Release day Review | Don't Judge by A.E. Via (Nothing Special series book #4) Review & Giveaway

Detective Austin Michaels didn’t think life could get any better after he was accepted into the most notorious narcotics task force on the East Coast, headed up by two of the baddest’ Lieutenants with the Atlanta Police Department - Cashel Godfrey and Leonidis Day. 

Michaels knew he would fit right in as the team’s sniper, having received his fair share of commendations for marksmanship. He was just as badass as the rest of the twenty brothers that made up their team. But when Michaels lets their prime suspect get away from a huge bust with over a quarter of a million dollars in drugs, he’s willing to do whatever it takes to make it right. 

Left with no other options, God chooses to bring in outside help, calling on his long-time friend and bounty hunter, Judge Josephson. 

Judge was considered one of the best trackers during his enlistment in the United States Marine Corps. After retiring, he used those skills to become one of the most sought out fugitive trackers in the country. When Judge gets a call from his old friend needing his help, he quickly tells God, yes. 

Still embarrassed, and intent to prove himself, Michaels immediately volunteers to partner up with Judge to get their suspect back quickly and quietly. Neither man wanted or needed a partner. But, after Judge and Michaels get on the road, the hate/lust relationship they quickly develop between them will either make them heroes… Or get them killed.

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For the past three years, Austin Michaels has worked hard to prove he is deserving of his spot on God and Day’s elite task force team. His fellow teammates have become an extended family, each and every one of them willing to put their life on the line for the other. Austin has watched from the sidelines as several of them have found love with each other, and while he loves his brothers in arms, he’s lonely. When the team’s latest case is compromised after a witness escapes, Austin will stop at nothing to track the guy down and bring him back to Atlanta. Including teaming up with a rogue bounty hunter that just might be the cure for all those lonely nights Austin dreads, if they don’t kill each other first.

Judge Josephson agrees to help apprehend the escapee as a favor to his old friend God. The last thing he wants though is some cocky sniper tagging along and cramping his style. Judge works alone aside from his beloved dog, Bookem, who is the best partner a bounty hunter could want. One that follows orders and stays out of Judge’s way. To say that Judge and Michaels butt heads would be an understatement. Judge is this large and in charge presence, he has his own way of doing things. Michaels is a wildling. He has anger management issues and the brass balls to back up his hair trigger. But somewhere underneath all the anger, brooding and emotional angst these two try to hide behind, there is this animalistic attraction that could level a small town.

This book is action packed and non-stop from cover to cover. I really enjoyed how Via set up the story for Michaels and Judge at the start, really giving us a feel for the characters. Michaels is successful and accomplished, but he longs for someone to love. I think he also has this fear of failure, I think that is why he goes into the almost blind rages he has when things don’t go as planned or spiral out of control. Judge is more calm, cool and collect walking around sucking on his sugar cane stick, kicking ass and taking names. Judge has convinced himself that he wants to be alone, that he is happy alone, that is until one sexy sniper that doesn’t put up with Judge’s shit storms into his life and literally wreaks havoc.

I must, for a moment, talk about the intense sexual connection these two shared. It is probably one of the most volatile relationships ever documented on paper. Think War of the Roses meets Cockyboys. I am talking bruised, bleeding, bed breaking, the house is falling down around them hangry (hot and angry) sex! It was fan-fucking-tastic!! Via managed to write the characters in such a way that they were able to show vulnerability with each other while remaining manly men, which isn’t easy when you have two strong willed alpha male types trying to co-exist as equals and lovers. The push and pull and the balance between all the emotions was flawless while the characters were extremely flawed.

Hands down Via’s best work to date. Definitely a must read! 

A.E. Via is still a fairly new author in the beautiful gay erotic genre. Her writing embodies everything from spicy to scandalous. Her stories often include intriguing edges and twists that take readers to new, thought-provoking depths.

When she's not clicking away at her laptop, she devotes herself to her family--a husband and four children, her two pets, a Maltese dog and her white Siamese cat, ELynn, named after the late, great gay romance author E. Lynn Harris.

While she has just released her fifth novel, she has plenty more to come. So stalk her - she loves that - because the male on male action is just heating up!

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A.E Via is giving away 3 e-book copies from her backlist to 3 lucky winners! Simply comment below, what is your favorite Via story? Mine was You can See me, but now it's Don't Judge. Seriously, such a fantastic story! 

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