Sarah Black

 

 

Lawless

Author: Sarah Black

Series Connection: Colton and Diego

ISBN: 978-1-59578-461-2

Genre: Western Contemporary Romance/ M/M

 

5 Hearts

 

In this second book about Colton and Diego the story picks up their lives one year after "Fearless". The two men are settling into their lives now that Colton's uncle is gone and they can feel safe again. Colton worries however that now that Diego's dreams of being of heart surgeon are lost his man has become unhappy and sullen. What he doesn't realize is that Diego has been receiving disturbing letters from the man he once ran to when he was being sought after by Colton's uncle.

 

Meanwhile Colton has a few cases to solve. One, he believes is relatively simple. An old man is missing some of his cattle and he will see only Colton about the matter. Also there isn't something quite right going on at his ranch. Colton has opened his ranch to a group of ladies who have made themselves at home of the last years. One of them is being threatened, but he doesn't think it really has anything to do with her, but a message to Colton. Three he receives an expensive mask that was sent to him from Mexico that was found buried with his business card inside.

 

Even with the man who is sending love letters to Diego, all does not seem right. Can Colton figure out the mess of tangled messages, before it is too late and someone dies?

 

As with "Fearless", this book is a surprisingly strongly written suspense novel. It will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very end wondering exactly what is going on. The strong love affair between Colton and Diego is almost secondary toward the end as Colton works to come up with answers to his cases, but the reader never forgets the two lovers throughout the whole situation. This is a good read for anyone who likes the M/M genre. 

 

Book Description:

Lt. Colton Wheeler is the law in a lawless land. A year after his lover, Dr. Diego Del Rio, lost his eye in a vicious hate crime, trouble from across the border threatens to shatter the life they're building together.

 

An old lover stakes a claim, and Colton suspects he wants more than Diego. Colton's family comes under attack, a missing Apache boy is accused of cattle rustling, and bloody tribal masks from the old rituals are being worn by someone carrying a whip, bent on terrifying the people of the borderlands.

 

Colton only knows one way to protect his people. By walking into trouble, by drawing fire, by putting himself between the people he loves and those who mean them harm.

 

About the Author:

Sarah Black is a fiction writer living in the American West.

 

Sarah Black: The Facts

Favorite Music: Willie Nelson, Teatro; The National, Boxer; Annie Lennox, Songs of Mass Destruction

Favorite Fast Food: Pizza with pepperoni, black olives, and onions (just like Diego and Colton)

Favorite Perfume: Chanel Number Five. (I know, I'm so old-fashioned. I haven't worn anything else in twenty years)

Helpful Skill: I can start a campfire in any weather

What I love: My kid, my job, dark chocolate, taking naps on Sunday afternoon, watching Brett Favre play football.

 

 

Fearless


Author: Sarah Black

Series Connection: Colton and Diego


ISBN: 978-1-93453-1-136


Genre: Western Contemporary Romance/ M/M

 

4 Hearts

 

Colton, a police officer along the Arizona border meets the love of his life, Diego in a gay bar. The moment he sets eyes on the young doctor, Colton knows he has met his man. As the two begin to learn about each other and spend time together, not everyone is happy about their relationship.

 

One day coming in from work, Colton is attacked in Diego's apartment leaving his neck broken and another man dead and Diego on the run from the law. Colton knows that Diego didn't have anything to do with his attack. As a matter of fact, he was sure that Diego was screaming in the next room when it happened. Before he should, Colton is up and working with his team to figure out what is going on. Several weeks has gone by and he knows that Diego has run off to Mexico, but he can't fix anything until Diego talks to him. Not completely recovered from his injuries, Colton heads out to find Diego in the arms of another man. Can Colton fix everything in time to get his man back?

 

This is a well written story of a love affair the goes beyond all bounds. The two men are both strong willed and smart and must push against all odds to be together. I was a little disappointed that Diego would run to another man for help, especially since he seemed to have a strong family base who would have done anything for him. Colton, however, was a steadfast character that would do anything for the man he loved. A good read for those who enjoy the M/M genre.

 

Book Description:

Four short stories by the same Author

"Fearless"

Colton is all about the gray areas. He's a cop, a cop who cares. Unfortunately his uncle is the sheriff and a homophobe. Colton has to balance his roles of policeman, lover of Diego and defender of what he thinks is right. Alas these roles often conflict. When Diego disappears across the Mexican border leaving a dead body behind, the shit hits the fan.

 

"Wolf"

Jake is HIV positive and lives a self-imposed solitary life. Lisa (Jake's daughter) a graduate student, goes into the wilderness to rescue a litter of wolf cubs before they are euthanized. When Jake learns of Lisa's mission he's forced to come out of isolation and join forces with Nathan, Lisa's faculty advisor and fellow HIV sufferer, to get to her before the guys with guns do. Lisa and the cubs aren't all Jake and Nathan find.

 

"Memories of a Colorado Sky"

Hawk at 36 is older, wiser and more cynical than Griffin. They are in love, but Hawk doesn't believe in happy-ever-afters, he's too scared to. Hawk avoids going home he still loves Ethan (who works his father's ranch) but When (Hawk's father) breaks an arm, Ethan and Hawk are forced to spend time together and finally talk about the issues that have separated them.

 

"White Mountain"

Bobby returns to the mountain after almost ten years to photograph a jaguar. He also meets Clayton, an old love.