Always
5th Anniversary Special Edition with Bonus Material
by Kindle Alexander
This 5-year anniversary special edition includes five bonus scenes and is only available for a limited time.
Awards
Favorite All-Time M/M Romance 2015 Member Choice Awards Goodreads
Book of the Year 2014 Member Choice Awards Goodreads MM Romance
Book of the Year 2014 Sinfully Sexy Book Reviews
LGBT Book of the Year 2015 eLit Awards
Born to a prestigious political family, Avery Adams plays as hard as he works. The gorgeous, charismatic attorney is used to getting what he wants, even the frequent one-night stands that earn him his well-deserved playboy reputation. When some of the most prominent men in politics suggest he run for senate, Avery decides the time has come to follow in his grandfather's footsteps. With a strategy in place and the campaign wheels rolling, Avery is ready to jump on the legislative fast track, full steam ahead. But no amount of planning prepares him for the handsome, uptight restaurateur who might derail his political future.
Easy isn't even in the top thousand words to describe Kane Dalton's life after his father, a devout Southern Baptist minister, kicks him out of the family home for questioning his sexual orientation. Despite all the rotten tomatoes life throws his way, Kane makes something of himself. Between owning a thriving upscale Italian restaurant in the heart of downtown Minneapolis and managing his long-term boyfriend, his plate is full. He struggles to get past the teachings of his childhood to fully accept his sexuality and rid himself of the doubts brought on by his religious upbringing. The last thing he needs is the yummy, sophisticated, blond-haired distraction sitting at table thirty-four.
Momma Says: 3 stars⭐⭐⭐
Most of us can't help but get a little misty over the idea of soulmates. Whether we believe in it or not, it's nice to think about. Always gives us a taste of that - kind of. The story opens forty years into the relationship between Kane and Avery and then moves back to the beginning. From there, we jump through various points in time, something akin to a highlight reel. The problem with that is we really only get the good stuff without much time to get to know these guys or become invested in them. Then we have the suspension of disbelief required for this one. Not that the events in this story couldn't happen, not even that they shouldn't happen, they just couldn't have happened the way they did in those eras, especially with Avery being part of a political family. Acceptance has come a long way, and we still have further to go, but 1975 was a whole different story.
I've read some of Kindle Alexander's more recent books and loved them. Always does have the prose and parts of it certainly tug at the heartstrings. It also had a few too many things I would have to overcome to get lost in the story. In the end, this one left me somewhere in the middle, it was okay, but I really wanted and expected more.
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