Hurricane Reese Force of Nature Book #1
Multi Cultural, Interracial, Romance, Gay Fiction
Celie Bay Publications LLC;
Aug 1, 2020
Kindle
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Amazon
The life of Tony-winning musician Reese Matheson resembles a natural disaster, and caregiver Jude De La Torre is caught in the eye of the storm. But can the love of two opposites survive caring for an ornery octogenarian with wayward balls and a meddling family insistent upon tradition? Fresh off the successful London run of his musical, the last thing Reese expects when he comes home is a house surrounded by paparazzi and his girlfriend throwing his stuff into the pool. All he wants to do is spend time with his beloved grandfather and musical mentor who suffers from Alzheimer’s. Reese knows he doesn’t have much time left before the elder Matheson forgets who he is. In classic “Hurricane Reese” form, he moves into the cottage by the sea and displaces Jude, the intriguing caregiver he hired two years before. When Grandpa proves too much for Reese to handle on his own, Jude comes to his rescue, taming Grandpa… and the Hurricane as well. Soon all Reese can think about is how to get Jude out of his scrubs and into his bed―permanently. Will Hurricane Reese destroy everything in his path, or will this odd couple learn to harmonize together?
Review by Gloria Lakritz
Review Chair for the Paranormal Romance Guild Review Team
This year I have had the pleasure of meeting and reading more new authors. It is exciting to learn of them as you lose sleep trying to read their older books so you are ready for the next new one for that series….Case in point RL Merrill.
The third Force of Nature book 3 will be released soon and I am catching up….This is Book #1…..Hurricane Reese. The life of award winner Reese Mathewson has been busy touring. Now he has taken some long awaited time to spend some well deserved time with his grandfather who has Alzheimer’s and knowing that disease knows there is no cure and time is not on his side.
Grandpa lives in a small cottage, taken care of by a young care giver Jude who lives in the cottage with him, caring for his every need. Jude also cares for his younger brother and sister and also attends nursing school. He is able to do this with help from family members,
When Reese shows up and and without blinking an eye, tells Jules he is there to spend his time with grandpa, that he will be moving in; not needing Jude any longer. This un thoughtfulness disrupts a myriad of people, to which has bad consequences especially for Jude. Having to move out of the home he has had for so long, sleep in his car and dealing with the family helping with his 2 younger siblings….and of course school and trying to find more work.
Reese now comes back to Jude begging him to return, as the amount of work dealing with a patient is immense and within 10 days he lost his Grandpa. Moving in together and sharing space is hard as both of them are attracted to each other…..
RL Merrill has written a book that deals with so many feels and levels you go from joy to crying to laughter. Jules comes from a machismo very devout Catholic upbringing. He hides who he is. He is afraid to tell his parents. They are away taking care of their parents putting Jules in charge of the two littles. His Uncle is very devote and rules the family here. Reese realizes he is over his head thinking he could banish Jules. Then the two have a rocky road to deal with it all and their strong attraction.
The story is tender and loving and sad and funny. See all the feels.?
5 star Read