Title: Bad Influence 2nd edition
Series: Bad in Baltimore #4
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Cover Artist: Kanaxa
Publication Date: June 12, 2018
Length: 260 pages
Reviewed by Jenn
Synopsis
Can a future be built from pieces of a broken past?
Jordan Barnett is dead, killed as much by the rejection of his first love at his moment of greatest need as by his ultraconservative parents’ effort to deprogram the gay away.
In his place is Silver, a streetwise survivor who’s spent the last three years becoming untouchable… except to those willing to pay for the privilege. He’s determined not to let betrayal find him again, and that means never forging bonds that can be broken.
No matter how hard he tried, Zebadiah Harris couldn’t outrun his guilt over abandoning his young lover—not even by leaving the country. Now, almost the moment he sets foot back in Baltimore, he discovers Silver on a street corner in a bad part of town. His effort to make amends lands them both in jail, where Silver plans a seductive form of vengeance. But using a heart as a stepping-stone is no way to move past the one man he can’t forgive, let alone forget….
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Review
Bad Influence is book four in K.A. Mitchell’s Bad in Baltimore series
and I loved it! While reading the series, I’ve been so interested in
learning more about Silver and this is his story and it was worth the
wait!
Jordan Barnett died when his parents
kicked him out at 17 for being gay and Silver was born. Jordan was
sheltered and from a very religious and influential family. Silver is a
kid who has to do whatever is necessary to survive the streets of
Baltimore.
Zebadiah Harris was the young man
Jordan loved and the man he feels betrayed him. When a relationship
starts with lies, it’s only a matter of time till it blows up in your
face. When lies come to light, things for these young lovers quickly go
seriously wrong. Now Zeb is in Baltimore and comes face to face with
Silver, a person he knows so well and not at all at the same time. These
two have common friends and keep running into each other and are put in
a situation where they need to deal with the past. The time has come
for all the lies and misunderstandings to be put to rest.
This
is a series that I really love, it doesn’t shy away from anything. It
doesn’t paint a picture perfect romance, but instead real stories of
love and relationships. This book is at times heartbreaking, it’s always
so hard to read about parents throwing away their children. Silver is
no one’s victim though, he is strong, smart and most of all, a survivor.
I love the message of redemption and forgiveness while still keeping
the attitude that I’ve come to expect from this series. We get to catch
up with the guys from the previous books and those are some of my
favorite scenes. This is one to check out, you can read it as a
stand-alone, but the other books are so good too! I recommend reading
from the beginning! This is a book/series with everything, a lot of
heart, heat, friendship and snark! All things I love in a book.
I love this series
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