Rebel (415 Ink book 1) Written By: Rhys Ford Narrated by: Tristan James | Tams Audiobook Review & #giveaway @Dreamspinners @Rhys_Ford @MrTristan

Rebel
415 Ink book 1

By: Rhys Ford
Narrated by: Tristan James
Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 04-12-18
Language: English
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press LLC
The hardest thing a rebel can do isn't standing up for something - it's standing up for himself.
Life takes delight in stabbing Gus Scott in the back when he least expects it. After Gus spends years running from his past, present, and the dismal future every social worker predicted for him, karma delivers the one thing Gus could never - would never - turn his back on: a son from a one-night stand he'd had after a devastating breakup a few years ago.

Returning to San Francisco and to 415 Ink, his family's tattoo shop, gave him the perfect shelter to battle his personal demons and get himself together...until the firefighter who'd broken him walked back into Gus's life.

For Rey Montenegro, tattoo artist Gus Scott was an elusive brass ring, a glittering prize he hadn't the strength or flexibility to hold on to. Severing his relationship with the mercurial tattoo artist hurt, but Gus hadn't wanted the kind of domestic life Rey craved, leaving Rey with an aching chasm in his soul.

When Gus's life and world starts to unravel, Rey helps him pick up the pieces, and Gus wonders if that forever Rey wants is more than just a dream.

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Tams gives this one 5 Stars...

Vodka and tissues required.

Rhys Ford is probably the most well versed Author in the genre. Seriously, the woman can write an entire chapter on why the sky is blue and keep you completely enthralled. At the end of the chapter your heart is racing, eyes damp and you almost rip the page from the book quickly flipping to the next chapter.

Gus Scott is fuuuuuuucked up! Seriously, he's lived a very hard, bitter life. He has trust issues, hell, his trust issues have trust issues. Allowing himself to love Rey would only cause more pain so Gus does what he does best, he runs.

Rey Montenegro wants so much more from Gus than he can give so when Gus walks away, Rey doesn't fight for him, for them. So, when Gus rolls back into town, Rey is still hurt and far from ready to talk. But these two men are cut from the same cloth, opposite sides of the same coin.

I can't say much more for fear of giving something away. All I'll say is everything you're expecting from this book because it's written by Rhys Ford, it's so much more. Heart breaking, gut wrenching, stab you in stomach and tear out your insides, tie them in a knot then shove them back inside and staple your wound shut. But it's also a story about family, the kind of family you make with the people you love and trust that have bled the same shit as you. There's also the intense, passionate love between two men that deserve to happy.

Rhys Ford is an award-winning author with several long-running LGBT+ mystery, thriller, paranormal, and urban fantasy series and was a 2016 LAMBDA finalist with her novel, Murder and Mayhem. She is published by Dreamspinner Press and DSP Publications.

She’s also quite skeptical about bios without a dash of something personal and really, who doesn’t mention their cats, dog and cars in a bio? She shares the house with Yoshi, a grumpy tuxedo cat and Tam, a diabetic black pygmy panther, as well as a ginger cairn terrorist named Gus. Rhys is also enslaved to the upkeep a 1979 Pontiac Firebird and enjoys murdering make-believe people.

Rhys Ford: http://rhysford.com