The Kings: Wild Cards Book 3
LGBTQ Romance/Multicultural Romance
Independently Published
July 6, 2021
208
Former Special Forces Green Beret, Sacha “Joker” Wilder, is well-versed on the subject of demolitions. As a silent partner of Four Kings Security, Joker spends his days working alongside his brothers-in-arms and his best boy, Chip—a bomb-sniffing Belgian Malinois with sass. Years of military and private security experience have prepared Joker for almost anything, except the explosive attraction between him and Giovanni Galanos.
When Gio returns from his travels abroad, everyone is charmed by the handsome billionaire philanthropist, but in Joker’s experience, anyone who’s too good to be true usually is. Gio is hiding something, but the more time Joker spends around Gio, the more his walls start crumbling, leaving him exposed and at risk of losing his heart, something he swore he would never do. Love is for suckers, and that’s not him.
For years Gio has dedicated his life to his charity work, helping people around the globe, but when things go horribly wrong during one particular trip, Gio decides it’s time to come home for good. The desire for family, and a certain ex-Green Beret with a chip on his shoulder, has Gio eager to restart his life Stateside. For all of Sacha’s blustering and griping, no one makes Gio feel safer. If only Sacha could see how right they are for each other.
Danger lurks in the shadows as someone sets their sights on Gio, and secrets are forced into the light. If Gio and Joker are to have any kind of future together, they’ll have to face difficult truths, because where love is concerned, it’ll take more than sleight of hand to make things work.
The Kings: Wild Cards series is a spin-off of the Four Kings Security series.
Reviewed by Melissa Brus
Member of the Paranormal Romance Guild Review Team
This book can be read as a stand alone but why would you want to? Fans of the Kings have seen small glimpses of Sacha “Joker” Wilder in the stories of his brothers in arms, the men of Kings Security. Charlie Cochet has been teasing us with Joker and Giovanni “Gio” Galanos, and wow does she deliver the book we needed here! There are so many moments that made me laugh. And then. There is a moment at the end of a chapter where I gasped and had to take a moment before I dove into the next one. Readers will know when they get there.
Charlie Cochet truly has a gift for creating strong men and then forcing them to face their weaknesses and vulnerability. In the midst of this struggle, there is humor and sweetness and, always, a really satisfying Happily Ever After! And Chip! If there is a third main character in this book, it is most definitely the bestest dog ever, Chip. Watching Joker fight his attraction to Gio, and being undermined by his faithful pup, is one of my favorite things in this book. It is hot, it is sweet, and it is all the action and adventure the Kings guys bring to our lives. This was very much the story Joker and Gio and fans of Charlie Cochet needed.
LGBT/ROMANCE/ACTION/ADVENTURE/FANTASY/MILITARY/MULTICULTURAL/
HISTORICAL/SPORTS