No Fear
No
Shame Series Book 3
Nora Phoenix
Release date: December 27, 2017
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Aaron is
drowning. After coming out as gay, he lost his parents’ approval, his job, and
his sense of identity. He feels like a freak who doesn’t fit in anywhere. His
last hope was his brother Josh, but Josh can’t seem to forgive him for how
Aaron treated him when they were teens. Not that Aaron can blame him, because
he did treat Josh like crap.
All Aaron wants
is for someone to accept him, guide him, because he doesn’t have a clue. When
sexy jiujitsu teacher Blake takes him in and starts mentoring him, Aaron has
hope for the first time, even though he can’t understand what Blake sees in
him.
Blake doesn’t do
relationships. At all. He’s more than willing to help Aaron find solid ground
under his feet, but that’s it. Until insecure, vulnerable, and surprisingly
sexy Aaron gets under his skin, triggering all kinds of protective instincts
that make Blake long for more. He wants to take care of Aaron, give him what he
needs, but how can he convince Aaron of that?
When Josh’s
friend-with-benefits Indy’s past finally catches up with him, it endangers them
all—and leads to heartbreaking decisions for everyone involved.
No Fear is a
steamy M/M romance that ends with a HFN for Aaron and Blake, but has a
continuing storyline as well. It’s the third book in the No Shame Series, and
is not a stand alone novel, so make sure to read the first book (No Filter) and
the second book (No Limits) first. It contains hot sex, a little kink, more hot
sex, very mild puppy play, and a beautiful friendship-with-benefits that
transcends labels. Also: trigger warning for mentions of sexual abuse.
Review
Nora does not fail to
continuously have you on the edge as she delivers yet another powerful
storyline that picks up just from where book two ends.
Aaron who was seen as
the uptight rich straight-laced son has
finally come out as gay. Since coming out, he has lost his family, his so-called friends and even his own gay brother
wants nothing to do with him. He is at a
loss more than ever and is stuck living with people he barely knows and a man
he swears to only seem to annoy with his mere presence.
Blake loves helping
people out. But no one has ever gotten under his skin the way Aaron does. At
first he thought he was uptight and entitled, however,
a closer look he saw that he was lost, lonely, searching for love and
direction. The more time he spends with Aaron the more he realizes that he
wants to protect him, show him all his firsts, and actually for the first time
wants more out of life than just a random
one night hook up.
Connor, Josh, Indy, and Noah know that their time is coming after a
horrible incident occurs at their house leaving one of their friends shot and
fighting for his life, the lives of all four of these men are about to change.
Indy can't take anyone
else getting hurt or being killed over him. The thought of leaving Noah makes
his chest ache but he needs to turn himself over to the FBI and testify and end
this. Walking away from Noah, Josh and even Connor was the hardest thing he ever
had to do, but the only thing that keeps Indy sane is the hope of being in
their arms again.
When Noah gets an
early morning call from Indy from a blocked number he knows something isn't
right. The call is too brief, not knowing what to do he calls the number of the
agent that Connor had left. Soon he is on a plane to DC. After being questioned
for hours and hardly gets any sleep he is
put in a waiting area as soon as he is about to drift off something on the TV
catches his attention, something that could change the lives for all of them.
I absolutely loved
this book and all the characters that are woven in together. I cannot wait to find out what happens next.
EXCERPT
“You can start
with plain vanilla sex, work your way up to the kinky stuff,” Blake said with a
laugh.
“You make it
sound boring,” Aaron complained.
Blake sobered.
“No, and I’m sorry for teasing you a bit. You set the pace, Aaron. If you’re
not ready for sex, you wait. If you are, you find someone who will respect you
enough to take it slow, okay?”
Aaron reached
out for his hand and held it tight. “Will you do it?” he asked.
Blake’s heart
jumped in his chest. Was Aaron asking what he thought he was? “What do you
mean?” He needed to be certain.
“I want you to
be my first.”
He looked so
cute and pretty and sexy, still in that gorgeous top and the tight jeans. But
his words were cute and pretty, too, like a schoolgirl on prom night. Blake
needed to manage expectations. “Aaron, I don’t do relationships. I like you, I
really do, but don’t read more into this. I don’t date or hold hands or do
romantic dinners.”
“That’s okay. I
don’t need that. What I need is a safe place to gain some experience. You said
it yourself, I need someone who respects me enough to take it slow. I want my
first time to be good. I trust you. Please, Blake?”
Blake couldn’t
help himself. He pulled Aaron close and brought their mouths together. At
first, Aaron kept his mouth closed. Blake increased the pressure, licked his
lips and pushed with his tongue until Aaron let him in. He angled his head a
bit more, dove in deep. Aaron’s movements were slow, insecure, but he wound his
arms around Blake’s neck and held on.
His mouth was
sweet, hot. Blake tasted the peppermint Aaron so often suckled on, those
white-and-red-striped ones. He teased Aaron’s tongue with his, until it
responded, until they were doing a slick dance of push and pull. He was a fast
learner, copying Blake’s moves at first, then coming up with a few of his own.
He was
everything Blake usually avoided. Inexperienced, vulnerable, insecure. Yet
kissing him did something to Blake’s body that he didn’t recognize. It
triggered a hunger in him, a fierce need to possess, to own.
His hands
lowered till they reached Aaron’s ass. He put one hand on each butt cheek,
pulled Aaron close to him and ground his hips into him. The kid was hard again,
and he himself had barely been soft since they had gotten into the dressing
room. What was Aaron doing to him?
He broke off the
kiss, swore softly at the sight of Aaron’s dazed look, his swollen lips. Fuck,
Blake didn’t want to stop, not even close. He kissed him once more, the
gentlest of kisses. “Not here. Not now.”
Aaron blinked.
“But you’ll do it?”
“Tomorrow. I
want you to have time to think about this, sleep on it. If tomorrow in the cold
light of day you decide this is what you want, I’m your man.”
When she was a
little tot, Nora’s mom got a library subscription for her. That, as they say,
was that, and a lifelong love for books was born. Nora never stopped reading
and doesn’t exaggerate when she says she devours books, rather than plain reads
them. She started writing stories as soon as she could hold a pen, and wrote
her first full book as a teen (on a typewriter!). It took her waaaay too long
to follow her dream to become a romance author.
Nora writes M/M
romance, because hello, sexy boys, and likes her men flawed, strong, and a tad
broken. She appreciates a little kink, but insists on a happy ever after.
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Make sure to read the previous two books first, as
No Fear is not a stand alone
Book 1 (No Filter): myBook.to/NoFilter
Book 2 (No Limits): myBook.to/NoLimits
Book 4 (No
Shame): myBook.to/no-shame
Will be released on Jan. 26th
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