :)
If you are a fan of the gay for you
stories, sexy cowboys and just the right amount of angst then this is a story
for you. While it’s the 2nd book in a series it has strong legs, so
you could read it and not really be lost. But I always recommend reading series
in order, and there are some familiar faces form the first book that you may
want to know more about while you are taking this wild, sexy ride with Bridge
and Eric.
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