Release Day Review: Prince of the Playhouse by Tara Lain #Review #Giveaway

Review: Prince of the Playhouse (Love in Laguna book 3)
Author: Tara Lain
Release Date: April 4, 2016
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Length: 266 pages

Reviewer: Meredith


Blurb


Driven by his desire to become a successful fashion designer and concerned with hiding his questionable past, Ru Maitland lets his obsession with action movie star Gray Anson on the big screen replace his social life. Then obsession and reality collide when Ru is asked to design fashion costumes for a special performance of Hamlet at the Playhouse in Laguna starring none other than Gray Anson. Gray turns out to be a compelling mix of shy and brash and, despite a high profile engagement to a female socialite, the signals Gray sends Ru have his libido doing the salsa.

Gray Anson has what most people only dream of—great wealth, huge fame, a job he loves. For that, he’s given up any semblance of privacy and the right to say no to the thousands of people who depend on him and the millions who love him. He sees everything he’s ever wanted just outside the bubble of his life, but how can he make the compromises needed to embrace it? When Ru’s shady past crashes into Gray’s paparazzi-haunted present, both men have to learn that sometimes the only acceptable compromise is the truth.

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Review

This series is my favorite of Tara Lain’s. I always look forward to a new book in this series. Prince of the Playhouse is outstanding. Ru is so much more than he seems just by looking at him… and it turns out Gray Anson is too. These are two men hiding from the things that made them. Both running from something and while they are running the crash into each other and fall in love. There’s some mystery to this tale of star crossed lovers. Both have to come to terms with their own pasts and realities and just move forward knowing that what they have is fierce and can last because they are unstoppable.

I had all the feels reading this. Seeing Shaz again always makes me smile and the pleasant surprise that is Ru was stunning to me. I “THINK” Meryl might be in her next story *crosses fingers* because he deserves his own story. He was such a fabulous secondary character.

Tara Lain has written another amazing winner!

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Book of the Week: Knave of Broken Hearts by Tara Lain

Author: Tara Lain

Publisher: Dreamspinner Press

Love in Laguna Series: Book 2

Pages: 224

Published: August 3, 2015

Blurb:

Jim Carney has a full time job—running from himself. Since he walked out on his wealthy family at sixteen because he’d wrecked his best friend’s life over some yaoi graphic novels, Jim has lived a macho, blue-collar existence of too much booze and too little responsibility. Then Billy Ballew, the man Jim most admires, gives Jim a chance to come through as his construction supervisor. For once, Jim is determined to make someone proud. Then Jim goes in for a physical for his new job and his yaoi dream comes to life in the form of cardiologist Ken Tanaka. Jim discovers he has two heart problems—a wonky mitral valve and a serious attraction to his doctor. But Ken is a major player, and Jim might be just a notch on the doc’s stethoscope. To Ken, Jim is unforgettable—but the living embodiment of his traditional family’s worst nightmares.

How come the minute Jim decides to be responsible, he finds himself taking care of his kid brother, getting a proposal from a wealthy woman, making a deal with the devil, and winding up in the hospital—when all he really wants is the Knave of Broken Hearts?

Review:

My word this book had me crying like a baby! Discovering ones true self is a tumultuous journey. It’s not cupcakes and unicorns. It’s more like chaos and mistakes. Ken and Jim are both in their late 20’s and a mess. Ken’s battle to convince his very traditional Japanese parents that he can honor them by loving who he loves. Jim coming to terms with the facts he’s gay and by accepting that won’t make the world implode! Jim broke my heart, hell Ken broke my heart too. I hate Mickey and his goons of terror and I hope things for them… js. Like book one of this series (Knight of Ocean Avenue) I have one hell of a hangover. Tara Lain has created a world like no other. Heroes, villains, and happy endings. Knave of Broken Hearts, that title means so much more after reading this book. Hearts break but they can be repaired. Love is strength, and the right person can make you braver than you ever imagined!
Be prepared to crumble and cry. Be equally prepared to soar. My heart is bruised, but by the end the ache is welcome. Knave of Broken Hearts will make you believe love truly does conquer all.  

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