Brother’s Keeper Bed, Breakfast and Beyond #3
Gay Fiction, Gay Romance, LGBTQ Fiction
Jaime Samms
May 31, 2921
Kindle
292
Amazon
If blood really is thicker than water, are the ties that bind a found family stronger than the ties of blood?
After a decade of homelessness and living off his own wits, Tris has lost all faith in the kindness of strangers. And after years of letting his friends down time after time, Ozzy knows he’s the last person anyone should count on.
When Tris’s search for his lost younger brother lands him in a small town at an overly-friendly Bed and Breakfast, everyone, including the B and B herself, seem to be pushing Tris and Ozzy together.
Tris learned a long time ago, under the fists of his manipulative step-father, that family can’t be trusted, and love means nothing. Torn between the desire to see Tris thrive in his new home, and the need to protect the very younger brother Tris came looking for, Ozzy has some hard choices ahead.
Welcome back to Griffon's Elbow and The Oaks B&B, aka Mildred. She's not the only sentient house in town.
Reviewed by Linda Tonis
Member of the Paranormal Romance Guild Review Team
Another visit to Griffin’s Elbow and the Oaks B & B aka Mildred. Tristan (Tris) ran from home at the age of eighteen leaving behind his abusive stepfather, Stewart his unconcerned mother and his younger half-brother. He has been on his own, homeless and like so many young gay homeless kids sold his body for food and a place to sleep. It was his best friend Marcus who handed him money and sent him to Griffin’s Elbow where Tris believed his brother was.
Rodney was one of the kids who suffered at the hands of Jason MacKenzie and Lucky was also a victim, but he used his knowledge about MacKenzie to blackmail him, money he gave to Rod and Kristie to help them. It was also the incident that sent Lucky to the B & B and into the arms of Kreed, his lover, his boss and his savior. Tris learned that his Stewart, Rodney’s biological father, was looking for him. He was aware due to all the news coverage that a huge settlement was granted to Rod, and nothing motivates his father more than money and if Rod has money, he wants it.
It was also the news media that led Tris to the place he believed he would find his brother, but what he found was a job helping Kreed in the kitchen of the B & B and people who wanted to help him and give him the family he never had, help he constantly refused. It was Ozzy who took a personal interest in Tris but as much as he tried to get through to him, he hit a brick wall. I am sure that kids like Rodney, Lucky and Tris who have been on their own and who never knew family and the love most kids grow up with from their parents find it very hard to openly trust.
Work on the shelter for kids in need continues, Kreed is finally getting help from Tris giving him time to sit and relax, when necessary, even though Kreed hates sharing his kitchen. Tris thought he was safe from his stepfather but he’s like a bad penny. Tris doesn’t come away unscathed when Stewart catches up with him, Marcus his best friend who helped him has disappeared and Tris wonders if he was the one that gave his parents the information on how to locate him.
If you read book two, then you would have a better understanding of what I wrote about in this review. It always saddens me when parents find it easy to abuse their children, throw them out if they are gay and have no parental bone in their body. If you read this series, you get a real feel for what these kids suffer through and even when given a chance for much needed help they refuse it, afraid of being hurt and waiting for the help to come with conditions.
I love this series because the characters are wonderful, and it is a town where everyone has a hand out with an offer of help. I highly recommend reading this series in order because most of the characters appear in each book and it is important to really get to know them and I just loved them more.