Meant
For Me
The
Rock Gods book #5
Ann
Lister
Contemporary
Gay Romance
***** Tams 5 Star review *****
Tony Wilcox, the quiet keyboard player for
Ivory Tower, has always believed he was straight. A sexual encounter with his
best friend leaves Tony questioning his heart and the unwavering attraction he
has for Jared. Living and working together is no longer enough for Tony... he
wants more. He wants Jared as his.
Jared Baker, the bass player for the band, has a
past that is getting in the way of him fully embracing what he wants... Tony.
He's tried everything to create distance between them, but none of it
eliminated the feelings he has developed for Tony.
Trying to suppress the anger and confusion from
Jared withdrawing from his life, Tony does his best to get beyond the feelings
he has for his friend. When Jared becomes deathly ill, it's Tony that he calls
for help and Tony has to decide if he can heal Jared without giving away too
much of his heart.
Can best friends find their way to true love and
discover if they were meant for each other, or will the challenges of life
force them to choose separate paths?
Tony
and Jared have been bandmates, roommates and best friends for years. When all
the other guys in the band want to go out and party, Tony and Jared are happy
to spend the night at home at their condo, watching TV. They are so in sync
they even finish each other’s sentences. Somewhere along the way, the lines
between friendship and something else got blurred. While Tony is confused by
his ever growing feelings for his best friend, Jared fights his feelings to the
point it drives a wedge between them.
Jared struggles with the attraction he is feeling
for Tony, big time. When things finally reach a breaking point and Jared
realizes that the stigma associated with loving another man doesn’t matter as
long as he has Tony in his life, by his side, it might be too late. Eating crow
takes on new meaning when Jared follows Tony to his brother’s wedding. Either
Jared will convince Tony that he wants to be with him, really be with him, or
it will be the quickest round trip flight in history.
Early on in this book I wanted to take Tony’s head
in one hand, Jared’s in the other and just slam them together. They were both
feeling this confusion and pain but I’ll be damned if they would talk to each
other. No they just festered in it and got angrier, more confused and continued
to drift further apart. That frustration quickly morphed into sorrow as I
continued to read and saw how much the tear in the foundation of their
friendship really rocked them both. It took Jared a little while longer to come
to terms with their mutual attraction, and he did some pretty stupid shit along
the way. But once they were finally both on the same page, the story took on an
entirely different meaning.
The story is told from alternating POV between Tony
and Jared, including a trip back in time so the reader can get the entire
picture of Tony and Jared’s lives, which is key to understanding why Jared struggled
to the extent he did with his attraction to Tony. Once they finally accept and
embrace becoming lovers, the story takes another turn. It becomes a passionate
and endearing love story. But with the sweets, comes the sour. The family that
they’ve become a part of, the two bands and all the members, hits some rough
waters when Danni goes into labor early and she and the baby are in danger. Then
Tony’s brother Harry goes MIA after cleaning out Tony’s bank accounts. So
before Tony and Jared can really get comfortable in this next phase of their relationship,
they are forced to deal with some of the worst life has to offer. It’s only
through the strength of their bond, truly relying on each other, that they’ll
make it through.
This is a must
read for my fellow hopeless romantics. Tony and Jared will make you want to
strangle them one minute, then leave you rooting for them to make it the next. There
is a little bit of angst, a good dose of camaraderie, and a whole lot of
passion and love to go around! Definitely a must read but they must be read in
order. I’m going to have to go back and re-read this amazing series to get
ready for the next book, which promises to be a no holds barred, furniture
breaking, possibly bruised and bloody story for Dante and the guy that he loves
to hate.
Ann Lister is a native New Englander currently living on the island of Martha's Vineyard with her husband. She has pulled details from her years living in the New England area and uses many local settings and landmarks in her novels.After graduating art school and raising two daughters, she established her own video production company. Her nearly two decades working in video production included work within the music industry and won her a coveted Telly Award. It was this 'behind-the-scenes' exposure to the music world that inspired many of her novels.
In 2013 she released Book One of her new rock star series: The Rock Gods. Book One is titled, Fall For Me. This novel is her first full-length gay, erotic romance and it is also a Finalist novel for the 2013 Rainbow Award.
Book Two in the Rock Gods series is titled, Take What You Want. This story is a m/m/f menage and released in early November 2013. Book Three, titled: Make You Mine, released in May of 2014 and gave her Amazon #1 Bestselling Author status in three different genres. Book Four, Looking At Forever, released in November 2014.
When not writing, she enjoys reading, creating stained glass, and traveling.
Get caught up on this fantastic series today...
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