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Faith & Fidelity
by Tere Michaels
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Publisher: Loose Id, LLC
New York City Vice Detective Evan Cerelli has lost his wife, the only person he ever loved and slept with. He's trying to get on with his life, build a life for his children. Former Homicide Detective Matt Haight is a ladies' man, all sex/no commitment. He's depressed, having a midlife crisis, and not sure where his life is headed.
The two find friendship in the bottom of a shared bottle. When the friendship turns to love, it shakes two straight men to the core and flips their lives inside out. Kids, families, careers that are not gay-friendly -- can all the love in the world overcome the obstacles to faith and fidelity?
Publisher's Note: This book contains explicit sexual content, graphic language, and situations that some readers may find objectionable: Anal play/intercourse, male/male sexual practices.
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| excellent |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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just one word - awesome. Im so glad that I decided to buy this book. I really enjoy their moments.
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| A Definite Standout! |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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This brief review is something I felt I needed to post after receiving so much enjoyment from reading the book . 'Faith & Fidelity' is very well written, well paced, and is a thoroughly enjoyable read.
I've been on a gay M/M romance reading "binge" for the past several months and this book definitely stands out from the crowd. The main characters Matt and Evan have depth to them and are quite memorable. I was drawn into the lives of the characters right away and I had a hard time putting the book down.
I was a bit skeptical about two men "converting" to being gay (I dislike the term "conversion", I'd prefer to call it a "gay awakening"), but the author handles the awakening feelings and resulting complications in the men's lives with skill and sensitivity. Ms. Michaels did her homework.
The plot has been pretty much spelled out in previous reviews so I won't rehash it again. The story has a satisfying conclusion and while it doesn't lead me to believe there will be a sequel, it leaves me wishing there would be one! ;-)
Tere Michaels, thank you for your creativity and well crafted story.
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| Solid writing |
| Customer Rating: 4 out of 5 |
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Review contains spoilers.
I bought this book because of the overwhelming 5 star reviews on Amazon. While I couldn't give it the same rating, I did enjoy the book. First time author Tere Michaels writes a solid, if somewhat cliched plot. Two straight guys meet, become friends, then find themselves attracted to one another and cannot figure out what to do with these feelings. It is a standard troupe in m/m romances written for women, but Michaels makes it work. She fleshes out her characters so they are not 2D cut-outs, but instead 3D people with emotions, problems and intriguing backstories.
Evan Cerelli, is a cop who loses his wife in a car accident. He is struggling along to raise his four children and make sense of his life after his wife's death when he meets Matt Haight, a former Homicide detective turned private security advisor. The friendship then attraction between the two men felt natural, not forced and flowed easily into the story. I believed these two formerly "straight" men were falling in love with one another. Another aspect of the novel that I enjoyed were the secondary characters. Evan's partner, Helena, his supervisor, Vic and his children were all an intregal part of the novel and had their own personalities that fit into the context of the main plot.
The only part of the book that I found distracting and to be forced was the introduction of the character of James, the man Matt sleeps with when Evan breaks up with him for a short period of time. The brief sexual interlude seemed to me to be more of a reason for the author to introduce the character of James as a potential hero of her next book, rather than a character in her current storyline. While every other character in "Faith and Fidelity" served a purpose in moving the plot along, James seemed to serve no other plot point except to be there as an introduction for Michaels' next novel. (BTW, I did not even know James was getting his own book when I was reading "Faith & Fidelity," I *suspected* it because he was so out-of-character to me in the storyline, so after finishing the book, I went to the author's web site and sure enough, James is the hero of her next ebook). So up until that point in Michaels' book, I would have given "Faith & Fidelity," 5 stars, but the out-of-place James brought the novel down to 4 stars for me.
Despite that one bad plot point, overall I enjoyed the book. I am looking forward to the sequel and finding out how Evan and Matt are handling their lives together now that they are "out."
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| great read, sweet, sweet, sweet |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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This is a great book, and a real Love story. The characters are believable and likeable (though def. not perfect.) Smart writing, great pacing, and the wonderful plotline of two "straight cops" fall in love. They both need rescuing, and they are able to rescue each other. I can't wait to read more from this author.
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| Faith, Fidelity in the Lives of Two Men |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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Faith and Fidelity is about Matt [who used to be a cop] and Evan who is currently a police officer. Both men suffer, Evan because of his wife's death and Matt because he was forced to resign from his job, Evan has a family he must take care of now but has become a ghost in his grief, Matt fights loneliness and a sense of failure and tries to fill it with drinks and sex. They become drinking buddies despite being opposites while Matt used to live his life chasing skirts, Evan had a family and four children to take care of, they drown their sorrows through drinking and begin a friendship and soon enough it moves to something more personal. But they both have troubles to face.
This story is a smart portrayal of what love between two men one who was lead by tragedy and the other by the need to find that other to complete him. I love how the author built up their relationship it was by no means quick, and the way they explored their newfound sexuality with each other was breathtaking. Evan's children were a delight and their interactions with Matt were a great way to see how well he fit into Evan's family completing that last puzzle that was missing in their lives. Evan was a favorite of mine I understood his motives and his reasons he was unselfish and sweet and desired to make things right for his family.
But I also understood the author's motives of trying to get Evan to accept Matt and to forget the ramifications of becoming a gay father, but I felt as though the author tried to rush through that part despite making the effort of having Evan break things off with Matt because of them. Matt on the other hand came out smelling like roses, he was the player turned into "superhero" there to make things right, the only other person able to make Evan and his children happy. And yet this was the man the one who spent his nights drinking and looking for female partners to spend the night with. It's easy to forget this Matt because when he and Evan begin to explore a relationship he's suddenly the best guy anyone could want, but then it was easy to remember exactly what type of guy he was from the beginning with the short introduction of a one night stand with another guy. I'm not sure if the author planned this to continue the plot or if it was a way to just add sex, for one this was the infidelity that I saw after Evan decides to break things up with Matt, Matt spends his days moping and then goes out and has sex with someone else. I didn't expect it and threw me off a little bit and sort of ruined the way i saw Matt. Especially when the one night stand is completely brushed off as nothing more than that [and becomes a friend?sequel maybe?] because I assume Evan will never find out about it, then why the need to add one in?
But I still recommend this story it is not your typical M/M romance for one these men are not "gay" [or maybe Matt is after the one night stand, or at least bisexual] they fall in love with each other even though they find women to be attractive. While Matt has a lot of experience with women, Evan is really sheltered because the only woman he was ever with was with his late wife. It's great seeing them explore each other because they have never been with other men. Faith and Fidelity is a wonderful look into the lives of these men who struggle to find a middle ground of trying to accept this new found sexuality and role that it has in the greater scheme of their lives.
-LS
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