A
Healing Man
Sandrine
Gasq- Dion
Men
of Manhattan book 5
Wilde
City Press (January 21st 2015)
***** 5 Star review *****
Dario
Ramos thought he’d left the fighting behind in the war zone when a
life-threatening injury sent him home. But a certain Irishman crossing his path
everywhere he went convinced him that his biggest battle might be ahead.
Tiernan Callahan is a bigoted jerk. Ramos finds himself constantly in the man’s
orbit, even in a city as big as New York. The wounded warrior knows all about
pain and loss — and that sometimes anger is the only form of release. When
Tiernan once again crowds Ramos’ space, his eyes are opened to the possibility
of other forms of release.
Tough NYC cop Tiernan Callahan is still mourning the
death of his beloved youngest brother, Mason. Fearing his close-minded family’s
reaction, the young soldier never got to tell them his secret — that he was gay
and engaged to the love of his life. Tiernan is surviving on anger and guilt.
When he continues to run into Dario Ramos, who continues to push his buttons,
something inside him snaps. Suddenly, anger isn’t the only emotion he feels.
Two very different men, still trying to heal: Can
they come to an understanding and heal each other?
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Tiernan
Callahan comes from a long line of New York’s finest, with family members that
have carried both guns and hoses. Tiernan became a cop while his brother
Michael became a fireman, and the baby of the family Mason, joined the military
in an effort to separate himself from his commanding older brothers. Tiernan’s
downward spiral started with the death of his little brother in the line of
duty, and was only compounded when his family learned that Mason was gay.
Tiernan has made one bad decision after another
since Mason’s death, but none of them haunt his every waking thought like Dario
Ramos. Ex military war vet himself, Dario managed to make it home, but he
carries both emotional and physical scars from his time in the military. And
the assanine cop with red streaked hair and a mean streak that is longer than
Dario is tall, continues to work his last good nerve. But for some insane
reason, the two of them are constantly drawn into each other’s orbit and over
time, they start to see each other in a new light.
Both men are large, in charge, domineering, alpha
male personalities that seem to do nothing but piss each other off. It’s when
they stop yelling at each other that things really get interesting. It takes
Tiernan a while to decipher what it is he feels for Dario. It’s been ingrained
in his psyche all his life that gay is bad by his over the top catholic mother.
But there is something about Dario that makes Tiernan want to take a chance,
makes the brooding Irish cop smile, all the damn time. He will have to come to
terms with his sexuality and make amends with someone he truly wronged before
he can even consider where he wants to take his relationship with Dario.
There is really nothing sexier than two sexy as sin,
controlling alpha males tripping over each other on their way to the bed then
wrestling to see who will come out on ‘top’. It takes these two a little while
to accept their mutual attraction as exactly what it is, chemistry. For a while
there I wanted to bang their heads together! But once they shared that first
steamy kiss while Dario had Tiernan pushed up against the wall, well from that
point on they can’t keep their clothes on or their hands off each other. Even
Tiernan’s partner Danny tells him to stop it, they are giving him a cavity.
The Men of Manhattan series is all about true love
and second chances. Both Tieranan and Dario have lost a lot in their lives, but
only together can they hope to heal. Love is a powerful thing. This book has
all Gasq-Dion’s usually quirky one liners, firey personalities, a well written
storyline and flawless character development. And she has already sparked my
curiosity for the possibility of a couple different couplings in future
installments of this series, I do hope that Danny and Bobby are next!
I highly recommend this series especially if you are
a fan of strong archa male types and are a hopeless romantic like me. Start at
the beginning though, there are details that won’t be as crisp for you if you
just jump right into this book.
Thanks, Lady!! <3
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