Meant for Me (The Rock Gods book #5) Spotlight, Review & Giveaway

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.

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